An investigative panel of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has indicted the Nigerian Army over a 2016 case of mass infanticide and other killings at Abisari in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, North-east Nigeria. However, the panel cleared the Army of allegations of mass abortion contained in a December 2022 Reuters investigative … Read more
The Federal Executive Council has approved the construction of judges’ quarters in the Katampe area of Abuja. The council also approved bills to amend Nigeria’s tax laws. “One of the bills offers tax relief to companies that generate incremental employment. Another offers personal income relief to people in private and public employment, from N200,000 to … Read more
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has urged the federal government to take action against the flooding menace in the country by building dams and dredging rivers. He made this call during a meeting on Friday in Yenagoa, the state capital, with first-class traditional rulers in Bayelsa. Mr Diri stated that the major river channels … Read more
The Inspector General of Police (IGP,), Kayode Egbetokun, has said the crime rate in Nigeria has declined but that the Force will do more to reduce it. Mr Egbetokun spoke Friday in Abuja while addressing journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. The IGP said he presented a report on … Read more
A former Director the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Gavs Katiya, says he and officials of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) were usually forced to take the oath of secrecy before speaking with repented Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria’s north-east. Mr Katiya, now retired, spoke when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise … Read more
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that an officer was killed in an ambush by terrorists in Borno State. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, in a statement on Sunday, said the ambush happened along the Buratai-Buni Gari road in Borno.Mr Buba’s statement confirms a PREMIUM TIMES report of the incident which sources said … Read more
French multidisciplinary artist Prune Nourry, in collaboration with Obafemi Awolowo University, has produced a movie in memory of Chibok girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in Borno State in 2014. The movie, which is titled ‘Statues Also Breathe’, was screened at the Nordic Hotel, Victoria Island on Thursday. Amina Ali, one of the Chibok … Read more
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has called for the revitalisation of two irrigation projects in his state to improve food security in the country. Mr Zulum disclosed this to journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. The projects – South Chad and Yauri irrigations – have been threatened by … Read more
Boko Haram terrorists abducted over 400 people including women and children in Borno State, north-east Nigeria, this week, Amnesty International (AI) said on Friday. President Bola Tinubu on Friday confirmed the abduction but did not specify the number of victims.According to AI, the victims are Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) from Babban Sansani, Zulum and Arabic … Read more
Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 5 March 2024, arrested 21 trucks loaded with food and non-food items heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic and Cameroon. The trucks were intercepted in a sting operation at major exit routes along Kalabiri/Gamboru Ngala and Bama … Read more
