Nigeria: Embassy, NGO Rescue 24 Trafficked Nigerian Girls in Senegal

"These girls and many more are being trafficked to Senegal, through Cotonou, Benin Republic via Mali to the Senegal border for prostitution." Read more »

Nigeria: Food Inflation - ACCI Calls On Nigerian Govt to Mitigate Crisis

"The government must take decisive action to mitigate this crisis and alleviate the suffering of the populace," Mr Obegolu said Read more »

Nigeria: Student Loan - Nigerian Govt Set to Pay N35 Billion to 70,000 Successful Applicants

Sources also confirmed that the agency has concluded plans to pay N20,000 every month to all the successful applicants every year. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Orders Sanction of Civil Servants Drawing Salaries After Relocating Abroad

The president also directed that the culprits' supervisors and department heads be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud while they were in charge. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Raid Kano Emir's Palace, Sack Hunters Guarding Sanusi

PREMIUM TIMES observed Sunday evening a team of security agents taking over the emir's palace at Gidan Rumfa, where the hunters were staying, playing cards and other activities. Read more »

Nigeria: Resolving the Minimum Wage Debacle and Fiscal Headwinds

States can lessen their financial burdens by aggressively weaning their payrolls of ghost workers. Read more »

Nigeria: '50 Nigerian Lawmakers' Write Tinubu, Seek Nnamdi Kanu's Release

The letter calling for Nnamdi Kanu's release enjoyed bi-partisan support with lawmakers from the APC, PDP and LP signing it. Read more »

Nigeria: Fire Outbreak - We'll Build Bigger Christ Embassy Church - Pastor Oyakhilome

"Let the devil lick his wound. We must look at life from the spiritual. This is not an accident because we're not ordinary people..." Read more »

Nigeria: Cholera Outbreaks Expose Water Access Issues, Poor Delivery Systems - Group

"The periodic cholera outbreaks are very disturbing and reinforce our arguments about the abysmally low investment in the water sector at both state and federal levels..." Read more »

Nigeria: Abia Governor Speaks After Firing Spokesperson, Suspension of Commissioner

The governor recently sacked his spokesperson, Kazie Uko, days after suspending the state's health commissioner. Read more »

Nigeria: Labour Party Is Secret Society, Led By Bunch of Jokers - Kenneth Okonkwo

"Let them (Julius Abure and his cohorts) come out and tell me what they did at that convention if it's not a secret society." Read more »

Nigeria: Court Convicts Beninois Men of Assault in Lagos, Adjourns Theft Case

The police described the convicts as trans-border robbers from the Republic of Benin. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Debt Stock Hits N121 Trillion

The Debt Management Office (DMO) also gave reasons for Nigeria's debt stock surge. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Arraign Three Men Caught With Explosives in Ekiti

The police said the defendants had in their possession three cartridges of 32mm, a detonating cord and firing cables. Read more »

Nigeria: Cholera - Kano Govt Issues Safety Measures for Residents

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a resurgence of cholera cases across countries in Africa, East Asia, America, Europe, and the Eastern Mediterranean region. Read more »

Nigeria: $550m Investment in Ubeta Project Set to Boost Nigeria's Domestic Gas Supply

This project signifies a major step in advancing energy security, a cornerstone of the federal government of Nigeria's plans to achieve sustained economic development through… Read more »

Nigeria: Ubeta Gas Project 'Ll Record Nigerian Content Successes - NCDMB

TotalEnergies E&P is the operator of OML 58 onshore licence, with a 40 per cent stake in the US$550 million Ubeta Field Development Project, while the Nigerian National… Read more »

Nigeria: Cholera - WHO Confirms Global Resurgence, Records 1,900 Deaths

Based on the number of outbreaks and their geographic expansion, alongside the shortage of vaccines and other resources, WHO said it has classified the outbreak as "a grade 3… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Arrest Man Over Death of Auto Mechanic in Abuja

The incident occurred at about 4 p.m. on Thursday. Read more »

Nigeria: Cholera - Situation Worsens in Lagos As Fatalities Increase to 21

Mr Abayomi hinted on Monday that the identified cholera strain is highly aggressive and contagious. Read more »

Nigeria: Withheld Salaries - NASU, SSANU Issue Fresh Ultimatum, Threaten Strike

The fresh threat is contained in a letter addressed to the Minister of Education dated 19 June and referenced: JAC/NS/VOL.III/01. Read more »

Nigeria: Kano Govt Reinterprets Court Ruling, Says Sanusi Remains Emir, Orders Demolition of Bayero's Palace

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the court nullified the Kano Emirate Council (Amendment No. 2) Law, 2024, that scrapped four of the five emirates councils of the state. Read more »

Nigeria: Federal High Court and National Industrial Lack Jurisdiction On Chieftaincy Matters

The summary of the existing judicial authorities is that the Federal High Court lacks the jurisdictional competence to entertain any matter pertaining to the deposition of a… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Hardship Pushed Me', Says Fake Lawyer Jailed for Impersonation

The convicted fake lawyer, Obinna Oraezue, was arrested in the courtroom on 13 June while representing a litigant in a land case. Read more »

Nigeria: Katsina Farmers Lament Impact of Climate Change

Irregular rainfall patterns, extreme weather, land degradation, and desert encroachment are some of the challenges the Katsina farmers face. Read more »