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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 […]

The Nigerian government Friday said it is currently profiling a large number of well-placed Nigerians whose activities have proved reasonable links to financing terrorism. Authorities said that the arrest of an undisclosed number of suspects […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of Hadiza Bala Usman as the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). In a statement signed by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, on Thursday, the suspension followed […]

The clash which has resulted in unrest in the area has made residents and traders flee for their safety. An eyewitness said the clash began on Thursday when a police officer refused to pay for […]

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised to introduce 500 small new buses to the state by next week Thursday in a bid to provide alternatives to local motorcycles. The Governor said this in […]

Chelsea have beaten Real Madrid 2-0 to set up an all English Champions League final with Manchester City. Chelsea and Madrid had played 1-1 in the first leg of Champions League semi-final in Madrid last […]

Sale Mamman, minister of power, says electricity distribution companies (DisCos) will soon begin the installation of four million free prepaid metres across the country. Speaking to journalists, on Wednesday, after the weekly federal executive council […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has claimed President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan paid ransoms to kidnappers. Obasanjo made the bombshell statement when he received members of Tiv Professionals Group (TPG) at the Olusegun […]