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Ondo  State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has congratulated Prince Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye on his election as the Olowo-elect of Owo Kingdom. The governor’s message came after he received…

The Nigerian Army has announced the redeployment of top generals.Army spokesperson Sagir Musa announced the deployments in a statement on Sunday evening.Those affected include one lieutenant general, some major-generals…

In fulfilment of his election promise to accelerate his administration’s development agenda, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, transmitted a list of Commissioner-designates to…

The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Sunday urged government and Nigerians to work together and take concrete steps to make sure that attacks by gunmen do not…

Nigeria’s Consul-General in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr. Godwin Adams, has called for another autopsy to be carried out on the late Deputy Director-General of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Mrs. Elizabeth…

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel on Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), said it is ready to charge two senior civil servants to court after it uncovered over N3 billion in their…

South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Aaron Motsoaledi, has hinted that the former apartheid country may add the trio of Nigeria, India and China to its list of countries that can enter…

Nigeria’s military authorities have reportedly launched a manhunt for five soldiers, who escaped with billions of Naira on transit to Abuja. Premium Times identified the soldiers as Gabriel…

Bola Tinubu, a national of leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says those blaming herdsmen for the death of Funke Olakurin, daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, do not have evidence.…

The Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday morning paid a condolence visit to the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure,…

The Nigerian House of Senate on Sunday condoled with the family of Afenifere leader and elder statesman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, over Friday’s murder of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, along akure-Ore road,…

THE Nigeria Customs Service has revealed that six containers of ‘poisonous’ Iranian tomato paste, branded as Shirin Asal my tomato paste, have arrived Nigerian seaports for onward clearance into…

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has condoled with Reuben Fasoranti, Afenifere national leader, over the death of his daughter. Funke Olakunrin, Fasoranti’s…

Former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon on Saturday went down the memory lane, revealing how he and other prominent Nigerians saved Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from impeachment by the…

A FEW ex-governors may have been among those President Muhammadu Buhari alleged, last week, to be putting him under pressure on the constitution of his next cabinet. An investigation…

Emotions ran high yesterday over the killing of Afenifere leader’s daughter, Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, along Benin/Ore Expressway by suspected herdsmen last Friday. The father of the deceased, Pa…

Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has said the Senate will do all in its power to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari delivers on his next level agenda to Nigerians in the next four years.…

The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has granted Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), a N100 million bail. In a certified true copy (CTC) of a judgement dated July 10 and seen…

Critic, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze has disagreed with the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Uche for condemning the molestation allegations…

By just one vote, a move to amend the marriage canon was defeated at the 42nd General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada on Friday. By the decision, the church will continue to maintain its…

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property has sealed off suspicious assets and property belonging to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, in Warri, Asaba in Delta State, and Lagos…

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed  Abubakar Adamu, said he has ordered the overhaul of security architecture on the highways straddling the Southern part of the country. In addition, he said the…

Former undisputed World Heavyweight Champions, Anthony Joshua has been spotted at a sprawling slum in Lagos, Makoko. Joshua, who arrives Lagos on Thursday was hailed by all, but this time around, he took…

Turkish Cypriot media have reported the arrest of 11 people in connection with the killing of Nigerian student Obasanjo Adeola Owoyale, living in Nicosia. Obasanjo was declared missing on July 1. On 8…