Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has weighed in on the cost of the controversial Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project that was approved by President Bola Tinubu. Makinde, who spoke at an event in a viral video on Friday, said there was no need for the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to be “dancing around the cost” […]

President Bola Tinubu has granted a posthumous pardon to former Nigerian nationalist and co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), Dr Herbert Macaulay and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Major General Mamman Vatsa. Vatsa, a poet, who was sentenced to death over a treason charge in 1986 was […]

The Council of State on Thursday approved the exercise of the presidential prerogative of mercy for 175 persons across various categories. The decision followed a presentation by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s recommendations based on the report of the Advisory Committee on the […]

To enable farmers adopt new technologies the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) has launched the Nigeria Agricultural Intelligence Platform (NAIP) to link them with research institutes. The Artificial Intelligence platform is designed as an advisory to link researchers, farmers and markets, boost access to credit facilities, mechanization scheme, enhance farmers security, support data driven […]

Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, has criticised the resignation of Uche Nnaji, former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, describing it as an attempt to conceal what he termed “another forgery scandal” under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Nnaji resigned on Tuesday following a Premium Times investigation which alleged that he submitted forged academic and National […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has joined the campaign of former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In a post on his official X account on Wednesday, Sowore had challenged the Labour Party chieftain, Peter Obi, Atiku, Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo, […]

Activist and former presidential candidate, African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has announced October 20 as the date for a protest march to demand the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Sowore made this known on his X handle on Thursday. According to him, the protest would be a […]

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has petitioned the Lagos State Police Command over alleged intimidation and threats to life by the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state, Mustapha Adekunle, popularly known as Sego. The petition, dated October 8, 2025, and signed […]

The Presidency has disputed the latest economic report by Nigeria’s biggest multilateral lender, the World Bank, which estimated that 139 million citizens were living in poverty, describing the figure as “unrealistic” and detached from the country’s economic realities. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, said in a post on […]

Economic reforms have corrected past policy missteps, held the country back from slipping into a fiscal crisis and stablised the macroeconomic conditions, but equally increased survival pressure on the citizens, with the number of poor rising by an additional 58 million in six years, the World Bank has said. In its latest Nigeria Development Update […]

The Presidency has denounced the recent comments by a United States Senator, Ted Cruz, who alleged genocide and targeted killings of Christians in Nigeria. Also rejecting the narrative, the House of Representatives described it as a misrepresentation of Nigeria’s complex security landscape and a distortion of facts. The House directed that the United Nations (UN) […]

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused the Eritrean government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of colluding to “wage war” against Ethiopia, alleging that the two are working together under a new alliance named “Tsimdo.” The ministry also alleges the two were involved in a recent offensive by the Fano militia aimed at […]