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AFCON 2025: Tanzania coach Miguel Gamondi dares Nigeria's Super Eagles

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- For all of Nigeria's pedigree and power, AFCON has always been a tournament that leaves space for belief. And on Tuesday night in Fez, Tanzania, will step onto that familiar Africa... Read More


Akpoti-Uduaghan's Suspension: Akpabio asks Supreme Court to intervene in Appeal Court's hearing

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Senate President Godswill Akpabio has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling in a case that centres on the suspension of Kogi Central Senator Na... Read More


EXCLUSIVE: Two suspected ISWAP terrorists arrested in Lagos

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Two suspected fighters of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were arrested in Lagos State on Sunday, 21 December, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The suspects-Modu Gana and Ibra... Read More


'Don't withdraw my movie' - Ini Edo begs NFVCB

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Actress and filmmaker Ini Edo has appealed to the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the general public to refrain from ... Read More


Nigeria introduces mandatory pre-employment drug testing for public service applicants

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the introduction of mandatory pre-employment drug testing for prospective applicants into the Nigerian Public Service. The move is p... Read More


Broken doctor-patient relationships fuelling medical tourism in Nigeria - Expert

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Nigeria's growing reliance on medical tourism is being driven, in part, by strained relationships between doctors and patients, as well as gaps in infrastructure, according to UK-b... Read More


More details emerge as Niger school abductees regain freedom

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Additional details have emerged about the students and staff of St Mary's Catholic School, Papiri, Niger State, who regained their freedom on Sunday, one month after they were abdu... Read More


EDITORIAL: Arresting defiance to Tinubu's police withdrawal order

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Designs to negate the recent presidential directive that police officers attached to very important personalities (VIPs) as security details should be withdrawn with immediate effe... Read More


FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles end 2025 in 38th spot

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Nigeria's Super Eagles closed the 2025 football calendar ranked 38th in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking, a modest finish that places them among the world's top 40 but... Read More


Dangotequake and other quakes, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- I was going to launch a campaign for President Tinubu to sack the minister of petroleum until I remembered that the petroleum portfolio is firmly under the belt of the selfsame Exc... Read More