The former Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has accused operatives enforcing a demolition exercise in the state of assaulting residents, unlawfully detaining victims and destroying evidence of alleged abuses. Mr Rhodes-Vivour, who defected to the African…

Mahmud Tajo Sani Gaya, Executive Chairman of Gaya Local Government and the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) representative on healthcare matters in Kano State, has said that health fellows being recruited under a federal government initiative will strengthen…

A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an interim injunction restraining the state assembly from going ahead with its impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngọzi Odu. Justice F. A. Fiberesima gave the ruling…

Truck drivers on Friday mounted a roadblock on the busy Bauchi–Jos highway at the Miri axis of Bauchi metropolis in protest after a colleague’s truck tyre was allegedly damaged by revenue enforcement agents. The spokesperson of the Bauchi State Police…

The Ekiti State Government, has placed the Elepe of Epe Ekiti, in Ijero Local Government, Oba Williams Adesoye on probation and watch list over consistent agitations by his community that he should be deposed following alleged unruly behaviour and high-handedness.…

Social media platform, X, owned by United States tech billionaire Elon Musk, is back after users experienced a brief downtime on Friday. DAILY POST reports that X experienced a down time for users in Nigeria around 3pm on Friday before…

The police in Lagos on Friday, charged two men before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, for allegedly raping an 11- year-old girl. The defendants are: Prince Tomnyie, 40; a businessman, who resides at Agege, and Micheal Adenuga,…

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an order restraining the Chief Judge of Rivers State from receiving or acting on any impeachment notice directed at Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu. The development…

A grieving father, Samuel Alozie, known as Promise Samuel on TikTok, is seeking justice after alleging that his nine-month-old identical twin sons, Testimony and Timothy, died about 24 hours after receiving injections at the Ajangbadi Primary Health Centre in Ojo…

The European Union Commission has removed Nigeria from its list of high-risk jurisdictions on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). The delisting, contained in an updated list of high-risk jurisdictions, follows decisions taken at the Financial Action…

The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, has called for deeper synergy between the Ministries of Defence and Interior, saying Nigeria’s internal security challenges can only be effectively tackled through seamless collaboration and shared responsibility. Musa made the call on…

The Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association and the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund have intensified efforts to improve workplace safety standards across the country, warning that negligence, poor awareness, and a weak safety culture continue to expose Nigerian workers to preventable…

Two police operatives were killed on Thursday in Enugu State when gunmen attacked a police team in the South-eastern state. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred at about 9 p.m. along Agbani Road in Enugu South Local Government Area of…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has left Abuja for Guinea-Conakry for the inauguration of President Mamadi Doumbouya His media aide, Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement on Friday, disclosing that Shettima was billed to attend the 56th Annual Meeting…

The Lagos State Government has confirmed the collapse of a bungalow classroom block at Odokekere High School in Ikorodu, describing the incident as “sad news” in a Friday statement from the Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools (SCRPS).” The…