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Standard Chartered appoints Ayodeji Adelagun as Acting CEO for Nigeria

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- Standard Chartered Nigeria today announced the appointment of Ayodeji (Deji) Adelagun as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Bank's operations in Nigeria. The appointment of ... Read More


Students of Ondo School of Health Technology protest extortion, poor infrastructure

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- Academic activities were disrupted on Monday at the Ondo State College of Health Technology in Akure, as students embarked on a peaceful protest demanding better learning condition... Read More


Nigerian govt opens application for free technical colleges

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has approved the commencement of applications for admission into Federal Technical Colleges across the country. Mr Alausa said education i... Read More


EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Victorious Senegal players arrive Dakar hotel after winning AFCON 2025

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- Senegal's victorious Africa Cup of Nations squad arrived at their hotel in Dakar to a hero's welcome at about 2.10 a.m.on Tuesday, capping a dramatic and controversy-laden AFCON 20... Read More


"My soul is aching": Brahim Diaz speaks on missed penalty against Senegal

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- The morning after Morocco's Africa Cup of Nations dream slipped away, Brahim Diaz chose accountability over silence. Still carrying the weight of a missed penalty that proved deci... Read More


UPDATED: Tinubu gives Nigeria's second-highest honour to controversial businessman Gilbert Chagoury

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- President Bola Tinubu has conferred Nigeria's second-highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on Gilbert Chagoury, the controversial Lebanese-... Read More


Tinubu gives Nigeria's second-highest honour to controversial businessman Gilbert Chagoury

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- President Bola Tinubu has awarded Nigeria's second-highest national honour, GCON, to Gilbert Chagoury, the controversial Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire and close ally of the Nigeria... Read More


Police inspector kills colleague, injures another

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- A police inspector has shot dead his colleague in Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. The inspector, Victor Okus, shot dead the victim, Ibrahim Sani, and injured another officer, D... Read More


Chris Okafor: "If you don't stop interfering, I'll leak your video" - Doris Ogala dares Akpororo

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- The ongoing controversy between actress Doris Ogala and the founder of Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministries, Chris Okafor, has extended to include popular stand-up comedia... Read More


Police arrest suspect in connection with Destiny Boy's death

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- The Ogun State Police Command has responded to the death of popular Afrofuji singer, Afeez "Destiny Boy" Adeshina, who died on Sunday. PREMIUM TIMES obtained widely circulated soc... Read More