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An aircraft belonging to Dana Air experienced a runway incursion upon landing on Tuesday at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos from Abuja. PREMIUM TIMES gathered from multiple sources working at the airport that the...

The Rivers State House of Assembly has overridden Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s withdrawal of assent to the amended Local Government Bill. The House of Assembly dispensed with Mr Fubara’s assent to the bill to make it an enforceable law in the...

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has discovered an illegal production of fake cosmetics at the Balogun Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State. NAFDAC, in a post Monday on its X handle, stated that its Investigation...

Bassirou Faye’s election as Senegal’s youngest president on 24 March was celebrated domestically and internationally as confirmation of the country’s strong democratic tradition. Observers believe that Senegalese citizens and the youth in particular, the Constitutional Council and religious and political...

On Monday, 22 April 2024, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Leonardo...

First Bank of Nigeria has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as its acting managing director, two sources with knowledge of the development told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday Mr Alebiosu has been the bank’s executive director/chief risk officer since 2022. He has been in...

Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris has commended the team representing Nigeria at the global robotics competition in Dallas, Texas, later this month. He spoke when the team paid him a courtesy call on Friday, 19th April The minister...

Candidates sitting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) across the nation said they experienced minimal hitches on Saturday as the examinations continued for the second day. UTME, administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), is taken by candidates...

Residents of Ekiti State are facing challenging times due to a scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petroleum, in all the 16 local government areas of the state. The few fuel stations that are selling the product have...

Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo on Saturday called on the federal government to urgently assist in tackling the menace of insecurity and incessant flooding in some parts of the State. The governor made the call when he received a delegation...