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ABUJA – THE Federal Government Sunday night said that it has launched a new initiative under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), called the TraderMoni, which will empower two million petty traders between now […]

Godswill Akpabio has resigned his position as the Senate minority leader. Mr Akpabio’s resignation is contained in a letter dated August 4, which he wrote to the Deputy Senate Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha. “This letter […]

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has shifted its election due to commence midnight of August 6 to August 19 and August 20 due to difficulties encountered by members with the verification process. The NBA President, […]

Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom state, is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party and dampen the celebration mood in the PDP headquarters, over the defection of some senators and three […]

Alia Ghanem, the mother of deceased al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, has given her first interview to Western media, telling The Guardian newspaper that her eldest son was ‘brainwashed’ into extremist ideology. Speaking at her […]

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has provided reasons why he left Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, for the main opposition party, PDP. Mr Saraki earlier on Tuesday announced his defection. In a statement sent to PREMIUM […]

Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, is currently at the head office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC), PREMIUM TIMES is reporting. He reportedly arrived at the anti-graft agency’s office in Abuja around 9am. […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the on-going negotiations on minimum wage will end next month with implementation process that would culminate in a new national wage before the end of the year. […]

A Nigerian senator who was feared kidnapped earlier this week has provided a blow-by-blow account of his unpleasant experience to PREMIUM TIMES. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, was widely assumed to have been […]

  Ilorin- Minister of Information and culture, Alh Lai Mohammed has said that all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state in the camp of the Senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, holding […]

Normalcy has since returned to the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport as the defective scanning machines which broke down on Friday had been repaired and now working adequately. The news filtered Friday that […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has announced plans by the Federal Government to expand the broadband coverage of the country through the licensing of private broadband providers. He said this while inaugurating the Google for Nigeria […]

An accident involving the motorcade of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalong has led to the death of one person while 20 others sustained various degree of injuries. Mr Sunday Jika, the Officer-in-Charge […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has directed the commencement of a 72-hour joint operation to restore order around Apapa and environs, after activities of truck drivers had caused traffic gridlock and made vehicular movement around the […]

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Muiz Banire, as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON. Buhari also appointed […]