The Plateau Universal Basic Education Board has ordered the immediate closure of all primary and junior secondary schools across the state following fresh security concerns. The directive was issued in a statement in Jos by the board’s public relations officer,…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday pushed back against a US plan to end Russia’s invasion, while Russian leader Vladimir Putin welcomed the proposal that includes many of his hardline demands that President Donald Trump gave Ukraine less than a…
In the latest development in the high-profile debt dispute between FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited, First Trustees Limited and oil and gas company Nestoil Limited, the Federal High Court in Lagos has directed the Lagos State Police Command to immediately withdraw…
Aloy Ejimakor, the former special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has claimed that the convicted IPOB leader has now been moved to a prison facility in Sokoto State. Mr Ejimakor disclosed this…
By Dayo Johnson Akure Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state, has pledged his administration’s commitment to improve camp facilities and enhance the welfare of corps members deployed to the state. Speaking at the swearing in ceremony for the 2025 Batch…
A coalition of 2027 Benue State governorship aspirants from the Kunav bloc in Vandeikya Local Government Area has taken strong exception to Governor Hyacinth Alia‘s recent claim that “there is no religious genocide in Benue State,” describing it as a…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced Biafra agitator Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment for acts of terrorism and to lesser jail times for other ancillary offences. It took trial judge James Omotosho more than five hours to…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has dismissed widespread reports claiming that pupils of St. Peter’s Foundation Secondary School, Rukubi, in Doma Local Government Area, were abducted on Friday. In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel,…
The Federal Government has announced a clampdown on universities regarding the misuse of honorary doctorate titles, specifically warning universities against conferring honorary doctorate degrees on serving political officeholders. This is even as it revealed that some individuals procure the titles…
Nigerian nightlife figure Pascal “Cubana Chief Priest” Okechukwu has reacted to the Federal High Court judgment that sentenced Biafra agitator Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment for terrorism. PREMIUM TIMES reported that trial judge Justice James Omotosho convicted Mr Kanu on…