Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s backers in the All Progressives Congress on Thursday pressed on with the moves to field the ex-President as the APC’s consensus presidential candidate. The Fulani group, which on Monday obtained the APC’s N100m presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for Jonathan, said on Thursday that …
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Despite Court Order Directing Hon. Dagogo’s Release, Rivers State Government Keeps Him In Detention The Rivers State government and police authorities have continued to keep the member representing Degema-Bonny Federal constituency and governorship aspirant, Hon. Farrah Dagogo in detention despite Court order which directed that he be released. Federal High …
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Russian soldiers caught on camera killing Ukrainian civilians When Leonid Pliats and his boss were shot in the back by Russian soldiers, the killing was captured on CCTV cameras in clear and terrible detail. The footage, which was obtained by the BBC, is now being investigated by Ukrainian prosecutors as …
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met behind closed doors with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The agenda of the meeting between the president and Emefiele could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. NAN, however, gathered that the …
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Abdul Samad Rabiu, 48 others conferred with National Productivity Order of Merit Award Billionaire Industrialist, philanthropist and founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has been honoured with the 2019/20 National Productivity Order of Merit Award (NPOM) by President Muhammadu Buhari, at an event in Abuja yesterday. This year, 49 …
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The Dangote Group has disclosed that it would soon stop accessing foreign exchange (forex) from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The conglomerate has also revealed that it would expand its operations into the steel sector. Group Managing Director, Dangote Group, Mr. Olakunle Alake, made this disclosure during a panel …
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A Christian female student was lynched by a ruthless group of Muslim fanatics at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto state. The said incident happened after Deborah Samuel spoke against posting of religious content in a class Whatsapp group. The audio recording is said to have angered some …
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JUST IN: Atiku deletes Facebook post on Deborah’s killing after fanatics threatened his 2023 ambition Atiku Abubakar has deleted a post he made on his Facebook page about slain Deboral Samuel after coming under a barrage of threats from fanatics of northern origin who asked him to forget his presidential …
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Nineteen days after the Nigeria Identity Management Commission barreď about 72 million telecommunication subscribers for failing to comply with the Federal Government’s NIN-Subscriber Identity Module policy, the agency issued 80.7 million National Identification Numbers. The data on the portal of the agency showed that the number of NIN issued to …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for suspected money laundering through their accounts in two banks in Abuja, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. It is not clear whether the investigation is connected to the ongoing …
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