Nigeria, June 17 -- A state high court in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping an 11-year-old child. The convict, Endurance Sandy, 41, PREMIUM TIMES gathere... Read More
Nigeria, June 17 -- The Nigerian government has denied reports suggesting it plans to scrap the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS). NBAIS is the examination body responsible for st... Read More
Nigeria, June 17 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday said it recorded 268,787 human rights complaints in May, an increase of 2,000 compared to April. It said the record makes May... Read More
Nigeria, June 17 -- Candidates who sat for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can begin printing their original result slips from Wednesday. The Joint Admissions and Matricula... Read More
Nigeria, June 17 -- In a statement posted via his verified X handle shortly after the appellate court's order on Tuesday, Atiku described the intervention as significant, particularly because the Inde... Read More
Nigeria, June 17 -- France made a winning start in Group I of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Senegal in a match that came alive in the second half. The opening 45 minutes ended goall... Read More
Nigeria, June 17 -- Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Tuesday confirmed that a lieutenant of the Nigerian Army was killed during ongoing efforts to rescue abducted schoolchildren and teachers in Orii... Read More
Nigeria, June 17 -- Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday received a major political boost ahead of the 15 August governorship election as supporters of former National Secretary of the All P... Read More
Nigeria, June 17 -- Football has always possessed a unique ability to transform ordinary lives into extraordinary stories, and at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, that transformation happened in real time. J... Read More
Nigeria, June 17 -- The federal government has announced that it will launch FreeTV, a national digital television platform, on Wednesday. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the Presidency N... Read More