Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has clarified the controversy over his refusal to shake hands with Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf as captured in a viral video. In the video, Musa was seen to have shaken hands with Kano…
Amnesty International Nigeria has tackled the federal government over failure to prosecute those who murdered Deborah Samuel over alleged blasphemy in Sokoto State, North-west Nigeria. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Ms Samuel was lynched by fellow students of Shehu Shagari College…
NOW The Lagos State Government says it has arrested and prosecuted no fewer than 219 persons for crossing expressways in different parts of the state in March. The spokesperson for Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, Mr Lukman Ajayi, said this…
The Association of Corporate and Marketing Communication Professionals of Banks (ACAMB) has expressed confidence in the capacity of Nigerian banks to meet the demands of the recently announced recapitalisation exercise of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN had 29…
The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) Executive Secretary, Mohammed Abu Ibrahim, said the Federal Government, through the NADF, is providing support valued at N1.6bn input package to ginger farmers in three states, including the Federal Capital Territory. Abu said the…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mohammed Bello Adoke. I sympathise with Mohammed Bello Adoke, referred to above simply as Citizen Adoke. Not necessarily because I know him personally, he and I, having served this country during…
NOW University of Ilorin has expelled or rusticated 19 students involved in various offences. Their offences ranged from misconduct, theft, examination malpractice, hostel bed-space racketeering, extortion and assault to admission racketeering, Those expelled included six final year students, the varsity’s…
The Nigerian Army says a minor explosion occurred, on Monday, in a farmland near the Mammy Market within the Ikeja Cantonment in Lagos.This is contained in a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, in Abuja. Mr…
Electricity generation companies, facing gas shortages may be entangled in another crisis as the Nigerian Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) increased prices of natural gas. While the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had pegged the 2024 Multi-Year Tariff (MYTO)…
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, says its troops on Monday rescued nine kidnap victims abducted by gunmen on 29 March along the Ugheli-Patani axis of the East-West road. The Commander of the joint…