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…

Stakeholders comprising non-governmental organisations, political parties, electoral bodies, religious leaders and civil society actors in Kogi State have resolved to work collectively to end electoral violence and dismantle barriers limiting women’s participation in politics ahead of the 2027 general elections.…

Within just one month of the new year, African political attention has been pulled in multiple directions – with both world and continental crises demanding urgent responses. At the same time, economic outlooks point to slower trade growth, sustained debt…

The Abia State government has warned criminal elements not to test its resolve, stating that the protection of lives and property of its citizens remains its top priority. The warning was given on Wednesday after the January 2026 edition of…

Former Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has denied reports claiming that he held a closed-door meeting with former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, at his Abuja residence. Fayemi, immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, dismissed the…

Anambra State Government has commenced revocation of ownership of undeveloped landed properties in some parts of the state. The Managing Director of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, ACTDA, Dr Ossy Onuko disclosed this to journalists in an interview on Thursday,…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has extended the application deadline for the 2025/2026 academic session to February 27, 2026. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the Fund said the deadline, initially set for January 31, 2026, was extended…

Suspected members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have captured 13 soldiers, killing seven of them, including a commanding officer, in an ambush near Damasak in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State. The commanding officer, according to…

A community leader in Makoko, Lagos State, Jude Ojo, has narrated what transpired during Wednesday’s protest by residents of the area over alleged land grabbling and forceful eviction. Speaking on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by…

China’s football association issued lifetime bans to 73 people, including former national team head coach Li Tie, and punished 13 top professional clubs for match-fixing and corruption, it said Thursday. Under President Xi Jinping, an anti-corruption crackdown has swept through…

The Nigerian Army said its troops have facilitated the safe return of Nigerian refugees from the Republic of Cameroon to Borno State. The repatriation, according to a statement issued on Thursday morning, was conducted by the Joint Task Force of…

Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has asked President Bola Tinubu to immediately remove the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Josiah Amupitan. MURIC declared that Amupitan’s removal is necessary in order to…

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has led the enforcement of security operatives at the Onitsha Main Market to enforce the one-week closure ordered by the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. Recall that Soludo has ordered…

Troops of the 13 Brigade headquarters of the Nigerian Army, Calabar, Cross River State, working with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), have arrested seven suspected human traffickers in the state. The army said the…