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A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has said he will love to contest against the All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the presidential poll in 2023. George said this during a telephone interview with Punch on Friday. The PDP chieftain said Nigeria’s future looked bleak as the […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force and architect of its growing military influence in the Middle East aimed to disrupt an “imminent attack” that would have endangered Americans in the Middle East. However, Democratic critics said the Republican president […]

The Department of State Service (DSS), Friday, paraded one Kabiru Mohammed of Dala Local Government area, Kano state, over the fabrication and dissemination of a fake wedding video between President Mohammadu Buhari and two female members of his cabinet. The spokesman of the DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya who paraded the suspect at the headquarters of […]

Liverpool made it an entire calendar year without a Premier League defeat as the runaway leaders beat Sheffield United 2-0 on Thursday. Jurgen Klopp’s side moved 13 points clear of second-placed Leicester thanks to goals from Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and Senegal winger Sadio Mane at Anfield. Liverpool’s 19th win in 20 league games this […]

Data from the US travel and tourism office shows a 21 per cent drop in the number of Nigerians travelling to the country, the largest global drop-off in visitors to the US. As of 2019 October, 34,000 fewer Nigerians travelled to the US compared to the previous year. After a sustained period of growth between […]

The nation’s electricity generation declined by 560.6 megawatts on Thursday, worsening the blackouts experienced in parts of the country. Total generation from the 27 power plants on the national grid stood at 3,056MW as of 6am on Thursday, down from 3,617.5MW on Wednesday, according to data from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator. Electricity generation in […]

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has explained that the Federal Government had the right to keep the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore despite court orders. Malami disclosed this when he appeared on ‘Good Morning Nigeria’, a programme of […]

Pope Francis has apologized for slapping a woman’s hand to free himself from her grip while greeting children and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve. The incident occurred as Pope Francis made his way to the Nativity scene in Vatican City. On Wednesday, the Pontiff apologized for losing patience with the worshiper before using […]

The federal government has ordered electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to adopt electronic platforms for the payment of energy bills across the country. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said the move is to reduce the aggregate technical, commercial and collection losses the DisCos are battling with. The commission asked the DisCos to leverage on available […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on New Year Day wrote a letter to Nigerians highlighting the key tasks his government would undertake in 2020 and the new decade. The president touched on infrastructure, electricity, security, elections and other areas of national interest. He vowed that he would not seek reelection in 2023. “I will be standing down […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that he will leave office in 2023. He gave the assurance in a New Year letter to Nigerians sent to Premium Times by the presidency. “I will be standing down in 2023 and will not be available in any future elections,” the president wrote. “But I am determined to […]

A prison riot left 16 inmates dead and five wounded in the central Mexican state of Zacetecas on New Year’s Eve, local authorities said Wednesday. Prisoners fought each other using handguns and knives, which were seized after the fight, the Public Security Ministry said. “On Tuesday afternoon a fight occurred inside the Regional Center for […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Tuesday its operatives arrested a former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, over his alleged involvement in extortion, name dropping, and financial crimes. The Commission confirmed that Sani was arrested because of complaints by the owner of a car company, ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda, over […]

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has said that an estimated 26,039 babies will be born in Nigeria on New Year’s Day (Today). UNICEF, in a statement made available to Punch correspondent on Tuesday, said Nigerian babies would account for almost seven per cent of the estimated 392,078 babies to be born on New […]

A House of Representatives member, representing Garki/Babura Federal constituency in Jigawa state, Dr Muhammadu Adamu Fagengawo has reportedly died. A source who confirmed this to Channels Television said that Dr Adamu was pronounced dead in Dubai in a hospital where he had been receiving treatment. This is after two other lawmakers died in December; Senator […]