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'We didn't ban Davido from entering, performing in Edo' - Information Commissioner

Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- The Edo State Government has denied reports that it banned Afrobeats star David "Davido" Adeleke from entering or performing in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Str... Read More


EFCC unfreezes Osun govt accounts after Tinubu's directive

Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lifted the freeze order it placed on the Osun State Government's accounts during the lead-up to last Saturday's governorship... Read More


How Benin runway incident exposed fresh safety gaps, triggered recommendations - NSIB

Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has identified safety concerns around the runway-end environment, control tower line of sight and availability of meteorological inf... Read More


As 2027 campaigns begin, Katsina police target 'digital thuggery', violence

Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- The Katsina State Police Command says it is focusing attention on political violence and what it describes as "digital thuggery" as campaigns for Nigeria's 2027 general elections g... Read More


Adeleke's Tinubu visit customary, no plan to join APC - Campaign council

Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- The Imole Campaign Council, the campaign organisation of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, has dismissed speculation that Mr Adeleke plans to defect from the Accord Party to the... Read More


Kwara senator picks PDP ticket hours after quitting APC

Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- Senator Saliu Mustapha of the Kwara Central District has picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the district, hours after resigning from the All Progressives Congress... Read More


Tinubu condoles with Sokoto over boat accident that killed more than 50

Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the government and people of Sokoto State over the boat accident in Gorau, Goronyo Local Government Area, which claimed more than 50 lives. ... Read More


Power Supply: Akwa Ibom electricity regulator sets deadline for PHED

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Akwa Ibom State Electricity Regulatory Commission (AKSERC) has clarified that Wednesday's transfer of electricity market oversight from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Comm... Read More


Why nearly half of Nigeria's listed companies paid no dividends in three years

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- At least 60 of about 136 listed companies on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) haven't paid dividends for at least three years in the five years from 2021 to 2025, PREMIUM TIMES has foun... Read More


Nigerian actors gather in prayer for Ogogo as he battles stage four cancer

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- No fewer than a hundred star actors on Friday gathered at the BOS Hall (Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu Hall), LTV 8, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos, to pray for their ailing colleague, Taiwo... Read More