Ex-Ondo State Deputy Governor Lasisi Oluboyo and some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party defected to the All Progressives Congress on Saturday. Oluboyo, who was ex-governor Olusegun Mimiko’s deputy, dumped the Zenith Labour Party to join the ruling party alongside a former chairman of the PDP in the state, Col …

World heavyweight unified boxing champion Anthony Joshua recently visited Nigeria and made notable stops in a strong media blitz, he also took time to talk about his decision to return to base, the loss to Ruiz, his reconnection to Nigeria, and plans for the future amongst others. Taiwo Alimi captures the moments.  …

The simmering war of attrition rocking the Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken another twist, with two factions pointing fingers at each other. A faction led by the deputy chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Samari, has accused the state APC chairman, Bashir Bolarinwa, of …

Hails coming of Amotekun Nothing has united Southwest like Amotekun since independence’ The agitation for a new political order and arrangement in Nigeria got a new convert in former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday. He canvassed a new constitution for the country as against an amended one. He also hailed …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday told Nigerians not to panic over the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria. Buhari made the appeal while expressing sadness over the confirmation of a case of Covid-19 infection in Lagos State. In a statement signed by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the president commended the Federal Ministry of …

Heritage Bank MD, Ifie Sekibo In the financial circle where Heritage Bank operates, cities are like women. While the banks resort to desperate tactics like suitors to win cities perceived to be financially viable, others are left to cling to loneliness and self-help. For this reason, bankers strain themselves to market their …

A popular Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu better known as Pa Kasumu is dead. The Yoruba film star who has been battling ill health for some while now, it is said to have passed on after losing the battle. Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola Salako took to her Instagram page to share the news of …

The Ogun State Government and Lafarge Africa have confirmed that contacts in respect of the recorded single case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has hit 39 from the initial reported 28. This included the driver who picked the infected Italian from an hotel in Ikeja and those who served him food and …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that its officials are currently trailing Premium Times staff over a story published by the online newspaper on the presidency. The newspaper had alleged that agents of Nigeria’s secret police on Sunday visited the home of its editor, Musikilu Mojeed, to extract …

Suspected DSS officials on Sunday morning, March 1, breached the security of the Abuja residence of Muskilu Mojeed, the Editor-in-Chief of the PREMIUM TIMES, a Nigerian online news platform. Report by The ICIR said men suspected to be officers of the State Security Service (SSS) in plain-clothes men who drove in a …