Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), supported by the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised no fewer than 23 bandits fleeing Kano State after coordinated attacks on Shanono and Tsanyawa Local Government Areas. A statement issued on…
The Ogun State government Dapo Abiodun The Nigeria for Women Project Scale-Up (NFWP-SU) in Ogun State has established 2,000 Women Affinity Groups (WAGs) to provide women with access to finance, skills, and social capital in order to improve their living…
Discussions around gender issues, especially women’s representation in parliament, intensified in Nigeria in 2025. A legislative proposal, widely known as the Special Seats Bill or Reserved Seats Bill, was the primary focus of the discussion. The bill, which has received…
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe the allegations that…
The Obidient Movement has clarified that it will not support former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi as a vice-presidential candidate to any politician, insisting that its backing is exclusively for his emergence as president of Nigeria ahead of the 2027…
By Ochuko Akuopha ASABA — The Parish Priest of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Boji-Boji Agbor, in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Rev. Fr. Stephen Chukwuma, has reportedly slumped and died while delivering a homily. Fr.…
The House of Representatives has released the certified true copies (CTCs) of four tax reform Acts recently signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, following public concerns over alleged alterations and the circulation of unauthorised versions of the laws.…
By Toni Kan As 2026 dawns, Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and his colleagues at the apex bank must, no doubt, be taking stock and reviewing the bank’s performance in 2025. Some 12 months before, Cardoso was bemoaning…
Aston Villa’s Spanish head coach Unai Emery attends a press conference at their Bodymoor Heath Training Ground near Birmingham, central England, on April 14, 2025 on the eve of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final, second-leg football match against Paris Saint-Germain.…
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that his country will run Venezuela until a “safe transition,” following the kidnap of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by American forces. PREMIUM TIMES reports that US forces stormed various parts of Venezuela on…