The Imole Campaign Council, the group leading the re-election campaign of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday challenged the State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, to make public more details regarding the confession of one Olamilekan Oriyomi, arrested for…

The disowned director-general of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, has taken down his social media accounts and personal websites amid growing public scrutiny.  Checks by PREMIUM TIMES showed that Mr Adeyemi’s main Facebook account, @Emperor2019, which…

The Kwankwasiyya Movement has called on the Presidency to provide a full account of the controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, saying the matter has gone beyond one individual and has become a test of the Federal…

Morocco became the first team to book a place in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a clinical 3-0 victory over Canada, extending their remarkable unbeaten run in regulation time to 34 matches. The Atlas Lions, Africa’s…

The management of the Federal University of Technology Akure Teaching Hospital has vowed to take legal action against some members of staff of the institution allegedly involved in job racketeering. The management said the alleged staff members issued fake appointment…

The police in Ekiti State said the worshippers abducted during the attack on a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) crusade in Eda Oniyo-Ekiti, Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the state, have been rescued. The spokesperson of the command, Sunday Abutu, a…

The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested 89 drivers for flouting the Inspector-General of Police’s directive on the crackdown on vehicles without registration number plates or with covered number plates, saying such violations pose a threat to both…

The police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly threatening to shoot a traditional ruler with a locally made pistol in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state. The police said the suspect, identified as…

The Vice-Chancellor of Sokoto State University, Prof. Muhammad Bello Yarima, has appealed to the Sokoto State Government to approve the recruitment of additional academic staff to support the institution’s planned expansion into new faculties and academic programmes. Yarima made the…

A Facebook post by a Nigerian mother describing an endearing moment between her toddler son and a female classmate has sparked widespread reactions, with many social media users celebrating what they described as the innocence of childhood friendship. The post,…

The Kogi State Government, in collaboration with the 12 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Hybrid Forces from the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Police Force, local vigilantes and hunters, has recovered about…

The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) has received with deep concern reports of the abduction of journalist Stanley Ugagbe by security operatives. Preliminary information indicates that Ugagbe was taken into custody shortly after Secret Reporters,…

The Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Saturday disclosed that the woman kidnapped in Igbope, Oorelope Local Government Area of Oyo State, alongside her son, had been rescued in Kwara State. Igboho, who is also…

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has called for an amendment to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) Act to reduce the council’s oversight powers over companies operating in Nigeria. The Director-General of PEBEC, Zahrah Audu, made the call while…

Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the Bola Tinubu administration to account for public expenditure omitted from Nigeria’s recent budgets, as flagged by International Monetary Fund. He described the development as evidence of…