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PREMIUM TIMES appreciates all persons of conscience and civic groups in and outside Nigeria who, in firm defence of free speech, joined in demanding the immediate release of our reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, from the custody of the Nigeria Police. Mr Ogundipe was arrested on August 14 for his refusal on the grounds of professional ethics to disclose the source of …

ABUJA – The National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno has said that the ongoing security challenges in the country was asymmetric which cannot be overcome within a short period. This is as the National Economic Council, NEC, has agreed to set up a committee in the six geo-political zones of the country to decentralize operations of the Nigerian Police Force. …

THE PANEL MEMBERS Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris Zamfara State Governor AndulAziz Yari Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima A major step towards decentralising the police was taken yesterday. The National Economic Council (NEC) set up …

Protesters yesterday marched on the Louis Edet House Force Headquarters, Abuja to demand the release of Premium Times Security Sector reporter Samuel Ogundipe. He was nabbed by the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Tuesday. The arrest followed Ogundipe’s refusal to disclose the source of a story published in the online newspaper. The story contained a report by Inspector-General of Police …

The federal government has declared Tuesday, August 21, and Wednesday, August 22 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Eid-el-Kabir. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja in a statement issued by Mohammed Umar, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry. While wishing Nigerians a happy Eid-el-Kabir celebration, Mr Dambazau, a retired lieutenant general, enjoined …

With the mind-blowing and heart-wrenching images and videos of erosion in Benin City (in the year of our lord 2018), hopefully, the number of death caused by erosion would not increase dramatically before the end of the current rainy season. While Edo People are presently suffering from the 2018 rainy season erosion, the question is who should be held responsible …

The National Economic Council presided over by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday commenced the process that may eventually lead to the decentralisation of the operations of the Nigerian Police Force as one of the ways to tackle insecurity in the county. The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the …

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently presiding over the National Economic Council (NEC) comprising state governors and relevant ministries of government and the Central Bank of Nigeria. Also to brief the NEC are the Security Heads who are also around for the meeting. It was gathered that the meeting may discuss the security situation in the country as well as …

Contrary to the claim by the Nigerian government through the Information Minister Lai Mohammed, the government paid a “large ransom” to free scores of female students kidnapped by the Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State, earlier this year, the United Nations has said. Over 100 girls were kidnapped from the Dapchi school by a Boko Haram faction …

The State Security Service has appointed its first spokesperson in three years. The SSS, also called DSS, announced the appointment of P.N. Afunanya in a statement sent to journalists on Thursday. The DSS claimed Mr Afunanya replaces Tony Opuiyo, the fictional name the agency has been using to circulate its press statements on social media. We reported how the DSS, …