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Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives indirectly demanded for automatic return tickets to resolve the ongoing impasse within the party, Daily Trust has learnt. The aggrieved…

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday rallied Christian leaders in the country to remain united and shame those stoking the fires of ethnic and religious conflicts in the country for their short-term political gains. Receiving members…

Angry Lagosians seen cursing French president, Macron, yesterday, after a portion of the road was blocked because of him. Watch Video......

A man had to be rushed to the hospital and placed on admission after he took herbs in preparation for sex but the woman ended up not showing up. The man was in so much physical pain following the ingestion of the aphrodisiac. For so…

The Bauchi State government have closed the Sa’adu Zungur Model Primary and Secondary School in its capital, Bauchi, over illegal marriages among senior students in the school. The closure order, which also affected the primary…

Did a supervisor with Chrisland Schools in Lekki, Lagos, Adegboyega Adenekan, accused of defiling a 35-month-old pupil, lie about his relationship with the girl? Yes, says a report of the polygraph test conducted on him by an expert, Mr…

Thousands of Chinese are pouring out their grief on social media following the death of a “psychic” cat, Baidian’er, that correctly predicted the outcome of Nigeria and Argentina match at Russia FIFA World Cup. The cat, bearing the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday signed an Executive Order on the Preservation of Suspicious Assets Connected with Corruption. He signed the order inside the council chamber of the State House, Presidential Villa Abuja.…

The Senate Committee on Police Affairs has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the killing of seven police officers in Abuja on Monday. The Chairman of the Committee, Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina South),…

At least 391 projects were smuggled by Nigerian federal lawmakers into the 2018 budget of two federal government agencies, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. The agencies are the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) and…

The Federal High Court in Owerri on Thursday nullified the controversial ward and local government congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State. Party members loyal to Governor Rochas Okorocha filed the suit. In…

The Senate on Thursday demanded investigations into the death of a corp member,  Ms Linda Angela Igwetu, who was killed by a policeman on Wednesday. The matter was raised by Senator Atai Aidoko, citing Orders 42 and 52, stating that…

The Federal Government, states and local governments earned $3.1 billion as dividends, taxes, fees, levies, remittances and other forms of payments by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) in 2017. The amount was higher than the…

Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange are probably used to household names such as Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Femi Otedola, Segun Agbaje, etc. These are directors of some of the biggest companies on the stock exchange and they are…

Despite opposition by many parties, notably those operating in the telecommunication sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a circular dated 25th of June 2018, has released guidelines for the collection of a 0.005% levy on…

Mallam Adamu Ciroma, former Minister of Finance and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has died. Ciroma, a founding member of the Peoples…

Ibrahim, son of late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua will be getting married this month to Saratu Sodangi. Ibrahim graduated from Brunei University London with a degree in Law in July, 2016. His beautiful bride-to-be is a lawyer. The…

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-political body of the Igbos, has said President Muhammadu Buhari should not ‘threaten or cajole’ the Igbo into voting for him in 2019 with talk of possible ‘Igbo Presidency’ in 2023. There are suggestions…

Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, says the meeting he and two of his colleagues had with President Muhammmadu Buhari was not about the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC). A new faction led by Buba Galadima broke away…

Kazeem Afegbua, media aide of ex-military President Ibrahim Babangida, is spokesman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), a new faction of the ruling party. The faction broke away from the APC on Wednesday, describing…

On Wednesday, Buba Galadima, a former member of the board of trustees (BoT) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and one-time ally of President Muhammadu Buhari led some aggrieved members to form a faction known as Reformed All…

The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, yesterday said  Nigerians who defaulted in paying their taxes at the expiration of the grace given by the Voluntary Assets Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), would…

A former Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala has declared his intention to contest the governorship seat in 2019. Alao-Akala said he was bowing to intense pressure from his admirers. The former governor spoke yesterday at his…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that the world is waiting to see if the Presidents coming after him will return the loots and assets being recovered by his administration from those who looted the treasury. He noted that…