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Nigeria’s Roads of Death: 15 People Killed Daily | PremiumTimes

An average of 15 people died daily in road accidents across Nigeria in 2015, official statistics show. The report by the Federal Road Safety Corps shows that 5,440 Nigerians lost their lives in road accidents […]

Who Is Afraid of Chief Ekungba?, By Tunde Musibau Akanni

It is gratifying that Ekungba has done a rebuttal. As a journalist and a trainer of journalists, it will be more fulfilling in future if more of Nigerian journalists endeavour to undertake thorough facts-checking on […]

GSM Tax: Buhari Pushing His Luck Too Far, By Adekoya Boladale

President Buhari should be advised (if there is anyone left in his cabinet with honour) that the office he holds is held in trust and continuous formulation of policies that are anti-people such as this […]

Dame Patience: Back With a Bang!, By Zainab Suleiman Okino

…how would a woman, who should be sued on behalf of the IDPs, nursing mothers, pregnant women, school children, market women and the sick, all of who had suffered deprivation, on account of the activities […]

Making ‘Africa Rising’ a Reality in Nigeria, By Muhammadu Buhari

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The months ahead will show not only that Nigeria is on the rise, but that this “Rising” is real and lasting – one that touches not just the statistical databases, but the lives of the […]

Herdsmen Killings: Agatu Community Drags Nigerian Government To Court, Demands N10 billion Compensation | PremiumTimes

The victims of alleged herdsmen’s brutality in Agatu Local Government of Benue have prayed the ECOWAS Court to compel the Federal Government to pay them N10 billion as compensation. This is contained in an originating […]

‘Why We Withdrew Our Children From Private Schools’ | Vanguard

AS school children resume from the long vacation, Vanguard investigations revealed that parents have commenced withdrawing their children from private schools to public ones, attributing their action to the harsh economic situation in the country. […]

FG Begins Shortlisting Candidates For 500,000 Jobs – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government has commenced shortlisting candidates for the 500,000 jobs it promised. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Abuja when a delegation of the National Council […]

FG Blast Critics of Change Campaign By Emmanuel Elebeke

The Federal Government says the implementation of the national re-orientation campaign, Change Begins with Me, started from the leadership, contrary to the position of some critics. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, […]

APC Congratulates Kogi Governor On Supreme Court Victory…. PremiumTimes

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has congratulated Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, on his victory at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. In a statement released to journalists on Wednesday in […]

Flying Without Wings | TheNation

There is indeed cause for worry. When three major domestic airlines get grounded in weeks, you are bound to begin to imagine the country itself is shutting down. This was the feeling recently as three […]

Window of Fraud | TheNation

Shocking! This simply describes the statement by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria’s (SON) Acting Director-General, Dr Paul Angya, that the organisation had no opportunity of verifying 90 per cent of products imported into the country […]

TIFF 2016: 10 Days, 8 Films, 1 Lagos, By Ayo Shonaiya

Curiously, I heard for the first time in Toronto, from some Nigerian filmmakers no less, a new name, ‘New Nigerian Cinema’, to describe our film industry. We’ve heard “Nollywood”, “New Nollywood”, “Nollywood 2.0”, and now […]

Isidore Okpewho: A Personal Testimony, By Akin Adesokan

…until his illness in 2011, Professor Okpewho was one of the few senior scholars of African humanities with whom I had very close intellectual dealings. “Using language with style,” the teacher mutters, looking away, “the […]

Obiora Udechukwu: Honouring Genius, Moral Integrity, By Okey Ndibe

For me, the ultimate takeaway from taking part in, witnessing, the adulation of Udechukwu was this: that the last word belongs, not to the greedy ones who make a fetish of conspicuous consumption, but to […]

Engr. Etteh: Tracing the Trajectory (1), By Dele Agekameh

A comprehensive chronicle of the life trajectory of Engr. (Rev.) Ette Ikpong Ikpong Etteh rolls out like a command performance premised on a divine script being acted out by a consummate thespian before a thrilled […]

Samsung Now Has 500,000 New Note 7s In The U.S. Waiting To Be Exchanged

Samsung now says that a whopping 500,000 brand new Note 7s have arrived in the U.S. and have been distributed to various carriers and retailers, ready to be swapped out for the recalled phones that […]

Samsung Has Shipped Half A Million Note 7 Replacements To Carriers And Retail Stores In The US, Available To The Public Tomorrow

In a video last week, Samsung confirmed that replacement Galaxy Note 7 units were coming and that they would be available “no later than September 21st”. Now Samsung has revealed that things are right on […]

Here’s What a $21,000 First-Class Airplane Seat Is Like | Esquire