The strike embarked by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) continued yesterday as the federal government postponed a meeting between its officials and the leaders of the union. Following the failure of the representatives of the federal government to attend the meeting at the scheduled 3pm, the union leaders staged a walk-out. The Minister…
A mother, identified as Rabi Mohammed, has been arrested by operatives of the Kano State Police command for locking up and starving her daughter, Aisha Jibrin, for 10 years in Darerawa Quarters, Fagge Local Government Area of the state. Rabi and her husband, Mohammed Jibrin, who is now at large, allegedly locked up their 15-year-old…
By Anayo Okoli, Chinonso Alozie, Chimaobi Nwaiwu,Chinedu Adonu and Ugochukwu Alaribe The Federal Government yesterday expressed angst over the decision of the United Kingdom to offer asylum to 'persecuted' member of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB. The UK Visas and Immigration had released new…
Blantyre, Malawi — Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera said Tuesday the country should move away from growing tobacco, although it contributes to more than 60 percent of the country's earnings, because he sees no future in continuing to grow it. At the opening of tobacco selling season, Chakwera said Malawi should switch to other cash crops…
The proposed legislation is aimed at solving the challenge of animal identification and management by establishing the National Livestock Bureau. The Senate is considering a bill that will create a database for livestock. The bill for an Act to 'establish national livestock and management (protection, control and management etc) bureau' scaled second reading on Tuesday.…
"I heard a gunshot, I knew something went through me. I waited to see where blood will gush out from. To my greatest surprise, instead of blood gushing out of my body, I saw my intestine gushing out to the left of my abdomen." More victims have narrated the ordeals they suffered in the hands…
The Comptroller General (CG) of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has said the total movements across the nation's borderline in 2020 stood at 1,579,773. A press release on Tuesday by the spokesman of the service, Sunday James, said Babandede made this disclosure during a media chat. According to him, the CG said in 2020,…
Kaduna — Nigeria has been ranked 1st in Africa and 6th globally among the high Tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, and on the list of 14 countries with tripple-burden of TB, HIV associated TB and multi-drug resistance TB (MDR-TB). Mrs Itohowo Uko of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) of the Federal Minsitry of…
The NNPC advises against panic buying, saying petrol will be available in all depots across the country Barely two months after petrol scarcity hit major cities across Nigeria, fuel queues have resurfaced in petrol stations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A PREMIUM TIMES correspondent who visited petrol stations Monday evening found that some of…
Idriss Deby took power in a coup decades ago and died fighting against rebels trying to oust him. Over 30 years, Deby has been a maverick figure in the Sahel region, with friends in the West but enemies close to home. Idriss Deby, the son of a shepherd who went on to lead his country…
A damning report, commissioned in 2017 and running to nearly 600 pages, labels France a “collaborator” of the extremist Hutu regime that orchestrated the pogrom of about 800 000 people in Rwanda, and outright rejects the position that Paris was blind to its genocidal agenda. However, both countries appeared keen to turn the page on…
Nigerian public opinion is intensely homophobic. In 2014, the Nigerian National Assembly passed--and then President Goodluck Jonathan signed--a law against homosexual activity as draconian as that of Uganda, which is better known. In a time of intense polarization along religious and ethnic lines in Nigeria, the legislation had near universal support. In Europe and North…
Kinshasa — The road to a clean energy future runs through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). A global transition to renewable energy will require the mass deployment of new sources for both electricity production and storage. The DRC accounts for more than 70 percent of the world’s cobalt, the mineral vital to battery…
Some soldiers arrested in the crack down on Boko Haram funders have disclosed the identities of their civilian collaborators, according to sources. The arrests of the officers came after an in-depth investigation into connections between Boko Haram members and military officers, that they helped to infiltrate into the army and sabotage efforts to end insurgency…
Despite 41 years of poor governance, political intolerance, corruption and cronyism, it is not too late to redeem ourselves, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has said. In a statement to mark the country's 41 years of independence, ZCTU secretary general Japhet Moyo said there was need for government to change the manner in…
Bintu, (not her real name) was married off to a 49-year-old man in Dogon Daji village, Sokoto State in Northern Nigeria when she was 13. Bintu said she wanted to become a medical doctor before her father decided she would get married to a man thrice her age, who was a farmer. Bintu said her…
Geneva — United Nations agencies are alarmed that insurgent groups clashing with Nigerian security forces and attacking civilians in Borno State are targeting humanitarian groups and NGO aid workers trying to help locally-besieged civilians and the 65,000 people who are on the run. Jens Laerke, Geneva spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination…
Senior Researcher & Writer, Zimpapers Knowledge Centre 1200-1600s: Rise and decline of the Monomotapa Empire, which was associated with the Great Zimbabwe Monument, believed to have been involved in gold mining and international trade. 1830s: Ndebele people fleeing Zulu wars and Boer invasion in present-day South Africa move north and settle in what becomes known…
Situated about 7km to the west of the city centre of Harare is a rich valley. In this vale lies a hill at the summit of which is a tower that bears an eternally flickering flame. Persistently glowing from a 40-metre obelisk, the flame catches the traveller’s eye at night. Not only does it guide…
Premium Times examines how far the Nigerian government has gone in meeting the demands of the protesters, five months after the #ENDSARS protests. Nigeria paid a heavy price for the excesses of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian police last October when youth took the #EndSARS protests from social media to the streets…
Nairobi — A campaign dubbed #UnmuteTheWorld, has been launched to make internet access a fundamental right and ensure 3.7 billion people are connected virtually. The campaign launched last week called for action on the digital divide especially since COVID-19 has exacerbated the challenge as connections and opportunities increasingly happen online. Nearly half of the world’s…
“Rabo died being the Managing-Director of All States Travels with office in Transcorp Hilton Abuja,” he said. Saleh Rabo, the President of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria, FTAN, is dead. FTAN Public Relations Officer (North), Joseph Karim, in a statement in Abuja, said that Mr Rabo’s immediate family confirmed his passing on Friday.…
It tells the story of a reckless young man, who wakes up to find that no one can recognise him except a local bread seller. This weekend promises to be mind-blowing as ‘Breaded Life’, a comedy movie by Biodun Stephen hits the Nigerian cinemas on Friday. The movie, which is a sequel to the 2016…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said 30,452 Nigerian residents have received shots of COVID-19 vaccine on Friday bringing the number of jabs so far to 1.08 million. The NPHCDA disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. The agency said that 30,452 people have taken the first dose of the Oxford…
Abuja — The federal government has stressed that the 25 million Nigerians to be electrified through the ongoing N240 million Solar Home System project have to pay some fair bills. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, according to a statement, made this clear at the recent launch of 100,000 Solar Home System in Jangefe community, Kazuare Emirate,…
Political activists and civic organisations sponsored by the MDC Alliance to engage in illegal demonstrations dubbed “The Winter Jest” over the Independence Day weekend have been told that security services are on high alert and will enforce all the laws, including the Covid-19 anti-gathering health regulations. Some local and international organisations are reportedly providing funds…
Society – West Africa – Nigeria – Religion Suicide bombing during church service in Kaduna Seven people have been reported dead and several others injured following a suicide bombing which occurred during a mass at a catholic church in northern Nigeria. The suspected suicide attacker attempted to crash a car bomb into a Catholic…
Health corner – West Africa – Benin – Documentary – Crime Three people arrested for attempting to poison Benin president Yayi Benin authorities have arrested President Thomas Boni Yayi’s doctor, his niece and an ex-minister over a suspected plot to poison the leader, the public prosecutor said on Monday. According to him the detained…
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