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Barring any last-minute changes, the police will this week file criminal charges against Senator Elisha Abbo for allegedly assaulting a nursing woman at an adult toy shop in Abuja. The Senate on Wednesday condemned the Senator for allegedly assaulting  the woman in the Wuse area of Abuja on May 11. The red chamber subsequently set […]

An Osun State socio-political group, the Ifesowapo Society, has said that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, is eminently qualified to lead Nigeria when the presidential ticket is zoned to the South in 2023. The president of the group, Samuel Jegede, who spoke […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Friday, July 5, 2019 secured the conviction of one Ismail Yunus over involvement in internet-related fraud. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Division, found Yunus guilty of sending pornographic and indecent pictures through the e-mail: lindasc147@gmail.com, to defraud people, The News […]

Chris Cline — a coal industry billionaire, Republican donor, and philanthropist — was among seven people killed Thursday in a helicopter crash while en route to Florida, according to multiple news reports. The helicopter carrying 60-year-old Cline and the rest smashed into the water shortly after leaving Grand Cay, an island in the Bahamas, The […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has quashed the remaining two counts charge preferred by the Federal Government against a former governor of Gombe State and serving senator, Danjuma Goje, over allegations of corruption. The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation was said to have applied on Thursday evening for the […]

The pictures below show some pieces of jewellery and a customized gold iPhone, all valued at $40m belonging to Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had on Friday (July 5, 2019) ordered the former minister to forfeit the items to the federal […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja of exhibiting bias in favour of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, in his handling of the cases they filed. The allegation is contained in two fresh […]

A Consultant Gynaecologist at the Bridge Clinic, Lagos, Dr Babatunde Oguniran, has said that it is wrong to assume that female factor is the major cause of infertility. The gynaecologist last Saturday in Lagos during a facility tour organised by the hospital as part of activities to mark its 20th anniversary said that although Nigeria […]

Elisha Abbo, Adamawa north senator who assaulted a nursing mother, has surrendered himself the police in the federal capital territory (FCT). The senator has been under fire since a video where he was seen hitting an attendant at a shop in Abuja went viral. The video had sparked outrage, with many Nigerians calling for the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari admitted on Wednesday that the performance of his administration in the power sector was “not good enough”, saying that this called for more efforts by Electricity Distribution Companies to provide the needed resources and technical expertise. He stated that the Federal Government would play its own part by improving the transmission of […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has been urged to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately appoint ministers as stipulated by law to kick-start the running of the government. In a suit filed by a Lagos lawyer, Mr Kabir Akingbolu, he was asking the court to declare that the failure of President Buhari to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has bowed to pressure by suspending the establishment of Ruga settlements across the country. The suspension is coming on the heels of public outcry against the project which the Federal Government said would stem the tide of herdsmen/farmers clashes across the country. Sources told THISDAY that President Buhari has suspended the idea […]

Ohaneze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has commended the federal government for suspending the proposed Ruga settlements in the country. The federal government had suspended the initiative following public outcry against it. In a statement by Nnia Nwodo, president-general of Ohaneze , the organisation said it is heartwarming that the Buhari administration finally deferred to the opinion […]

The embattled senator representing Adamawa North senatorial district, Elisha Abbo, has publicly apologised to Nigerians for assaulting a woman. Premium Times published an exclusive CCTV footage of the senator assaulting the woman at an adult toy shop in Abuja. The assault, which occurred on May 11, was done in the presence of an armed policeman, who […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said results of 2019 elections clearly reflect the interest of Nigerians, and having received the mandate for a second term, he will not disappoint the people. President Buhari, who received the Buhari Support Group Centre led by the Director General, Alhaji Umaru Dembo, at the State House, said […]

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 elections, met with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in New York on Tuesday. In a Facebook video, Sowore said the meeting which is one of many to come would send “shock waves down the spine of the […]