News

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 […]

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has commenced moves to drop the charges brought against the 32 minors arraigned before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court […]

Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, in this interview with GRACE EDEMA speaks about abandoned projects in universities across the nation, electricity challenges and reasons TETFund cannot fund private universities What are your […]

“This is my most difficult time in over 20 years of this business,” laments Saheed Olowokere, a 55-year-old commercial bus driver in Lagos. Petrol prices have surged from below N200 in 2023 to over N1000 […]

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede, a major general, as the acting chief of army staff (COAS). Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said in a statement […]

The house of representatives has asked Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, to revoke airstrip licences issued to individuals and organisations. The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution during the plenary session on […]

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says the black box, flight data recorder (FDR), or cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of a crashed helicopter are yet to be recovered. On October 24, the Sikorsky SK76 helicopter, […]

The average Nigerian household gets less than seven hours (6.6 hours) per day of electricity, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The statistics office disclosed this in its report titled “Nigeria Residential Energy […]