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Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris has commended the team representing Nigeria at the global robotics competition in Dallas, Texas, later this month. He spoke when the team paid him a courtesy call on Friday, 19th April The minister...

Candidates sitting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) across the nation said they experienced minimal hitches on Saturday as the examinations continued for the second day. UTME, administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), is taken by candidates...

Residents of Ekiti State are facing challenging times due to a scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petroleum, in all the 16 local government areas of the state. The few fuel stations that are selling the product have...

Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo on Saturday called on the federal government to urgently assist in tackling the menace of insecurity and incessant flooding in some parts of the State. The governor made the call when he received a delegation...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the following Nigerian professionals to the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): (1) Mairiga Aliyu Katuka — Chairman (2) Emomotimi Agama — Director-General(3) Frana Chukwuogor — Executive Commissioner (Legal and Enforcement)(4)...

President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria’s investment climate has been bolstered by critical new reforms, with an array of opportunities across sectors for investors. Speaking during the presentation of a letter of credence by the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea...

Many people have been killed in a road accident in Imo State, south-east Nigeria. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the accident occurred on Friday morning along Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Owerri, the state capital. The accident happened when a luxurious bus, conveying members...

Four out of every ten children in Nigeria are trapped in child labour, a Nigeria Child Labour survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. The report, ‘Nigeria Child Labour Survey 2022,’ was launched in Abuja on...

A group, the North Central APC Forum, has asked the party to “return” its national chairmanship to the North-central zone. The group made the demand on Thursday during a press briefing held in Abuja. The Chairperson of the Forum, Sale Zazzaga,...

The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Liman, has cautioned Bello El-Rufai, the son of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, against threatening the House over its probe into his father’s eight-year administration. Mr Liman said Bello...