Nigerian Singer, Habeeb Okikiola has apologized to the organizers of Nigerian Award show – The Headies – for his verbal threat to the co-nominees in his award category. Shortly after Portable was nominated, he took to his social media ...

Sixteen-year-old scavenger, Lawali Abubakar, has said that he was promised N5,000 and given a part payment of N1,500 to exhume a corpse from a cemetery in Chachanga, Niger State and supply its fingers. Lawali said he went to the cemetery ...

  Chelsea’s outgoing owner Roman Abramovich has released a statement thanking players, staff and supporters as he prepares to relinquish total control of the Premier League club. The Russian’s 19-year reign in charge at Stamford Bridge is coming to an ...

The organisers of 2022 Headies Awards have threatened to disqualify fast-rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable for threatening to kill his co-nominees. This comes after the controversial singer made a threat in a viral video that he would ...

The All Progressives Congress has postponed its special convention for presidential primary for the 2023 general elections from May 29 to June 6. National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, announced this in a statement hours after the Independent ...

An Akwa Ibom High Court on Friday sentenced one Nkereuwem Emah to death by hanging for killing his pregnant wife. Emah, 52, from Mbiabam in Ibiono Ibom local government area of the state was said to have butchered his wife ...

Teslim Folarin has emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State. Mr Folarin emerged candidate after polling 954 votes in the primaries held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium on Thursday in Ibadan. Folarin, a former Senate leader, ...

Three staff of Dangote cement company have been killed in a ghastly motor accident in Kogi State. The incident occurred on Thursday at about 5:45pm around Zariagi Obajana road in Kogi State. The deceased victims according to a source from ...

Lai Mohammed’s son, Folajimi has lost the ticket to represent Ikeja State Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly. The Minister’s son who is representing the constituency for the second time, failed to secure his re-election ticket in ...

  One person has been confirmed dead in a multiple accident which occurred today at the popular Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident involved a Tanker loaded with 45,000 litres of premium motor spirit (pms) and four vehicles. ...

  Female TV presenters in Afghanistan have appeared on air with their faces covered after the Taliban ordered them to do so or face punishment. Some broadcasters had refused to follow the new rules when they came into force yesterday, ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday refused to admit former Imo State Governor, Anayo Rochas Okorocha to bail pending the determination of a suit he instituted against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo declined to compel the ...

Narc Kenya MCA aspirant for Muthara Ward in Meru County who was arrested Thursday for alleged Mpesa fraud will spend three more days in police custody. Benson Thuranira Kathiai is alleged to have obtained over Ksh350,000 fraudulently from Mpesa agents ...

A swarm of bees on Thursday attacked and killed Ismail Hussaini, a pupil of Yanoko Nomadic Primary school, Tofa local government area of Kano State. An uncle of the deceased, Sanusi Dawakintofa, told Premium Times that his nephew could not ...

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has  fired the country’s health minister. The country is mourning the death of 11 newborn babies in a hospital fire blamed on an electrical short circuit. The tragedy late Wednesday in the western city of Tivaouane ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday bowed to pressure from political parties seeking the extension of the June 3 deadline for the conduct of primary elections by approving an additional six days extension. The electoral umpire, however, clarified that ...

Here are photos of President Buhari, his wife, Aisha and daughters heading to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. They left Nigeria, Thursday, May 26. The two ...

  Former governor of Anambra State and erstwhile presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, has formally joined the Labour Party (LP) to contest the 2023 presidential election. According to report, Obi registered as ...

    Justice M.G Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced Livinus Imoesi Oshioke, alias Alexander Lutz, to six months imprisonment for internet-related fraud. He was jailed on Thursday after pleading guilty to three-count ...

Nkechi Blessing Sunday has said she will never advice anyone against falling in love regardless of what she has been through in relationships. The actress who was recently in a messy breakup with her ex-lover, Opeyemi Falegan, also said she ...

A Twitter investor is suing Elon Musk and the social media platform over the handling of the billionaire’s $44bn bid for the company. The case alleges he violated California corporate laws in a number of ways. It accuses the Tesla ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, would not have won the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he had chosen to remain in the party. Mr Wike ...

  A Junior Secondary School 2 pupil of Simple Faith Schools, Agbara, Lagos State, Emmanuel Amidu, has died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere. The victim’s father, Akinola Amidu, claimed that the 12-year-old was flogged by a teacher when ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his government would ensure wider access to quality education that would further reduce the number of out-of-school children. Buhari said this in his 2022 Children’s Day message contained in a statement by his Special Adviser ...

Paul and ANita Okoye’s twins, Nathan and Nadia have graduated from pre-school. Their mom shared the graduation photos on instagram expressing them to be her ‘proud moments’. Sharing the news, she wrote; ”My babies are off to big school  All ...