A judge of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has withdrawn from the criminal trial of Paul Usoro, the president of the Nigerian Bar...
Nigeria’s sluggish economic landscape is fast finding expression in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, as there appears to be a pause in local funding...
While the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, last week suspended its three months old industrial action, many stakeholders were excited with the news, believing that...
The Head of Nigeria’s Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) an independent arm of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), Prof. Simon Emeje, has insisted that the Nigerian courier...
The United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday reiterated its warning to Nigerian politicians against violence during the February 16, presidential and National Assembly elections as well as...
Soldiers of the Nigerian military on Tuesday took down Boko Haram insurgents who invaded four communities in Madagali local government area of Adamawa state, destroying properties...
The Governing Board of the National Theatre (situated in the Iganmu area of Lagos State) has refuted rumours making the rounds that the monument completed in...
A former US Air Force intelligence officer allegedly worked with Iranian hackers who used Facebook and e-mail to try to trick her former colleagues into downloading...
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Wednesday said that its personnel would not be allowed to carry firearms at polling centres during the February 16, and...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 44-year-old man identified as Rafiu Moruf, a resident of Aferiku village, Idiroko area of the...
Eight persons have been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force in Niger State in connection to kidnapping in the state. This was disclosed by...
Gun-wielding gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have kidnapped a 45 year old senior official of the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB), Abuja, Femi Adesote, along the...
A US District Judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller concerning a probe into Russia...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said the Federal Government has concluded plans to auction N150bn worth of bonds by subscription on February 20. According to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over claims that his Abuja campaign rally was scanty. The party described the development as...
The European Commission has added Nigeria to a blacklist of countries it says poses threat because of their lax control on terrorism financing and money laundering....
Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Dr. Monday Igbafen, has been suspended by the university over alleged gross misconduct...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called for a nationwide protest against the planned arrest and prosecution of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria,...
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released the preliminary report of the helicopter accident involving Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The Commissioner of AIB, Akin Olateru, on...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said President Muhammadu Buhari will have the easiest election win ever in 2019. Oshiomhole...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its insistence on the use of card readers for the general election....
By John Chukwu… The general elections are nearby. Nigeria is on the brink of another democratic history. Thus, Nigerians are in the mood to hit the...
An Igbo group, Odinala Cultural Heritage Foundation (OCHIE) Igbo, on Wednesday protested against what it described as an attempt by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
Militants of the oil rich region of Niger Delta on Wednesday endorsed the second term bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. Announcing this position at a workshop...
The Supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned the Islamic Republic against any meaningless dealings with the US and some “untrustworthy” European states. Speaking...
Six days after she went missing in Dandora, a poor neighbourhood in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi where she lived, local police have found the lifeless...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday declared that his quest to become the next president of Nigeria is not worth...
After the result of the preliminary assessment of petitions against suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen and the acting CJN, Tanko Muhammad, the...
The trial of the former Chief of Air Staff, Adesina Amosu before a Federal High Court in Lagos State has been adjourned until March 6. Justice...
Ahead of the Saturday February 16 election, presidential candidates of top political parties on Wednesday signed a peace accord promising to ensure a violence-free poll. Incumbent...
The governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has accused the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole the immediate past governor of...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), a northern socio-cultural group, on Tuesday formally endorsed the re-election bid of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
Capital importation to Nigeria declined by 25.05 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 in comparison to the third quarter of the year. According to the...
Provoked by the absence of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen for trial, the prosecution has applied for his arrest. Onnoghen who...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that those who believed his administration spent $16 billion on power projects in the country without anything to show for...
A federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal in the sum of...
The Economic Adviser of the Atiku Campaign Organisation and former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Mustapha Chike- Obi, has reiterated...
Despite the internal crises rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, the party also has...
PREMIUM TIMES has obtained a secret audio recording revealing details of how three of the four senior army officers tasked with disrupting presidential election in Borno...
Nollywood actress Toyin Aimakhu is of the opinion that social media is responsible for the growing increase of a lack of sincerity, betrayals and depressions among...
No less than five fake Army officers have been arrested and are now currently in the custody of the Imo state police command headquarters in Owerri....
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is committed to discourage drug abuse by stopping the approval of alcohol packaged...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday vowed that he will ensure the $16 billion former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration spent on failed power projects is probed. “The...
Russia in a bid to avoid potential cyberattacks from abroad, particularly from the US has moved to cut itself off global internet. Reports say Russian legislators...
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman now faces a possible sentence of life in prison after a US court found him guilty of running a...
Opposition political parties under the aegis of United Political Parties (CUPP) have cried out over an alleged attempt to assassinate its first national spokesman, Ikenga Imo...
The United States (US) has reiterated that it is not taking sides or supporting any party or candidate in the coming general elections in Nigeria. US...
Nigeria lost a total of N11.08 trillion in 2018 to the activities of oil thieves and illegal refining, the Nigerian Navy said on Tuesday. According to...
Acclaimed national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has said he has no plans to leave the party for any other as...
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday dragged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to Court in an action intended to compel...
