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Tuesday, 07 June 2022 06:36

Police recover explosives after Owo Catholic Church massacre

Survivors of an attack by unknown assailants on a Catholic church in Nigeria lay weeping and writhing in pain at a local hospital on Monday after suffering what a doctor described as lacerations, bullet wounds and blast injuries. At least 50 people including children were killed, according to media reports, during the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo, which took place during Sunday mass as worshippers were celebrating the Christian holiday of Pentecost. Police, who have yet to release a death toll, said they had recovered unexploded improvised explosive devices and shells from AK-47 ammunition.…

Sunday, 05 June 2022 15:16

40 killed as terrorists attack Ondo church

Over 40 people have been reportedly killed in an attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in Owo town, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the incident happened in the church, which is less than 200 meters away from the Palace of Olowo of Owo. Workers at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, confirmed that many people were brought in dead on Sunday. The attack was carried out during the Sunday mass, out correspondent learnt. A viral online video showed some worshippers being killed and lying on the floor of the church in the pool…

Sunday, 05 June 2022 07:00

Man burnt to death after argument with Imam in Abuja

A Nigerian man was burned to death by a mob in the capital Abuja on Saturday following an argument with a Muslim cleric, police said. Josephine Adeh, police spokesperson for Abuja, said Ahmad Usman had an argument with an unidentified cleric, which turned violent. Police who arrived at the scene took him to hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. "The heated argument degenerated into an outbreak of violence that led to the murder and setting ablaze of Ahmad Usman by the enraged mob mobilized by the clergy numbering about two hundred," the police spokesman for Abuja said. Last…

Saturday, 04 June 2022 06:34

17-year-old creates fake Covid test center, receives $6m in state payouts

A young German has recently been found guilty of creating a fake Covid-19 screening center and illegally pocketing 5.7 million euros ($6 million) in state payouts for tests that were never performed. At the height of the Coronavirus pandemic in Germany, the demand for tests was so great that the state reimbursed centers for conducting Covid tests based solely on an invoice. Most private healthcare providers benefited greatly, but some managed to rake in small fortunes without actually providing any kind of service. Such was the case of a young German student who figured out that all he had to…

Thursday, 02 June 2022 06:33

Chinese man gets 2 years prison term for tearing up Naira notes

A Nigerian judge sentenced a Chinese man to two years in prison for ripping up Naira notes. A federal court in Lagos convicted Li Lei Lei of “mutilating the Nigerian currency” during an altercation with airport officials while he was trying to leave the country in mid-May, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said in a statement on Tuesday. Li “angrily tore to pieces” N3,200 ($7.70) in bank notes when immigration officials at the West African nation’s international airport in Lagos searched his luggage for drugs, the EFCC said. Li pleaded guilty to four charges of breaking central bank legislation,…

Wednesday, 01 June 2022 06:17

Head of Nigeria’s Methodist Church narrates how kidnappers collected N100m ransom before his release

Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche, who was abducted by hoodlums in Abia State, has said N100m was paid by the church to secure his freedom. The cleric, who spoke during a press briefing in Lagos on Tuesday, said the kidnappers showed him decomposing bodies of some past victims. Kanu-Uche was abducted on Sunday along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. He was taken together with his chaplain, Abidemi Shittu, and the Bishop of Owerri, Dennis Mark. The prelate said his team was going to the airport when they were attacked.…

Wednesday, 01 June 2022 06:16

Remove ethnic, political considerations from the fight against banditry, researchers, others tell FG, states

Stakeholders in the academia, security and intelligence agencies have called for de-politicisation and de-ethnicisation of the fight against bandits and banditry to get victory over the criminals. This is just as they also called for inter-agency collaboration to collectively fight bandits and triumph in providing safety for lives and properties. This was the position at an online stakeholders engagement between researchers on a TETFUND project entitled, "Armed Bandits and Banditry in Nigeria: History, Character and Panacea", led by Jide Akanji, of the Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, as the Principal Investigator (PI) and six other researchers. The over…

Tuesday, 31 May 2022 06:34

Kidnapped Methodist Prelate, two others regain freedom

kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche, has regained his freedom. The cleric was kidnapped alongside the Methodist Bishop of Owerri, Dennis Mark, and his (the Prelate’s) chaplain on Sunday. They were kidnapped in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. Details of their release were sketchy as of the time of filing this report. But a reliable source from the church confirmed their release Monday evening. “To God be the Glory. His Eminence, Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu Uche; his Chaplain, Abidemi Jeremiah Shittu and the Bishop of Owerri, Dennis Mark, have regained their…

Monday, 30 May 2022 06:23

Head of Methodist Church in Nigeria, 2 others kidnapped in Abia

Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu, was on Sunday, kidnapped along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State.He was kidnapped alongside Dennis Mark, the Methodist Bishop of Owerri and the Prelate’s Chaplain, by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. Sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the clergymen were kidnapped in the afternoon while they were on their way from a programme in the council area. The Police Public Relation Officer in Abia, Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. “It’s quite unfortunate. Efforts are on top gear toward his rescue as well…

Monday, 30 May 2022 06:22

Cameroonian separatists invade Nigeria, kill 20

Militants of Ambazonia, a separatist group in Southwest Cameroon, have killed at least 20 people in a community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. Cletus Obun, a former member of Cross River House of Assembly and an aspirant of House of Reps for Boki/Ikom federal constituency, confirmed the incident, saying it happened on Sunday. “I can confirm that the Ambazonian soldiers crossed the Nigerian border Sunday morning to attack their compatriots who fled into Nigeria and refused to join their forces to fight.” “They killed 20 people. No one is sure yet if amongst those killed, there…

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Friday, 27 May 2022 06:50

Exclusive Premium Times’ report narrates how Abba Kyari escaped being killed by fellow prison inmates. This is how it’s going with the ex-‘super cop’ behind bars

Prison officials are considering moving suspended police officer Abba Kyari to the custody of the State Security Service (SSS) from the Kuje prison after he nearly got murdered by aggrieved inmates, who accused him of insincerity in bribe-for-release deals when he was in active service. According to internal documents and officials accessed by PREMIUM TIMES, the attack happened on May 4, months after Kyari, who is on trial for drug-related offences, was remanded. His attackers were about 190, an official said, and they are mostly in prison for drug offences. Kyari, 47, a deputy commissioner of police, was a decorated…

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 06:39

‘Call for my rescue. Come and help me, my Lord, My God’, Okorocha cries out loud as EFCC storms Abuja home

Rochas Okorocha lay on the floor and begged for help during the invasion of his Abuja residence by security operatives on Tuesday. As widely reported in the media, officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) laid siege to the former governor’s residence on Tuesday afternoon. After a standoff that lasted for over five hours, armed security operatives broke into Okorocha’s apartment and whisked him away. Sounds of gunshots rent the air as the operatives forced their way into Okorocha’s expansive living room where he and his family members laid on the floor to apparently escape being hit by…

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 06:38

Terrorists kill 65 in Borno, Katsina attacks

At least 65 people, mostly farmers, were reportedly killed when terrorists struck at different times in Katsina and Borno states between Sunday and Tuesday. Our correspondents gathered that 50 people were killed and an unspecified number injured when Boko Haram fighters attacked Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State on Sunday. Kala Balge is the easternmost LGA and has its headquarters in the town of Rann, situated on the international border between Nigeria and Cameroon, 365 km from Maiduguri. Rann and adjoining villages have remained targets of attacks by terrorists, who killed and maimed people over the years. The…

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 06:37

Northern leaders condemn killing of Northerners in Southeast, demand decisive action

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have condemned the killing of Southeast based northerners by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). While NEF urged that government take decisive action to end killings, ACF called on the government to put attention on security. NEF Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, further demanded that Northerners and even South Easterners must be protected from the activities of IPOB. He called on government to take decisive steps to end the killings and the targeting of northerners. “The events in the Southeast particularly the events in recent days are tragic…

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