Chidimma Adetshina, the winner of the just-concluded Miss Universe Nigeria, has explained why South Africans were against her participation in the Miss SA pageant despite being a citizen. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Ms Adetshina withdrew from the Miss South Africa pageant following the backlash concerning her Nigerian heritage. Following this, the Miss Universe Nigeria organisers … Read more
Austen Peters’ film village Bolanle Austin-Peters Filmmaker Bolanle Austen-Peters unveiled her film village, BAP Productions Film Village, in Epe, Lagos State, on her social media handles during the week. The 55-year-old stated that the film village, which covered over 10,000 acres of land with rolling hills and huts, was open for commercial purposes – including … Read more
The International Ford Fellowship Programme Alumni Nigeria (IFFPAN) has urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately declare a state of emergency on compulsory basic education programmes across the country. The group made the call on Monday in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES and signed by its media advisor, Austin Aigbe. IFFPAN is an independent, nonsectarian, … Read more
Six members of the women wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have died in a road accident in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State in North-east Nigeria. The accident occurred on Sunday afternoon when an 18-seater bus, in which the members of the state chapter of the Women Wing of the Christian … Read more
A former chairperson of Takum Local Government in Taraba State, Shiban Tikari, is now at large over his alleged involvement in the murder of a former lawmaker, Hosea Ibi. The state commissioner of police, David Iloyanomon, disclosed this to journalists on Thursday in Jalingo, the state capital. Mr Iloyanomon said since the Chief Judge of … Read more
