It was like a scene from a typical Nollywood movie. The setting was the ever busy Ojodu-Berger axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was in the evening and traffic was expectedly heavy. Vehicular movement was […]
Fifa president Sepp Blatter will not resign despite major sponsors Coca-Cola, Visa, Budweiser and McDonald’s calling for him to go immediately. The four each issued statements saying Blatter should quit after Swiss criminal proceedings were […]
On weekends in Nigeria, getting together to watch the English Premier Leaguefeatures on almost everyone’s to-do list. Bars and restaurants draw significant crowds to screenings of live games, and at least four pages of most […]
IN ZIMBABWE they are waiting for rain. The region’s worst drought in a decade has withered the maize (or corn) crop, which came in at only about half the size of last year’s. The poor […]
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I own a green passport. In the days around Independence, this I was told, was a great privilege. A story was told to me—and I can vouch for its authenticity—by a man who was a student […]
After what seemed an eternity, President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) and a smattering of state governors, namely Mr Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, Mallam Abulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State and Senator Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State have […]
Fulani herdsmen now operate quite a distance from home—wherever that may be. Offspring of arid regions, a nomadic lifestyle is stamped on their nature, incensed by the perennial need for water both for themselves and […]
Those who now scramble to fashion fitting epitaphs that adequately describe and celebrate HID’s illustrious life need not go to great lengths. Her illustrious husband already did the work himself, and spared his wife’s pensive […]
Only one Nigerian university is ranked among the top 800 universities in the world, according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2015/2016 released this week. PREMIUM TIMES’ analysis of the report showed that […]
US President Barack Obama has expressed frustration over the “routine” response to mass shootings, after a gunman killed nine people in Oregon. “We’ve become numb to this,” he said at the White House, visibly angry. […]
The Presidency on Friday, declined to comment on the purported arrest of the immediate-past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke (DAM), in London, as well as the invasion of her Asokoro, Abuja residence by […]
Shrill cries and wailings rent the air yesterday at the popular Ladipo automobile market in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, as traders watched helplessly when bulldozers demolished their shops to pave way for […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to combine the role of a petroleum minister with being the President of the country is going to have adverse effects on the economy and governance, several experts said on Friday. […]
Four weeks after the resumption of the 2015/2016 academic calendar across the country, government-owned primary schools in Rivers State have remained shut. The schools were locked up by security personnel who are protesting non-payment of […]
Operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have raided the Abuja home of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, few hours after she was arrested in London. EFCC […]
The Senate will start receiving petitions against President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees on Tuesday. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, told one of our correspondents on Friday in Abuja […]
Ekiti State Government yesterday began the construction of the multi-billion naira Airport, as it commenced the clearing of 4000 hectares of land for its effective take off. Meantime, Governor Ayo Fayose, at a meeting the […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) last night confirmed that multiple explosions rocked the twin districts of Nyanya and Kuje at the Federal Capital Territory killing an unconfirmed number of persons and destroying property. Scoresof […]
The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively and authoritatively report. The former minister, who was one of the most powerful officials of the […]
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