Nigeria: Supreme Court Dismisses Atiku's Appeal, Affirms Tinubu's Election

The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal after resolving all seven raised by Atiku in favour of Mr Tinubu. Read more »

Nigeria: Lawmakers Want All Police Barracks Sold

The House of Representatives has called for the auctioning of police barracks across the country to tackle the deplorable living conditions of officers. Read more »

Nigeria: Supreme Court Dismisses Peter Obi's Appeal Against Tinubu

The judgement on Peter Obi's case, coming immediately after the court's decision dismissing Atiku's appeal, brought down the curtain on the legal disputes over the validity of Mr… Read more »

Nigeria: State Security Service Releases Former Anti-Graft Agency Chair Abdulrasheed Bawa

Mr Bawa's freedom came three days after PREMIUM TIMES published a blistering editorial calling for his release. Read more »

Nigeria: Supreme Court Delivers Final Judgement On Tinubu's Election

Today's judgement of the Supreme Court will be the final court decision on the legal disputes over the election of President Bola Tinubu. Read more »

Nigeria: Supreme Court Judgement - Time to Jettison Politics, Rebuild Nigeria Is Now - Omo-Agege

Mr Omo-Agege said the judgement has effectively ended all jostling on politics and leadership. Read more »

Nigeria: Ban On Motorcycles Still in Force Within Uyo - Akwa Ibom Govt

"Motorcycles found within Uyo city from the 28th day of October as directed shall be confiscated and immediately destroyed without the option of fine." Read more »

Nigeria: Some Govt Workers Falsify Age Till They're Above 70 Years - Nigerian Governor

The governor explained why age falsification was rampant. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Reacts to Supreme Court Judgement, Says It'll Energise Him to Serve Nigerians

Mr Tinubu said the victory would further energise and strengthen his commitment to continue to serve Nigerians of all political persuasions, tribes, and faiths. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Confirms Aliyu As ICPC Chairman

President Bola Tinubu nominated Mr Aliyu as the chairman of ICPC on Tuesday. Read more »

Nigeria: Atiku, Obi Can Actualise Presidential Ambitions After Tinubu's Second Term in 2031 - Ganduje

Mr Ganduje says the judgement has laid to rest all claims by the opposition parties that the outcome of the presidential poll was manipulated in favour of Mr Tinubu. Read more »

Nigeria: Presidential Appeal - PDP Expresses Disappointment Over Supreme Court Judgement

The PDP said the judgment was against the express provisions of the Constitution, Electoral Act and the Guideline and Regulation issued by INEC under which the election was… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force Airstrikes Eliminate Over 100 Militants in Niger, Zamfara - DHQ

The DHQ also said other operations conducted in the last one week by troops in various theatres, killed 73 terrorists and led to the arrest of 182 others. Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari Speaks On Supreme Court Judgement Affirming Tinubu's Victory

Mr Buhari said the judgement is a reaffirmation of the will of the majority of the people against the determined will of a hard-fighting minority. Read more »

Nigeria: PDP, Labour Party, INEC Lawyers React to Supreme Court Judgement

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed the separate appeals filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar,… Read more »

Nigeria: How Nigerian Govt Officials Have Continued to Betray Country - Ex-Senator

Ben Murray-Bruce is a former senator from Bayelsa State. Read more »

Africa: Medicines for Africa - Obasanjo Speaks On UK-India Trade Deal

President Obasanjo said the UK's proposals will lead to "huge cost increases for health systems and catastrophic delays in accessing medicines". Read more »

Nigeria: Reps Panel Invites Naira Marley, Mohbad's Legal Team Over Late Singer's Royalty

Mohbad, an ex-signee of Naira Marley's record label, died at 27 under unclear circumstances on 12 September. Read more »

Nigeria: Ruling Party Reacts to Supreme Court Judgement On 2023 Presidential Poll

"This epochal judgement underscores the independence and vibrancy of the Nigerian judiciary as an indispensable feature of our democracy." Read more »

Nigeria: Rice Farmers Celebrate Bumper Harvest After Adopting Climate-Smart Technologies

A participant noted that continuous planting of cereals over the years is taking a lot of nutrients from the soils. Read more »

Nigeria: Amidst Extreme Climatic Events, Rice Farmers Commence Paddy Harvesting

Rice and maize are major staple foods (grains) widely consumed across many households in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Begins Screening of Musa Aliyu As ICPC Chairman

President Bola Tinubu appointed Mr Aliyu as the ICPC chairman on Tuesday last week. Read more »

Nigeria: Troops Arrest Alleged Ammunition Suppliers, Recover Weapons, Motorcycles in Kaduna

The arrest was made following credible intelligence received from a collaborator of the terrorists. Read more »

Nigeria: Premium Times Journalist, 14 Others Trained On Climate Reporting

The 15 journalists participated in a three-day capacity-building workshop in Abuja to strengthen media capacity for better climate change reporting. Read more »

Nigeria: Supreme Court Dismisses Atiku's Application to Tender Fresh Evidence Against Tinubu

The Supreme Court dismissed Atiku's application to tender fresh evidence on the grounds that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain such evidence that was not tendered… Read more »