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New York (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a civil trial over allegations he diverted millions of dollars from the powerful gun rights organization to pay for personal travel, private security and other lavish perks. According to report by the Associated Press, Wayne LaPierre, the …

Displaced by unending violence and abandoned by their government, locals from Shiroro Local Government Area have returned to villages they once deserted due to the activities of terror groups. Sadly, they are now in a tightrope: suffering unending kidnapping, rival clashes between terror groups and military onslaught targeting the terrorists. In this report, PREMIUM TIMES’ Yakubu Mohammed spoke with some …

Anxiety mounts every day that a full-scale Middle East war could erupt from the flames of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. “We feel and we’re afraid of it,” Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour this week. “We don’t want any escalation in the war. … We don’t like a regional war because it’s dangerous to everybody. Dangerous to …

A terror group led by a notorious kingpin, Damina, has killed 10 residents of Kwanar Dutse in Zamfara State after the community failed to pay the N20 million levy he imposed on them some weeks ago. Mr Damina led hundreds of fighters into the community a few minutes after 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Kwanar Dutse in the Dansadau emirate of Maru Local …

*Former minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq writes agency over failure to honour invitation *Suspended NSIPA boss, Halima Shehu, reports second day for further interrogation The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is conducting a comprehensive review and investigation into foreign exchange (FX) utilisation in the last 10 years, which involves scores of leading companies in the country that may have benefited …

• Shun panic buying• Group hails petrol stability The President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Abubakar Maigandi, yesterday reiterated that any talk of petrol pump price increase is mere rumour. Maigandi, in a telephone conversation with The Nation yesterday, explained that though private depots in Lagos sell the product at N621 per litre, IPMAN members in the axis have been …

*Says nation’s huge infrastructure gap requires $14.2bn annual investment over 10 years World renowned audit, tax and advisory services firm, KPMG, yesterday, said the exit of major companies that had operated in Nigeria for years was contributing to the waning investors’ confidence in the country. The firm stated this in its “flashnotes” on the recent capital importation report by the …

It said the first phase of the plant had been completed, as the facility would start refining 60,000 barrels of crude oil daily after the Christmas break. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, had stated that the first phase of the PHRC was completed on December 20, 2023, adding that refined products’ production would commence …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have besieged the Head office of the Dangote Group of Companies in Lagos State, allegedly searching for documents relating to forex allocations to the company. According to the Punch, the search, which commenced at the company’s head office in Lagos around 3 p.m. on Thursday is still ongoing as of the time …

Controversy yesterday trailed plans by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to relocate former Sierra Leonean President, Ernest Bai Koroma, to Nigeria today. In a statement yesterday, the ECOWAS Commission President, Omar Alieu Touray, indicated that the move to relocate Koroma followed an agreement reached by an ECOWAS Mission to Freetown on December 23. The high-level delegation was led by President …