[Premium Times] Governor Nyesom Wike, who picked reasonable votes from Lagos, won Oyo and Ekiti, where he got the backing of Governor Seyi Makinde and former Governor Ayodele Fayose respectively. But Atiku won overall.

[VOA] Abuja -- A clergyman of Nigeria's Methodist Church has revealed the church paid a ransom of nearly a quarter-million dollars for his release. Gunmen abducted the prelate Sunday while he was traveling in Nigeria's southeastern Abia state. The pa...

[ISS] The resurgence of Boko Haram's breakaway faction, with its al-Qaeda backing, threatens national and regional security.

[Premium Times] Key findings of the report indicated that gender inequality and stalled development drive high rates of unintended pregnancies

[This Day] The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Musa Yadudu said it would be costly for the agency to maintain 24 hours operations at all the airports in Nigeria. He disclosed that only few airports a...

[Premium Times] Mr Buhari on Tuesday in a meeting asked the APC governors to allow him pick his successor..

[Premium Times] Many Okada riders across the state complied with the ban by the state government.

[Premium Times] Residents advised travellers to stop plying the highway until it is secured.

[Concord] The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have confirmed Thursday June 9 2022 as the dates of 2023 AFCON qualifiers clash between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Leone Stars of Sierra Leone at the MKO Abiola National Stadium Abuja.

[Premium Times] The IMF says it is a reflection of the low revenue of the country, adding that it needs to mobilise more revenue to be able to have macroeconomic stability.

[This Day] The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday declared the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as expired political organisations that have lost their political releva...

[Premium Times] The groups launched PVC Bus Drive project, to encourage meaningful participation of Nigerian youthmong other age groups in Nigeria's coming general elections.

[Premium Times] "The report shows that the economy grew by 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 compared to a growth of 0.5 per cent in the corresponding period in 2021."

[Premium Times] The ruling APC will hold its national convention to pick its 2023 presidential candidate between June 6 and 8.

[Premium Times] The police sffairs minister says the approvals also covered supply of drugs and medical equipment for police hospitals.

[Premium Times] "Those from the outside see it as an impossible task, but we, the majority of people of Borno, know that it is one of the easiest tasks to accomplish."

[Premium Times] Traders say based on past experience, they fear being harrassed by representatives of microfinance banks and informal financial services providers.

[Premium Times] What I have found curious is that the public seems to believe the extravagant claims of aversion to vote buying and the attempt to present it as something premiered in the current season. It is a protracted illness from which our poli...

[Premium Times] Mr Tinubu promises to work with Cross River for the full development of Calabar Port if elected president.

[Premium Times] Traders put up huge volumes of shares in Okomu Oil, Conoil and FBN Holdings for sale, triggering the slide.

[Premium Times] Locally made pistols were recovered from the suspects.

[Premium Times] The Prelate of the Methodist Church, Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche, recently said men of the Nigerian Army conspired with some persons to kidnap him and two others.

[Premium Times] The council was set up in 2018 and is chaired by the president.

[Premium Times] Polaris Bank in recognition of the the importance of standard health services in communities where it operates donates state of the art medical equipments to a strategic hospital in Gombe State.

[Premium Times] The judge did not give the convict an option to pay a fine.

[Premium Times] The vice president is such a breath of fresh air.

[Premium Times] Mr Abubakar beat 12 other aspirants to emerge as the 2023 presidential candidate of the PDP on Saturday.

[Premium Times] The PDP in Ebonyi State has been torn into two factions.

[Premium Times] Peter Umeadi emerged as the unanimous flag bearer of the APGA at the party's special convention in Abuja on Wednesday.

[Premium Times] Edo was followed by Cross River. The two states lost a massive 399,000 hectares in the last 20 years, the data shows.