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Policemen have arrested a 22-year-old US based Nigerian who exposed himself to at least three women while masturbating in a parking lot at 55 Lake Boulevard in Redding. Redding police said Kawan Okoye Gaidowsky admitted he was driving a gray, 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt when he pulled up next to a woman in the Shopko parking lot, […]

A girl of 11 is set to become Britain’s youngest mum. The child is expected to give birth next month. The father of the baby is believed to be only a few years older than the mother, according to police. The girl is in the East of England, but details and the circumstances surrounding the pregnancy […]

The World Bank has said that Nigeria will soon recover from its economic recession. Eme Essien-Lore, the Country Manager in Nigeria, International Finance Corporation, stated this in Lagos on Thursday. ”In our perspective and with the numbers that we have seen coming from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Nigeria’s economy has […]

One person was injured after a letter bomb exploded at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) office in central Paris, on Thursday. According to French police operatives, there had been telephone threats made against the IMF but there’s no certainty that the calls were linked to the explosive. Christine Largarde, IMF managing director, has condemned the […]

By allowing the State Security Service to undermine him in his quest to make Ibrahim Magu substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), President Muhammadu Buhari has lost control of his government and should consider overhauling his administration forthwith, two former Nigerian leaders have told PREMIUM TIMES In separate interviews with this newspaper on […]

A federal court in Hawaii on Wednesday halted Donald Trump’s revised executive order temporarily closing US borders to refugees and nationals from six Muslim-majority countries, dealing the president a humiliating fresh defeat. US District Judge Derrick Watson ruled that the state of Hawaii, in its legal challenge to the order, had established a strong likelihood […]

There were indications on Tuesday that the presidency waded in to avert a face-off between the Senate and the Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.), over the controversial ultimatum issued to car owners and dealers nationwide to pay the duties on their vehicles between March 13 and April […]

Sulaiman Aledeh, a Channels Television anchor and producer, has left the Lagos-based broadcaster for AriseTV, he told  Premium Times Saturday. Mr. Aledeh, 43, made his debut on AriseTV, owned by newspaper publisher, Nduka Obaigbena, on Saturday evening, reading the station’s 4:00 p.m. bulletin. “My babies and their mother, parents and family are so fine with […]

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on foreign relations and diaspora, says South African politicians fuel xenophobic attacks by telling citizens that foreigners, including Nigerians, are taking their jobs. Dabiri-Erewa admitted that there were foreigners who commit crime in South Africa, and they can be dealt with, but not by discriminating against […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to continue in acting capacity while he keeps resting this weekend. Buhari returned to the country on Friday morning after a medical vacation in the UK. “I deliberately came back towards the weekend so that the vice-president will continue and I will continue to rest. Thank you […]

The Economist, revered British newspaper, wants President Muhammadu Buhari to leave affairs of the economy with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The newspaper advised Buhari to provide leadership for the fight against corruption and insurgency, and allow Osinbajo focus on the economy. In an article titled ‘Get Well Soon, Mr Buhari,’ The Economist said “although his government […]

Martins Adejo, a consultant with the Federal Medical Centre Makurdi, has cautioned women against the effects of the frequent use of shoes with ‘high’ heels. Mr. Adejo, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Jos on Wednesday, cautioned that the frequent use of such shoes could cause […]