Bandits, on Tuesday, launched a deadly attack on some villages in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing a pregnant woman and others. Residents said the attackers abducted eight people and left several others injured. They said the bandits, who arrived in large numbers on motorcycles, stormed Motokun and Egboro communities, shooting sporadically and…
As military investigators continue probing the foiled coup plot against President Bola Tinubu’s administration, PREMIUM TIMES has exclusively obtained details of the identities of 16 of the top military officers allegedly involved in the failed attempt. Sources with details of the ongoing investigations earlier told this medium that 14 of the 16 detained officers with…
The Rivers State Government has approved a minimum wage of N85,000 for civil servants in the state. The Head of Service of the state, George Nwaeke, announced that the approval was granted by Governor Siminalayi Fubara during a closed-door meeting with labour leaders and senior government officials. Following the meeting, Nwaeke confirmed that the implementation…
A court in the United Kingdom has sentenced one Adewale Kudabo, a York hospital worker who sexually assaulted a patient, to one year in jail. Alex Menary, the judge, said Kudabo had “abused the trust” placed in him as a medical professional. Kudabo had pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on the first…
Nigerians have taken to social media to blast the Federal Government over its empty booth at the ongoing 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), which commenced on Wednesday, August 20, and will end on Friday, August 22. The backlash ensued after an X user, Idris Bello, a participant present at the event, posted…
China’s former agricultural minister was sentenced to death on Sunday on corruption charges, with a two-year reprieve, a court statement said. Tang Renjian accepted cash and property bribes totalling more than 268 million yuan ($38 million) between 2007 and 2024, the People’s Court of Changchun in northeast Jilin province said in a statement. The court…
The United Kingdom has donated non-lethal military equipment valued at approximately N1 billion (£450,000) to the Nigerian Armed Forces. The support is aimed at enhancing Nigeria’s fight against violent extremist organizations in the North East and signifies a strengthened partnership between the British Military and the Nigerian Armed Forces. At a formal handover ceremony in…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has dropped to 18.02 percent in September 2025. The NBS announced the increase in its consumer price index (CPI) report on Wednesday. The latest rate is the lowest in three years as 2022 (in June) was the last time the country’s headline inflation hit…
In a sharp repudiation of the World Bank’s recent poverty statistics, the Presidency on Wednesday dismissed the figure that 139 million Nigerians live in poverty as “detached from the country’s economic realities” and an analytical abstraction rather than a factual headcount. The government insisted that the estimate must be “contextualised” before being accepted as valid….
In recent weeks, several students of Kwara State University (KWASU) have taken to social media and private conversations to share their traumatic experiences at the hands of thieves, rapists, and suspected cultists terrorising Malete, the host community of the institution. This outpouring of distress signals a growing urgency for the university’s leadership, local authorities, and…