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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned that Nigerians should not use mobile telephones in any form while behind the wheel, including whether or not their devices carry hands-free kits. “It is an offence to use mobile telephones in any form” while driving, Bisi Kazeem, a spokesperson for the FRSC, told PREMIUM TIMES this week. The warning came after …

Former minister of defence, General T.Y Danjuma (Rtd), has decried the deplorable security situation in the country, saying there’s too much killings in Nigeria. Danjuma, who stated this at the 11th Festival of Praise with the theme “Sing out! Our God reigns” which held in Abuja yesterday, cited the latest Amnesty International Report on the security situation in the North …

The Nigerian Government confirmed last night that it had begun processing legal papers to expedite the extradition of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to face trial in Nigeria over alleged money laundering and illicit oil deals. Although the government has not given any specific amount of money reportedly diverted by the former minister, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, …

Barely 24 hours after the Nigerian Army announced the commencement of its recruitment, Nigerians have expressed unwillingness to join the army. “I was interested before, but now I have changed my mind, I will never take my self to some seniors to use me as their source of income,” a Facebook user, Abubakar Sulaiman said. Another Facebook user, Joseph Saint, said: …

The actions of Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has culminated in a Katsina State High Court terminating the corruption trial of three former officials of the Katsina State government. The three former officials — Nasiru Ingawa (former special adviser on Sure-P to former Governor Ibrahim Shema), Abdulazeez Shinkafi (former director of finance and account at the Katsina …

Justice Sanusi Kado of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria has retrained the leadership and members of the Parliamentary Staff Association from embarking on a strike or engage in acts that could lead to the closure of the National Assembly. The Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, dragged the PASAN members to …

A Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, yesterday, recognised the executive committee of the Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, had dissolved the executive, following the defection of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, from the party to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and installed another state executive …

As expected, mixed reactions on Thursday trailed the latest Nigerian Unemployment/Underemployment Statistics Report released on Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Some respondents who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday said considering the reality most Nigerians are facing, the NBS report cannot be faulted. Yet, others simply dismissed the report as “fictional”, “panel beaten” and “screwed up” compilation …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has celebrated students of Presentation National High School and University Preparatory Secondary School (UPSS), who emerged first and third, respectively, in the 2018 NPDC/SEPLAT Promoting Exception and Respectable Leaders (PEARLS) Quiz competition. The governor, who hosted the winners at Government House, in Benin City, Edo State, said he invited the schools to express his …