Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- The Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Yekini Idiaye, has been impeached from office a few days after declaring political support for the governorship candidate of t... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Dozens of protesters who were arrested in Lagos and Abuja on Wednesday were released hours later. However, the protesters arrested in Osun were detained overnight. PREMIUM TIMES re... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- For five consecutive days, Nigeria has continued to record daily coronavirus infections below 500. On Wednesday, 457 coronavirus infections were confirmed, two days after 288 cases... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Islamist terrorist organisations such as Al-Qaida have begun to march towards the north-western part of Nigeria, a top military general in the U.S army has said. Dagvin Anderson, c... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- The police in Lagos have dispersed scores of protesters who gathered at under bridge, Ikeja, on Wednesday for a peaceful march. The protest, which kicked off around 10:00 a.m. was ... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- The federal government has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this Tuesday while unveilin... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, has ordered a fresh round of redeployments involving senior police officers initially deployed to the Economic and Financial Crimes ... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the federal government intends to examine every possible option in the development and distribution of a vaccine against COVID-19, as the healt... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- The government of Gombe State has donated 230 hectares of land for the establishment of Nigerian Air Force Forward Operational Base (FOB) in the state. According to a statement by ... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- The presidency on Wednesday refuted the claim that some repentant Boko Haram fighters have been allowed to join the Nigerian military. The rumour has circulated on social media wit... Read More