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One of the arrested suspects of the Offa bank robbery  attack is a man identified  as Isiaka who is reported to be an ex SARS operative and was dismissed from the job for gross misconduct. A source, who is privy to the investigation,…

If there’s anything a Nigerian lady and mother of two identified as Uwaila Agbonson is happy for, it is her divorce from her husband, Emmanuel. The Nigerian lady who celebrated her divorce and even shared a photo, also went a…

We have just gotten another report of a househelp assaulted by her boss, and this time it happened in Lagos.  According to Facebook user, George Onmonya Daniel who shared the report, the househelp was beaten for not getting up early to take…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for citizens who registered in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) between April and December 2017 will be ready for collection on May 21.The…

soldier who used to drive President Muhammadu Buhari way back in the day has revealed some things about the man. When Corporal Tumba Garba (retd.) joined the Nigerian Army on July 21, 1965, two years before the start of the civil war,…

THERE is no gainsaying the running battle between the Senate and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, currently flickers on the front burner of  public discourse. The conflict assumed an interesting dimension when…

The political tension in the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress deepened on Friday when unidentified hoodlums set the party secretariat on fire. Though the fire didn’t affect the external parts of the building, the…

The federal government has paid another set of 14 whistleblowers the sum of N439.276 million for providing tips on tax evaders. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who briefed the press yesterday, in Abuja, disclosed that the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said over 278 convictions of corrupt officials have been secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) between 2017 and first quarter of 2018. The President made the disclosure in…

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board generated a princely N8.453billion from the sales of forms to applicants seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria in 2018, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. A top…

President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the children of the late Islamic scholar and businessman, Sheikh Isyaku Rabiu, to build on the cherished legacies of gentlemanliness and friendliness of their father. President Buhari was…

An Australian grandmother on Thursday lamented the $480,000 (N173m), she lost to three different online scammers, who happen to be Africans. The  grandmother identified as Suzie admits to being ‘gullible’ and ‘brainwashed’ in the past…

The manager of Maydon Pharmaceutical company, Uchenna Okeagwu, on Friday, while testifying before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, revealed that he paid he notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, 223,000…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Christian community in Nigeria over the passing of the General Secretary of CAN, Rev (Dr) Musa Asake. Special…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 12 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos state. The suspects were arrested after the anti-graft agency raided Club 57, a club in the Ikoyi area of the state. The…

Unidentified armed men have earlier today, Friday, 11th May, stormed the Rivers State Judiciary complex, and reportedly killed two private security officers while destroying properties worth millions of Naira. As at the time of…

The General Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Musa Asake, is dead. We confirmed that Asake died on Friday morning (today) in Abuja after an illness. The death of Asake came about two weeks after he led a nationwide protest…

A Nigerian woman is suing the United States customs agency after it seized tens of thousands of dollars which was earmarked to build a free medical clinic in Imo state. According to the Washington Post, Anthonia Nwaorie was carrying…

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed the United Kingdom for Nigeria, the UK chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress has informed. His aircraft, Air Force 1, reportedly departed the London Stansted Airport at exactly…

Rolls-Royce has officially entered off-road territory. Today, the Goodwood-based, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG brand debuted the $325,000 Cullinan, its first SUV. Named after the largest diamond discovered to date, the vehicle is the…

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), said on Thursday he could not wait for the current Senate, which he described as the worst since 1999, to go next year. He…

They have started in England o! Women are having ‘virginity-restoring’ operations on the NHS at a cost of £1,000 a time, figures reveal. Hospitals have admitted to carrying out 109 reconstructive procedures between 2007 and 2017.…

Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, says Nigeria is focused on accelerating economic growth rate and will not be “complacent around the increase in oil prices”. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja, Adeosun told a delegation of World Bank…

The Senate has appealed the nullification of the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. The Senate and the Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki who is the second defendant in the case also…