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A video of John Lyon, an alleged kidnapper known for flaunting dollars on social media, has gone viral with Lyon weeping like a child in police custody. In the video, the suspect popularly known as “Lion White” was shirtless, putting on only boxers and kneeling down. Lyon pleaded for mercy, saying he was only involved in kidnap operations twice. He …

Signs Multi-Year Partnership Deal With Flutterwave Women’S 100 metres hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan, believes grassroots development programmes and top-notch training will help the country discover more athletics world champions.Speaking in Lagos at a dinner organised in her honour by The Plug, an entertainment firm, tagged ‘Tobi Amusan’s Homecoming,’ she blamed the exodus of the Nigeria’s top athletes to …

The APC governors suspect their political future is not secured in the hands of Mr Tinubu, whom they accused of sidelining them. Some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have threatened to sabotage the presidential campaign of their party and its candidate, Bola Tinubu, in their respective states. The aggrieved governors, under the aegis of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), …

By Okhide Em’ya David Decomposing body of a murdered thirty-five-year-old Kidnapping Victim, Mr. Shegu Oyekanmi has been recovered in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria by the Police. Edo State Police Command however said that one suspect has been arrested out of the five-man kidnapping gang responsible for the heinous Crime. The Suspect Mallam Usman Muhammed …

*VP adds: It will be “a nation of opportunities, of equity and justice, a secure and prosperous nation, a nation of laws & righteousness” Despite its challenges, the future of Nigeria will be far more glorious and peaceful than her past, and the nation’s lights will shine bright, with opportunities, equity, justice, and righteousness, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has assured stakeholders of his administration’s commitment to develop the tourism sector as part of concerted efforts to explore more economic opportunities. The governor gave the assurance during an engagement with stakeholders on the state’s tourism master plan. Representative of the governor and Commissioner for Special Duties, Engr. Osasere M. Evbuomwan, said that the …

…as MinDiver Project boosts investors’ confidence To facilitate the transformation of the mining sector in line with the reform policies of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government in 2017 approved the establishment of the World Bank-assisted Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification ,MinDiver, Project. The critical mandate of the project was to strengthen key institutions in the mining …

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has chided Afenifere leader and elder statesman, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, over the claims that the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation has adopted the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi. The former Lagos State governor alleged that Pa Adebanjo has turned Afenifere to his personal estate as acting leader. …

Controversy is trailing the ranking of Nigeria as the second most terrorized and attacked country in the world after Iraq by the global Terrorism Research/ Analysis Organisation. Groups and eminent Nigerians, who spoke on the ranking, lamented the dangerous bent insecurity has taken in the country and tasked government on decisive action. Those who spoke include Afenifere; Ohanaeze Ndigbo; Middle Belt Forum, …

Residents of Ruwan Jema, a community in Bukkuyum area of Zamfara State said terrorists attacked a Jum’at mosque on Friday and killed 18 people. Multiple local sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the attack began a few minutes after 1 p.m. and lasted for over an hour. PREMIUM TIMES learned the attack was suspected to have been carried by terrorists from …