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British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday that he would step down by October after the UK voted for the country’s exit from the EU.   “I do not think it would be right for me to be the ...

A copy of the letter, sent to Mr. Fayose through solicitors Mary Ekpere & Co., via courier on Wednesday, was exclusively made available to PREMIUM TIMES. The letter, titled: “Demand for unqualified retraction of the false statement published by you ...

There was chaos at the Borno State Government House today as soldiers and policemen engaged in gun battle over rice meant for IDPs. Since Monday, the government has been distributing bags of rice and Semovita to poor residents. As the ...

Man accuses the president of Ijaw Youth Council, Eradiri, of beating the hell out of him during a live program.  

The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria ( AMCON ) sealed off Silverbird Group’s outlets across the country today after the inability of Sen. Ben Bruce and his brothers to repay about N11 billion credit they obtained from Union Bank. In ...

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The assets are being seized following the failure of Senator Murray-Bruce and his brothers to settle an N11bn loan owed Union Bank and acquired by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). AMCON was established on July 9, 2010, as a ...

Well, the last time Ooni of ife was spotted in the church ‘worshiping the god of the anglican church of the queens of Egland’, this time someone that caught him red handed shared the photo above and captioned it with “You ...

Written by Adebayo Adeyinka Iyin-Ekiti My dear Asiwaju, I am compelled to write this open letter to you because of the state of affairs of the Yoruba nation. Firstly, I wish to acknowledge that fate has put you in a ...

Yoruba Oba are supposed to be the custodians of all things Yoruba just like king of Saudi is the custodian of all things Arab. But why are the Yoruba Oba full of inferiority complex? They, the Oba have to call ...