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BREAKING: APC wins Kwali Area Council chairmanship election

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- Daniel Nuhu of the All Progressives Congress has won the Kwali Area Council chairmanship election with 17,032 votes. Mr Nuhu secured victory across a majority of the wards to defe... Read More


CPPE speaks on capital importation surge, raises structural concerns

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has described the surge in Nigeria's capital importation in the third quarter of 2025 as a positive outcome of recent macr... Read More


#FCTDecides2026: Final results for chair of six Area Councils (LIVE UPDATES)

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- Elections were held in the six area councils of Abuja on Saturday. The area councils are Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kwali, Kuje and the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). About 6... Read More


INTERVIEW: 'How we reached lead-poisoned Ogijo residents via Yoruba radio programme' - Olawoyin

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- When stories about car battery recycling plants poisoning communities in Ogijo were published, PREMIUM TIMES and our partner organisation, The Examination, considered how to reach ... Read More


Abuja elections concluded, APC wins five of six

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged the dominant party in the just concluded are council elections across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, winning five... Read More


BREAKING: #FCTDecides2026: PDP candidate wins Gwagwalada Area Council chairmanship

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mohammed Kasim, has won the Gwagwalada Area Council chairmanship in the local government elections held across the Federal Capital Ter... Read More


Jesus is a killjoy, By Femi Aribisala

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- I live in a house I cannot afford. I live there entirely by the grace of God. When the Lord told me to live in the house, I asked him how I would pay the rent. He told me that he c... Read More


Goals not enough at Atletico Madrid, Simeone warns Lookman

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- Diego Simeone has never been a coach to settle for half-measures, and even Ademola Lookman's electric start at Atletico Madrid has not earned him a free pass. The Atletico Madrid ... Read More


#FCTDecides2026: APC wins Kuje chairmanship election

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- Danjuma Samuel of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Kuje Area Council chairmanship election with a margin of over 1,400 votes. The Returning Officer, Nkiruka Odoh, a... Read More


1,075 crash victims rescued, 17,169 vehicles impounded in Lagos in 2025 - LASTMA

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says it rescued 1,075 injured crash victims and impounded 17,169 vehicles for traffic offences across Lagos State in 2025. Th... Read More