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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked two Executive Directors of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and appointed three new ones. The sack of Rotimi Fasakin (Executive Director Operations) and Gambo Ahmed (Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services) is coming on the heels of the appointment of Dr. …

The Emir of Kano, Emir Sanusi ll is again embroiled in another fresh trouble, as The Kano State House of Assembly has set up an eight-man committee to investigate alleged violations of culture and traditions as well as religious norms of Kano against Emir Muhammad Sanusi II. The committee on …

The Yoruba Unity Forum on Wednesday described the Southwest Joint Security Network known as ‘Amotekun’ as a child of necessity to reposition the region. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Governor’s Office in Osogbo, the state capital the Chairman of the Forum, Arch Bishop Ayo Ladigbolu, commended the Osun …

A detachment of armed Policemen has taken over the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress(APC) following the restraining of its national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by an FCT Court. The Police detachment, which came in two batches from the FCT Command and Wuse Divisional Police Station in 9 Hilux …

The United States Department of State has announced that it will give anyone with credible information that can lead to the arrest of Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram insurgent group, $7 million (N2.5 billion) The Rewards for Justice Program (RJP), the counterterrorism rewards program of the US Department …

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) on Sunday celebrated the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Adeboye, on his 78th birthday. A statement by the spokesperson for the PFN, Simbo Olorunfemi, on behalf of its National President, Dr. Felix Omobude, said Adeboye was known “for his selflessness, dedication, and leadership …

Hails coming of Amotekun Nothing has united Southwest like Amotekun since independence’ The agitation for a new political order and arrangement in Nigeria got a new convert in former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday. He canvassed a new constitution for the country as against an amended one. He also hailed …

The Ogun State Government and Lafarge Africa have confirmed that contacts in respect of the recorded single case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has hit 39 from the initial reported 28. This included the driver who picked the infected Italian from an hotel in Ikeja and those who served him food and …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that its officials are currently trailing Premium Times staff over a story published by the online newspaper on the presidency. The newspaper had alleged that agents of Nigeria’s secret police on Sunday visited the home of its editor, Musikilu Mojeed, to extract …

Suspected DSS officials on Sunday morning, March 1, breached the security of the Abuja residence of Muskilu Mojeed, the Editor-in-Chief of the PREMIUM TIMES, a Nigerian online news platform. Report by The ICIR said men suspected to be officers of the State Security Service (SSS) in plain-clothes men who drove in a …