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Disturbed by the precarious security situation in some states in Nigeria, the blue-collar oil union, PENGASSAN has called for an overhaul of the country’s security architecture. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) made the call in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday. The influential …

The `Living Perfect Master’, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has urged the National Assembly to enact a law establishing state police to curb spate of killings in the country. Addressing a news conference on Monday at his Iju Ishaga Temple in Lagos, Maharaj Ji said the establishment of state police would ensure …

An elder statesman and former minister in the second republic, Alhaji Magaji Mu’azu (Ubandoman Gombe) has passed on late Sunday evening at the age of 80. He died after a protracted illness at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe where he was receiving treatment for some months. According to family …

Some students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Friday lauded the use of a mobile application for payment of transport fare in and out of the university main campus in Akoka, Lagos. The students, who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES in separate interviews, said the introduction of Gona application has …

The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, alleged that some unpatriotic elements in collaboration with foreigners were planning to derail the swearing in of newly elected government on May 29 in order to scuttle the nation’s democratic process. “Some of these mischievous elements thought that we would not have a safe and …

A total of 63,895 bank customers lost N3.6bn to cyberfraud in two years, 2017 and 2018, the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum has disclosed. The Chairman, NeFF, Sam Okojere, who is also the Director, Payments System Management Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, disclosed this while presenting NeFF’s 2018 annual report on, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has been working round the clock to secure them. He said this in an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) after his return from a 10-day private visit to London, United Kingdom. The presidential aircraft conveying the …

Forty-one people are believed to have died after a Russian passenger planemade an emergency landing at Moscow’s busiest airport and caught fire, investigators said on Sunday.   “There were 78 people including crew members on board the plane,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement.   “According to the updated info which the …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Yakubu Dogara has enjoined Muslims  to use the Ramadan period to pray fervently against the current spate of killings, kidnappings and armed banditry in parts of the country. In a message to the Muslim Ummah to mark the commencement of Ramadan fast, …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has appealed to the Nigerian Air Force to end attacks along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The governor made this appeal on Saturday during the inauguration of military detachment base built by the Force in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state as part of the effort …