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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will hold nine by-elections and 35 repeat elections in 26 states on Saturday. In the by-elections, a total of 74 candidates are competing for nine limited seats in the state and national assemblies. While...

The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release on bail of Nigerian journalist Saint Mienpamo Onitsha on Thursday and calls on authorities to drop all charges against him and reform the country's laws to ensure journalism is not criminalized. “Saint...

No one in South Africa was more delighted than International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor when the Bafana Bafana national football team beat Morocco this week to reach the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations. "Bafana...

The Nigerian government has attributed the main cause of poor electricity supply in the country to low gas supply to generating companies (GenCos). Nigeria's Minister of Energy, Adebayo Adelabu, revealed this in a statement posted on his X on Friday. “Yesterday...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria to take responsibility for the crude oil sales revenue of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). In a statement he signed on...

Former member of the House of Representatives, Rima Shawulu, has called for investigations into the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), commercial banks and telecommunications companies for failing to trace ransom payments to kidnappers in the country. Shawulu, who represented Donga,...

Nigerian women consume more dog meat than their male counterparts, says Edem Eniang, a wildlife expert in Nigeria. Eniang, a professor of wildlife at the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom state, told PREMIUM TIMES in an exclusive interview on...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the people of Ebonyi South Senatorial District to vote for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Silas Onu, during Saturday’s bye-election in the district. Atiku made the call in a...

The President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, has written a letter of complaint to the State Security (SSS) over what he called “false accusations and sustained campaign of slander” against him. The letter, addressed to the Director General of the...

Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, says Nigeria needs adequate police officers with “mental mobility and fertile minds” to effectively engage with the public. This was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the PSC...