By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has mourned the death of former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, describing the late elder statesman as a patriot, bridge-builder and “colossus” of public service. Tukur, who died at the...
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A Nigerian national who worked as a canvasser for a Democratic congressional campaign in Pennsylvania has been arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, after pleading guilty to a disorderly conduct charge arising from a public exposure incident. The US ...
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A Nigerian national who worked on a Democratic congressional campaign in Pennsylvania has been arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after pleading guilty to a disorderly conduct charge arising from a public exposure incident. The US Department of Ho...
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Three Nigerian sisters who drowned in the sea off Brighton, southern England, have been ruled to have taken their own lives following an inquest into their deaths. The sisters, Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, lived together in Greenford, west Lon...
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The GFN President added that Turkey had granted Nigeria permission to prepare its athletes there ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the 2027 African Games in Egypt. The post GFN signs deal with Turkey to train Nigerian gymnastics coaches, judges appeared first on ...
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By Sola Ogundipe As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark World Mental Health Day 2026, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments and health systems to move beyond listening to people with mental health conditions and give them a meaningful role in shapi...
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A Nigerian national, Chimaobim Adedayo Igbojekwe, working for a US congressional campaign has been arrested by ICE after pleading guilty to disorderly cond Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerian-campaign-canvasser-arrested-by-ice-in-us/...
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Nigeria ranked sixth among the countries that received the most United States foreign assistance in the 2025 fiscal year, with about $728.8 million disbursed to the country, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center. Ukraine topped the global list with nearly $6.7 billi...
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Building a $47 million fintech to fix cross-border payments for African travellers is a massive feat. But getting past embassy visas? That’s a bug no line of code can fix. Before launching Timon, co-founders Oluwatomi Ayorinde and Chizaram Ucheaga spent years navigating the frust...
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Gestational diabetes can affect pregnancy outcomes and increase health risks for both the mother and baby. The post PT Health Watch: Why some pregnant women develop gestational diabetes appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
