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Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo and Solomon Odeniyi Published 8 May 2021 Olalekan Adetayo and Solomon Odeniyi Published 8 May 2021 Amid fear of an imminent Boko Haram attack in the Federal Capital Territory, visitors were barred from entering the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase I located in the Three Arms Zones, Abuja. One of our correspondents, who monitored events in front of one of the gates for about 30 minutes on Friday, observed that men of the Nigerian Legion as well as t...

10 min read Yunusa Agali and nine others have been detained by the police in Abuja since their arrest for burglary and theft on March 26 and 27. The 10 of them have now spent over a month in a notorious detention facility, commonly referred to as ‘Human Abattoir’ which was used by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police tactical units. The police have refused to grant them administrative bail, saying the offence is not bailable. The police were suppose...

Represented by Imam Mohammad Buhari Musa of Citec Mosque Mbora Estate Abuja, Dr. Bello said that corruption, injustice is slowing Nigeria’s progress and that Muslims and all Nigerians must turn back to Almighty Allah in sincere and total repentance if Nigeria must come out of insecurity and economic downturn it has found itself. “Nigeria is enmeshed in all forms of sins where banditry, kidnapping for ransom, wanton killings and burning of property, injustice and corruption have become the o...

Views: Visits 38 The Ministry of Information and Culture has recalled the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Ibraheem Al-Hassan, over the blundering statement he recently issued in the aftermath of the assault incident involving the tribunal’s chairman, Danladi Umar. Al-Hassan, who was deployed to the CCT as his place of primary assignment in 2013, had his last day at the tribunal at Jabi, Abuja, on Friday, following the ministry’s directive rec...

Mr Onyiuke is afraid that his quest for justice can attract another dose of the venom of a “big man”.

When I was taken away to DSS custody, I was still beaten. I was put in a small cage; the same place I was urinating for more than two days.

ADVERTISEMENT Peter Onyuike, who was arrested over a week ago on the instructions of the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, has been released on bail, his lawyer, Samuel Ihensekhien, told PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday. PREMIUM TIMES on Monday reported how Mr Onyuike, a phone repairer at one of the outlets at Banex Plaza, Wuse, Abuja, where Mr Umar assaulted a security guard was arrested and detained at the Police Station in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja without bail or trial, since March ...

A 35-year-old painter, Aliyu Abubakar, on Monday appeared in a Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly defrauding a customer of N1.3 million.

INSIDE STORY: Real reasons petrol scarcity, queues returned to Nigerian fuel stations A PREMIUM TIMES examination of the scarcity shows the hike in price was not market-driven. 5 min read Nigerians were last week thrown into confusion as fuel scarcity hit Lagos, Abuja, and several other cities across the country. Residents besieged fuel stations in major cities across the country, in anticipation of yet another season of fuel crisis. Motorists scrambled to fill their tanks as lo...

Punch Newspapers Sections Friday Olokor, Abuja There was drama on Tuesday at the Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, when a man dressed in cultural apparel accompanied the Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, to court. The unidentified supporter was in court to witness proceedings in his trial, along with four others, on three charges bordering on conspiracy, unlawful assembly and incitement. He wore a black and red striped robe and a cap made from the same material. On his rid...