UK to ban sale of plastic straws and drinks stirrers that blight the country’s seas and rivers, ministers say
The UK is set to ban the sale of plastic straws and drinks stirrers that blight the country’s seas and rivers, ministers have announced. In...
Port Harcourt residents, civil societies protest against air pollution in Rivers
Civil society groups are leading residents of Rivers in a protest walk in Port Harcourt against air pollution in the state. The protest, which is...
Chimamanda Adichie: How powerful media man sexually assaulted me
Celebrated Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, has revealed that she was sexually assaulted by “a powerful man in the media” when she was 17. Adichie said...
4,562 newly-recruited teachers sacked in Kaduna
Kaduna State has sacked over four thousand teachers it newly recruited for incompetence. The sacked teachers were among the 15,897 recruited late 2017 after the...
Court says Police, DSS can’t arrest Senator Omo-Agege
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ruled that Delta lawmaker, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who allegedly led hoodlums into the National Assembly to...
Rampaging soldiers set Benue community on fire
Some persons suspected to be Nigerian soldiers stormed a community in Benue State and set houses ablaze, an official has told PREMIUM TIMES. They stormed...
PRESIDENT BUHARI COULDN’T HAVE DERIDED ALL NIGERIAN YOUTHS- SA to the President (Media and Publicity)
At the Commonwealth Business Forum in London on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari gave a keynote address on Making Business Easier Between Commonwealth...
Buhari and the 2019 Challenge, By Festus Keyamo
My message to all those teeming supporters who did it in 2015 for our president is that you do not abandon a ship with which...
Buhari attacks Nigerian youths, says they want everything free for doing nothing
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday lambasted Nigerian youths in London. Buhari said most Nigerian youths want everything free without doing anything. Speaking at the Commonwealth...
Update: Stolen mace recovered, found under Abuja flyover bridge
The mace of the Nigerian senate that was stolen yesterday April 18th has been found under the flyover by the Abuja city gate. The police...