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The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and other stakeholders in the oil sector to resolve the ongoing fuel crisis. The secret police threatened that it would launch manhunt if after 48 hours, there are still […]

A 27-year-old man and father of three children, Mr Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu, has filed a suit before the Delta State High Court 2 sitting in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, urging the court to declare the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as his father. In the suit no: EHC/148/2022 between Emmanuel Moses Sanwo-Olu and Babajide […]

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says his detractors have no proof he gets a share of the revenue of Lagos State. The former Lagos governor stated this in an interview with BBC News on Monday shortly after his appearance at the Chatham House in London, the United Kingdom. The APC candidate […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has implement­ed all the demands presented to it by the EndSARS protesters in October 2020. Minister for Police Affairs, Dr. Mohammed Maigari-Din­gyadi, made this known in Abuja, at the Public Dissemi­nation of the Post EndSARS/ Research and Training of Police Oversight Agencies on Oversight Mechanisms. The event was […]

A boxer has died in the ongoing National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State capital. The boxer, Chukwuemeka Igboanugo who was representing Imo, died after losing a fight in a knockout with Prince Gaby Amagor from Anambra in the 86kg category. Pascal received a punch in the chin and the referee had to stop the […]

The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday, warned the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, that he and his party have no moral justification to attack the All Progressives Congress, APC, administration headed by Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister, who spoke in Abuja on the achievements in the water sector, […]

The family of the late gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, has announced the burial arrangements for the musician. According to the obituary shared on Monday, Sammie would be buried on Thursday, the 15th of December. Before the final burial, a night of tributes will be held for him on Tuesday, 13th of December at the La […]

Following his release from prison, Aminu Mohammed, a final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, has apologised to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, for “hurting” her. Back in June, Mohammed had tweeted that Mrs Buhari was feeding ‘fat’ on poor people’s money. The 500-level student was subsequently arrested by security operatives and arraigned before […]

First Lady Aisha Buhari has withdrawn the defamation case against Aminu Mohammed, the student of Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested for allegedly defaming her. Prosecution counsel, Fidelis Ogbobe, told the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Friday that the president’s wife withdrew the case due to the intervention of well-meaning Nigerians. The first lady […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says God has been so patient with Nigeria. He spoke Thursday in Abuja at the public presentation of a book titled, ‘The LetterMan: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo’, by Premium Times’ Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed. “I believe that God is in Nigeria, because God loves us so […]

A Federal High Court in Akwa Ibom State has sentenced the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) Bassey Albert to 42 years in prison for fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had in 2019 arraigned Albert on a six-count charge of allegedly taking possession of six vehicles worth N204 million when […]

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole says the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is a “serial betrayer” and the “weakest” of all the frontline candidates so far. Oshiomhole, a deputy director general of the Presidential Campaign Council of Bola Tinubu and his running mate, […]

Aminu Adamu, the student of the Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested after criticising First Lady Aisha Buhari, on Twitter, has been remanded at Suleja Prison  in Niger State. Back in June, the student had tweeted, “Su mama Anchi Kudin Talakawa an koshi”, meaning “Mama has fed fat on poor people’s money”. Months after, security […]