The UK Parliament on Monday voted in favour of sanctioning the Nigerian government and army officials over the handling of last month’s #EndSARS protests and subsequent hounding of the campaign’s promoters. However, the nature of sanctions to be imposed has Read more…
There is uneasy calm among local manufacturers and stakeholders in the Nigerian automobile industry over the bid by the federal government to slash import duties on tractors, trucks and other transport vehicles. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had in its Read more…
The two major political parties, All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), clashed yesterday over the visit of progressive governors to former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 63rd birthday.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?guci=2.2.0.0.2.2.0.0&client=ca-pub-2107026010242077&output=html&h=280&slotname=8166071575&adk=363461564&adf=3264790055&pi=t.ma~as.8166071575&w=750&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1606168449&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=750×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleadership.ng%2Fapc-pdp-wrangle-over-progressive-govs-visit-to-jonathan%2F&flash=0&fwr=0&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&tt_state=W3siaXNzdWVyT3JpZ2luIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hZHNlcnZpY2UuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSIsInN0YXRlIjowfSx7Imlzc3Vlck9yaWdpbiI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXR0ZXN0YXRpb24uYW5kcm9pZC5jb20iLCJzdGF0ZSI6MH1d&dt=1606168447218&bpp=230&bdt=1559&idt=2085&shv=r20201112&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Ddf78dbd8f92ab3ed-22b41ea745a6002c%3AT%3D1602742043%3ART%3D1602742043%3AS%3DALNI_MY9BBfv1UjUaOmGmIkdnD9gNI7Bzw&prev_fmts=970×90&correlator=4493305954707&frm=20&pv=2&ga_vid=1103229342.1602630049&ga_sid=1606168448&ga_hid=1319611278&ga_fc=0&iag=0&icsg=4398046511103&dssz=70&mdo=0&mso=0&u_tz=60&u_his=15&u_java=0&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_nplug=3&u_nmime=4&adx=105&ady=1718&biw=1349&bih=609&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&oid=3&pvsid=720080138230762&pem=110&wsm=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fleadership.ng%2F&rx=0&eae=0&fc=896&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1366%2C609&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=8320&bc=31&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=7YARVE03E0&p=https%3A//leadership.ng&dtd=2124 Chairman of the caretaker/extraordinary convention planning committee (CECPC) Read more…
…Uzodimma warns on Igbo presidency Imo State leaders picked former Nigeria Ambassador to the United States, Prof. George Obiozor as their consensus candidate for the next president general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Just as the state Governor Hope Uzodimma warned Read more…
Sule, APC condemn killing, call for probe Police suspect assassination Fresh facts have emerged on how the Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Philip Schekwo, was kidnapped and killed by gunmen at the weekend. Sources said the Read more…
Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has taken a swipe at the South-East governors over what the group described as their nonchalance to the ideals of the Biafran cause. In an interview, MASSOB National Publicity Secretary Read more…
Destroy harvests The farm of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, was on Monday devastated by cows reportedly owned by Fulani herdsmen. The farm located in Ilado, a community in Akure North Local Read more…
Riyadh has denied claims that the Israeli PM became the first leader of the Jewish state to meet Saudi officials at the weekend through secret engagement with Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to comment. An Israeli minister Read more…
The head of the Catholic Church in Detroit has been chosen to lead a new national group that seeks to guide how Catholics should respond to President-elect Joe Biden and the contentious issue of abortion. Archbishop Allen Vigneron, who leads Read more…
A relative of Russian President Vladimir Putin is creating a new political party, Russia Without Corruption. This isn’t businessman Roman Putin’s first venture into politics, as he’s been involved in failed parties in the past. Putin is the first cousin Read more…
The Boko Haram war has had a huge impact on human and economic assets in Nigeria An ambush on Nigerian troops by Boko Haram elements has left six soldiers dead, 26 injured and many others still missing, PREMIUM TIMES can Read more…
President Donald Trump’s US government has on Sunday withdrawn from an international treaty that allows countries to monitor military hardware build-ups from afar, accusing Moscow – without evidence – of breaking its terms. The Open Skies Treaty was first considered Read more…