The Nigerian Army has announced the reopening of the popular Banex Plaza in Abuja after about a week of closure.
This was stated on Monday by Army Spokesperson, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how the military shut down Banex...
A deadly landslide that Papua New Guinea villagers say hit like “an explosive bomb” may have buried more than 2,000 people alive, according to the BBC.
The figure, provided by the acting director of the country's National Disaster Center, is...
The Bayelsa State Governorship Electoral Petition Tribunal in Abuja has confirmed the re-election of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State in south-south Nigeria.
A three-member panel of the court headed by Adekunle Adeleye on Monday dismissed a petition filed by...
On Wednesday, May 29, President Bola Tinubu will complete one year in office. It is a milestone that raises serious reflections, given the electoral promises of each occupant of that position and the country's existential challenges that must...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said all passengers on a train involved in a “minor derailment” at Jere station in Kaduna state on Sunday are safe.
He said train services between Kaduna-Rigasa and Idu-Abuja will continue as scheduled.
In a statement...
A group of Islamic clerics in Kano State have urged Governor Abba Yusuf to obey a court order against the deposition of emirs.
The geoup also praised the security agencies for maintaining peace in the ongoing emir dispute in the...
Ibrahim Lamorde, former chairman of anti-corruption agency EFCC, has died. He was 61 years old.
Lamorde died in Egypt, where he had traveled for medical treatment, a close associate told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday morning.
Born on December 20, 1962,...
The Kano State Council of Ulamas (Islamic clerics) has warned that the crisis in the Kano emirate could lead to a breakdown of law and order in the state.
In a statement signed by its chairman, Ibrahim Khalil, the council...
The Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) has denied an allegation that the NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, helped the dethroned Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, return to Kano on Saturday.
Kano State Deputy Governor Aminu Abdulsalam said Ribadu provided...
In the last year, President Bola Tinubu's administration has obtained 250 convictions in terrorism-related cases, said the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi.
Fagbemi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), made the disclosure in Abuja...
