The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, retired on Thursday after reaching the mandatory age of 70. A valedictory court session was held at the Supreme Court in Abuja to honour him. Sixty-six-year-old Kudirat Kekere-Ekun will succeed him as the 18th CJN. During the event on Thursday, Mr Ariwoola expressed concerns about the overwhelming … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Jalal Arabi, along with another top official over alleged mismanagement of the N90 billion Hajj subsidy for 2024. NAHCON’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, was detained along with Mr Arabi, PREMIUM TIMES can report. PREMIUM TIMES confirmed the … Read more
The Inspector General of Police (IGP,), Kayode Egbetokun, has said the crime rate in Nigeria has declined but that the Force will do more to reduce it. Mr Egbetokun spoke Friday in Abuja while addressing journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. The IGP said he presented a report on … Read more
For adequate compliance with admission guidelines, seven Nigerian tertiary institutions on Thursday received N750 million in prizes awarded by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board’s (JAMB) National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award (NATAP-M). The winners –three universities, a polytechnic, a college of education and an innovation enterprise institution– were presented with dummy cheques during the … Read more
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it has raided a kidnappers’ camp in an Abuja border community, arrested three suspects and neutralised one. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. She said the raid was part of the continuous … Read more
Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) say they are unable to work comfortably in their offices due to the unbearable heat. According to them, the situation is worsened by the almost total blackout being presently experienced in the territory. The respondents who are civil servants spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) … Read more
Mustapha Abdullahi, Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) says the agency plans to cut down carbon emissions in the country to net-zero by 2050. Mr Abdullahi made this disclosure on Saturday in Abuja at the maiden sensitisation campaign of using improved wood stove in rural areas held at Kurudu Village, Karu Area Council, Federal Capital … Read more
A former Nigerian ambassador, Lilian Onoh, on Tuesday, accused Geoffrey Onyeama of lacking the mental health to be a minister when he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the former President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime. Mr Onyeama who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Mr Buhari from 2015 to 2023, is locked in … Read more
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has berated some elders of Rivers State for rejecting the outcome of President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the raging rift between him and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Mr Wike, a former Rivers State governor and his successor, Mr Fubara, have been fighting over the control of political … Read more
Nigeria’s total public debt reached N87.91 trillion by the end of the third quarter of 2023, details from the Debt Management Office (DMO) have shown. According to the statistics published on Wednesday, this marks a 0.61 per cent increase from the June 2023 figure of N87.38 trillion. The latest debt statistics reveal the combined domestic … Read more
