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Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)

Senior TCN workers frown against call to sack Managing Director

The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN ) chapter, has frowned against…

Flood: Marine Police, Red Cross evacuate stranded Yola residents

Marine Police and members of Nigerian Red Cross have mobilised to evacuate stranded residents of Yolde-Pate Ward of Yola, which…
Petrol price jumps to N520 per liter in Edo, Delta

Lagos Govt, DPR urged to stop gas station in residential areas

An Environmentalist, Mr Godwin Ekong, has called for a stop to the establishment of gas stations in residential areas in…

Osun Guber: INEC promises to conduct credible election

Mr Segun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun, says the Sept. 22 governorship election in the state would…

500 horse riders to participate in Ilorin Grand Durbar

No fewer than 500 horse riders would participate in this year’s rejuvenated Ilorin Emirate Grand Durbar scheduled for Wednesday.

NIMC registers 1.7 million in Kaduna

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has so far registered 1.7 million people in Kaduna State, the commission’s coordinator in…

Apapa gridlock: Association calls for alternative port for export of agric produce

The National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN), has called for an alternative seaport for the export of agricultural produce in…
Leaders of U.S., Israel disagree on future of the Gaza Strip as UN officials report even more dire conditions in the Palestinian territory.

Israeli PM Netanyahu questioned again over corruption probe

Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday over what local media said was a case involving the country’s…
NDLEA operatives

NDLEA arrests 46 suspected drug barons in Gombe

National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gombe State Command, said it arrested 46 suspected drug barons in the last eight…

Tunisia confiscates passport of ex-bin Laden’s bodyguard

Tunisia has confiscated the passport of a man suspected of being an Islamist militant who once served as Osama bin…

Pakistani lawmakers elect Imran Khan as new prime minister

Lawmakers in Pakistan’s lower house of parliament elected former cricket legend Imran Khan as the country’s new prime minister on…

Turkish court again rejects U.S. pastor’s appeal for release

A Turkish court again rejected an appeal to release American Christian pastor Andrew Brunson from house arrest, broadcaster Haberturk said…

Germany set to ease laws to fill skilled labour gaps

The German cabinet will soon decide on a proposal to make it easier for skilled workers from outside the European…

I was elected to serve Edo people not political leaders – Obaseki

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that he was elected to serve the people of the state and not…
Child-rape

Driver remanded for allegedly defiling 7-year-old girl

A driver, Adewale Showumi, who allegedly defiled a 7-year-old girl, was on Friday remanded at Ikoyi Prison by an Ogudu…

WHO expects more Ebola cases in Congo

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it could not be certain that it had identified all people…

Chinese economy maintains steady growth

The Chinese economy has maintained steady growth with good momentum despite a complicated domestic and external environment, a senior government…

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…