• Entertains Zamfara APC suit March 17 • Police caution Uzodinma, Ihedioha supporters against troublemaking The Supreme Court yesterday adjourned till today the hearing in the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha. The request is seeking the review […]

• FG condemns attacks, Uba Sani wants bandits prosecuted • hehu Sani blames northern govs for attacks, seeks regional safety outfit • Ortom urges govt to strengthen OPWS in curbing herdsmen menace Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai yesterday apologised to the people of the state, and especially the communities that were attacked at the weekend […]

Court remands man for allegedly raping neighbour’s four-year-old daughter A 21-year-old man, Isa Abdulkareem, has been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery by a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti yesterday. Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde, while handing down the sentence, said: “I found the defendant guilty and he is sentenced to death by hanging. May […]

A group, Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), has alleged the harassment of Premium Times editors and reporter by the Department of State Services (DSS). The group said that the Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, might have gone underground after the DSS launched a manhunt for him. The home of the Editor-in-Chief, […]

Nigeria’s vulnerable economy may face further challenges following plans by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce crude oil output by about 2.7 million barrel per day (bpd) in an attempt to save the market from the shocks of Coronavirus. Oil prices have fallen to a record low since the outbreak early this […]

Nigeria is monitoring 58 people who had contact with an Italian man infected with the new coronavirus, the health minister said Monday, as officials scrambled to stop the disease spreading. Africa’s most populous country on Friday confirmed the first case of the virus in sub-Saharan Africa after the patient was diagnosed in the economic hub […]

President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said the life of former President Olusegun Obasanjo is full of unrelenting service to humanity. Adesina stated this in a birthday message to Obasanjo. The ex-President will turn 83 on March 5. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) obtained a copy of the […]

Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), in an over-night enforcement exercise at the weekend removed illegal structures comprising of shanties, mechanic workshops, containarised kiosks and commercial bus garages around Government Public Schools in Mile 2 and Badagry Expressway. Chairman of the Agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, […]

The Man ‘O’ War, Nigeria, Anambra State Command has called for an improved welfare packages by the state government to ensure more effective and efficient service delivery. State Commander, Amb. Amene Nkem made the appeal yesterday in Onitsha at the occasion of the first promotion ranking of 97 officers of the command in the state, […]

The stage was set on Sunday night for the resumption of legislative works on the bill seeking to establish Amotekun Corps in the six Southwest states. Lawmakers in Osun, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Ondo states will be finalising the process beginning from today. Speakers and Attorneys-Generals of the states met in Ibadan, the Oyo State […]

We are joined by two guests from Christ Embassy Abakaliki as they talk about the forthcoming Night of Bliss with Pastor Eunice Oyeyemi.

The President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, recently acted with dispatch uncharacteristic of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) when he declared the seats of two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators vacant. Coming barely a few months after some stakeholders in Abia State urged the Senate to declare vacant the Abia North Senatorial seat occupied by […]