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The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC), has cried out to human rights organisations around the world over the alleged ongoing politically motivated killings in Nigeria, saying it has evidence to prove that the attacks have political…

Mrs Aisha Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram has stated that Leah Sharibu has not given up her Christian faith. Wakil made the disclosure while announcing that she’s working with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC)…

Paul Pogba’s agent, Mino Raiola has told Manchester United that the midfielder wants to leave the club this summer. The Frenchman has struggled to convince United manager since rejoining the club from Juventus for £89million in 2016.…

Moshood Adeoti, the Secretary to Osun Government, has resigned his appointment and defected to the Action Democratic Party(ADP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Adeoti was one of the 17 All Progressives Congress…

Bismarck Rewane, economic analyst and chief executive officer of Financial Derivatives Company, says consumers must prepare for rising inflation from August 2018. Speaking on a programme on Channels TV on Monday, Rewane said there…

Godwin Adama, the Consul-General of Nigeria in South Africa, says about 5,000 Nigerian medical practitioners are contributing to the development of the health sector in South Africa. Mr Adama made this known in a statement issued by…

Veteran Fuji musician, Isiaka Iyanda Sawaba, popularly known as “Easy Sawaba”, was in the 1970s and 1980s a force to reckon with in Fuji music. In this exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Oladeinde Olawoyin, the…

A research has shown that nitrates, the chemicals used to cure meats such as beef jerky, salami, hot dogs and other processed meat snacks, may contribute to mania, an abnormal mood state. Mania is characterised by hyperactivity,…

A Kuwaiti social media star is facing a backlash after criticising new laws improving conditions for the country’s Filipino domestic workers. Sondos Alqattan, an Instagram star and makeup artist with over 2.3 million followers,…

A Nigerian writer, Anietie Isong, has been named winner of the 2018 McKItterick Prize for his debut novel, Radio Sunrise. Anietie, the first Nigerian to win the prize since it was established in 1990, joins an illustrious line of…

The National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has threatened to sack the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, from the party. Mr Oshiomhole is having a running battle with Mr…

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reiterated that he is not losing sleep over the breakaway Reformed-APC faction. The former Edo governor says he has defeated powerful godfathers,…

The immediate past Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, High Chief Edem Duke, has declared his intention to run for the governorship of Cross River State in 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).…

Kingsley Moghalu, presidential aspirant of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has appointed Abubakar Abdullahi as the chief operating officer (COO) of his 2019 presidential campaign. Abubakar, a political consultant, will coordinate…

A Nigerian pastor and his wife are standing trial in Namibia for allegedly defrauding a couple of their house. Pastor Isaac Onwordi of Life-Changing Christian Church and his wife, Suama Ndagodja Onwordi, appeared before the Namibian…

It was her husband’s birthday over the weekend and mama didn’t keep calm, plus she made her fans know it would be their birthday all MONTH, lol. The actress aside celebrating her husband all weekend, this morning released a video of…

Nollywood actress, Sola Kosoko celebrated her daughters birthday party over the weekend. Sola daughter, Dara clocked 4 and she celebrated her birthday with family and friends, her grandfather, Jide Kosoko was not left at the celebration.…

The residents of Emotan Hall of Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, in Edo State, on Sunday, discovered some assorted charms inside a girl’s bag. According to multiple online reports, the student who had been complaining about her…

Two Nigerian men were on Wednesday, July 18, sentenced to life in prison and 30 years for drug trafficking and were also fined $17,500 each, by a Phnom Penh Municipal Court sitting in Cambodia. The convicts, 28-year-old Boniface…

Nigerian singer, Blackface has reacted to the huge lawsuit slammed on him by a former bandmate, 2face Idibia. Blackface Naija, Dancehall and reggae singer, has said that his lawyers are taking care of the N50million lawsuit slammed on…

Operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), troops of the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police on Sunday took positions in and around the Nigerian Law School in Lagos. The deployment was to avert break down of law…

Six years after the construction of the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility by the Akwa Ibom State Government, the facility is yet to be put to use by the country. The project cost the state government about $100m to…

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have ejected Chris Giwa from the secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Giwa and the staff who occupied the NFF secretariat on July 2 have been asked to immediately…

The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) says electricity distribution companies (DisCos) lose an average of N48 per kilowatt hour (KWH) of power as a result of the non-review of tariff. ANED said the lack of…