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...

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...

The Niger State Government has assured that they are making progress in the negotiation with the abductors of 136 pupils to ensure their release. The deputy governor of the state, Ahmed Ketso disclosed...

Gunmen riding motorcycles on Thursday hijacked a school bus at Oba Ile Estate in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. It is not yet clear how many pupils were inside the bus. Eyewitnesses said...

The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has approved the appointment of Mr Ebikibina John Ogborodi as new acting Registrar. The appointment followed the death of the Registrar,...

A Senior Special Assistant to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, Christopher Dega, has been shot dead. Mr Dega, a retired police officer, was killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital. According to...

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House, Abuja While some of the cabinet members are physically present at the council chamber, others...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu. Professor Yakubu was joined by five INEC commissioners at...

The Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examination Council (NECO), Professor Godswill Obioma, is dead. Obioma’s death was announced in a statement on Tuesday by his son, Prince Godswill Obioma...

President Muhammdu Buhari, on Tuesday, forwarded the name of Major General Farouk Yahaya, to the Senate for screening and confirmation for appointment as the Chef of Army Staff (COAS). Senate President...

Details have now emerged about the identity of the man who shot in Enugu around the Ebeano Tunnel bypass near the State Diagnostic Centre on Garden Avenue, GRA, Enugu. The shooting occurred around 5 pm...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the gruesome assassination of  former presidential aide and APC chieftain, Barr. Ahmed Gulak by unknown gun men in Imo State on Sunday, May 30, 2021. Ohanaeze...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has revealed that it is currently considering equity participation in a number of private refineries in the country in line with a Federal Government policy...

At least 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted. One person was shot dead while another lays critically injured after gunmen...

The Imo State Police Command has neutralised the killers of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak, and recovered ammunition and vehicles from them. Its spokesman, Bala Elkana...