Major roads linking Ondo State to other parts of the country were on Wednesday blocked by members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in protest against the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU). Read more…
The Nigerian Governors Wives Forum (NGWF) has confirmed that the viral video showing its members celebrating Aisha Buhari’s birthday in Dubai is real. The forum, however, says though the celebration held in Dubai, it was a coincidence as that was Read more…
The Nigerian government has threatened to revoke the licences of a total of 4,011 mineral title holders for alleged failure to pay up mandatory annual service fees. A document obtained by PREMIUM TIMES noted that the defaulters have been given 30 days Read more…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Wednesday sealed a deal with partners on gas aggregation to increase local production of fertiliser in the country. The Gas Aggregation Agreement was signed in Abuja on the sideline of the ongoing Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor Ahead the Saturday Anambra State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s state Congress, a chairmanship aspirant, Hon Ndubisi Nwobu (Obuka Awka) took his campaign to Nnewi federal constituency on Wednesday where party faithful pleadged their unflinching support for his Read more…
Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige on Tuesday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, saying everything was on course to resolve the crisis. Ngige, in an interview with State House Read more…
The entire staff of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s taxpayer-funded office have quit as the long-time friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin resists growing pressure to cut his ties to the Kremlin following its invasion of Ukraine. Schroeder, who took Read more…
Moscow and Kiev’s top officials must sit down at the negotiating table to establish a path to de-escalating aggression, one of Beijing’s top diplomats has said, as Russia’s armed forces continue to attack Ukraine. Speaking on Monday at an emergency session, Read more…
The management of Air Peace has disclosed that it would meet with the Emir of Kano, HRH Aminu Ado Bayero, and the Kano Emirate Council very soon in a bid to resolve the misunderstanding between the two parties arising from last week’s Read more…
The bills to grant full financial and administrative autonomy to local governments have been passed by the Senate. The bills seek to amend the Constitution to repeal the state joint local government account and provide for a special account where Read more…
The Imo State Police Command has said that it repelled attack on the Njaba police station by hoodlums suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network. This was made known through a release made available Read more…
Provisional winners of the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum licence, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission. The Executive Vice Chairman Read more…