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A Finnish district court has fixed May 2025 for the prosecution to file charges against Simon Ekpa. Last Thursday, the pro-Biafra agitator was arrested by law enforcement in the northern European nation. He was subsequently […]

The Senate on Thursday passed for second reading, the tax reform bills forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu in October 2024. The passage followed a debate among the lawmakers. The bill was thereafter referred […]

VFS Global has announced the opening of Africa’s biggest UK visa application centre (VAC) in Lagos. The centre commenced operations on November 19 according to a statement. VFS said Nigerians travelling to the UK can […]

A total sum of N77.5 million in prize money was won at the end of a keenly contested hackathon session at the Fourth Edition of the Zenith Tech Fair, themed “Future Forward 4.0: Embedded Finance, […]

In keeping with its acclaimed annual tradition, Zenith Bank once again set the stage for the Yuletide season with the Light-Up of Ajose Adeogun Street and Roundabout, Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday, 23 November 2024. […]

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Sunday said there was no way the private plane of privileged Nigerians, including the Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Bible Church Worldwide, Bishop […]

TD Jakes, bishop of The Potter’s House, a megachurch in the United States, suffered a health scare after delivering a sermon on Sunday. As Jakes rounded off his sermon with a prayer, social media videos […]

The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has suspended its seven-day old warning strike. The National President of MDCAN, Mohammad Mohammad, who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday evening, said the strike was […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, has authorised the release of 55 inmates from correctional facilities across the state. In a statement on Friday, Pedro Lawal, the state’s attorney-general and commissioner for justice, said the […]

Franklin Nwadialo, the newly elected chairperson of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east, has been arrested in the US. Mr Nwadialo, 40, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on […]

Four police officers have been detained for allegedly extorting N10 million from some young persons in Bayelsa state. In a statement on Friday, Muyiwa Adejobi, the force spokesperson, identified the officers as Emmanuel Ubong, an […]

The nominees for the highly anticipated 67th Academy Grammy Awards were on Friday unveiled, with several Nigerians making the list. Yemi Alade, Asake, Wizkid, Davido, Lojay, Burna Boy and Tems are nominated in the ‘Best […]

President Bola Tinubu has directed an investigation into the arrest and arraignment of minors detained for participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests. Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, told State House correspondents that the […]

The Federal Ministry of Works has directed Julius Berger, the contractor handling Section One rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway, to evacuate the project site. This followed a 14-day final termination notice issued to the […]

Leading gynaecologists have said aside from issues with a woman’s reproductive organs and non-viable sperm, sexual positions can’t impact conception. While they acknowledged that there were claims that specific sexual positions could make conception easier […]

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has given the reason for investigating the allegations of sodomy against two of its youth pastors. The National Overseer of the church, Pastor Sunday Akande, who spoke to Sunday […]