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........Police alleges: He earlier killed wife with a knife, detained, escaped from prison!IT was a bloody Easter Monday in Igbodigo in Okitipupa council area of Ondo State as a 45-year-old palm wine tapper, Deji Adenuga,…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s electoral success in March did not come as a surprise. Most pundits expected him to win, including those who had reservations about his temperament, health and…

GAME of Thrones star, Sophie Turner, has wedded Joe Jonas.The 23-year-old English actress made her professional acting debut as ‘Sansa Stark’ in the HBO fantasy television series ‘Game of Thrones’ which…

Liverpool key player, Mohammed Salah has gone out injured in the vital match against Newcastle on Saturday. The Egyptian, who is the highest goal scorer in EPL with 23 goals, left the game in the 72…

President Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA), Ben Okoli, says a Nigerian, Mr Okechukwu Henry, from Imo State, was stabbed to death by unknown South African robbers. The NICASA president…

•I was to be on the Saudi trip, says father The insistence of the father of Zainab Aliyu, the young Nigerian lady just let off the hook in Saudi Arabia over illegal drug trafficking on her innocence,…

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has recalled how a pastor who belonged to the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria predicted his death many years ago…

The Ogun state government has concluded plans to obtain N350m loan from the World Bank. Ibikunle Amosun, governor of the state, disclosed this when he received a delegation of the bank in Abeokuta, the…

The Nigeria Police have sacked the head of its public complaints unit, a senior official told PREMIUM TIMES Saturday.Yomi Shogunle, a controversial officer who at times rattled social media users with his posts, was removed…

The Nigerian Army has said some foreign interests are working hard to derail the inauguration of President Muhammad Buhari on May 29. Colonel Sagir Musa, the acting Director, Army Public Relations, made…

Mauricio Pochettino insists he respects referee Craig Pawson’s decision to send off Son Heung-min and Juan Foyth in Tottenham’s 1-0 Premier League defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday. Son was dismissed…

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has released the statement below, detailing modalities for the sighting of the new moon to signal the commencement of this year’s Ramadan fast.The statement also detailed the…

Jamiu Abiola, son of the late Chief Moshood Abiola, has called on Nigerians to assist President Muhammadu Buhari to achieving the dream of a better Nigeria.He said with development, Nigeria would not only be the giant of…

The Kano state government says it has concluded arrangements to conduct a mass wedding for 1,500 prospective couples across its 44 local government areas. This was announced in a statement by Abba Anwar,…

Fifty-nine commercial sex workers have been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) in Calabar, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Ilupeju Adebayo, Director of the DSS Command in…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday, in Lagos called on leaders of Nigeria’s media industry to rise up against bastardisation of the profession. Osinbajo represented by his spokesman, Mr Laolu…

Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the U.S. outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base…

Some soldiers acting on the orders of a foreigner, George Suarez, have brutalised a woman, identified as Diva, for allegedly having a disagreement with Suarez’s wife. The incident happened on Wednesday…

Governors-elect will be jumping the gun by issuing orders or directives when they have not been sworn in, Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) said yesterday. According to them, a governor reserves the…

A Nigerian man was, yesterday, shot dead while 7 others were arrested when police raided an alleged online ‘love scam’ den in Imus, Cavite. The arrested suspects are…

A veteran high-life singer in Ghana, Rex Omar has said in a new interviews that God sees nothing wrong with what humans consider as sexual immorality. Speaking on the Delay Show, Rex Omar stated that God understands sexual immorality and…

AHEAD of his inauguration for a second term on May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari has kept members of his kitchen cabinet, close associates and outgoing ministers in suspense with regard to those who will…

Nigerian husband who is obviously aggrieved, has called out his estranged wife after he alleged that she married his best man at their wedding without divorcing him. The man identified as Shola Motunbi, 39 got married to Marian Ekiomado…

Nigerian lawmaker Senator Ahmed Lawan has said his ambition to be Senate president in the 9th National Assembly is with the intent of making a difference in the legislative arm of government for the…