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The Edo House of Assembly on Monday suspended three lawmakers over an alleged plot to impeach the speaker and other principal officers. The Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, announced the suspension at the resumption of plenary in Benin. Mr Agbebaku alleged that Donald...

The construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway has commenced amidst numerous fiscal and due process concerns. President Bola Tinubu's administration has shown indifference towards the challenges. The 700-kilometre highway project is expected to take eight years to complete and...

The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, says the federal government is working to “resolve” the issue of the detained journalist, Ojukwu. Mr Idris stated this on Saturday night at the NUJ Press Freedom and Good Governance Awards in Abuja. Mr Ojukwu,...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his cabinet has unanimously voted to close broadcaster Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. The move came after Israeli lawmakers recently approved a new media law widely referred to as the “Al Jazeera law” that gives...

Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kenneth-Ohanenye, took office in August 2023. In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Ameh Ejekwonyilo at her office in Abuja, Ms Kennedy-Ohanenye talks about how President Bola Tinubu is responding to...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Saturday in Benin said that there would be power outage in its Amukpe substation for two weeks. This is according to a statement signed by the General Manager, Public Affairs TCN Ndidi Mbah. Mrs...

A journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Daniel Ojukwu, has been abducted by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector General of Police, the platform reported on Friday. He is currently being held incommunicado at the State...

A fresh order by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) will, in the next 30 days, create the Nigerian Independent System Operator of Nigeria Limited (NISO), leading to a split of the Transmission Commission of Nigeria (TCN). The order, marked...

The Nigerian government on Friday said four International Oil Companies (IOCs) will divest from a total of 26 oil blocks in the country. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) Chief Executive, Gbenga Komolafe, said the proposed oil blocks belong...

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has given reasons why Nigeria should adopt State police. The real reason Mr Nwifuru, while speaking on the need for state police, said Nigeria has grown to the extent that central policing will not make...