Residents of Omu and Ijelu Ekiti, two neighbouring communities in Oye Local Government Area of the Ekiti State, on Wednesday, counted their losses as rainstorm blew off rooftops and destroyed the walls of their houses.
As of the time of...
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has ordered the Commissioner of Police in the state, Kene Onwuemelie, to ensure the prosecution of police officers involved in the killing of a businessman in the state.
The businessman, Emmanuel Okocha, PREMIUM TIMES...
Abubakar Sulaiman, the director-general of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), says Sergeant-At-Arms should be fortified for a secured legislature across the country. Mr Sulaiman, a professor, made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at a...
World record holder Tobi Amusan headlines the 29 athletes confirmed to represent Nigeria at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 2024.
The global event will see 893 athletes from 54 countries compete in Nassau on 4-5 May as confirmed by World...
An aircraft belonging to Dana Air experienced a runway incursion upon landing on Tuesday at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos from Abuja.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered from multiple sources working at the airport that the...
The Rivers State House of Assembly has overridden Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s withdrawal of assent to the amended Local Government Bill.
The House of Assembly dispensed with Mr Fubara’s assent to the bill to make it an enforceable law in the...
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has discovered an illegal production of fake cosmetics at the Balogun Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State.
NAFDAC, in a post Monday on its X handle, stated that its Investigation...
Bassirou Faye’s election as Senegal’s youngest president on 24 March was celebrated domestically and internationally as confirmation of the country’s strong democratic tradition.
Observers believe that Senegalese citizens and the youth in particular, the Constitutional Council and religious and political...
On Monday, 22 April 2024, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Leonardo...
First Bank of Nigeria has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as its acting managing director, two sources with knowledge of the development told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday
Mr Alebiosu has been the bank’s executive director/chief risk officer since 2022.
He has been in...
