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Nigeria’s untamed rising inflation under the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the last nine months has worsened the citizens’ misery. Friday last week, the National Bureau of Statistics Consumers’ price index and inflation […]

President Bola Tinubu has said that those alleging malicious embellishment of the 2024 budget did not understand the arithmetic of the process. The President said this in his comments when he hosted the leadership of […]

Hisbah, an outfit set up to implement the Sharia Islamic law in Kano State, recently caused a stir in the social media when its Director General, Abba Saidu, warned non-Muslims to refrain from eating in […]

Oluremi Tinubu, wife of President Bola Tinubu, has berated Nigerians abroad who have taken on jobs they couldn’t do in Nigeria. The First Lady stated this during an interview with Arise News on Thursday March […]

Access Bank has signed a pact with Nairobi-headquartered National Bank of Kenya, setting the flagship subsidiary of Nigeria’s largest lender up for the ownership of the company, which has been in business since 1968. The […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) will earn as much as N64 million annually, according to the bill seeking to review the salaries and allowances of the country’s judicial officers. Also, the President of the […]

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a ban on all foreign trips by ministers and other government officials, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively report. Mr Tinubu gave the directive via a letter by his Chief of Staff, […]

The plan by the British majority owner of consumer goods company PZ Cussons Nigeria to fully acquire the Lagos-listed organisation and take it private fell apart after a key regulator withheld an assent necessary to […]

Nigeria’s military chiefs have resolved to adopt the use of artificial intelligence and other technological devices to apprehend those who attacked and killed soldiers in Okuoma community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State. […]

At least three of the suspects who killed 17 officers and men of 181 Amphibious Battalion, Nigerian Army, Otuama, Delta State, last Thursday, have been arrested. The arrest came as the President of the Senate, […]

As a fallout of recent killing of military personnel in Okuama Community, Delta State, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has accused the military of invading Igbomotoru 2 in Bomo-Ibe Clan of Bayelsa State in the […]

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has boasted that he has the capacity to end insecurity in the South-east and South-south Nigeria within two minutes if he is released from detention. […]

A student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), who was asthmatic, lost his life due to the ongoing industrial action by the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union […]

Zenith Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji, OON, as Group Managing Director/Chief Executive with effect from June 1, 2024, subject to approval by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She […]

By Kingsley Omonobi The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) on Monday began a three day national mourning for the 17 soldiers killed by irate youths at Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta […]

Contrary to the expectation that the undersea cable cut which disrupted banking and telecom services in Nigeria and some parts of Africa, will last for about two weeks more, indications are that services are almost […]

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said he initially declined to construct a road in Okpoko community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state because the House of Representatives member representing the […]

The Nigerian military says it is not responsible for the reprisal attack on Okuama community in Delta State. It also suggested that the retaliatory attack on the community could have been carried out by the […]

Why Bamboo—That Nigeria’s economy is in bad shape, is no longer news. Food and other necessities are hard to come by. However, no matter what turn the economy takes, Nigerians, by their unique nature, will […]