AS controversy continues to trail the Lagos-Calabar rail project, a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Transport, Mr. Ehiozuwa Agbonnayima, has said that Minister for Transportation, Read More…

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has completed a massive mansion for himself in his hometown of Awa community in Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, which he started building four months after becoming the governor of the State. Read More…

Boko Haram fighters attacked Nigerian soldiers early on Monday near the border with Niger in the jihadists’ northeast heartlands, the army said. Read More…

President Muhammadu Buhari has continued his foreign trips in a bid to repair Nigeria’s reputation which was severely damaged by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said on Monday. Read More…

There is an ongoing war between Okpoga, the country home of Benue State Deputy Speaker, James Okefe and Inleng, a neighboring town. Read More…

Odion Omoarebokhae, husband of the gospel singer who was found dead in a hotel room, has said that CCTV footage of the hotel they lodged in revealed that Apostle Psalm Okpe and his late wife, Yvonne, slept in the hotel. Read More…

Nigerian security operatives have arrested a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Matters, Waripamowei Dudafa, while attempting to travel out of the country through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Read More…

Senate President Bukola Saraki acquired three Federal Government houses using names of different companies and accounts against the policy laid down for the disposal of the assets, a prosecuting counsel, Micheal Wetkas, Read More…

Organised Labour has threatened a showdown with the Senate over the alleged procurement of 108 Toyota Land Cruiser Jeeps at an inflated cost of N35.1 million for each of the Senators. Read More…

The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, declared on Monday that he would not suspend the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in defiance to the sitting of the Senate. Read More…

The President of the Ogoni Solidarity Forum in Rivers, Mr Celestine Apkobari, has raised the alarm over the resurgence of violence in the state. Read More…

The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday stood-down the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki till afternoon owing to the absence of the prosecution lawyer, Mr Rotimi Jacob (SAN). Read More…

A Senator, Isah Misau, who represents Bauchi Central district, came under attack by irate youth on Saturday in Ningi, part of his constituency, two persons who claimed to have witnessed the incident told PREMIUM TIMES. Read More…

Rivers State students, who were on scholarships abroad, but returned home on the order of the government to continue their studies in the country have decried the development. Read More…

Tragedy struck on the Lekki-Epe Expressway after the driver of a truck belonging to the Dangote Cement, identified as Ajani Yekini, crushed his own conductor, Mojeed Jubril, to death. Read More…

A 45-year-old man has been burnt to death at the C Close, FESTAC Town, Lagos State, after a keg of fuel in his car caught fire. Read More…

Emotion ran high on Friday as Lance Corporal Adegboyega Adebayo, one of the two soldiers killed by hoodlums two days before the Rivers State rerun election, was buried in the Iyesi area of Ogun State. Read More…

FOUR persons were killed by unknown gunmen in three separate attacks in different parts of Rivers State, between last Thursday and Saturday. Read More…

A group that claimed responsibility for a major attack on a pipeline in the South-South geopolitical zone has said it will carry out more strikes, just days after President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to crack down on “vandals and saboteurs.” Read More…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would avail itself of all possible legal options for a clear interpretation of the role of the National Assembly in the passage of the nation’s budget.  Read More…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights asking him to “use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, Read More…