January 07, 2025
Nigeria: Police Arrest Ex-Convict, Two Others for Attempted Burglary
A 19-year-old ex-convict, Jibril Ndako, and two others have been arrested by the police in Niger State while planning to burgle a shop in the Minna metropolis. Read more »
March 31, 2021
Kenya: Ngugi Wa Thiongo Makes Historic Booker Prize Longlist
The celebrated author is the first Booker Prize nominee for a work originally written in an indigenous African language. Read more »
May 09, 2020
Nigeria: How Gates Foundation Helped Eradicate Polio - Officials
In February, PREMIUM TIMES exclusively spoke with Chris Elias, the President of the Global Development Division of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Paulin Basinga, the… Read more »
December 12, 2019
Africa: South African, Rosie Mashale, Wins Daily Trust African of the Year Award
A South African, Rosie Mashale, popularly known as Mama Rosie and founder of Baphumelele Children's Centre, has emerged winner of the 2019 Daily Trust African of the Year award. Read more »
November 28, 2019
Nigeria: Nigeria Vows to 'Go After' Stolen Artefacts Worldwide
The federal government on Thursday pledged to use all "legal and diplomatic instruments" to demand the return of Nigeria's stolen artefacts and cultural materials worldwide. Read more »
September 04, 2019
Africa: Burna Boy Slams Rapper AKA, Vows Never to Visit South Africa
Afro-fusion sensation, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy, has threatened to 'deal' with South African rapper, AKA, if they ever meet. Read more »
May 21, 2019
Nigeria: Reps Move to Criminalise Use of Plastic Bags
The House of Representatives has adopted a report on a Bill for an Act to, among other things, prohibit the use, manufacture and importation of plastic bags for commercial and… Read more »
October 14, 2018
Africa: Obasanjo, Sachs, Afreximbank Pledge Support for African Education Fund
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Jeffrey Sachs and the African Export Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) have committed to launch the Education Fund for Africa to ensure free education… Read more »
January 19, 2017
Nigeria: IDP Camp Bombing By Nigerian Air Force, Shocking, Unacceptable - PDP
Nigeria's major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it is "shocked and totally dismayed" at the news of the accidental bombing of an Internally… Read more »
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