The Nigeria Police Force on Monday night released Sodeeq Atanda, a senior investigative reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), hours after officers attached to the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit arrested him in Lagos. FIJ reported that Mr…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has clarified that the National Identification Number (NIN) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) now automatically serves as the Tax Identification Number (TIN) for individual Nigerians. The announcement was made on Monday…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has announced that the National Identification Number issued by the National Identity Management Commission has automatically become the Tax Identification Number for individual Nigerians. The clarification was made in a public awareness campaign on the…

Criticism has continued to trail the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, Udeme Otong, following his remarks that he has the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket in his pocket for the 26 seats in the assembly for the 2027 general…

A three-storey building located at No.20 Kaduna street by Uzuakoli road in Umuahia, has been sealed by the Abia State government, through the Umuahia Capital Development Authority, UCDA. The house, according to the UCDA, was sealed for allegedly suffering from…

Afrobeats star Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has expressed grief following reports that a woman died in a stampede outside the venue of his concert in Nairobi, Kenya. The incident reportedly occurred on December 20 at the Nyayo National…

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State presented the 2026 Imo budget of N1.43 trillion to the state lawmakers on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the figure represented a 78 per cent increase from the 2025 budget…

Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, has reaffirmed that the Ogoni clean-up remains a top priority for his ministry. Lawal made the statement when the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, led a presidential delegation, including the Minister of Works, David…

The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, Dr Ayo Ogunsan, on Monday, formally deployed the Fund’s Monitoring Team, directing its members to enforce strict accountability and transparency in the utilisation of security assets…

Gunmen have abducted 28 travellers in Zak community, Bashar District of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. A youth leader in Wase, Sapi’i Sambo, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview on Monday, saying the victims…

Abia State Governor,  Alex Otti, on Monday, performed the switch-on ceremony to restore electricity to 33 communities in Ukwa West LGA of the State, ending nine years of power blackout. The proj‌ect was executed by the Abia State government through…

Residents of Borno State are expressing confusion following the unveiling of 3,000 electric bikes by President Bola Tinubu, even as the state maintains its ongoing ban on motorcycle use. During a state visit on Saturday, President Tinubu inaugurated a fleet…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has openly called on Rivers State residents to deliver overwhelming votes for President Bola Tinubu and Governor Siminalayi Fubara, in a move that underscores the party’s consolidation of power in the oil-rich South-south region following…

Fear has spread among residents of Lagos following the arrest of two suspected fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, in the state, according to PREMIUM TIMES. It was gathered that the suspects, identified as Modu Gana and…

The Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa State has introduced monthly allowances for former chairmen, deputies, councillors and other past political appointees as part of efforts to strengthen engagement with former leaders. The Chairman of the council, Maji Wakili Marma,…