A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, has ruled out challenging the outcome of the party’s 25 May presidential primary in court. Mr Hayatu-Deen, however, expressed concerns over alleged irregularities and procedural…

How Strategic Investments, Fiscal Reforms, Industrial Expansion and Bold Infrastructure Projects Propelled Ogun State to Become Nigeria’s Second Best-Performing State and One of the Nation’s Fastest-Growing Economies By Kayode Akinmade  When the 2025 State Performance Index (pSPI), released by Phillips…

At least five persons reportedly sustained injuries in Sunday’s multiple-vehicle accident that occurred at the Toll Gate area of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun. The Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has ordered a full-scale investigation into security procedures at Yola Airport after PREMIUM TIMES published a series of videos showing Patience Abbo, the wife of former Adamawa North Senator Ishaku Abbo,…

The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, NDPC, has attributed about 94.7% of data breaches and attacks to the lack of skilled personnel, especially in Nigeria. The National Commissioner of the NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, stated this at…

Former England manager and Newcastle United legend Kevin Keegan has revealed that he is battling stage four cancer, months after his family disclosed that he had been undergoing treatment for the disease. As reported by BBC Sport on Monday, the…

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqha Darma, has uncovered major discrepancies in official progress reports on the federal government’s Renewed Hope housing project in Katsina State, finding that only about 130 of the 250 housing units reported as…

The Police Service Commission has debunked a police recruitment list circulating on social media, describing it as fake and urging members of the public to disregard it. Torty Njoku Kalu, Head of Protocol and Public Affairs, Police Service Commission, Abuja,…

Israel said Monday it would once again target Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold mostly spared heavy attacks since April, as it stages its deepest incursion into Lebanon in two decades. The UN Security Council is expected to hold an emergency…

Suspected terrorists have killed one person and abducted more than 15 others in Ayegunle Bunu, a town in the Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. According to Egbe Mekun Parrot, a community newspaper in the Kogi West Senatorial District,…

Residents of Commissioners’ Quarters in Damaturu, Yobe State, have bemoaned worsening water scarcity in one of the capital’s prominent residential areas. They said the shortage followed the breakdown of a generator powering a major public borehole serving the area, where…

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday rebuffed Moscow’s call for his country to hold a referendum on joining the EU, saying ties with Russia were in a “transformation phase.” The Kremlin has upped pressure on Armenia over its rapprochement…

Twenty-four defendants, including 15 Chinese nationals and nine Nigerians, have been arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged illegal lithium mining activities in Nasarawa State, in a case that underscores growing efforts by authorities to curb unauthorised…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says there is no resident of the Abuja that can deny the impact of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Wike made this statement on Monday  during his monthly media briefing in Abuja. He urged…

Teachers in public primary and secondary schools across Oyo State on Monday began an indefinite strike to protest the kidnap of teachers and pupils of three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of the state The News Agency of Nigeria…