Tuesday, 14 January, 2025

Month: May 2022


Turkey has offered to evacuate Ukrainian fighters and civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top adviser Ibrahim Kalin told Reuters on Saturday. Currently, only fighters from the neo-Nazi Azov regiment and some units Read more…


For the first time since Brittney Griner’s arrest almost three months ago, Russia appears to have publicly signaled its asking price for her safe return, if multiple reports by Russian state media are to be believed. Russia is looking to exchange Read more…


The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other industry based unions have turned down the appeal by the federal government to resume duties while negotiations are ongoing to meet up with their demands. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday, Read more…


Department of State Services (DSS) has denied media reports that it is advocating for the tenure elongation of President Muhammadu Buhari. This came after an online medium reported that the DSS had told journalists, CSOs and others that there would Read more…


President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, held a farewell meeting with nine outgoing Ministers seeking elective offices in 2023 general election. This is even as the president said the vacant ministerial posts will be filled without delay. The session was sequel Read more…


The Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN), a body of Muslim journalists in the country, has condemned what it termed jungle justice meted out to Deborah Samuel, a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The deceased Read more…


Three inmates have allegedly escaped from the Agbor Custodial Center in Delta State after a side of the prison perimeter fence collapsed due to heavy rains Tuesday morning. Insiders told PREMIUM TIMES that the inmates took to their heels after the rains Read more…


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that his country does not support plans by Finland and Sweden to join NATO, claiming they are home to “terrorist organizations.” “We are following the developments regarding Sweden and Finland, but we Read more…


Nigeria’s largest grouping of Christian churches on Friday condemned the killing of a female student who was beaten and burned by fellow students for alleged blasphemy and demanded the authorities bring the culprits to justice. Two suspects were arrested in Read more…


Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics has said his country approves of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, noting that their addition to the alliance turns the Baltic Sea into “a NATO sea” in a Friday interview with the Financial Times.  Along Read more…


Vision Newspapers wish Chief Ifeanyi Ekwulugo (Okaonye-egbunaya) a happy birthday. We celebrate you for a thousand and one reason. Above all, we celebrate your generosity dispensed in an unsung manner. We celebrate your tendency to empathize with people in need Read more…


Over 1500 People’s Democratic Party delegates attended former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki’s official declaration for president today in Abuja. The former senate president through his Twitter handle (@bukolasaraki) revealed the number of delegates with the hashtag #TheSarakiDeclaration. At a Read more…