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An attempt by suspected herdsmen to break into a major hostel at the University of Jos has left at least one student dead, the institution’s students union leader told PREMIUM TIMES on Monday. Shedrach Kums, a 300-level law undergraduate, was amongst the scores of students trying to beat back the attackers at the gate of Village Hostel when he was …

Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, are both absent at Eagle Square Abuja where the nation’s 58th Independence anniversary parade is holding. Present at the parade are President Muhammadu Buhari; his vice, Yemi Osinbajo; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen; and former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon among others. After the ceremonial …

The ruling party’s national leader says Akinwunmi Ambode has deviated from developmental blueprint of Lagos, urging primary participant to reject him. Bola Tinubu has endorsed Jide Sanwo-Olu as the preferred candidate for the All Progressives Congress in the upcoming governorship election in Lagos, ending weeks of speculation about where he stands on the stand-off between the challenger and incumbent governor, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of the minister of women affairs, Aisha Alhassan. Alhassan tendered her resignation on Saturday following her disqualification from the governorship race of Taraba State by the All Progressives Congress. On Twitter, the Presidency @NGRpresident tweeted, “President @MBuhari has accepted the resignation of Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan as Minister of Women Affairs and Social …

The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike following promises by the Federal Government to reconvene the tripartite committee on national minimum wage on October 4. The suspension of the warning strike takes effect from today. Announcing the decision in Abuja on Sunday, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, stated that the labour action was suspended to enable the …

Nigeria’s minister of communications and a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Adebayo Shittu, has said that he is willing to embark on the mandatory National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. Mr Shittu, a lawyer, made this known in an exclusive interview with popular Ibadan-based broadcast journalist, Edmund Obilo, on his programme ‘State Affairs’. Although Mr …

* Resignation Letter Nigeria’s women’s affairs minister on Saturday handed in her resignation to President Muhammadu Buhari in the latest setback for his party before presidential polls in February. I write with a lot of respect to inform Mr President of my decision to resign my appointment as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as a member …

Members of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday defied the heavy downpour to adopt President Muhammadu Buhari as the party’s flag bearer in next year’s presidential election. Speaking to journalists at the end of the exercise at ward six in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state, chairman of the party in the ward, …

Following the unrest in parts of Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas of Plateau State, the government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew. Mr Richard Tokma, the Acting Secretary to the Government of the State, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Jos. Tokma said the decision to impose the curfew followed security reports from the area. …

The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed that one of the pilots involved in Friday’s fighter jets crash has died. PREMIUM TIMES reported how two fighter jets on rehearsal for Nigeria’s Independence Day celebrations crashed in Katampe district of Abuja. The Air Force had while confirming the crash said no life was lost. However, spokesperson of the Air Force, Ibikunle Daramola, …