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The ball at Ebute Metta (1915), By Tayo Agunbiade

Nigeria, April 23 -- On 25 September 1915, an advertisement about a fund-raising ball for the War Aeroplane Fund, appeared in the Lagos press. This was during World War One, a period that witnessed a ... Read More


Abducted Journalist: Nigeria's media bodies refer case to Ombudsman

Nigeria, April 23 -- Media bodies in Nigeria have referred the case of a journalist Segun Olatunji who was abducted by the military from his home in Lagos in March to Nigeria's National Media Ombudsma... Read More


Kumuyi and Africa's quest for servant-leaders, By Banji Ojewale

Nigeria, April 22 -- Most of us agree with Chinua Achebe, Africa's late literary colossus, that Nigeria's chief post-Independence headache has been the challenge of leadership. He said in his 1983 boo... Read More


EDITORIAL: Yoruba Nation agitators and the need to curb secessionist tendencies

Nigeria, April 22 -- Secessionists under the aegis of Ominira Yoruba 22 stormed Ibadan and tried to seize the Oyo State Government Secretariat on 13 April. Their ultimate ambition was the violent take... Read More


Education critical to Nigeria's progress, development - Reps Speaker

Nigeria, April 22 -- The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has said that education is critical to the development and progress of Nigeria. Mr Tajudeen disclosed this on Monday ... Read More


It's Official: First Bank confirms Alebiosu as Acting CEO

Nigeria, April 22 -- FBN Holdings Ltd has officially notified the Nigerian Exchange Limited that it has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary, First Bank ... Read More


Using CDCU's delivery tracker: A call on fellow Nigerians, By Isaiah Kumuyi

Nigeria, April 22 -- On Monday, 8 April, at a public demonstration in Abuja, the Central Delivery Coordination Unit (CDCU) unveiled the upgraded Citizens Delivery Tracker as a digital tool, placed in ... Read More


War on insurgency: Badaru-Abubakar's silent revolution, By Ahmad Sajoh

Nigeria, April 22 -- Nigeria seems suffused with so much activity that many have not noticed the recent gains made by the military against insurgents. Giving a breakdown recently, Major-General Edward... Read More


Yahaya Bello and a complicit judiciary, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Nigeria, April 21 -- Josiah Majebi is the fifth chief judge of Kogi State (in North-Central Nigeria) in four years and the fourth to exist almost entirely in the pocket of the state governor. He has b... Read More


Eight children die in Kebbi pit accident

Nigeria, April 20 -- Eight children have died while two others are in critical condition after a pit caved in the Badariya area of Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State on Saturday. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that... Read More