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There was tension at the departure lounge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja yesterday, over the poor state of the communication system. Many passengers travelling out of Abuja protested the situation saying they could not hear the public announcements including of scheduled flights. Premium Times gathered that some passengers missed their flights yesterday on […]

The unions in the country’s aviation sector have declared their intentions to partake in the indefinite strike scheduled to begin on November 6. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) had announced the strike as a means to press home the demands for an upward review of minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000. In a notice on […]

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to attend to the needs of Nigerians instead of donating money to other countries. The former vice president said that Nigeria’s resources should be used for the country and its people and not as donations to others. He said that […]

Chief Debe Sylvester Odumegwu-Ojukwu, first son of the late Head of State of the defunct Republic of Biafra, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, is dead. A member of the family, who confirmed the incident, said he slumped, and lost consciousness last Thursday. The late Ojukwu did not regain consciousness until he was pronounced dead on Friday at […]

Obiageli Ezekwesili, presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are busy bickering over President Muhammadu Buhari’s West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate when the country is facing “fiscal emergency”. In a statement on Saturday, Ezekwesili said Nigerians should be alarmed by […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday said two foreign banks, HSBC and UBS, have closed their offices in Nigeria. The CBN also revealed that foreign investment had fallen sharply from a year ago as FDI slumped to N379.84 billion ($1.2 billion) in the first half of the year from N532.63 billion ($1.7 billion) a […]

Some Nigerians were seen on queue scrambling for “garri” that was made in Ghana at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the product, which was neatly packaged in 125 grammes sachet and labeled “Crispy Gari Mix’’, was on display at the Ghana stand at the fair. The […]

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has presented an attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result to President Muhammadu Buhari, his spokesman has tweeted. Iyi Uwadiae, the WAEC registrar, presented the certificate to Buhari on Friday at the presidential villa in Abuja. Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, […]

John Bray, US consul general, and Laura Beaufils, British deputy high commissioner to Nigeria, say the issues faced by MTN in recent times sent bad signals to foreign investors. The US and UK envoys made the assertion on Thursday on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the state of the Nigerian economy, promising that his administration will continue to implement policies that will strengthen it. The President spoke about the nation’s economy on Thursday after receiving the letter of credence from the new Ambassador of Denmark, Mr Jesper Kamp, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. ‘‘The […]

The United States government says it is concerned by the violence between protesting Shiites and Nigerian soldiers in and around Abuja. Dozens of protesting Shiites were killed between Saturday and Tuesday by soldiers who accused the protesters of throwing stones and other objects at security forces. In a statement posted on its website, the U.S. […]

Arsene Wenger has promised he will be back in football management at the start of 2019, but the Frenchman does not yet know at which club. The 69-year-old veteran boss ended his 22-year reign at Premier League side Arsenal at the end of last season but insisted at the time he was not yet finished […]

An ex-nurse in Germany has admitted at the start of his trial that he murdered 100 patients, making him one of the world’s most prolific serial killers. Detectives say Niels Högel administered fatal doses of medication to the people in his care – causing cardiac arrest – at two hospitals in northern Germany. His motive, […]