At Kawo motor park, a PREMIUM TIMES reporter saw a crowd of Abuja-bound passengers looking helpless as there were no commercial buses in sight. With the absence of safer alternatives for travel especially following Monday’s attack on a Kaduna-bound train by gunmen, many commuters from Kaduna have now resorted to travelling to Abuja, the country’s […]

A pupil of a private school in Akungba Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, was killed while 14 others sustained serious injuries after their school bus was gutted by fire. The ugly incident which caused anxiety in the agrarian community, according to an eyewitness account occurred at about 8 am as […]

  Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai • Says bandits’ territory known to troops, should be declared war zone • Nigerian Air Force to escort passenger trains with jets, says Amaechi Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday, said he was frustrated and helpless, adding that the military knew the location of the bandits wreaking havoc […]

The First Lady of Ondo State, Chief (Mrs) Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has advised Nigerian women in the struggle for passage of gender bills, to restrategise and act beyond laying siege on the entrance of the National Assembly Complex. Having realised that the current national women protest against the rejection of pro-female bills by the National Assembly, […]

Gov Abiodun ABEOKUTA—GOVERNOR Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, said his administration has given economic empowerment to no fewer than 22,000 residents of the state. Abiodun noted that the Agricultural and Multipurpose Credit Agency, OSAMCA, has disbursed over N850 million to the beneficiaries across Ogun to further create employment opportunities and generate wealth for the […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, at the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja, observed a minute silence in honour of the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train terror attack. At the commencement of the meeting, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, announced […]

Several people died and others were injured when terrorists attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train on Monday evening. The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, over the attack on Kaduna Airport and the Abuja-Kaduna train. Also to appear before the […]

  Governor Nyesom Wike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he is fully prepared for the assignment of being the President of Nigeria, saying he has the capacity to address lingering issues of insecurity and poor national economy. Wike maintained that Nigerians can no longer resign to fate, suffer the pains of harsh economy and […]

Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has attributed the current lack of good governance in Nigeria to a lack of knowledge among those holding the mantle of power in the country and not politics. Kukah made the remarks when he paid a courtesy call […]

A group of market women and business people on Monday paid the required amount to purchase expression of interest and nomination forms for Hon (Mrs) Tari-Oba Oliver, to vie for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s election. CLICK ON THE LINK TO WATCH VIDEO: Market women purchases N40m PDP presidential […]