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The candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has assured Nigerians of development in the power sector if she wins the presidential election in 2019. In a statement on Sunday, she promised that uninterrupted power supply would be witnessed in the country. “Our vision is to provide sustainable, affordable and uninterrupted […]

‘‘It’s real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong.’’ Those were the words of President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday in Krakow, Poland, at an interactive session with the Nigerian community in the country. Responding to a question from a Nigerian in the Diaspora who wanted to […]

The body of former US President George HW Bush is to lie in state next week ahead of a day of national mourning. An arrival ceremony will be held for Bush Snr on Monday evening at the US Capitol. The public will be invited to pay their respects. Bush served as the 41st US president […]

The European Union on Saturday said it had spent over €100m since 1999 to date to ensure free and transparent election processes in Nigeria. The Electoral Administration and Communications Expert in European Centre for Electoral Support, Manji Wilson, who spoke on the issue, said despite the donations, the EU did not have any special interest […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, possesses the qualities that Nigerians will use to determine who they will elect in the 2019 presidential election. The President of the Senate and Director-General of PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Bukola Saraki, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Mr Saraki […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was a descendant of Abraham, a biblical hero regarded as the father of faith. The President said this in an article he wrote in The Church Times UK titled, “Don’t politicise religion in Nigeria.” In the piece, Buhari eulogised the late Revd. Samuel Ajayi Crowther, reputed to have translated the […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed vice-chancellors of striking public universities across the country to enforce “no-work-no-pay” rule on the striking lecturers. Premium Times gathered on Friday that the directive to implement the “no work, no pay” policy was communicated to the universities in a memo sent by the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) to […]

The Nigerian Government has reacted to those claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari was cloned. It described such talk as idiotic and that such people peddling the rumour were not worthy of getting government reaction. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said these in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Thursday. His response […]

The federal government has told the U.S. to be cautious in granting a visa to the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in order not to create the impression of endorsing him for the 2019 election. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the government position at an interactive session with media executives in […]

Italian police launched an investigation Wednesday into the death of an intruder who was shot after breaking into the premises of a man who had reportedly been robbed 38 times. Fredy Pacini, who owns a tyre shop in Monte San Savino in Tuscany, was accused of excessive use of force in self-defence after gunning down […]

Beijing has just green lighted a project to build the country’s first underwater bullet train route. The line will connect Ningbo, a port city south of Shanghai, to Zhoushan, an archipelago off the east coast. The proposed underwater tunnel will be a part of the 77-kilometer Yong-Zhou Railway plan (Yong is the nickname of Ningbo) to […]

US President Donald Trump may be planning to set up an international television network to counter what he called an “unfair and false” representation of the country by CNN. In a tweet on Monday, Trump said CNN had good ratings internationally because it had little competition, but that was not the case in the US. […]

A new study has suggested that working near busy roads could trigger breast cancer. The research, which was published in the journal New Solutions revealed  that at least six women working at the same bridge got breast cancer within three years of one another. The scientists said chemicals from air pollution in this area could […]

A man and a woman have been shot dead and the third person was left seriously injured following a shooting that took place at the Durban’s Magistrate Court, South Africa on Monday. KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesperson, Tembeka Mbele, said the shooting occurred in the divorce court just before lunch when a man opened fire on his […]