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The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, which vacated a stay order made by a Rivers High Court against the conduct of All Progressives Congress congresses in the state.Delivering…

The police in India have declared a troop of monkeys wanted for stoning a man to death in the northern part of the country.The deceased’s relatives have demanded that criminal charges be laid against the “culprits”, reports Times of…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has suspended till further notice, orientation course for the 2018 Batch C Stream I, scheduled to commence on Tuesday, following unfavorable security reports. A statement by Mrs Adenike…

As international backlash grows over Saudi Arabia’s alleged involvement in the possible murder of a journalist, Silicon Valley faces a potentially unsettling fact: The kingdom is now the largest single funding…

Udo Udoma, minister of budget and national planning, says the federal government of Nigeria has issued the first gold refining licence, as a result of the economic recovery and growth plan. Speaking at the 24th Nigerian Economic…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says whenever he wants to sack a public official that has been found to be corrupt, he gets many calls from religious and political leaders not to do so. Speaking on at 24th Nigerian Economic Summit…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s choice of former Anambra State governor Peter Obi as a running mate for the 2019 election is causing bad blood between him and the Southeast political leaders.…

Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has dismissed rumours of plans by the House to impeach Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of the state. He stated this during the plenary session of the House on Monday. According…

Zaynab-Otiti Obanor, former wife of Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the ooni of Ife, has sent a congratulatory message to the monarch and his wife. In a message on her Instagram page, she said there is grace in forgiveness. “It was once…

Spokesman of the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation,Festus Keyamo, has blasted the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and challenged the former Vice President to campaign on his…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State in the forthcoming general elections, Razak Atunwa, did not participate in Nigeria’s compulsory national youth service scheme, PREMIUM TIMES can…

The police has arrested a middle aged man one Dr. Kasim Abdulganiyu for allegedly giving false information, telling falsehood and misleading the police to execute a search warrant in the house of Ambassador Ibrahim Zakari,…

Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, has lost out in his bid to be granted bail by the federal high court in Lagos. On Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Fayose on an 11-count…

Just like we had in the case of former Minister Finance, Kemi Adeosun, who was reported by Premium Times to have forged her NYSC certificate, the 2019 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Razak Atunwa,…

Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, is currently at a federal high court in Lagos where he is being charged with money laundering and abuse of office. Surrounded by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes…

Officers of the Nigeria police force are currently clashing with workers at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) head office in Abuja. The policemen have also escorted Usman Yusuf, NHIS executive secretary, who was suspended…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has increased the duration of the DSDP scheme till June 2019.  The corporation is currently the sole importer of petrol products, as the government has been unwilling to…

Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, has arrived the federal high court, Ikoyi, Lagos. The ex-governor arrived around 8:30am, in a White Toyota Hiace bus with an Abuja number plate: BWR-630AT, in company of officials…

A strange lady was spotted sitting in front of the out-of-bound Emotan statue, last week, in Benin, Edo State. While the identity of he strange lady is yet to be uncovered, however her appearance sparked pandemonium in the area. Here…

Spokesman of the family of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Prince Emmanuel Kanu, has said his brother has no interest in the ouster of President Muhammadu Buhari from office and has therefore not…

Alexandre Lacazette is not worried who finishes as Arsenal’s top scorer this season as long as the club win something. Lacazette and fellow striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have shared 11 goals in total so far this campaign, goals…

Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Dr. Tunde Bakare, has said that Nigerians must speak truth to power and put aside what he called the culture of hypocrisy. Bakare knocked the religious leaders who he accused of failing to…

Ayodele Fayose, immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, has arrived Lagos. He was flown to Lagos from Abuja on Sunday, as part of preparations for his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) scheduled for…

The Nigerian man who rode abicycle from Owerri to Abuja for Atiku Abubakar, reportedly collapsed and is being hospitalised at the National Hospital in Abuja. Uche Dubem, a Psychology graduate of the Imo State University, who arrived …