Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has announced that the state is no longer affected by power outages arising from repeated collapses of Nigeria’s national grid, following new investments in renewable energy generated from organic waste. The governor made the disclosure on Thursday while speaking to journalists at the Government House in Umuahia. Otti explained that…
Burkina Faso’s junta announced Thursday that it plans to dissolve all political parties, whose activities have been suspended since the military rulers seized power in 2022. Captain Ibrahim Traore took over in a September 2022 coup after toppling another junta, and has sharply muzzled dissenting voices since then. Parties were previously banned from holding public…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) of Sector 1 have neutralised 18 Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the Bula Dalo-Sabon Gari axis of Borno state. The insurgents were killed during a Thursday dawn operation along the 100km Damboa-Biu road in the state. OPHK Media Information Officer, Lt-Col. Sani Uba,…
British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua has spoken publicly for the first time following the fatal road accident that claimed the lives of two of his close friends in December 2025. In a video posted on his official Instagram page on Thursday, the former heavyweight champion expressed grief over the loss of his friends, Latif Ayodele, popularly…
President Donald Trump filed suit on Thursday against the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), seeking $10 billion over alleged leaked tax returns he claims harmed his business. The lawsuit — filed by the president in his personal capacity along with his two eldest sons, Eric and Donald Jr., and their family enterprise, The Trump Organization…
Nollywood filmmaker and actor Stanley Amandi was arrested alongside military officers accused of planning a violent overthrow of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Mr Amandi, a director and former chairperson of the Enugu State Chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, was arrested in September 2025. This is the first time the actor’s alleged role in…
There was tension in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday, when police operatives allegedly shot dead a private motorcyclist in the area. The incident reportedly occurred at about 9:00 p.m. along the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway in the state capital. A witness told PREMIUM TIMES that the incident occurred when some police officers attached to the Central…
Mexican voice actor of Spider-Man, Alexis Ortega, has died at 38, according to a report on Tuesday by World Dubbing News. In a statement confirming the development, the platform said: ‘We regret to announce the sensitive passing of voice actor Alexis Ortega, we send our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues in this difficult…
The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, on Thursday, granted an application by a former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for lesser hajj to observe the last 10 days of Ramadan in the Holy Land. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the application after the ex-governor’s lawyer, Joseph Daudu, SAN, moved…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has said the Abuja-Kaduna train service has dropped drastically to a point that a bicycle or a commercial tricycle, better known as Keke Napep, is faster than the train. Akpabio delivered his verdict on Thursday as senators reviewed falling rail services in the country, particularly the popular Abuja-Kaduna-Kano…
