Describes celebration of new yam festivals in Igbo land as unique culture. By Eche Nwaobasi – Onitsha. HRM Igwe Godwin Odiegwu, the traditional ruler of Abacha community Idemili North LGA Anambra State, has passionately prayed for God to continue giving Read more…
From Akunwa Nwaokedi The people of Awlaw community in Oji River LGA of Enugu State say they can no longer cope with the dilapidated state of two secondary schools and a health centre that have remained in ruins for years. Read more…
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has rejected calls for Nigerians to boycott South African singer Tyla’s forthcoming Lagos concert, arguing that public outrage over xenophobic attacks in South Africa should be directed at political leaders rather Read more…
Presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala has defended his previous criticisms of President Bola Tinubu, saying they should no longer dominate public discourse because they are now “baseless” in light of current realities, while insisting they were never false. Bwala, the Special Read more…
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has been praised online after Nigerian writer and filmmaker Onyeka Nwelue, shared how the literary icon quietly settled his outstanding hospital bill following a major knee surgery. In a heartfelt post on social media, Nwelue recounted Read more…
During a Channels TV’s programme reviewed by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Okonkwo alleged that Mr Obi and South-east caucus of the NDC demanded N10 million bribe from House of Representatives aspirants in the party to secure tickets for them. The 2027 Read more…
Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu, the founding chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC) was also the national chairman of the largely unknown party until the recent coalition it went into which had thrown it into the limelight. In this interview by SAM Read more…
The police in Ogun State have charged Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, the driver of the Nigerian-British boxer Anthony Joshua to court. On Thursday, the Ogun Police Command declared that the driver was in custody. DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, the command’s Police Public Read more…
At his first Angelus greeting of 2026, Pope Leo urges everyone to “build a year of peace, by disarming our hearts and refraining from every form of violence.” Greeting around 40,000 people gathered in Saint Peter’s Square on the first Read more…
President Vladimir Putin was briefed on the army’s advances during a visit to a command post Around 10,000 Ukrainian troops have been encircled by Russian forces in the Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk areas, President Vladimir Putin was told on Sunday during Read more…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has again been reminded by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) that it is illegal for him to use his office to prevent Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) from returning to the Senate after the expiration Read more…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an application filed by the Department of State Services, DSS, to expedite proceedings in the trial of the suspected mastermind of the August 26, 2011 bombing of the United Nations building Read more…