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Sokoto Govt introduces allowances for Imams, monthly cash allocations to mosques

Nigeria, Aug. 31 -- The Sokoto State Government has rolled out new measures to strengthen Islamic propagation and support clerics across the state, including the introduction of monthly allowances for... Read More


Police speak on officers caught on video aiding vote buying

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The police have vowed to sanction officers seen in a viral video aiding vote buying in an election. The video seen by PREMIUM TIMES captured the Gwale Local Government chairperson... Read More


Bandits kill five in suspected reprisal attack in Kaduna

Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- Bandits on Tuesday killed five crop farmers in a suspected reprisal attack in the Kakangi ward of the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The community's residents... Read More


PDP rejects Jigawa by-election result

Nigeria, Aug. 18 -- The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the outcome of Saturday's by-election in the Babura/Garki federal constituency of Jigawa State. The PDP's spokesperson in the stat... Read More


APC wins state assembly seat in Kano bye-election

Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Ghari/Tsanyawa state constituency by-election. The retu... Read More


APC wins Jigawa Rep bye-election

Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rabiu Mukhtar, as the winner of the bye-election held on Sat... Read More


Jigawa govt uncovers teacher receiving salary despite absconding for 14 years

Nigeria, Aug. 12 -- The Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has discovered that 245 teachers continue to receive monthly salaries after quitting the job, including one of them for ove... Read More


PHOTOS: Wanted Katsina terrorists hold peace talks

Nigeria, Aug. 12 -- Banditry kingpins in Katsina State have signed an agreement to stop attacking communities in Safana Local Government Area. Locals and security sources in the state told PREMIUM TI... Read More


JUST IN: Terrorist Bello Turji surrenders arms, releases captives after Islamic clerics' intervention

Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- Zamfara terrorism kingpin, Bello Turji, has released 32 kidnapped persons and agreed to stop attacking farmers following a series of meetings with some Islamic clerics in his hideou... Read More


Bandits kill 11, abduct many in Zamfara community

Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- Armed persons on Saturday killed at least eleven people and abducted several others in a night attack in Sabon Garin Damri in the Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Res... Read More