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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed displeasure with the speed with which the six-year single term proposal for president and governors was rejected by the House of Representatives. Abubakar expressed the displeasure in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Ibe, on Tuesday in Abuja, while reacting to the rejection of the […]

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who was on December 5 convicted of N7.1bn fraud and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, has urged the court to grant him a post-conviction bail. Kalu, who has since been taken to the prison after conviction, said in an application on Tuesday that he is battling serious […]

The wife of Zimbabwe’s vice president was remanded in custody on Monday after appearing in court to face charges of fraud, money-laundering and attempted murder of her husband. Marry Mubaiwa, 38, who is the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, 63, was arrested by Zimbabwe’s anti-graft commission on Saturday. She was initially detained on suspicion […]

Petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned from a street in central London in an innovative attempt to reduce pollution, local authorities said. Officials said Beech Street, which runs underneath the Brutalist designed Barbican Estate, would become Britain’s first “24-7 zero emission street”. During an 18-month trial starting next year, the area will be restricted […]

Members of the House of Representatives have rejected an amendment to the Constitution seeking to make the president and governors serve only a term of six years. Most of those who spoke during the debate on the bill expressed their opposition to it. The sponsor, Mr. John Dyegh (APC-Gboko/Tarka Federal constituency of Benue State), however, […]

Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has lavished her husband with praises as he marks his 77th birthday today. The first lady took to her social media page in the early hours of Tuesday to pen a heartfelt message to her husband. “Happy Birthday to MY incorruptible GMB. I wish you Allah’s Guidance Protection […]

The 35-year-old marriage between Mr. Michael Longe and his wife, Margaret, has been dissolved by an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court sitting in Ikole-Ekiti, Nigeria. ‎The President of the court, Mrs Yemisi Ojo, who dissolved the marriage yesterday, based the grounds on desertion, lack of affection and that the differences between the couples were irreconcilable. Mrs. Ojo […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N37 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly complex. The amount, which is included in the 2020 budget, is however not part of the N128 billion allocated for the National Assembly for next year. The money is instead part of the 2020 budget of the Federal Capital Development Administration, […]

If women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes, former US President Barack Obama has said. Speaking in Singapore, he said women aren’t perfect, but are “indisputably better” than men. He said most of the problems in the world came from old people, mostly men, […]

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has asked Nigerians to chide the National Assembly if it behaves as an appendage of the executive arm of government. He said this while responding to questions from some journalists in Abuja on Monday. Mr Lawan asked Nigerians to judge the lawmakers by their actions. “I will like to appeal…judge […]

The Federal Government has promised to disconnect Niger Republic and Togo’s power supply if they fail to pay their outstanding $16 million debts. This was disclosed by the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Usman Mohammed, who revealed that the initial debts were as high as $100 million. “When I took over as […]

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has divorced his Jamaican wife, Ms Chanel Chin, over irreconcilable differences. The monarch, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Mr Alli Ibraheem, urged members of the public not to treat his ex-wife as a queen any longer. The Oluwo wished the former wife well in […]

Sources familiar with the continued incarceration of Omoyele Sowore have told Premium Times the Nigerian activist was questioned earlier last week over purported ties to Boko Haram and other outlawed groups. Terrorism allegations were the focus of a grilling session conducted with Mr Sowore by State Security Service operatives on November 12, two sources familiar […]

Kassim Afegbua, spokesman of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has dispelled a rumour of the death of the former military ruler. Babangida, who clocked 78 in August, ruled the country from August 27, 1985 to August 26, 1993. A rumour about the demise of Babangida rippled on social media after an online news platform reported that […]

The man accused of slapping a news reporter on the backside while she was reporting live in Savannah, Georgia, has been arrested and charged with sexual battery, according to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. Thomas Callaway turned himself in on Friday and was released on a $1,300 bond, according to the reporter’s employer, CNN affiliate WSAV. […]