Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, has claimed he possesses CCTV footage showing the military ruler’s final moments, dismissing recent allegations that Abacha died during an intimate encounter with a woman. Read more…
The United States Mission in Nigeria has reminded Nigerians who hold dual citizenship with the United States that they are legally required to use a valid U.S. passport when entering or leaving the country, warning that failure to do so Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Police Command has expressed delight at the growing interest among young people of the State in pursuing careers in the Nigeria Police Force,l. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, Tochukwu Ikenga(SP) Read more…
From Ifeoma EjioforThe Anambra State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening grassroots governance by empowering community leadership structures to drive sustainable waste management and environmental sanitation across the state.The commitment was reiterated during a strategic stakeholders’ engagement with Mayors Read more…
From Ifeoma EjioforThe President-General of Obosi Development Union, ODU Worldwide, Barr. Chimezie Obi, has thrown his weight behind the long-standing call by former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, for Nigeria to return to a regional system of government. He described Read more…
Vice President JD Vance and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine both raised concerns about escalating the war in Iran as President Donald Trump weighed the possibility during a White House meeting on Friday, a source Read more…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu personally financed the vice-presidential campaign of former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during the 2015 general election and spent more than N2 billion to Read more…
The Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has declared that the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s supporters would be the most reliable voters in 2027. Amadi said Obidient Movement and OK Movement Read more…
The one-term agreement the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has with his running mate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, if Obi is elected president in 2027, has drawn sharp reactions from northern groups and lawyers. Obi has Read more…
Multiple sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the permanent secretary’s demand was contrary to established civil service procedures, raising suspicions that there may have been an ulterior motive behind her action. Barely two days after a PREMIUM TIMES report detailed how Binyerem Ukaire, Read more…
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis as the Holy See’s new Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York, where he will represent the Holy See at the UN headquarters. Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia Read more…
Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Sir Mike Mbama Okiro, who served between June 1, 2007 and July 24, 2009, has noted that the activities of the Boko Haram insurgency could have been nipped in the bud if the federal authorities had Read more…