French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face by a man on Tuesday during a visit to a small town in southeastern France, an incident that prompted a wide show of support from French politicians...

Members of Nigeria’s main opposition party, PDP, in the House of Representatives yesterday walked out of plenary after the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, turned down a request to get the House to ask...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has congratulated the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE)), Mr. Mustapha Isa, on his re-election as the president of the guild. The Group Managing...

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that the country’s Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, will be passed before the end of June 2021. Lawan who made this disclosure at the opening...

At least three persons were killed during an attack by bandits along the Kaduna-Zaria highway in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits were said to have invaded Dunki village near the...

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over an emergency National Security meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting is expected to review the current state of insecurity in various...

The House of Representatives has passed decided to investigate decision of the Federal Government to ban operations of twitter in Nigeria. It said it will also consider the legal frame works upon which...

The National Broadcasting Commission has directed all broadcast stations in the country to suspend the patronage of Twitter with immediate effect. The NBC said the decision followed the suspension of Twitter...

The Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has announced the immediate suspension of tinted vehicle windscreens in Nigeria. The IGP announced this on Monday during a meeting with senior police officers...

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) militant group said in an audio recording on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, was dead. Shekau died...

Some bandits have killed 26 persons including a police officer in another deadly attack on some communities in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Saturday. Spokesperson of the Zamfara Police...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has threatened legal action against the Federal Government over its ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria. This was disclosed in...

The police in Oyo State have confirmed the death of 11 people in an attack on Igangan community in Ibarapa area of the state. The police in a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday by its...

The Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria has threatened to stop the supply of onions down to the South from June 7, 2021. The association said it would carry out the threat if the government...

Nigerian preacher and televangelist, Temitope Balogun Joshua has died. The church management confirmed his death in a statement issued on Sunday. According to the statement, Joshua, aged 57, died on Saturday. The...

The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced...

South Korea’s air force chief resigned Friday over the suicide of a woman master sergeant who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a colleague only to have her complaints ignored. The incident has...

The number of babies born in Japan hit a new record low last year, official data showed, highlighting concern over the pandemic’s impact on one of the world’s lowest fertility rates. In 2020,...

Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted contrabands with a duty paid value worth N101,027,350 smuggled into the country through various illegal routes existing in Katsina State. The total...

The Police Council has confirmed Usman Alkali Baba as the Inspector General of Police. Usman Alkali was confirmed on Friday during a meeting of the council in Abuja presided over by President Buhari. Minister...