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Europe’s migrants including Nigerians send home $110bn in 2014

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), disclosed in a report published on Monday in Rome, that the Europe’s 50-million-strong…

Why I’m yet to appoint ministers, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday attributed the delay in his appointment of ministers to the late submission of the transition…

Gani Adams, OPC pull out of NNPC pipeline surveillance

The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) said it would pull out its men from guarding all Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)…

Edo police apprehend killers of Corps Member in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two members of a suspected armed robbery gang who allegedly killed a member of the National Youth Service…

Ban Ki-Moon calls for Ramadan truce in Yemen

United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-moon, on Monday in Geneva, urged all warring sides in the Yemen conflict to silence their…

17 West African, 1 Algerian migrants die in Sahara desert

The Nigerien authorities and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Monday in Niamey, announced the discovery of the bodies…
2023 election: I have a lot of fears, says Atahiru Jega

Well conducted elections will produce good people, says Jega

Prof. Attahiru Jega, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that well conducted election will result in the…

Boko Haram: US supports Nigeria, others with $5bn

The United States says it has announced a five billion US dollars contribution to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF),…

Taraba demolishes buildings to restore Jalingo masterplan

The Taraba Ministry of Urban Development on Tuesday said the ongoing demolition of illegal structures erected within the Jalingo metropolis…

Ambode: PDP Lagos continues to make us believe it exists, says APC

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was…

Ambode dissolves parastatals, sacks Fashola’s sister, others

Kazeem Ugbodaga There has been a massive shake-up in the Lagos State Government as Governor Akinwunmi Ambode dissolved all Boards…

Security is everybody’s business, Lagos CP

Lives and property will be in great danger if security issue is left to the government alone, says the Lagos…

Dogara appoints ex-Rep member as Chief of Staff

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday, appointed a former member of the assembly, Mr…

Indonesia demands answers from Australia over bribery allegation

Indonesia Vice President, Jusuf Kalla, on Monday said Australia should come clean about allegations that its authorities paid smugglers to…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Parents appeal to Borno govt to re-open closed schools

Parents in Borno on Monday appealed to the State Government to re-open Public Secondary Schools shut down in March 2014,…

Nigerians applaud AU over single currency, passport proposal

Some Abuja residents on Monday said plans by the African Union to introduce a single currency and passport was a…

Why are Nigerians anxious to have Ministers – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has queried why Nigerians are eager to have him name his cabinet, two weeks after he was…

Boko Haram: Buhari plans Cameroon trip

Johannesburg (AFP) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to visit Cameroon to cement a regional fighting force against Boko…

9 dead in twin blast in Potiskum

The Police in Yobe, on Monday confirmed the death of nine persons in twin bomb explosions which rocked Potiskum, the…

Fire Razes 30 Shops In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga The havoc wreaked by fire in Lagos State, western Nigeria, worsened after fire razed 30 shops in a…

Winners Pastor Kidnapped In Cross River

The Cross River State Police Command has launched a manhunt for five gunmen who allegedly abducted Pastor Seyi Adekunle of…

Our 61-Year Sojourn In Lagos —Hopwood & Godwin

Gillian Hopwood and her husband, John Godwin, are British-Nigerians. John has been awarded OBE and OFR while Gillian has been…

Pope accepts resignations of 2 US bishops over sex abuse cover-up

Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of two US bishops accused of failing to respond appropriately…

Nigerians task Buhari on export promotion, foreign investment

Some Abuja residents have urged the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to pursue a foreign policy that would ensure that Nigeria’s…

Ambode calls for collective efforts to battle cancer

Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday urged corporate organisations, NGOs and individuals to invest in cancer awareness, diagnosis,…

Bomb blast on police, intelligence offices in Chad kills many

N’DJAMENA, June 15 (Reuters) – At least one suicide bomber attacked police and intelligence offices in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on…

Child sacrifice for wealth, power, expected to rise in Uganda

Luweero (Uganda) (AFP) – Kanani and Sylvia, brother and sister aged nine and eight, were grazing the family cattle in…

Police arrest 30 suspected in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command has in the last one week arrested 30 suspected cultists at various locations in…

Sexual Offences Bill: Falana backs Soyinka, says bill was illegally adjusted

Femi Falana, Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist has backed Prof. Wole Soyinka’s position on the Sexual Offences Bill, noting…

Sexual Offences Bill: Open Letter To Prof. Wole Soyinka By Sen. Chris Anyawu

I have read your open letter published on PM NEWS and re-published on BELLA NAIJA, Premiumtimesnig.com and a number of…