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How impostors, Nigerian clerics take advantage of people with sickle cell — Activist

In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES to mark the World Sickle Cell Day, Aisha Maureen Edward, Director of Centre for Moral Mentorship, a...
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Nigerian Air Force raids militants’ hideout in Calabar after Police armoury attack

The 207 Special Mobility Group of the Nigerian Air Force in Calabar has carried out air raids on hideouts of criminal elements on Calaba...
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Nigerians jailed for smuggling drugs into New Zealand

Four Nigerian nationals and a New Zealander have received long jail terms for their roles in an international drug smuggling ring, the Ne...
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Chad airstrikes against Boko Haram not on our territory — Nigerian Military

Nigeria has denied claims that Chad conducted air strikes on Nigerian soil, against jihadist sect, Boko Haram. The Defence Headquarters...
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Nigeria spends N4.62 trillion on National Security in 5 years, yet widespread insecurity remains

Amidst claims by Nigerian security agencies that they are being underfunded, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today that a tota...
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Hoodlums vandalise 200 vehicles, injure residents in Lagos

No fewer than 200 vehicles were vandalised on Thursday, while a large number of residents were injured after some hoodlums went on the r...
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I’ve sold illegal wine for four years –Suspect

A suspected trader in illegal wine, Alfred Omeke, who was apprehended by operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administrat...
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Woman collects money, hands 14-year-old to rapist

A 25-year-old woman, Nnena Okoro, has been arrested by the police after she reportedly lured a 14-year-old girl, Faith (pseudonym) to a ...
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‘AI’s report sponsored to distract Buhari’

A coalition of civil society organisations has faulted the report of the Amnesty International, which indicted some serving and former ...
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Woman stabs two-year-old son to death

The police in Ogun State have arrested a 26-year-old woman, Funmilayo Tijani, who allegedly stabbed her two-year-old son, Emmanuel, to d...
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Abandoned Boko Haram bombs explode, kill 20

An abandoned sack containing Improvised Explosive Devices exploded in Monguno, Borno State, killing and injuring many members of the Ci...
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Report blames AGF, others for $3.2bn judgments against FG

A report submitted to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum has blamed the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr...
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Cowardice: Army to court-martial Gen. Ransome-Kuti, others June 29

The Nigerian Army will on June 29 arraign a former Commander of the Multi-National Joint Task Force, Brig. Gen. Enitan Ransome-Kuti and...
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Amnesty beneficiaries suffering abroad, ex-militants tell Buhari

FORMER Niger Delta militants on Tuesday sent an appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged poor condition of living of over 500 ...
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We killed five people after a political rally ─ Suspect

The police in Lagos have nabbed three suspected political thugs, who confessed to have shot five persons dead after a political rally a...
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Cooks poison family soup, land couple in hospital

Two cooks, who are nationals of the Benin Republic, Victor Hounkpe and David Amusu, have been arrested by the police in Lagos for alleg...
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‘Corps member raped to death by 51-year-old, others’

A prosecutor of the Kwara State Police Command, Mr. Matthew Ologbon, has informed an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court, presided over by Mr. K.A...
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