Smuggler dashing into Ile Komi from Benin Republic to evade several checkpoints between the two Benin and Nigeria In August 2019, the Nigerian Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari declared a partial land border closure in order to halt the…
Was anyone worried last week when reality television show Big Brother Naija kicked off the auditions for its 2019 edition? In each of the eight audition centres —Edo, Enugu, Lagos, Rivers, Oyo, Delta and Cross River states, plus the Federal…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested six men for inserting fresh pepper in a lady’s private parts. In a video that went viral on Wednesday, the men forcefully dragged an unnamed naked woman to the ground. One of them…
Green Pad gives women and girls access to feminine hygiene so they can live life as they should. Our sustainable sanitary pads are made from banana and plantain tree fibres, which farmers would have otherwise considered waste. They are fully biodegradable…
History is made by our achievements. We have come a long way to make impossible possible: from the control of fire, to life-saving vaccines to landing on the moon. Our next historic achievement is right in front of us: health…
Park Geun-hye, who was in 2016 impeached as South Korean president, has been sentenced to 24 years in jail with a fine of ₩18 billion ($17 million). A court found Park guilty of bribery in a scandal that exposed webs…
By: Ogunjobi Gabriel – The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has expressed his displeasure over the unjustified killings of some persons in Offa, Kwara state yesterday’s afternoon. Some unknown gunmen invaded banks in Offa yesterday and sporadically shot several people…
By: Seye Joseph – A non-governmental organization (NGO), Sunshine Foundation for the Elderly, has called on the Federal Government to facilitate new legislation that would promote the welfare of the elders, who are the senior citizens in the country. According…
The Country Officer and Head of the Nigeria Office of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Udo Jude Ilo, is currently being detained in Abuja, a security source has told PREMIUM TIMES. Our source said Mr. Ilo is…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today accused the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) of non-compliance with the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act as it named the constitutional body as this week’s inductee into its FOI Hall of Shame. Established under Part…
