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Chris Okotie, senior pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries, has urged citizens not to relocate from Nigeria over insecurity. Social media has been abuzz with talks of people wanting to flee the […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied a claim by the police that it was planning to attack Lagos state. Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader, said in a statement on Monday that the claim was […]

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) says the 2023 presidential ticket must be given to a Yoruba Muslim. In a statement on Monday, Ishaq Akintola, director of MURIC, said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is making plans […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has announced that the state will launch “last mile buses” next week to serve as alternatives to commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada. In January 2020, the Lagos government banned […]

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is set to further limit the use of motorcycles or Okada as a means of transportation. He did not announce an outright ban. But he said that the first 500 […]

The Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Shotobi has told Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to outrightly ban ‘Okada’ in the state if he wants to win the war against insecurity. The traditional ruler insisted that now is […]

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has donated N60 million to families of slain policemen by unknown gunmen in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor’s donation was contained in […]

Nigerian authorities Monday announced a new set of COVID-19 restrictions as many countries continue to battle the resurgence of the virus. The new measures, which come into effect on Tuesday, ban gatherings of more than […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he now goes days without reading the newspapers to avoid the depression that comes from reading bad reports of insecurity and other anomalies in the country. Soyinka added that […]

By Nimot Sulaimon Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka said Nigeria has lost the opportunity to unite. Soyinka stated this at the book reading and signing of two of his books titled ‘Trumpism in Academe’ and […]

The Lagos State Taskforce has impounded 91 motorcycles, popularly known as okada in a renewed onslaught to stop them from plying prohibited routes across the State. The okadas were impounded at Cele Bus Stop, on […]

THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has told the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges to focus on lawmaking and not usurp the powers of other arms of government by interpreting the laws of the land. […]

Bill Gates, the cofounder of Microsoft, is the world’s fourth-richest person with an estimated net worth of $146 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Here are 11 amazing facts that put his fortune into […]

The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday night broke his silence after the demise of his son, Dare Adeboye. Dare had died in his sleep on Tuesday, […]

Everyone from middle-class Indians to migrant workers are getting out of the country as fast as they can as the COVID-19 crisis escalated. On Saturday India logged another over 400,000 new COVID-19 cases and a […]

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman, was suspended as part of moves to allow independent audit of the accounts and remittance of the agency, documents seen by PREMIUM TIMES have […]

Aisha Alhassan, former minister of women affairs, is dead. Alhassan, who was popularly known as ‘Mama Taraba’, died on Friday from an unknown illness. In 2018, she resigned from the Buhari administration over doubts of […]

United States authorities have arrested one of its immigration officers, a Nigerian, who allegedly got American citizenship by fraud. The Nigerian, whose original name is Modestus Nwagubwu Ifemembi, got United States citizenship by false name […]