The National Secretary, All Progressives Congress, Ajibola Basiru, has said that former Rivers State Governor, Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is being actively engaged in efforts to achieve an amicable resolution of the political crisis in Rivers State,…

The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to suspend the Chief Medical Director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Ikpeme Ikpeme, over allegations of ethnic bias in the recruitment of house officers. The resolution followed…

A Deputy Director in charge of Banking Supervision with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Malam Bashirudeen Maishanu, has accepted responsibility for the disappearance of the sum of $6.2 million in the CBN during the tenure of former governor Godwin…

Bode Durojaye, the Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has confirmed that the installation of Baale of Ona-Aka community in Oyo town, Oyedokun Akinade by the Alaafin’s wife, Abiwumi Owoade was in order.…

Mohammed Ma’aji, a colonel in the Nigerian Army, has been identified by military investigators as the major leader of the botched coup plot against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Apart from being the architect of the coup, the infantry officer is…

Traders at the Onitsha Main Market have pledged to end compliance with the Monday sit-at-home, declaring their readiness to resume full business activities in line with the directive of the Anambra State Government. The pledge was made on Thursday during…

President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deepest sympathies to Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze, following the passing of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Chukwueze. In a statement released on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,…

Bandits ambushed a police patrol team on the Guga–Bakori road in Katsina State on Tuesday, killing three officers, including an assistant superintendent of police (ASP), and injuring two others, police authorities have confirmed. The attack occurred around 12:30 p.m. near…

The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has urged Nigerian policymakers to place the protection of digital freedoms at the centre of the country’s cyber laws, warning that security measures should not come at the expense of citizens’ rights.…

The Senate has constituted a seven-member ad hoc committee to harmonise and distil senators’ inputs on the proposed amendment of the Electoral Act, as lawmakers intensify efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s electoral framework ahead of the 2027 general elections. The decision…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of one Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), and 26,119 inspectors following its third plenary meeting on 29 January. In a statement issued by the commission,…

Members of the Association of New Ogun State Civil and Public Service Retirees on Thursday, called for a postponement of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), lamenting that it has left them unprepared, vulnerable and exposed to severe hardship. The retirees…

The Economic Community of West African States has placed regional security at the centre of its agenda as it works toward achieving five per cent economic growth across West Africa, according to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray.…

A covert intelligence operation coordinated by the Army Headquarters and the State Security Service (SSS), helped thwart a deadly plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government and assassinate key political figures, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Multiple senior administration insiders…

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned of what it described as a grand conspiracy by state governments in the South-East to sabotage the struggle for the restoration of Biafra. The group said the shutdown of Onitsha Main Market…