INEC has commended the number of potential voters in Saturday’s mock voter accreditation using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in Delta. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Rev. Monday Udoh-Tom, who oversaw the exercise in several polling…
The World Health Organization (WHO) said the data estimates show a reasonable increase cancer deaths to almost one million deaths per year by 2030 if there is no “important and bold intervention”. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti,…
East African leaders are heading to Burundi on Saturday for a regional summit to discuss the raging conflict in eastern Congo. The talks were held in Bujumbura by the East African Community, which is leading mediation efforts to end resurgent…
To compare the Labor Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, with Nollywood actors, the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has said Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. In a strong-worded statement signed by the body’s Director of Communications, Kate Henshaw, the Guild…
Burkina Faso’s junta leader said on Friday that his country would not cut diplomatic ties with France, which has been asked to withdraw its troops, and denied the presence of Russian Wagner mercenaries in the country. Former colonial power France…
Security experts and public affairs analysts in the north have expressed different views on the security plan presented by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu ball. In a separate interview with PREMIUM TIMES, analysts unanimously agreed…
Oke-Afa slum could succinctly be described as an abnormal world where sane human beings cohabit with animals and relish in dirt, yet they are frequently exploited by government agencies as they go about their business of picking and selling scrap…
The most contentious issue in the region is undoubtedly the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Before Brexit, the border, which was usually heavily militarized at the height of the conflict, was virtually invisible, with the smooth…
Ngozi Odita is the founder of AFRICANXT (formerly Social Media Week Lagos), one of Africa’s leading innovation and business events. Now in its 11th year, this initiative has hosted thousands of participants from Africa and beyond. Also the founder of…
TThe Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Sorehas funded “unknown armed men” and members of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the State Security Service (SSS) stated in a court document recently obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.…