The National Hospital Abuja has denied referring popular actor, Zack Orji, to a private hospital for brain surgery. The development is in reaction to reports insinuating that the 64-year-old actor who reportedly slumped on New Year’s eve was admitted to the facility’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) but was later transferred to a private hospital for … Read more
Contractors handling the Irebami road construction project, a township road in Ile-Ife, Osun State, have returned to the site after a report by PREMIUM TIMES spotlighted its poor handling and abandonment. PREMIUM TIMES had, in a report, exposed how despite the release of N163.9 million to contractors for the project, the road remained abandoned. On … Read more
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) is set to partner with the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) to deliver two Master’s degree programmes on Peace and Security Studies. The partnership, when finalised, would have the university’s Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS) work closely with CJID to deliver the programmes in peace and … Read more
The Akwa Ibom State Government could still prosecute the lawyer who assaulted his wife recently, despite the woman saying that she would not want her husband to face the law, some lawyers have told PREMIUM TIMES. The lawyer, Ekere Ebong, was filmed assaulting his wife, Ekemini, at night in front of their residence in Uyo, on 14 December … Read more
The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it is investigating the abduction of Safiyanu Isa-Andaha, chairperson, Akwanga Local Government Area (LGA) of the state by gunmen. Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, stated this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lafia. The PPRO said Umar Nadada, commissioner … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has urged the people of the state not to be frightened by the political crisis in the state, saying that his opponents will not get what they want from him. Mr Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is the FCT minister, have been engaged in a power tussle, a … Read more
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has slashed the allocations for the education sector in the state’s 2024 budget, while making generous provisions for the purchase of a new vehicle for the speaker, a new guest house in Abuja, renovation of members’ guest house in Kano State, and construction of imams’ residences. The lawmakers significantly … Read more
Two months after President Bola Tinubu approved the release of withheld four months’ salaries for Nigerian lecturers, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said its members are yet to receive the salaries. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, a professor of soil science, also said most of its demands that the Nigerian government claimed to have … Read more
Two persons were killed on Friday night when a petrol tanker exploded along the popular Abakaliki-Afikpo Expressway, near Ebonyi Airport in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east. The explosion resulted in a fire outbreak that engulfed the tanker and other properties around the area. Nnaemeka Nwafor, a special assistant to Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, has … Read more
Many have said 2023 would go down in history as a rocky year for Kannywood, the Hausa-language film of northern Nigeria. From piracy, which has negatively impacted the livelihood of filmmakers, actors, and auxiliary workers, to shifts in alliances and stiffer censorship by the Censors Board, and deaths of some of the brightest stars in … Read more
