Nigeria, June 17 -- A state high court in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping an 11-year-old child. The convict, Endurance Sandy, 41, PREMIUM TIMES gathere... Read More
Nigeria, June 16 -- The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Baba Azare, has dismissed allegations by a skit maker known as Local Man concerning the posting of the governor's Chief Security Offi... Read More
Nigeria, June 16 -- Nigerian scholar, public policy expert and strategic communication specialist Austin Tam-George has been named among the 2026 world's 50 most influential thought leaders in media c... Read More
Nigeria, June 15 -- The police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested two suspects over the theft and unlawful possession of a stolen tricycle. In a separate raid, operatives recovered suspected hard drugs... Read More
Nigeria, June 13 -- A group of 12 June protesters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday called on Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to either focus on delivering governance for Rivers peop... Read More
Nigeria, June 13 -- South African opposition politician and parliamentarian Julius Malema has described the recent wave of xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in the country as "state-sponsor... Read More
Nigeria, June 12 -- South Africa has announced plans to start charging foreign governments for the cost of deporting their nationals who violate the country's immigration laws. The move comes amid a ... Read More
Nigeria, June 10 -- The United States has extradited former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana's Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, to Ghana following her conviction on more t... Read More
Nigeria, June 8 -- A lawyer, Wisdom Chude, has alleged widespread human rights abuses at the Octopus Unit of the Nigeria Police Force's C4i Department in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, including unlawfu... Read More
Nigeria, June 8 -- The Ghanaian government has evacuated about 1,000 of its citizens from South Africa following renewed xenophobic attacks targeting black Africans, with authorities promising reinteg... Read More