The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, says it will deploy drones to check vandalism of its transmission lines and equipment in the country. The TCN Managing Director, Atiku Abubakar, said this why fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria ...
Read More »“I am not an ethnic jingoist or a religious bigot” – Gov. El-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, had said part of reasons the killings in Southern Kaduna has been recurring is because the killers have never been brought to justice in the last 35 years. The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, ...
Read More »Just In: Senate President Bukola Saraki reshuffles committees
Senate President Bukola Saraki has reshuffled committees, names Kyari, Defence Chair, Ndume INEC Chair, Abe FERMA chair etc Senate adjourns plenary till February 21, 2017 to make room for its 68 committees to work on 2017 Budget defence exercise. RESHUFFLED ...
Read More »Road Funds Bill: Dogara Proposes Infrastructure Bond As Panacea To End Debts
Concerned about the huge debt owed to local road contractors in the country, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has proposed an Infrastructure Bond for funding road projects in the country. Speaking when he received the ...
Read More »Press Statement: No To Premium Times’ New Found Love For Fiction As Journalism
Federal Ministry Of Power, Works And Housing The attention of the Office of the Hon. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN has been drawn to another sensational offering from the platform of the Premium Times. ...
Read More »Buhari Pictured with the Tallest soldier ?
Photos of a very tall Nigerian officer has been trending with many asking if he is the tallest Nigerian soldier.President Buhari had to look up to see his face when he met him. What do you think? See more photos ...
Read More »Amaechi To Embark On A 10-Day Medical Vacation Like Buhari
NIgeria’s Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has refuted death reports of President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking on AriseTV during the weekend, Amaechi said Buhari is fit and healthy. ‘’Last Sunday, the president stood for one hour; and if he is not fit ...
Read More »Jubilation In Kwara As Residents Receive Alert Of Buhari’s ₦5000 Stipend
There is excitement among beneficiaries of the N5000 federal government stipend in Kwara following confirmation of payment of the fund. The federal government had announced the payment of N5000 to poor people in the country which was part of the campaign ...
Read More »Anambra 2017: Ifeanyi Ubah Defects To Apc
Business mogul and chairman of Capital Oil Limited, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to prosecute his ambition in the 2017 Anambra State governorship election. LEADERSHIP gathered that Chief Ubah made his intention known on ...
Read More »How Buhari’s Government Is Weaponizing Hunger
By Adekoya Boladale When Feyisayo, a 36-year old trader and a single mother of three left her home in Imeri, a village in Ose local council area of Ondo State, to cast her ballot in the recently conducted governorship ...
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