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The Lagos State Government has said that the Third Mainland Bridge will be temporarily shut down for four days starting from midnight of August 23 to midnight of August 26, 2018 for Investigative Maintenance Test to be carried out. A release signed by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of …

A PREMIUM TIMES journalist, Samuel Ogundipe, who has been detained since Tuesday has been released. Mr Ogundipe was released on Friday morning after he was granted bail by magistrate Abdulwahab Mohammed of the Kubwa Grade 1 Magistrate Court in Kubwa, Abuja. The judge had first heard the case on Wednesday …

  FORMER Prelate of Methodist Church of Nigeria, Sunday Mbang, Akwa Ibom State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN,  Rev Ndueso Ekwere and other Christian leaders in the state have urged Christians to ensure they elect God-fearing candidates in 2019 general election. They made the call at a meeting …

  Information at our disposals has revealed that a senatorial aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi East Senatorial District, Senator Attai Adoko has enlisted thugs to disrupt the forthcoming primaries of the party, this newspaper gathered.Reliable informants alleged that Aidoko, who is currently representing the senatorial district …

  Premium Times Services Ltd , owners and publishers of Premium Times online publication, said that statements by the Nigeria Police on the arrest of Mr Samuel Ogundipe were misleading and prejudicial. Newsmen report that the the spokesman of police, DCP Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement that Ogundipe was …

By John Paul Recently, I embarked on a journey to Ugbamaka lgah, the ancestral home of senator Attai Aidoko representing Kogi East in the senate. Whirling the community without a glance on potential pay-off for producing a Senator of the Federal republic, I resorted for interrogation and a retired police …

  ENUGU State Board of Internal Revenue after obtaining court orders, yesterday, carried out a distrainment exercise on four banks and two other private firms, located in Enugu metropolis and Nsukka, for non-payment of taxes due to the state government, totalling over N200 million. The affected companies, according to the …

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo for his intervention in the blockade of the National Assembly complex. Tinubu gave the commendation while addressing party members at the state secretariat of the party on Tuesday. He said the response of Osinbajo in …

Soldiers of the Special Strike Force deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have protested against their posting to Marte, a Local Government Area in the Northern part of Borno State, Channels Television is reporting. The soldiers are part of those deployed in the fight against dreaded sect, Boko Haram. According to …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has slammed the Presidency for linking some of its actions, especially the freezing of the account of the Benue State Government, to scripts written by the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki. In a statement on Sunday, the EFCC said its actions …