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Blord: "I'll send you to prison too" - VDM issues warning to Sowore

Nigeria, April 3 -- Activist Martins "Verydarkman (VDM)" Otse has criticised politician and human rights campaigner Omoyele Sowore over his remarks on the detention of cryptocurrency entrepreneur Linu... Read More


10 Years On: How Panama Papers rewrote Nigeria's transparency law, sparked regulatory policies

Nigeria, April 3 -- Ten years ago, precisely on 3 April 2016, the world's largest network of journalists began running a series of reports on various media platforms around the world, exposing assets ... Read More


Why Tinubu only addressed victims of Plateau violence at airport - Presidency

Nigeria, April 3 -- President Bola Tinubu only stopped at the airport in Jos to address victims of the Plateau killings because of another meeting on security that went beyond the scheduled time, as w... Read More


Police arrest Nigerian man over $550,000 scam targeting American woman - Official

Nigeria, April 3 -- The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a suspect over an alleged $550,000 cyber fraud targeting an American woman. The suspect, identified as Emwanta Smith, was arrested on 26 Marc... Read More


PANAMA PAPERS @10: How Premium Times exposed top Nigerian officials' assets in tax havens

Nigeria, April 3 -- As I prepared to depart Nigeria for the United States for the 2015 conference of the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) in Philadelphia, I received a message from the Washingt... Read More


Police disburse N54 million to families of slain officers

Nigeria, April 3 -- The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, has presented N54 million to the families of police officers who lost their lives in active service in Imo State. Henry Okoye, t... Read More


Court orders forfeiture of hotel, school, event centre, other fraud proceeds traced to pastor

Nigeria, April 3 -- The Federal High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has ordered the final forfeiture of a slew of landed properties located in parts of Nasarawa State bordering the Federal Capital Te... Read More


Nigerian university to confer honorary doctorate on Yusuf Ali

Nigeria, April 3 -- The Management of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) has approved the conferment of an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree on prominent legal practitioner, Yusuf Ali, a Senior Adv... Read More


2027: Utomi accuses Tinubu's govt of plotting to use judiciary, INEC to stop opposition

Nigeria, April 3 -- A former presidential candidate, Pat Utomi, has accused President Bola Tinubu's government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to exclude political opponents from t... Read More


Police officers refund N1.4 million allegedly extorted from four Nigerians

Nigeria, April 3 -- Police officers in Anambra State have refunded N1.4 million, which they allegedly extorted from four Nigerians. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that a human rights activist, Harris... Read More