BREAKING: Ministry of Works building in Lagos on fire
Federal Ministry of Works building in Lagos is currently on fire, according to a Premium Times report. It is not clear whether there are casualties The south-west spokesperson for the National...
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Update: I’m Not Dead – Abiye Sekibo Reacts To Death Rumour
A former Minister of Transport, Abiye Sekibo, on Tuesday debunked speculations of his death, which made the rounds on the internet. Mr. Sekibo, a medical practitioner, told PREMIUM TIMES exclusively...
View Article2015: Why we’re introducing card readers –Jega
The chip-based Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) currently being issued by voters will be replaced with card readers in the 2015 general elections to ensure 100 per cent verification and authentication of...
View Article2015: Dismiss suit challenging my eligibility to contest, Jonathan tells court
Abuja—President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday prayed the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal to dismiss the suit challenging his eligibility to seek re-election next year, even as he said he will...
View Article“We are not the cause of your frustration” – Igbo youths tell Junaid Mohammed
The Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, on Wednesday, tackled Junaid Mohammed over his recent stand on the 2015 presidential election, especially as it concerns President Goodluck Jonathan. In a press statement...
View ArticleUpdate: Boko Haram Hoists Flags On Mubi
Boko Haram militants have also hoisted the sect’s flag and imposed a curfew in Mubi. A resident who spoke with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Malam Ahmad Sajo, said he...
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PICTURES: President Jonathan, Emir Of Kano Sanusi Reconcile
After nearly a year of bitter relations, President Goodluck Jonathan and the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, met Thursday in Abuja and reconciled differences that once drove both men to the extremes...
View ArticleNigerian Defense Headquarters Orders Fleeing Soldiers To Retake Mubi From...
Some 24 hours after Nigerian soldiers from the 234 battalion fled Mubi, Adamawa State as Islamist fighters advanced, the Defense Headquarters in Abuja has ordered the troops to return and retake the...
View ArticleLack of parliamentary books affects legislative process—Ekweremadu
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the dearth of reference materials on legislative processes was a setback to the performance and development of...
View ArticleACF chieftain carpets PDP for denying Balewa, Abiola presidential forms
A chieftain of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani, has lambasted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for preventing Dr. Abduljahlil Balewa, the son of the late Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar...
View ArticlePerform or be thrown out – Edwin Clark tells Delta council bosses
Chief Edwin Clark, Wednesday warned newly elected Local Government Chairmen in the state against looting council’s money and also stop their practice of administering the councils from the state...
View ArticleCollapsed Synagog Building Has No Approval, Says Lagos Commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Development and Urban Planning, Toyin Ayinde Adedamola, yesterday revealed that the collapsed guest house, belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations...
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NEWS IN PICTURES: Bola Tinubu, Jagaban Borgu Is Daily Becoming Very Frail...
National Leader of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Thursday morning returned to the country via Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja after a short trip...
View ArticleDozens of Soldiers, Policemen killed in Mubi
Dozens of soldiers and policemen have reportedly died in the attack by Boko Haram insurgents who took control of the commercial border town of Mubi. Trapped residents said the insurgents are...
View ArticleJonathan, Emir of Kano in closed-door meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan and the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, met yesterday behind closed-door at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The monarch, who is the immediate past governor of the Central...
View ArticleBoko Haram May Release Chibok Girls Today – Officials
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital was yesterday charged with hushed excitement as the news flied around that abducted Chibok schoolgirls might be released anytime between yesterday and today following...
View ArticleGombe bomb blast update: Three suspects arrested, 25 dead bodies counted
Three suspects have been arrested by the police in connection with the bomb blast that rocked Gombe Line Motor Park in Gombe town this morning. The blast, which DailyPost sources say killed at least 25...
View ArticleBen Murray-Bruce pledges to eradicate mass poverty if elected Senator
Former Director-General, Nigerian Television Authority and Chairman of Silverbird Group, Mr Ben Murray-Bruce, has promised to work towards the eradication of poverty if elected senator in 2015....
View ArticleBREAKING: Bomb explosion rocks Gombe garage
Reports reaching DailyPost say a bomb explosion this morning rocked the Gombe Line Motor Park in Gombe, the Gombe state capital. Reports say the blast which occurred at about 9.30 am left many dead and...
View ArticleJimoh Ibrahim shuts down Daily Newswatch, floats Newswatch Times
Following the recent order shutting down Daily Newswatch newspaper by the court, Publisher of the paper, Jimoh Ibrahim, has floated another newspaper. It could be recalled that a recent court verdict...
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