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While receiving security report of the 2017 pilgrimage on Monday in Abuja, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Tor Uja disclosed that 100 Christian pilgrims absconded during the 2017…

When Nigeria’s name was missing among the list of 44 countries that signed the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement last March 21 during the 18th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of AU Heads of State and…

The Lagos state police command says it has uncovered a printing press where election materials are being printed.  Imohimi Edgal, the state commissioner of police, led some detectives to the printing press located at 13A and 13B,…

Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, says there is no point for electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to raise tariff when many Nigerians have not been metered. At a briefing on Monday in Abuja, the minister…

The finance sector needs regulatory buffers to strengthen banks’ capacity to withstand shocks, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor Edward Lamtek Adamu, has said. In his personal statement contained in the CBN Communique of…

The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God exists. President Rodrigo…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo stormed the rally of Oladipupo Adebutu, one of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun state, on Monday The presence of the elder statesman energised the people at the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday picketed MTN office in Kano over alleged exploitation of workers in the company. The NLC members who stormed the office at Civic Centre in Kano as early 6:30am were led by the Chairman of…

CCTV footage from Garki Hospital, Abuja, has shown that Nkechi Igwetu, the National Youth Service Corps member shot by a police officer in Abuja, was taken in for treatment almost immediately she arrived the hospital premises. In a…

Some leaders of a faction of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, on Monday afternoon gathered in Abuja to sign a memorandum with opposition parties for the 2019 general elections. The Reformed APC (R-APC) members were led to the Monday…

A 41-year-old man has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for sleeping with a girl and staying in another hotel without paying. Theophilus Ozoigbo’s arrest comes three months after being arrested and arraigned for…

A Nigerian man, identified as De Raph Man, has alleged that his 18-year-old younger sister got married without the family’s consent as directed by the pastor of the “Fishers of Men Charismatic Church Isiokpo, Imo State. De Raph man…

The Niger, Kwara, Kogi Command of the Nigeria Customs has intercepted a Onitsha bound truck load of 200,000 live ammunition being brought into the country from Benin Republic. Two suspects who were identified as the driver, Bukari…

The Minister of Power Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola Monday advised the electricity distribution companies otherwise known as DisCos to compete to deliver power to customers or exit the electricity market for…

The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has reacted to the exclusive story published by PREMIUM TIMES detailing how finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, skipped the mandatory national service and used a forged certificate to cover for it.…

Three northern governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are on their way to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) any moment from now, TheCable understands. As many as 30 senators and 70 members of the…

The Peoples Democratic Party Kogi West Elders’ Forum has said it will vehemently reject any attempt to impose Senator Dino Melaye as the sole senatorial candidate of the party in 2019. Chairman of the Forum, Shaibu Momoh said this…

As the world awaits the explanation of Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, over a PREMIUM TIMES exclusive report that she skipped Nigeria’s one-year mandatory national youth service scheme and then forged an exemption certificate, this…

The presidency has said that it was yet to be briefed about alleged forgery of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. Adeosun’s official credentials showed that…

A breakdown of additions the National Assembly made to the 2018 budget has emerged. The lawmakers had inserted 6,403 projects valued at N578.31bn. According to Budget Office documents, the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing had…

Former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has criticised those accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of not making efforts to end incessant killings in Nigeria Kalu said the president had taken new steps to address the killings.…

The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has accused the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha of scattering and de-marketing the All Progressives Congress, APC. He also accused the Governor of leading the…

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has reacted to the revelation by Hon. Ahmed Maje, a member of the House of Representatives, that politicians were behind the killings in Plateau State. A statement issued on Monday by its director,…

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to a statement by Dino Melaye over his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Dino Melaye, the Senator representing Kogi West, had said Fani-Kayode got healed of…