The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has reaffirmed the commitment of all 36 state governors to making early childhood development (ECD) a strategic priority in Nigeria’s human capital development agenda. The commitment was disclosed at the North-West Zonal Consultative Workshop on…

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The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has restrained the Imo State Government, various security agencies and local government chairmen from interfering with the rallies, meetings and other civic activities of a House of Representatives member from Imo State,…

The proposed summit of opposition political parties convened by the G-100 has been shifted from August 18 to August 31, 2026, to allow participating parties to hold further consultations after the National Peace Summit. The group is urging former Vice…

Former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura, has been named the running mate of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde for the 2027 presidential election, four days after leaving the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Makinde, the presidential candidate…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar on his appointment as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. He described the appointment as a significant recognition of Nigeria’s growing contribution to global health…

Election Observer group, Yiaga Africa, says it will deploy an artificial intelligence-assisted system alongside its election observation methodology to independently scrutinise results from Saturday’s Osun State governorship election and detect possible discrepancies between votes cast at polling units and results…

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would “soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz waterway part of US territory after defeating Iran. “After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon I’ll be declaring the…

The police, army and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have mounted heavy security surveillance across Osun State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. PREMIUM TIMES reporters monitoring the election from different parts of the state observed armed security…

Ibrahim Shawai, the media aide to the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Gombe State, Dr Jamil Gwamna, has said the 2027 governorship election in the state would be decided at polling units and not on social media…

The police in Anambra State say they have arrested a suspected female drug dealer and six other crime suspects when operatives separately raided criminal hideouts in the state. Police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga stated on Friday that the operations were conducted…

A three-month-old baby, Adegbite Robiah, needs urgent corrective heart surgery estimated at N17m, with her family racing against a November deadline to raise the funds. Robiat, who was born on May 9, 2026, was diagnosed with a complex congenital heart…

The police in Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east, say they have arrested 12 kidnappers who separately collected $98 million and N30.5 million ransoms and then killed a female victim in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Bitrus Giwa,…

Two men have died while manually evacuating sewage at Power Line, off Omuma Road, Aba, Abia State. The incident occurred on Monday, August 10, 2026. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the Abia State Orientation Agency.…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced the approved fares for the 2027 Hajj, with pilgrims from the northern and southern zones expected to pay between ₦7.67 million and ₦7.88 million. In a statement by its management on…