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Premium Times Journalist Freed After 72-Hours-long Detention by Nigeria Police Force

A Kubwa Grade 1 Magistrate Court in Abuja on Friday granted bail to detained PremiumTimes’ reporter, Samuel Ogundipe. Presiding judge Abdulwahab Mohammed granted...

Toyota debuts new generation Camry in Nigerian market

By Ruth Olurounbi A new generation Camry, which has so far sold more than 18 million units “across regions” since 2015 has been...

NEC Constitutes Committee on Police Decentralisation 

  The National Economic Council (NEC) presided over  by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the constitution of a committee to be headed...

2019: Osibogun and the future of Ijebu Central constituency  

 By Femi Soneye   The decision by Mr. Adekunle Ayodeji Osibogun to declare his interest in representing the people of Ijebu Central Federal...

Nigerian governors hire lawyers to challenge EFCC security vote probe

By Opeoluwa Abegunde Governors of the 36 states in Nigeria under the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have disclosed that it has engaged the...

Anti-corruption fight must follow due process, says 36 governors 

Governors under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), have called for the examination of the national income in the last 14...

Buhari administration just got caught in a lie about ransom to free kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls

Let’s not over-complicate this: The federal government lied about the statement denying the payment of large sums of money as ransom to terrorists...

Brad Pitt Angry at Angelina Jolie for Going Public with Child Support Battle, Thinks It’s ‘Terrible for the Kids’

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were hammering out their differences in private … until she decided to switch tactics and go public with...

Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin is gravely ill – Family

The family of Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has confirmed that the singer is  “gravely ill.” Roger Friedman was first to break the...

The Days in Pictures: Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Presides over NEC

  State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. PHOTOS: NOVO ISIORO.16th August, 2018.            

Journalists suffering corrosive effects of government surveillance

Jones Abiri, editor in chief of the Weekly Source newspaper was on Thursday released from detention in Nigeria, after over two years behind...

Inflation in Nigeria drops to 11.14% in July

Nigeria’s inflation declined to 11.14% for the 18th time year-on-year according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Wednesday. The...

DMO secures additional N100bn debt for 2018 budget

By Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria has secured more than half of the total sum of N849 billion it needs from the domestic market to...

Governors in crucial meeting over minimum wage, NASS invasion, election timetable

Alarmed by the grim prospects of election-timetable change by the National Assembly and the contentious issue of minimum wage implementation, governors under the auspices of...

Views From Abroad: Deadly Lack of Security Plagues Nigeria as Buhari Seeks Re-election

New York Times President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, center, flanked by service chiefs and other senior military officers, spoke during the Army Day...