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Zirkzee's last-minute goal gives the Red Devils the win in their season opener

Manchester United kicked off the Premier League season with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Fulham, thanks to Joshua Zirkzee's 87th-minute goal. The Red Devils struggled to break down Fulham's defence but eventually managed to pick up maximum points in a...

NJC creates investigative panels against 4 judges, identifies 215 others as underperforming

The National Judicial Council (NJC) says it has created panels to investigate four judges for misconduct and identified 215 underperforming judges across the country. The board also placed five judges “on its pre-discipline watch list for poor performance.” Judges on the...

Fire destroys a seven-storey building in Lagos

A seven-storey building on Sanni Adewale Street in Lagos Island Local Government Area of ​​Lagos State was gutted by fire in the early hours of Friday. The fire, which reportedly affected many offices and shops within the building, prompted a...

West African CSOs express concern over Sahel 'countries' leaving ECOWAS

A meeting of civil society organisations on Thursday expressed concern over the withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Guinea from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its possible collateral effects. The meeting, held under the auspices of the...

Nigerian customs intercepts 12 containers with tramadol, machetes and illegal drugs

The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 12 containers loaded with Tramadol, expired drugs and 27,540 pieces of machetes and cutlasses with a duty paid value of N1.8 billion. The Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir...

Vandals once again destroy 13 towers on 132KV power transmission line

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said on Thursday that vandals destroyed 13 towers on the 132kV Ahoada-Yenagoa double-circuit transmission line. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that TCN towers T97 to T99 were destroyed by vandals on July 29. Ndidi...

Nigerian Customs highlights conditions for businesses to access tariff exemption for food imports

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday announced the conditions that businesses must meet to qualify for the government's new zero percent duty and VAT exemption on selected food imports. According to a statement by the Service's spokesperson, Abdullahi Maiwada,...

PDP calls on Abia President to release rights of newly inaugurated lawmakers

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has called on the Speaker of the Abia House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emeruwa, to release all entitlements owed to Aaron Uzodike, the newly inaugurated lawmaker. Delayed opening PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr...

Panel of representatives summons vice-chancellor for alleged poor execution of university project

The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has summoned Carol Arinze-Umobi, a professor and Acting Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Awka, Anambra State, over alleged poor execution of the project. Abubakar Fulata, chairman of the committee, made...

What is Finland doing in response to Nigeria's complaint against Simon Ekpa?

The Finnish government said on Tuesday it has begun to act on the Nigerian government's complaint against a Nigerian-Finnish citizen, Simon Ekpa, accused of leading brutal pro-Biafra secessionist campaigns in Nigeria's southeastern region. Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said in...

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We will help customers take advantage of market opportunities despite economic challenges – First Bank

First Bank Group Managing Director and CEO Segun Alebiosu has once again underlined the bank's commitment to partnering with...