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The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) will today, (Saturday) award a doctorate in Christian Theology to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The former is among 14, 771 persons receiving honours at the university’s seventh convocation in Abuja, Vice-Chancellor Abdalla Adamu said...

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Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Wednesday night attacked a supermarket in Katsina, killing a police officer, Ibrahim Batsari. The spokesman of the police command in the state, Isah Gambo, who confirmed the incident, said the gunmen had also stolen the slain police officer’s riffle. “The...

via Premium Times Nigeria – http://ift.tt/2DtovBo Unknown gunmen have abducted a 14-year-old girl in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The father of the victim, Salisu Mai-Tiles, said that the gunmen invaded his residence at Sabuwar-Abuja quarters in Kankia at about 1:30 a.m. on...

The ripples generated by President Donald Trump’s alleged disparaging comments continued on Tuesday with 78 former United States Ambassadors who served in Africa writing the president to remind him about the continent’s great exploits and potentials. “Africa is a continent of great human talent...

No fewer than 1,800 Pakistani Muslim clerics have issued an Islamic directive, or fatwa, forbidding suicide bombings, a book due to be unveiled on Tuesday said. The South Asian nation has for years been plagued by violence by Islamist militants who often use suicide bombers and preach … via...

Monday marked the first day of the week-long annual Obatala festival at Ile-Ife in Osun State. At the Oduduwa hall of Obafemi Awolowo University, where the opening colloquium held, the the Vice Chancellor of the school, Eyitope Ogunbodede, emphasised the need for the promotion of African culture...

An early morning fire on Monday destroyed 36 houses, 46 silos and killed 40 goats and sheep in Abanderi village of Dutse Local Government Area, Jigawa, the police confirmed. The spokesman for the Police Command in Jigawa, Abdu Jinjiri, a deputy superintendent of police, confirmed the incident …...

Uganda’s health ministry on Monday confirmed an outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the central district of Nakaseke, State Minister for Health, Sarah Opendi, said. The minister told Xinhua that the laboratory results of the samples taken from a nine-year-old suspected case who...

Nearly two years after the controversial discharge of a rape suspect following the failure of the police to provide essential evidence, the police have refused to do the needful. PREMIUM TIMES had reported how a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in May 2016 discharged a rape suspect, …...

A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, has called for the release of the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, saying the Shi’ite leader was “not well” despite a recent public appearance. Mr. Ogunye said the detained Shi’ite leader could not be “well” …...

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, said on Sunday that it was not blown away by the Saturday afternoon media interview which the State Security Service arranged for its detained leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. The members said only an unconditional release of their leader as ordered by federal …...

There was 80 per cent increase in new cases of HIV/AIDS infection in Ghana according to a 2017 Ghana AIDS Commission report. The report also indicates that the Volta Region and Brong Ahafo Region topped the chart of HIV/AIDS prevalence. A large proportion of the new HIV/AIDS … via Premium...

Since Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, reopened for academic activities on January 2, there has not been power supply to the academic area. This has made reading difficult for students preparing for their examinations. Our correspondent captured pictures of students studying with torchlight...

At least 10 people were feared killed and even more sustained severe injuries in new attacks on two communities in Kaduna State, PREMIUM TIMES learnt Saturday. Properties were also looted and houses razed during the predawn attacks which witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES occurred in Birnin Gwari...

More than 300 persons on Saturday were rendered homeless in Yenagoa after fire gutted a neighbourhood in Ekeki suburb of the Bayelsa capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the inferno, which occurred at about 2a.m, also destroyed valuables worth millions of naira. The cause …...

Arik Air flight traveling from Lagos to Asaba, Delta State, made a sudden turn midair on Friday evening after it reached its destination but was told that the airport was “closed for the day”. Flight W3 628 had to return to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, … via Premium...

A former American president, Bill Clinton, on Friday said Haitians and African are not from “Shitholes” as allegedly described by President Donald Trump. Mr. Trump reportedly called immigrants from Haiti and African countries people from “Shitholes” during an immigration meeting in White House...

A coalition of public policy experts has suggested ways to address the lingering violence in Nigeria’s livestock farming business. The Nigerian Working Group on Peace Building and Governance in a paper released on January 7 dissected the historical context of the crisis and recommended solutions...

Sidney Osahon, 35, Engineer from Edo, who won the ‘Give ‘n’ Take N20 million’ National Jackpot Bonanza said, his landlady almost ejected his family hours before he won the lottery. Mr. Osahon, who disclosed this at a news briefing organised by Give `n` Take National Lottery in … via Premium...