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ICPC recovers N37.44bn, $2.35m in 2025 - Chair

Nigeria, Dec. 15 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) recovered N37.44 billion and $2.353 million in 2025 through asset seizures and forfeitures, marking o... Read More


Fresh X spat drags El-Rufai sons back into vulgar online exchanges

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- A fresh social media altercation involving Bashir and Bello El-Rufai, sons of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, has once again thrust the family into a stormy national c... Read More


CPPE raises concerns about oil, revenue projections

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has cautioned the federal government against overconfidence in oil and revenue assumptions underpinning the 2026-2028 Medi... Read More


Unlicensed gold mining, trade leave northern Ghana exposed to JNIM terrorists - Report

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- Ghana's northern gold-mining belt faces growing exposure to extremist operations, new research has shown. The study, published by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organ... Read More


11 dead as gunmen open fire on Jewish community in Australia

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- A mass shooting in Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, has led to the death of 11 people. The state police said around 29 people were also injured in the attack targeted at the Jew... Read More


Controversy as Tinubu's ADC, Nurudeen Yusuf, is promoted twice in one year

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- President Bola Tinubu has approved the promotion of his Aide-de-Camp (ADC), Nurudeen Yusuf, to the rank of brigadier-general, a decision that has sparked murmuring and discontent w... Read More


Many cattle killed after alleged poisoning in Plateau community - MACBAN

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has reported that many cattle of its members were killed after they were allegedly poisoned while grazing on Friday evening a... Read More


Increasing inequality in the Nigerian polity as a disincentive for investment, By Dipo Baruwa

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- Nigeria has often been described as an investment haven, anchored on its vast endowment of natural and human resources. The country possesses over 34 commercially viable mineral re... Read More


AFCON 2025 Countdown: Stanley Nwabali joins Uzoho in Super Eagles camp

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- Super Eagles first-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has arrived in camp in Cairo, joining Francis Uzoho as Nigeria's preparations for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations gather pace. ... Read More


Private aircraft overshoots runway in Kano

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- A private aeroplane carrying 11 passengers overran its runway at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano on Sunday. Airport officials informed PREMIUM TIMES th... Read More