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Nasarawa State has expressed interest in hosting the Public Relations Finishing School, a flagship project of the current leadership of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR). A statement by the Director of Public Relations at NIPR, Stanley Ogadigbo, on...

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that the over N1 trillion that would be saved from the withdrawal of electricity subsidy will be reinvested in improving power supply and the provision of social services for...

Iran’s UN Mission says the Islamic Republic has “concluded” its retaliatory attack on Israel after it launched dozens of drones and missiles on Sunday. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Iran launched the drones and missiles from Iranian territory towards Israel in...

Frank Onyeka has joined the long list of Nigerians that have scored in the Premier League after finding the back of the net in Brentford’s 2-0 win over Sheffield United on Saturday at the Gtech Community Stadium. Onyeka who came...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the police have warned candidates preparing for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) against patronising fake websites. They gave the warning at a joint news conference in Abuja on Saturday. The Force...

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a seven-member governorship screening committee to screen aspirants ahead of the party’s primary election in Ondo State slated for 25 April. Nze Duru, the party’s Deputy National...

The European Union’s Climate Change Monitoring Service has described March 2024 as the tenth consecutive hottest month on record globally since the pre-industrial revolution began. The latest findings were made known in the monthly Climate Bulletin of the EU’s Copernicus...

The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, says the 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal road will be constructed at N15 trillion. He said a kilometre of the road would cost N4 billion. Mr Umahi stated this at different media interviews on Thursday in...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has described as wasteful and a highway to fraud the claim by Works Minister Dave Umahi that the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will tentatively...

President Bola Tinubu has extended his deepest condolences to the Onu family over the passing of Ogbonnaya Onu. Mr Onu passed away on Thursday at the age of 72. The president mourned a luminous star in Nigeria’s political firmament. The first...