Pan-Oduduwa group, the Concerned Yoruba Muslim Scholars in Nigeria (CYMSN), has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to give its presidential ticket to a Muslim of Yoruba extraction. CYMSN acting President General, Sheikh AbdulRasheed Mayaleke, in a statement yesterday, claimed Read more…
Armed persons on Tuesday blocked Birnin Gwari Highway in Kaduna State, abducting many travellers and burning at least eight vehicles, a group of residents of the area said. The gunmen reportedly blocked the highway, intercepted a convoy of motorists between Kuriga Read more…
The Nigerian government may spend nearly 100 per cent of its revenue on debt servicing by 2026, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. The Bretton Wood institution raised concerns over Nigeria’s fiscal conditions, adding the nation spends 89 per cent of Read more…
The serving member representing Nnewi North/South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, Honourable Chris Emeka Azobogu, has won the Anambra South Senatorial primary of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), on Wednesday. Azubogu, defeated his closest rival, Hon. Ben Nwankwo, in a keen contest Read more…
PREMIUM TIMES has obtained details of how the various state delegates voted at Saturday’s Special National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. The primary produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the candidate of the opposition party for the Read more…
An Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Gumi, has called for the establishment of Ministry of Nomadic Affairs to address the grievances of bandits and herders terrorizing the country. Gumi made the call at the Pastoralists and Fulbe Security Conference on Wednesday, in Read more…
US Cyber Command specialists were deployed to Ukraine and conducted offensive operations against Russia, its commander and NSA Director General Paul Nakasone said on Wednesday. In an interview with Sky News, on the sidelines of a cyber conference in Estonia, Read more…
Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine could come to an end if Kiev agrees to negotiate, the head of Russia’s State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov claimed on Wednesday. The operation “will develop in accordance with the plan, and, I think, will Read more…
Bandits killed tens of local vigilantes in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state on Monday evening after stealing cattle, two security sources and a local official said on Tuesday. Armed gangs, known as bandits, are rife across Nigeria’s northwest where they rob Read more…
Japan will not withdraw from Russia’s Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas project even if it’s told to do so, the country’s industry minister told parliament on Tuesday. The comments follow criticism from Moscow, last week, accusing Japan of benefiting from its Read more…
Pope Francis recognized the “heroic virtue” of a Filipino Archbishop who some claim had the ability to bilocate, or be in two places at the same time. The late Cebuano Archbishop named Teofilo Camomot was bestowed the title of “Venerable” Read more…
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that Poland is moving to seize territories in western Ukraine. He said this on Tuesday at a meeting on national security in the Volga region.”European Pravda” with reference to the Russian Read more…