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Flood kills 164, displaces 223,000 in India

The worst floods in a century in the Indian state of Kerala have killed 164 people and forced more than…
Police speak on alleged resuscitation of notorious SARS

Foundation commends Osinbajo, I-G for overhauling SARS

The Foundation for Justice and Rehabilitation of Prisoners, a human rights group, has commended the presidential directive for the overhauling…
Court jails Lagos man Damilare Adewale 14 years he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl

Applicant remanded for allegedly raping neighbour’s daughter

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of 48-year-old man, Thomson Olorunfemi, docked for allegedly raping his…

Rising Nigerian talent joins Esentepe on loan

Promising Nigerian teenager Odi Chibueze, just 16 years old, has completed a season-long loan move from KF Trepça 89 to Esentepe…
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres

Boko Haram: UN demands immediate release of 3 abducted aid workers

The United Nations (UN) on Friday demanded the immediate release of three aid workers abducted while providing humanitarian support at…

Detained Premium Times reporter released

A PREMIUM TIMES journalist, Samuel Ogundipe, who has been detained since Tuesday has been released. Mr Ogundipe was released on…

N9.6m distributed to 72 outstanding FCT corps members

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Muhammad Bello, distributed N9.6 million to 72 former corps members, who served between…

NTDC partners Wikimedia to boost tourism sector

Mr Folorunsho Coker, the Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), said on Friday that it had concluded plans…

Imbibe Eid-el-Kabir lessons – NASFAT chief missioner

The Chief Missioner of Nasrul-Lahil-l-Fath Society (NASFAT), Imam Onike Abdul-Azeez, on Friday urged Nigerians to promote religious harmony and peaceful…

2019: Nasarawa APC assures aspirants of level playing ground

The All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in Nasarawa State, has reassured all aspirants of a level playing ground in the…

2 suspected cultists docked in Lagos

Two men, Oluwafemi Adelaja and Jacob Sunday, suspected to be members of an unlawful society, were on Friday docked before…
100 students of a physical education institute took ill due to food poisoning in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials say

Eid-el-Kabir: Ebonyi traders decry low patronage

Traders in Abakaliki metropolis in Ebonyi, have decried low patronage of foodstuff and livestock, as the Eid-el-Kabir celebration draws closer.…

Osogbo Agog for grand finale of Osun Osogbo festival

Tourists and cultural enthusiasts from across the globe on Friday flooded the ancient city of Osogbo, Osun, to join the…

Eid-el-kabir: Lagos police boss deploys additional 1,000 men

Dedeigbo Ayodeji Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has deployed an additional 1,000 policemen to Lagos streets for the…
WAEC

Teaching students to think, create will spur development – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says teaching to stimulate thinking among students, rather than merely recalling could be the…

Vote buying: INEC pledges to re-administer polling units

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will re-administer its polling units to address the issue of…

Delta Govt to revoke undeveloped plots in Asaba Industrial Park

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says government will revoke any undeveloped plot at the Asaba Industrial Park.
Police bust 3 who allegedly stole N136.5m containers at Apapa Ports

Lagos ports expect 27 ships carrying various products

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on Friday, said it was expecting 27 ships conveying petroleum products, food and other goods…

Malaysia: Journalists welcome move to repeal ‘fake news’ law

The Foreign Correspondents Club in Malaysia (FCCM) welcomed Friday the new government’s move to repeal a “fake news” law, in…
Federal High Court

Alleged pipeline vandal disappears without trace after arraignment

An alleged pipeline vandal, Kingsley Ibeto, ran away without a trace after arraignment before a Federal High Court in Lagos…

Oil prices slip amid concerns of global economic slowdown

Oil prices dipped on Friday, with U.S. crude heading for a seventh weekly decline amid increasing concerns about slowing global…

UN criticism about Fukushima workers ‘regrettable’ – Japan

Japan expressed disappointment Friday about UN human rights monitors’ criticism of its treatment of workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi…

Saudi Arabia offers $100m for “stabilisation projects” in Syria

Saudi Arabia said Friday it had contributed 100 million dollars for “stabilisation projects” in areas recaptured from Islamic State militants…

3 suspects arrested over alleged killing of 105-year-old man

The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged killing of a105-year-old man, Chief…

Nigerian Govt approves Obonomen-Afor Truck Transit Park

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), has presented the Outline Business Case (OBC) compliance certificate on the Obolo-Afor, Truck Transit…

India pays tribute to popular ex-PM Vajpayee

Thousands of Indians paid their respects to late premier Atal Vajpayee amid full state honours in New Delhi on Friday.

NUJ lacks legal backing to prosecute fake journalists — President

Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) lacks the enabling legislation to prosecute fake journalists in the country Mr. Abdulwaheed Odusile, the…

INEC rolls out hotlines for inquires, complaints

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given out hotlines for inquires and complaints on its activities in Enugu State,…

Osun declares Monday public holiday for Isese festival

The Osun Government has declared Monday as a public holiday.
U.S. Senate

U.S. Senate to Trump: Press “not enemy of the people”

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, rebuking President Donald Trump’s statement that the news media is “the…