By Femi Bolaji The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State has received no fewer than 1,000 defectors from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defectors were led by…
The defence and the prosecution teams involved in the N5.2 billion fraud trial of a former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dibu Ojerinde, skipped proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr Ojerinde,…
A 35-year-old woman has been arrested after her 19-month-old child fell from a moving SUV in Fullerton, California, police have said. The incident, captured on video, shows the SUV making a left turn at an intersection when the front passenger…
Protesting traders have blocked the popular River Niger Bridge in Onitsha over the temporary closure of Onitsha Main Market by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State. The bridge links Onitsha in Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east,, to Asaba in Delta State,…
Several major clubs could see their Champions League journeys end when the league phase wraps up on Wednesday night. Ajax are among those at risk, languishing in 32nd place on the 36-team standings with six points and only a faint…
Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, convicted and jailed for money laundering involving N2 billion in pension funds, has threatened to sue PREMIUM TIMES for describing him as a “pension thief.” In a…
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Pandemonium broke out as men of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command, in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, fired teargas on Wednesday, to disperse hundreds of protesters participating in the peaceful demonstration against demolitions…
When Cameroon’s Constitutional Council announced on 27 October 2025 that 92-year-old President Paul Biya had won an eighth term, simmering tensions in the country boiled over – their effects spilling beyond the country’s borders. Public frustration was growing ahead of…
By Enitan Abdultawab President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Referees Committee, Olivier Safari, has hinted that the body may move to review existing regulations guiding the use of towels by goalkeepers, following the controversy that trailed their use…
France has announced it is ditching Microsoft Teams and Zoom, two American video conferencing platforms, in favour of its domestically developed platform, Visio. The French government, in an official statement issued on Monday, said it intends to completely stop using…