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More Nigerian children risk death before their 5th birthday, the new Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS5) has revealed. In her presentation at a two-day media dialogue in Data-driven reporting using MICS 2017 yesterday, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Monitoring and Evaluation specialist, Maureen Zubie-Okolo said though there is a significant decrease in childhood mortality […]

The Federal Government on Wednesday explained why the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is charging Nigerians higher than the official N143 per litre to fund the importation of petrol. Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun gave the explanation at of the four-and-half hours Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Adeosun, briefing State House […]

The Senate has warned Nigerians against investing in bitcoins and urged the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian Stock Exchange and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation to launch awareness campaigns on the business. Specifically, the upper chamber of the National Assembly resolved to urge the CBN, NDIC and the NSE “to make an unequivocal statement across […]

Olamide lost his mother on Tuesday, which coincidentally is his son’s birthday. The rapper announced the sad event on his Instagram page on Tuesday with a post which read, “Orisa bi Iya o si” with broken heart emojis. “There’s no idol like a mother,” Olamide wrote in Yoruba language. Olamide’s mother is survived by three […]

Just one cigarette a day is enough to raise the risk of heart disease and stroke by around 50 per cent, the Dailymail says in a report. Researchers have found those who smoke once a day expose themselves to fully half the risk of heart disease and stroke seen in people who smoke 20 cigarettes. […]

The federal government has directed security agencies to tackle the propagation of hate speech, especially through social media. The order was given at a security meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja. Mansur Dan Ali, minister of defence, had described the trend of hate speech on social media as worrisome. […]

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent comment on President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance in office as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘insulting’. Mr. Obasanjo had in a statement released Tuesday urged the president not to seek re-election, saying he has performed below par since assuming office. […]

The Nigerian presidency has kept mum over the excoriating public statement issued by former President Olusegun Obasanjo calling on President Muhammadu Buhari not to run for re-election. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Mr Buhari, declined comments when reached by  Premium Times for reaction to the statement. He said the presidency […]

Incredible images show a ‘smiling’ deceased Buddhist monk being exhumed by his dedicated followers- two months after he died. Revered monk Luang Phor Pian died on November 16 last year in Bangkok, Thailand when he was 92-years-old. Originally from Cambodia, Pian spent the majority of his life serving as a well-known spiritual and Buddhist guru in the Lopburi, central […]

Nigerian singer, Dontom shared the photos with the caption “Who will ever believe that this is Abakaliki. A place that looked like a rat hole four years ago.. This is what leadership is really all about, thank you mr Governor Umahi …”Abakaliki is the capital city of the present-day Ebonyi State in southeastern Nigeria.   Singer, Dontom 

There seems to be no end to the alleged mind-boggling financial misappropriation in the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration. In the centre of it all is, according to records unearthed by investigators, is former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives have just uncovered the withdrawal of $1.3billion […]