Plateau North Senator, Pam Dachungyang has defected from the Action Democratic Party (ADP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Dachungyang, the only senator elected on the platform of the ADP in the 10th Senate, announced his defection in…

The Senate has set up a special committee to review and harmonise divergent views on the ongoing amendment of the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2026, as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s electoral framework. The committee, to…

Former General Evangelist of Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Kayode Abiara, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will overcome insecurity and terrorism, describing the current global unrest as a sign of the end times. Abiara made the comments during a recent church…

There was tension in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday, when police operatives allegedly shot dead a private motorcyclist in the area. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred at about 9:00 p.m. along the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway in the state capital.…

The Federal Government has approved the construction of a N1 trillion Metropolitan Rail Service for Kano State, a major infrastructure project expected to transform urban transportation and stimulate economic growth in the state. Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf,…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged intending Christian pilgrims to be good ambassadors of Jesus Christ and the state during their forthcoming pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan. Sanwo-Olu gave the charge during a  “Service of Dedication” organised in preparation…

A sum of $6.23 million was withdrawn in cash from a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) vault in one day in February 2023, during the tenure of Godwin Emefiele as the CBN governor, a prosecution witness said on Thursday, shedding…

Hundreds of supporters on Thursday thronged the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi, to welcome the State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Yakubu Adamu, following his return from Abuja. Adamu arrived in the state after the Federal High Court in…

British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua has spoken publicly for the first time following the fatal road accident that claimed the lives of two of his close friends in December 2025. In a video posted on his official Instagram page on Thursday,…

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has appealed to Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo to reopen the Onitsha Main Market. The President-General of the socio-cultural group, John Azuta-Mbata, made the appeal in a statement issued by the group’s National Publicity Secretary, Ezechi Chukwu.…

Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to urgently investigate the alleged extrajudicial killing of two men by one of its personnel, Ajayi Abayomi, describing the incident as a grave violation of human rights. In…

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said that the Monday sit-at-home is not linked to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, insisting that those enforcing it are criminal elements being used to orchestrate “calculated economic…

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has reacted to the threat by three former governors, Orji Uzor Kalu, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu, to drag him to court for running state functions from his private residence in Isiala Ngwa South LGA.…

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…