The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reserved judgment in the suit filed by 19 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court is to communicate a date for judgment to all parties. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: SC/CV/178/2023, anchored their claims on the Supreme Court’s precedent … Read more
Paleontologists have uncovered dozens of fossils in northern B.C., only one of which came from a dinosaur that was previously known to that area. Victoria Arbour, curator of paleontology at the Royal B.C. Museum, said it was her team’s third time to the Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park, southeast of Dease Lake. The area is … Read more
The Nigerian Army announced on Sunday that its troops had neutralised a notorious Boko Haram commander, Abu Rijab, and other terrorist fighters in an offensive operation on Saturday. This was made known in a post on the Nigerian army’s official X Handle. It said that the operation took place in Bula Daloye, Bama Local Government … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has received the news of the tragic collapse of a school building, which resulted in multiple deaths and many surviving victims in Jos, Plateau State, with profound grief. Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The state government said 22 persons died and 132 others were … Read more
The combined operatives of the Nigerian Embassy and a Senegalese-based NGO have, in an overnight operation, rescued 24 Nigerian girls who were subjected to sexual exploitation in the Tamaccounda and Kedougou Regions of Senegal. The acting Ambassador of the Nigerian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, Salihu Abubakar, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) … Read more
On 26 April, Johnnie Carson, senior advisor at the Africa Center, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), moderated a strategic panel discussion at the USIP, with 10 northern Nigerian governors. The former US Ambassador to Nigeria later granted an interview to PREMIUM TIMES’ White House correspondent, Pearl Matibe. He spoke about the discussions with the governors … Read more
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed a 17-year-old herder and 35 cows at Nafan community in Fan District and Doruwa Babuje in Ropp District of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the perpetrators of the crime were riding on motorcycles when they opened fire and killed the herder. … Read more
The Tinubu administration will not rest on its oars until victims of the gruesome attacks on communities in Barkin Ladi and Bokkos Local Government Areas of Plateau State get justice and the residents are safe. The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, gave the assurance when he visited crisis-ravaged communities in Plateau State to condole with the … Read more
The Northern Governors Forum on Tuesday condemned the Christmas Eve attacks on communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State.The forum described the attacks as reprehensible and heinous. Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, chairman of the forum, expressed disgust on behalf of the 19 governors in the northern parts of Nigeria. … Read more
