The Saudi-UAE military alliance at war with Yemen’s Houthi rebels has been blamed for an air attack on a school bus that killed dozens of people, including at least 29 children. The vehicle came under attack as it was driving near a crowded market in the…
A talented make-up artist uses her kit to transform herself into an array of celebrities – from supermodel Cara Delevingne to the late king of pop Michael Jackson. Marina Mamic, 30, from Croatia, boasts over 130,000fans on her Instagram page, thanks to…
The Presidency has ordered proper investigation into how the huge cash said to have been released to security agencies in the country in relation to the 2015 Presidential election, was managed. As a result, three former security heads, who were held strategic…
Nigerian stocks dropped to a more than nine-month low on Thursday, hurt by mixed second-quarter earnings and worries about political risk in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. The stock index fell for the fifth straight session, down 0.4 percent to…
Mathew Seiyifa, acting director-general of the Department of State Service (DSS), has promised to look into the complaints of human rights abuse filed against the service. In the last three years, the secret police has been accused of disregard for the rule…
Party discipline and party supremacy are twin determinant factors that provide effective guide for party cohesion and coordination towards set goals and objectives. These cardinal ingredients of party politics have eluded most political formations in Nigeria in recent history and in many…
Intelligence authorities have released Lawal Daura and confiscated his international passport, PREMIUM TIMES has been informed. The top spy chief was disgraced out of office and taken into custody on Tuesday after ordering the deployment of SSS operatives to lay siege to…
Anti-graft operatives have raided the residence of Ita Ekpeyong, a former director-general of the State Security Service (SSS). The officers from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrived Mr Ekpeyong’s home just before noon on Thursday, in an anti-corruption raid that…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday unfroze the bank accounts of the Benue State government. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, Mr Terver Akase, confirmed the report to Channels Television in an interview. Benue state government accounts…
A Palestinian toddler and her pregnant mother were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza early Thursday, officials in the strip said, as Israel hit a series of sites in retaliation for ‘more than 150 rockets and mortar bombs’ allegedly fired from…
The police have invited Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi (PDP, Kaduna) and the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Kaduna State chapter, Mr. Adamu Ango over a N369 million project in Kaduna. The two were invited via a later dated August 3, 2018 signed…
Zimbabwean police took former finance minister and opposition leader Tendai Biti into custody on Thursday after Zambian authorities rejected his bid for asylum and deported him, his lawyer said. Police in Zimbabwe were looking for Biti and eight other opposition figures for…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the suspension of investigation into the alleged involvement of Senate President Bukola Saraki in the Offa Bank robbery, pending further hearing on the matter. Over 30 people were killed in the robbery of banks…
The former Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, has said he is not interested in being senate president now. The position of Bukola Saraki as senate president is threatened as the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its lawmakers have asked him to resign…