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Akpoti-Uduaghan shifts resumption at Senate, insists court ordered her reinstatement

Nigeria, July 17 -- The Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has rescheduled her return to the upper chamber for legislative duties to Tuesday, 22 July. She said the new date was to honour ... Read More


Alleged Land Scam: "We've no hand in Scott Iguma's arrest or detention" - PWAN

Nigeria, July 17 -- PWAN Group, a real estate network marketing company, has denied any role in the arrest and detention of activist Scott Iguma. Earlier, PREMIUM TIMES reported that the company dism... Read More


"He was kind, funny, and patriotic" - Buhari's daughter counters harsh public image

Nigeria, July 17 -- Nana Buhari, the daughter of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday in a London hospital, has spoken out in defence of her father's legacy. PREMIUM TIMES r... Read More


Anambra govt counters Peter Obi on brewery's tax ranking claim

Nigeria, July 17 -- The Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS) has countered claims made by the Labour Party 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi that SABMiller Breweries is the highest taxpa... Read More


How we 'eliminated' corruption in Enugu - Gov Mbah

Nigeria, July 17 -- Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State says his administration has tackled corruption in the state by eliminating the manual handling of government revenues through the deployment of d... Read More


Why I didn't attend Buhari's burial - Akpabio

Nigeria, July 17 -- Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that he and other senators were unable to attend the burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari due to a lack of parking space at the Ka... Read More


Court rejects Yahaya Bello's foreign trip request, gives reason

Nigeria, July 17 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday declined the former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello's application for the release of his passport to ... Read More


Kogi overhauls property tax system to remove "multiple taxation" burden

Nigeria, July 17 -- The Kogi State Government has overhauled its property tax system, repealing the existing ground rent and tenement rate laws in favour of a new, unified Land Use Charge. The move, ... Read More


Surveillance, safety, and the silencing of truth,By Angela Quintal

Nigeria, July 17 -- Acclaimed Nigerian writer, Wole Soyinka, once said, "Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress truth." That terror persists t... Read More


PICNG restores missing list of conversion centres after PREMIUM TIMES report

Nigeria, July 17 -- The Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (PICNG) has restored the list of over 300 CNG conversion centres to its official website. This was done about three hours aft... Read More