On Saturday, 16 November, Ondo State voters will elect their next governor. Incumbent Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who became governor in December following the death of Rotimi Akeredolu, is one of the 17 candidates on the ballot. Ondo is one of eight Nigerian states that hold off-cycle governorship elections. The others … Read more
Seventeen young Nigerian women allegedly trafficked to Ghana have been rescued and repatriated to the country while five alleged traffickers were arrested in the operation. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, a spokesperson at the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), in a statement on Sunday, said two young men were also repatriated. The women are aged 18 to 29-years-old … Read more
Here are the highlights of the top stories that made headlines in the South-east within the past week: Again, gunmen kill a police inspector three others in the South-east The week began on a sad note on Sunday when gunmen killed a police inspector and three civilians in Abia State. The deceased inspector and other … Read more
A civic technology organisation, Orodata Science, is set to unveil a tool designed to enhance transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s primary healthcare system. The organisation made this known in a statement issued Friday, stating that the platform will encourage sub-national participation in governance while strengthening health institutions. According to the statement, for over a decade, … Read more
The police in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, have given insight into the allegation that their operatives, Thursday, raided a shop in the state and robbed residents of their mobile phones. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how the police in the state, in reaction to a video of the incident posted on social media, said in a statement that … Read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kenneth-Ohanenye, assumed office in August 2023. In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Ameh Ejekwonyilo at her office in Abuja, Ms Kennedy-Ohanenye talks about how President Bola Tinubu is responding to the aftermath of the abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls from their school in Borno State, northeastern … Read more
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has announced that it had experienced a total system collapse, causing blackout in the entire south-east Nigeria. EEDC is the electricity distribution company serving the five states that make up the South-east, comprising Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states. The sspokesperson for the EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, who disclosed … Read more
The Police Command in Ebonyi State has arrested a woman who allegedly specialises in abducting and selling children. The police said they rescued no fewer than six of the children from the suspect. The woman, Ngozi Blessing Abia, also known as Mercy Francis, allegedly carried out her nefarious activities in Lagos, Ebonyi, Anambra and Edo … Read more
Nigeria has confirmed 109 new Lassa fever infections and 20 deaths across 16 states in one week, spanning 26 to 3 March. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) noted in its latest situation report published on its website for week nine of 2024 that there was an increase in the confirmed cases from 96 … Read more
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has reinstated a traditional ruler who was suspended in the state for conferring a chieftaincy title on a Nigerian senator. Damian Ezeani, the traditional ruler of the Neni Community had, during the Yuletide, conferred the chieftaincy title of Odenjiji of Neni on Ifeanyi Ubah, who represents Anambra South District … Read more
