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The All Progressives Congress, APC has disclosed that the party is working with some senators from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in its quest to remove the president of the senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki. This was disclosed in a statement by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena. “As a Party, we don’t believe […]

The management of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, has sacked one of its lecturers, Omananyi Yunusa, over his involvement in sexual harassment of a female student of the institution. The Deputy Director, Information and Publications of the university, Lydia Legbo, who spoke with Premium Times in a telephone interview, said the dismissal […]

Garba Shehu, senior special to the president on media and publicity, says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will run on the same ticket with President Muhammadu Buhari. Shehu said this while fielding questions from state house correspondents on Monday. He was reacting to the string of victories recorded by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) during the […]

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve center, is the third worst city to live in among 140 cities worldwide. The revelation is according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU’s 2018 ranking of the world’s most liveable cities. The city was ranked 138th of the 140 countries ranked by the EIU. With a relatively low score of 38.5 […]

The country’s debt profile now stands at N22.38tn, the Debt Management Office has said. At a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the Debt Management Office said the country’s debt stood at N22.38tn as of June 30. It also disclosed that the nation’s debt profile rose by 3.01 per cent in the last six months. […]

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, says it has been difficult for an Igbo to become president of Nigeria because the people have a knack to drag down their rising leaders. According to a report by The Punch newspaper, the governor stated this in an interview with journalists on Sunday at the Government House, Owerri. […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki visited the hilltop mansion of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, on Monday. Accompanied by some of his associates, the nation’s number three citizen went into a meeting with the elder statesman. At the end of the meeting, Saraki told journalists he was in Abeokuta to see Obasanjo […]

The Nigerian Army said calm has been restored at Maiduguri Airport seized for two hours on Sunday by riotous troops, that it described as ‘unscrupulous”. In a statement on Monday, Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole Theatre Command, said the protest by the soldiers happened while the command was conducting a redeployment […]

Wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu on Monday said no fewer than 102 women die daily during childbirth. Besides, she noted that 2,123 children could not be alive to celebrate their 5th birthday because of premature death. Mrs Akeredolu hinged the challenges on low literacy level of most Women, stressing that half […]

The blue light from digital devices like smartphones could accelerate blindness, researchers found. According to a research by the University of Toledo in the U.S., exposure to blue light continuously might cause poisonous molecules to be generated in the eye’s light-sensitive cells and lead to macular degeneration. Reaserachers said as one of the leading causes […]

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says if elected president, he will sign an undertaking to serve for just a term. Abubakar said this in an interview with THISDAY. The former vice-president said his case would not be like President Muhammadu Buhari who allegedly reneged on his promise to serve for one term. “If I am elected as […]

As previously rumored, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 smartphone was unveiled in Brooklyn, New York, last week Thursday, and the device will be available in stores on 24 August 2018. Curiously though, no information is available on Galaxy Note 9 Plus, suggesting that Samsung might be doing away with the “Plus” series. Compared to the […]

FBI agents have issued a warning about a new scam that targets instant messaging apps, including Facebook Messenger. The scam attempts to trick users into opening a malicious link that harvests their personal data and login credentials for social networks, like Facebook. In a bid to coerce people into opening the suspicious URL, cyber criminals […]

Global body in charge of security, United Nations Security Council, says it is worried over what it described as continued tensions linked to disputed electoral processes, social and economic difficulties, and conflicts between farmers and herders in the Lake Chad Basin. Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad are members of the Lake Chad Basin on which the […]

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to swear that he never awarded oil blocks in return for sexual gratification while he presided over the affairs of Nigeria. Soyinka spoke in his Interventions VIII series, titled: ‘Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?’ meaning “Gani’s Unfinished Business,” launched recently in Lagos, south-west Nigeria. He said Obasanjo […]