The Prayer and Support for the Nigerian Armed Forces and Other Security Agencies has expressed deep sorrow over the death of former Director of Defence Information, Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd), who reportedly died while in the custody of kidnappers…

The Governing Council of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State, has dismissed five staff members over alleged sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, extortion, and other forms of misconduct. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Harrison Madubueze, disclosed this in a…

Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has revealed that General Sani Abacha personally summoned and pressured him to accept appointment as Chief of Army Staff during the November 1993 coup. He disclosed that he twice rejected the appointment…

The Nigerian Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee and the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) have called for stronger and faster disciplinary action against lawyers. They also raised concerns over delays in handling complaints and inconsistencies in sanctions, according to a statement…

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, on Sunday visited Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, at his private residence in Ibadan to sympathise with the people and government of the state over the abduction of teachers and pupils in Yawota…

Edo Queens Football Club have emerged as the 2026 champions of the Nigeria Women Football League after finishing top of the Super Six competition on Sunday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In their final game against Bayelsa Queens, Edo Queens…

The former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has reflected on one of the most consequential periods in Nigeria’s history, saying the decision to hand over power to a civilian government in 1999 was both a political necessity and a moral…

Ejimofor Opara, the Special Adviser on Media to the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has faulted the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, over his comment on the case of the leader of the Indigenous People…

Suspected Lakurawa insurgents have killed at least 20 people in a brutal attack on Sunday in Fasken Rafi, a village in the Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The terrorists carried out what residents described as one of the…

The Chairman of the Governing Board of the South-South Development Commission and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chibudom Nwuche, has urged members of the board and management of the commission to uphold the highest standards of transparency,…

When a court convicts individuals for offences and sentences them to prison as punishment, it is expected that they immediately serve their time in jail. But in his case, as this PREMIUM TIMES investigation found, Bello Magaji, a former military…

The Special Adviser to Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State on Security Matters, Col. Ahmed Usman (retd.), has described the death of former Nigerian Army spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Rabe, in bandits’ captivity as a national tragedy, urging renewed commitment…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) “over its failure to account for approximately ₦5.9 billion reportedly spent on the incorporation, transition, and rebranding of NNPC into NNPCL.”…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Sunday expressed concern over what he described as growing hatred and divisions in Nigeria. Baba-Ahmed, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, blamed the situation…

One person was killed, and a school block was set ablaze when suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents attacked Kautikari community in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday evening. Kautikari is located about 20 kilometres from Chibok town, the…