The United Kingdom has launched super priority visa service in Nigeria to allow customers to process their applications within 24 hours. In a statement posted on its website, the British high commission said the new […]
Abuja, Nigeria – The U.S. government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today that it will be providing more than $37 million in additional humanitarian assistance to people affected by the ongoing conflict […]
The Federal Government has banned the collection of development levies by Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) in the 104 unity colleges across the country, the Federal Ministry of Education says. The ministry in a statement in Abuja […]
My heart went out momentarily to Senate President Bukola Saraki the other day at a funeral service when, upon his recognition as being present in church, the officiating minister chose to give him a message […]
Attacks by Fulani herdsmen in the North-central Nigerian state of Benue has led to the killing of at least escalated 1, 269 persons, investigations by PREMIUM TIMES have shown. Out of the 23 local government […]
Perhaps, nothing better captures the dilemma faced by the Monetary Policy Committee when it met in July than the fact that unlike in the previous meetings held this year, members of the MPC, as their […]
Prof Biodun Jeifo brought “igilangogeesi,” Yoruba onomatopoeia for grandiloquence, to academic discourse. Prof Pius Adesanmi dredged the “iyalaya anybody” lingo from the most uncouth aspects of the underbelly of the Lagos streets to make a […]
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says it has been vindicated by the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers’ allegation that former President Goodluck Jonathan is a grand patron of new militant group, the […]
Farms have been built on ancient routes of a semi-nomadic community in Nigeria, causing violence that has already claimed hundreds of lives this year. Cradling her baby son, Benjamin, Joy Abuh stares intently when she […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to “immediately and unconditionally release blogger Abubakar Usman who is detained simply for exercising his constitutional and internationally recognised right […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied reports that prospective Muslims pilgrims were granted concessionary foreign exchange rate for the 2016 pilgrimage. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday administered oaths of office on four special advisers and one permanent secretary at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The brief ceremony took place shortly before the commencement of a meeting of […]
Though attempts have been made to assure Nigerians that there are no plans to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly referred to as petrol, The PUNCH has gathered that the actual price […]
It may well be said that adversity, and not necessity, is the mother of invention or innovativeness as the case may be. This is the story of Nigeria’s tax regime in which non-oil revenue has […]
In an era in which people giving thanks usually celebrate themselves and receive gifts from others, retired 90-year-old Dr. Olusola Ajolore used his 90th birthday thanksgiving to appreciate his housemaid of three decades. Dr. Ajolore, […]
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games took off to a slow start last week, precisely August 5. I didn’t watch the opening ceremony although I had looked forward to it. There was less to see by […]
As Nigeria continues to dither over the Petroleum Industry Bill, which has suffered setbacks in two consecutive legislative tenures, Ghana has passed its own petroleum bill into law in a bid to lure investments. Ghana’s […]
Nigerians are intensely political people, full of fire and outrage in their support or ability to undermine any figure of authority. Ours should have been the greatest of democracies, given our profound interest in public […]
Former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Lagos state in the 2015 election, Mr Jimi Agbaje has promised that he will lead the party back to winning ways if elected chairman of the […]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes
