The Presidency has restated the commitment of the Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari, to the use of card readers for the conduct of free and fair elections in the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday night, Senior Special Assistant ...

A member of an NGO, was severely injured while trying to rescue two children from their abusive mother in Bayelsa State. Read report by Bar. Dise Ogbise-Erhisere, Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, Sagbama Branch:  the mother of the children has on ...

South African pastor and general overseer of Alleluia Ministries International, Alph Lukau, is said to be the richest pastor in the world, with an estimated net worth of $1billion. According to a report by MTO, his church has tens of thousands of ...

“I found out she was 11 years old…I thought she was at least 15,” An Italian priest accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in a car has said that he thought she was 15 years old. He also blamed “the ...

A Toronto-based married Ghanaian pastor, who was gifted a private jet by his church members two years ago, is involved in a paternity case following allegations that he fathered a child with his former congregant.   Martin Kofi Danso, who is the founder of ...

A 37-year-old Nigerian woman was sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended for a year, for using false identification documents to get work with vulnerable adults and children in care homes and a school in Gloucestershire, UK. Fatou Johnson, of Nutfield ...

Bolanle Alo, the Nigerian man who died after an altercation with Canada border services officers last week, promised he wouldn’t go quietly if ordered out of the country, his detention hearing documents show. The 49-year-old father of two died in Calgary ...

A man identified as Chidiebere Onwumere has regained his freedom, 2 years after being wrongly imprisoned for causing the death of Uzochi Chinyere, a neighbor he rushed to the hospital, following a drug overdose in Abia State.   Speaking with ...

A woman has been arrested in Jigawa State for allegedly pouring hot water on her young stepson and co-wife. The incident happened in Gantsa town, Buji Local Government Area of the state on August 13, following a fight between the ...

There was mild pandemonium at the Magboro area of Lagos after passenger crushed to death by truck believed to be conveying him from the North to Lagos.   According to Punch Metro, the victim had fallen off the moving trailer, and that ...

Tragedy struck at the Federal Univerity Of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, this morning, as at least four students died as a result of an accident involving a campus shuttle bus and a motorcycle.   The bus was said to have ...

  The student identified as Cynthia was reported to have eaten her friend, Chioma’s food without permission and so she was dealt with for that.                               ...

A man identified as Raphael Izuchukwu, has been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command over the killing of his ailing brother Chizoba Ogbonna-Izuchukwu, 46, over rising medical bills.   The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in Enugu on Wednesday ...

  The Presidency has debunked the story being circulated in some sections of the media that there is international pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to drop his presidential bid for 2019. The denial was contained in a statement issued by ...

Tennis star, Serena Williams suffers another defeat in Cincinnati Masters after losing to Petra Kvitova.   The former world No 1 lost 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to eighth-seeded Petra Kvitova in the second-round of the competition which lasted for two hours on Tuesday. ...

Nigerian radio and media personality, IK Osakioduwa has said having a honeymoon is more important than a wedding reception.   He said this in a recent video he posted online to advice people who are planning to get married. See what he ...

Senator Cyrus Nunyieh is dead. The distinguished barrister, who got married 11 months ago to a much younger bride, had his last breath just yesterday. The prominent lawyer was a senator of the second republic and was also the first and ...

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has condemned the arrest and detention of PREMIUM TIMES reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, who was detained on Tuesday by the Nigerian Police over a report.     The CDD in a recently released statement ...

No life was lost A fully loaded commercial bus, while in motion, caught fire on the The Third Mainland Bridge in the early hours of today. It was gathered that the driver of the bus tried all he could to ...

It had been difficult to ban her child from smoking because he will “cry all day” if he can’t smoke. A 2-year-old chain smoker, whose addiction to nicotine sees him puffing as much as 40 cigarettes in a day, while ...

A young man simply known as Miracle Eze, has been arrested by the Nigerian police for impersonating Nollywood actor, Mike Godson on Instagram. According to Mike Godson, who shared the news on his Instagram page, Miracle Eze runs a social media page ...

The United States Embassy has suspended consular services and appointments in Abuja till further notice. It explained that appointments for visa and for American citizen services have also been put on hold temporarily.   Consular operations in Lagos were, however, not ...

A Nigerian soldier has narrated how listening to his wife’s advice is helping him survive in this “Buhari economy”.   The soldier, who was away from Nigeria for two years on official assignment, returned to the country from Somalia and was ...

A pastor’s wife was paraded by the youths in her community for brutally beating her maid and constantly maltreating the girl.   The woman, whose name was given as Ezinne, is said to be in the habit of maltreating any ...

International Human rights organisation Amnesty International has lauded the directive by Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the total overhaul of the country’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).   Yemi Osinbajo who is currently in acting capacity as the President of ...