Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- A 20-year-old man was on Tuesday flogged five lashes for stealing nine measures of sorghum in Jigawa State. Abdullahi Ya'u was found guilty of theft and trespass by an Islamic Sh... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- Armed men on Saturday abducted a State Security Service (SSS) official in Katsina State and killed him a day later while in captivity. The official, Sadiq Bindawa, until his deat... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- The police in Jigawa State on Monday took over and blocked routes leading to and from the state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC). PREMIUM TIMES had reported how... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 13 -- Dozens of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State on Sunday stormed the state police headquarters in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, demanding the uncond... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- A four-year-old boy, Abubakar Aliyu, escaped death after he was rushed to the emergency unit of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) on Thursday, officials have said. The hosp... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- Two Sharia court judges from Zamfara State were kidnapped while on transit from Niger Republic on Friday, an official has said. The judges, Sabiu Abdullahi and Shafi'i Jangebe, w... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 10 -- The All Progressive Congress crisis in Jigawa State has taken a new dimension following the removal of the state's party chairman, Habibu Sara. Mr Sara was removed following the ... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 10 -- The embattled chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa state has said that he remains the substantive party chairman, saying the state governor has no constitutio... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 6 -- In Kano, northern Nigeria's commercial nerve centre, at least nine persons were condemned to death after being found guilty of committing various offences from January to August 20... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 3 -- Former Vice President and opposition leader Atiku Abubakar on Thursday condemned the electricity tariff increase in Nigeria, saying such a decision is ill-advised and wrong-timed. ... Read More