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Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers, says the state will emerge stronger from the ongoing political crisis. Fubara spoke on Monday when Muslim leaders visited him at his private residence in Port Harcourt, the […]

Last Saturday, March 22, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, the Tony Elumelu Foundation unveiled its 11th cohort of 3,000 young entrepreneurs from 54 African countries and they will receive the traditional funding, training and mentorship. […]

Nigeria’s governors are plunging their states into crippling debt, borrowing without accountability while the citizens they swore to serve languish in poverty. Instead of investing in essential sectors like education, healthcare, and infrastructure, these leaders […]

Despite concerns over European laws and conventions, the Dutch government is exploring the idea of deporting Africans, whose asylum requests have been refused, to Uganda. The controversial initiative, allegedly accepted by Uganda, is being spearheaded […]

Joe Ajaero, president of the National Labour Congress (NLC), says electricity tariff and taxes are killing workers in Nigeria. Speaking to journalists after a meeting with government officials on Monday, Ajaero expressed dissatisfaction with the […]

Predictably, millions of people from across the globe were glued on Monday to their television sets, radios and whatever internet gadgets, audio and visual, they could lay hands upon to be witnesses to history in […]

Although the Tinubu Administration’s mid-term is five months away, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu can proudly reflect on his administration’s journey over the last 19 months. After initial turbulence, the government concluded 2024 stronger than 2023, […]

Samson Itodo, the founder and Executive Director of YIAGA Africa, spoke with PREMIUM TIMES’ Bakare Majeed about off-season elections and the democratic process in Nigeria. This interview was held a day after the 21 September […]

The incident in Zamfara State, where a gang of gunmen kidnapped more than 50 women and children in a raid at Kakin Dawa village on Sunday, December 8, 2024, highlights the ongoing security challenges in […]

Many have written about the recent scandalous events that happened in the country of Equatorial Guinea and i have read all sorts of stories and analysis of various persons competing for space in the […]

Not many people are aware that Donald Trump’s last daughter, Tiffany, is living in Nigeria with her Lebanese-Nigerian husband, Michael Boulous. The couple stays at Banana Island, Lagos, when they are in Nigeria, though they […]

The erection of the golden statue of the First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu at the heart of the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife coming at this time is offensive to moral, ethical and religious […]

I knew someone would ask me this question. And so I received it from a dear friend. Incidentally I’d thought about it earlier today. Guided by the scripture and common sense, below is my careful […]

“Now, you have called us to duty. We feel honoured to be so-called. We are ready to take this community to the heights. Resources, in sha Allah, will not deter us. But I will love […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed Randy Waldrum’s resignation as the Super Falcons head coach. The federation confirmed the American’s exit in a statement on Thursday. There were reports that Waldrum submitted a resignation […]

Perhaps the year 2020 was the year Governor Godwin Obaseki faced the stiffest political opposition in his career after his erstwhile ‘political godfather’, Adams Oshiomhole, who perfected his emergence as governor in 2016, turned against […]

Jyia Muhammed, the security chief at an illicit lithium mine tucked away in a hard-to-reach Kwara community called Kakanfu, was relaxing under a shade with his officials when the sound of a motorcycle attracted their […]