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Former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje secretly transferred the state government’s 20 per cent stake in the Dala Inland Dry Port Nigeria Limited to private hands and also made his children co-owners of the company before awarding a contract worth more than N4 billion to provide infrastructure for the project, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The transfer effectively edged Kano State out of …

A retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Parry Osayande, has passed away in Benin City, just hours before his 89th birthday. The death of the former police chief, who was born on September 29, 1936, was announced on Sunday in a condolence message by the President of the Immaculate Conception College Old Boys’ Association (ICCOBA) Worldwide, Ighodalo Edetanlen. Osayande, whose …

The remains of former Inspector General of Police, Dr Solomon Arase, arrived Benin City on Saturday to an emotional reception by top security officials, representatives of the Edo Government and family members. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigerian Air Force flight NAF 031, which conveyed the body touched down at the Benin Airport at 1:25 p.m. The …

ABUJA – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun and some other former I-Gs on Wednesday in Abuja paid tribute to late Solomon Arase, a former I-G in celebration of his life and times. Speaking at a “Day of Tribute”, Egbetokun said Arase was a rare blend of intellect, discipline, and humanism since he joined the Nigeria Police Force …

UMUAHIA — Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has assured that contrary to perceptions in some quarters, South East governors have not abandoned the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during a media parley on Thursday night in Umuahia, Otti said the governors are actively engaging relevant authorities to secure Kanu’s release, but …

In a letter signed by Dr. Dunkwu Agbambu on behalf of the Ikenga Think-Thank, North America, the group condemned what it termed the betrayal of the Igbo people by their leaders. A group of Igbo professionals in the diaspora have accused governors and political leaders from Nigeria’s South-East region, of “silent complicity” in what it described as the systematic extermination …

The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to provide immediate protection for Katsina-based entrepreneur and whistleblower, Mubarak Bello, who was recently arrested by the state police command. Mr Bello, who until recently ran a business centre inside the Katsina police headquarters, was arrested on 13 September after a …

Instead of young Africans trading their dreams for a place in someone else’s war, the international community should embrace them. International reports have addressed Russia’s recruitment of young African women for its Alabuga military-industrial zone, 1,000 km east of Moscow, as a ‘trap,’ based on false information and fake promises. Our recent investigation confirmed that much of the content in campaigns that reached tens of …

Through the exercise, some individuals and groups hope for a concrete roadmap to improve security in the country. Today, the House of Representatives commences a public hearing into the proposed establishment of state police in Nigeria. The hearing to be conducted by the House Committee on Constitution Review will provide Nigerians with the opportunity to provide input into the State …

Nigeria’s education ministry tells PREMIUM TIMES its website was hacked to place the Alabuga advert on it.  Late last year, the world was alerted to the disturbing news that Russia was recruiting hundreds of young African women, aged 18–22, to manufacture drones in a military-industrial compound 1,000 km east of Moscow called Alabuga. The reports also said that the recruits—from …