The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has intensified his drive to increase partnerships with local and multinational companies for direct investment in the state’s economy. A statement by the Spokesman to the Governor, Malam Olawale Rasheed, stated that two…
The first phase of the Lagos Blue rail is sent by President Muhammadu Buhari with fanfare and a speech by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday. The first phase of the 13-kilometer elevated railway network stretches from Marina to Mile 2.…
Ganduje cautioned against news syndrome The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chris Isiguzo, has charged journalists to live above ground for effective coverage of the country’s general election for the emergence of credible leadership.At the Union’s Special…
At All Progressive Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has alerted the public to a fake letter circulating on social media claiming that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Okon Umana, has been suspended. The Chairman of APC in…
• Ortom looking for naira old note extension deadline• The policy is not timely, said Dickson As citizens became agitated over rejecting the old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes before the January 31 deadline, more voices, yesterday, weighed heavily on…
One person died in Jigawa State on Tuesday at a campaign rally of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kazaure Local Government Area of the state. The commissioner of police in the state, Emmanuel Ekot, told PREMIUM TIMES that the…
• Another 26-year-old arraigned for window theft For stealing a trailer load of Softcare diapers valued at N13.5 million, a Lagos Magistrates Court, sitting in Ogba sentenced a 26-year-old man, Henry Chinedu, to four and a half years in prison.…
Aba Women’s War, 1929. The use of the Lewis machine gun to shoot the women was strongly defended by Captain Cornish: “The Lewis gun is a reliable weapon for keeping a distance. The only way to disperse an unruly mob…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved an additional N1.6 billion as augmentation amount for the Manyam-Ushongo-Lessel-Kartyo-Oju-Agila road project in Benue State. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the FEC meeting…
The failure of the energy policy and its impact on the lives of nearly 200 million Nigerians has been troubling. Business is closed. People are losing their jobs. Families lose their breadwinners. Insecurity is growing. Buhari and APC said the…