A former Senate President, David Mark, has said a single tenure is not enough for members of the National Assembly, and called for lawmakers to be given the chance to serve for more than four years. Mr Mark, who served…

Paul Ibe, spokesman to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday said Nigerians know the “wuru wuru” that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau did in replacing electronic transmission” with “electronic transfer.” Ibe said Nigerians…

The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution has strongly condemned the ongoing killings of innocent citizens across Nigeria, describing the attacks as senseless and unacceptable, while calling for urgent measures to strengthen rural security and address the root causes of…

Bashir Ahmad, former aide to late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated the South-East on the cancellation of the sit-at-home order in the region. In a post on his verified X handle on Sunday, Ahmad said the move is a great…

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday attacked the Koro community, a border settlement in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing one resident and sending villagers fleeing for safety. Residents said the heavily armed assailants stormed the…

An Osun State magistrate’s court in Osogbo has ordered the remand of four suspects at the Ilesha Correctional Centre over their alleged involvement in the killing of several residents of the Ido-Ayegunle community in Obokun Local Government Area of the…

The Commander of the United States Africa Command, AFRICOM, General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, has paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu. Anderson led a high-level delegation to Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday. Present at the…

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, the apex sociopolitical youth group in the South East geopolitical zone, has warmly commended the recent cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. In a press statement…

The Chief Operating Officer of the PREMIUM TIMES Group, Musikilu Mojeed, has said the organisation’s publishing arm is using books to document political history, interrogate power, and preserve Nigeria’s social and democratic experience. Mr Mojeed, who is also the Editor-in-Chief…

Former Minister of Sports and Youths Development, Solomon Dalung, has described president Bola Tinubu as a dwarf in Nigeria’s political history. Dalung said this on ‘Sunday Politics’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST. According to him, Tinubu…

A former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has thrown his weight behind the planned protest at the National Assembly on Monday by prominent activists, labour unions, and elder statesmen, describing it as a legitimate response to what…

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says its convicted leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has directed “total cancellation” of sit-at-home across Nigeria’s South-east. IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday. Mr Powerful said…

The Abia State Government has approved the implementation of an adjusted minimum wage for teachers and staff of the State Education Management Board as part of efforts to improve their welfare. The Special Adviser to Governor Alex Otti on Basic…

Igbo youth leaders have condemned a fake news report allegedly quoting the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator John Mbata, as calling on Igbo men to arm themselves, saying, “a war is looking.” The widely circulated statement falsely claimed that…

A new civic accountability report tracking federal government-funded projects under President Bola Tinubu administration has uncovered cases of abandoned, uncompleted and fraudulent projects across Nigeria. The 2024/2025 project tracking report released on Thursday by Tracka, BudgIT’s citizen-led monitoring platform, showed…