The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the 2027 elections will be a contest against hunger, insecurity and hardship — pervasive on the watch of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said Nigerians have become “wiser” and would not re-elect the APC. Ologunagba claimed…
No fewer than eleven persons, including a pregnant woman, the husband, and a ten-year-old girl, were killed, with some others sustaining serious injuries in an attack by assailants on the Ruwi village of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. In a statement, the Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC) Vanguard Chairman Farmasum Fuddang said the…
Gunmen have killed two police operatives in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, south-east Nigeria. The attack occurred at about 6 a.m. on Thursday at Umuluole Junction along the Okigwe-Umuahia Expressway, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. The attackers, said to be 25 in number, opened fire on the police operatives who were on patrol, killing two…
Eric Chelle was officially unveiled on Monday as the new head coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles. The ceremony took place at the media conference room of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed Chelle’s appointment last Tuesday, making him the 42nd substantive head coach of the Super Eagles. A…
As part of his ongoing efforts to consolidate grassroots support for the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Engagement, Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan continued his strategic local government tour with a productive engagement in Ede South, Ede North and Egbedore Local Government Areas. The tour, aimed…
A Magistrate Court sitting at Rijiyar Zaki in Kano has convicted and sentenced one Inuwa Ayuba to two months imprisonment for illegal felling of seven neem trees at Sarauniya village in Dawakin Tofa local government area of the state. According to the prosecution Counsel, Bahijja Aliyu, the monitoring team from the Ministry of Environment and…
A survey has shown that in 2024, an estimate of N661 billion was spent by men in Lagos State to satisfy their sexual urge with the commercial sex workers, otherwise known as runs girls. According to the survey shared by an X user, Kayode MO (@kayomosebi), of the N661 billion, the sum of N329 billion…
A couple, Adriana Machado Ribeiro, 42, and Marcone da Silva Cardoso, 26, tragically died after their car plunged off a 1,300ft cliff in Venda Nova do Imigrante, Brazil. The incident occurred on Monday, August 4, while the pair were reportedly making love inside the parked vehicle. Police officer Alberto Roque Peres, who is leading the…
The Lagos State Police Command has refuted claims that officers were responsible for the death of a young man who jumped into a canal in Gowon Estate. According to the police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, eyewitnesses confirmed that the man was not chased or physically engaged by the police before the tragic incident occurred. At around…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has sacked two of his female media aides. The aides affected include Ewatomilola Emiola, Senior Special Assistant on Research & Documentation, and Kikelomo Isijola, Special Assistant on Digital Media. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan,…