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The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has pleaded not guilty to the six counts of non-declaration of assets at the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja. He was immediately granted bail on […]

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released a preliminary report on the helicopter crash involving Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Earlier in the month, a chopper conveying Osinbajo and members of his team crash-landed in Kabba, […]

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has ordered both the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General of Police to arrest of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Delivering a ruling of the three-man […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to recover the $16 billion power funds that went down the drain during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. “Where is the power? Where is the money?” the President queried at […]

PREMIUM TIMES has obtained a secret audio recording revealing details of how three of the four senior army officers tasked with disrupting presidential election in Borno state in 2015 conspired to frustrate the plot. A […]

President Muhammed Buhari was on Monday embarrassed when aggrieved party members threw objects at a podium he and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were standing during his Ogun State rally in Abeokuta with […]

On February 16th, Nigeria will hold a general election. Four years ago, the country experienced its first democratic transfer of power to the opposition since 1999. The vote in a few days will be no […]

What’s a Nigerian citizen to do when there’s a presidential election coming up and the two leading candidates are a former dictator who’s presided over four years of lackluster growth and an alleged kleptocrat of […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and the Lagos State Government said all oil tankers and trailers will not be allowed to enter Lagos today and Saturday due President Muhammadu Buhari’s mega rally billed for […]

Mojisola Olatoregun, judge of a federal high court in Lagos, has threatened to jail Musiliu Obanikoro, former minister of state for defence, if he fails to appear before the court. The former minister, one of […]

The Chief of the Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, an air marshal, on Wednesday said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recently acquired 22 new aircraft to support various ongoing military operations across the country. Mr Abubakar […]

The federal government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see that the Nigerian international passport will be produced locally. The agreement was signed between Iris Smart Technology Limited, an indigenous company, and […]

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, yesterday declared that the devil wanted to take the life of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, but God put the devil to shame. […]

Lobbyists hired by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), played a huge role in making him get a temporary waiver to visit the US after a ban which lasted over a […]

A review of old U.S. diplomatic cables by PREMIUM TIMES has shed fresh light on the circumstances under which Justice Taslim Elias was controversially sacked as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) in August 1975 and […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has received another aircraft from Caverton Helicopters. This was revealed in a tweet by Caverton Group while restating its commitment to the safety of the Vice President. The tweet read: “A […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to end the lingering strike by university lecturers in the country, from his first day at work, if elected the next president of […]

Presidency sources yesterday offered an insight into what led to the chartering of the ill-fated Caverton helicopter to fly Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and nine others at the weekend. Inquiries by The Guardian confirmed that […]