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The book, Ladbone: A Life in Print, draws on contributions from more than 80 editors, media managers, academics, political figures and industry experts. The post CJID to launch Living Archives Initiative, unveil book honouring veteran journalist Lade Bonuola appeared first on Pre...
Ten-year-old Nigerian twins, Jason and Jaden Ojo, are set to launch their first book, “JJ The Sloth and the Twins,” in Lagos on October 24. Read More: https://punchng.com/10-year-old-twins-set-to-launch-first-book/...
I have an uncle called Jonas Odocha. He is a graduate of Imperial College London, a retired former senior executive at NNPC and an author of a book about agriculture. He possesses a lot of integrity and has strong views about most issues of national importance. I occasionally sha...
By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja The House of Representatives has passed the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, for second reading, setting the stage for further legislative consideration of a proposed National Authority for Renewable Energy (NARE). The bill, sponsored by Afam Vi...
The service gives Nigerian listeners access to more than 350,000 titles. The post Nigerian authors gain global distribution channel as Spotify launches audiobooks appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The book will feature Mr Giwa’s writings and tributes from prominent journalists. The post Newswatch to unveil book honouring Dele Giwa 40 years after assassination appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
By Juliet Umeh Nigeria and Ghana have come under the spotlight after an international operation against online fraud networks in West Africa led Meta to remove more than 3.7 million accounts, Pages and Groups from Facebook and Instagram. The operation involved law enforcement age...
The bill scaled second reading during plenary on Tuesday, following a request by Governor Monday Okpebholo for legislative consideration of the proposed supplementary budget. The post Edo assembly considers N77.5bn supplementary appropriation bill appeared first on Premium Times ...
The National Library of Nigeria and ZODML have urged pupils to cultivate a reading habit and make regular use of physical libraries beyond their textbooks. Read More: https://punchng.com/national-library-tasks-pupils-on-regular-use-of-physical-libraries/...
Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles will face the Democratic Republic of Congo in the second round of the 2027 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, DAILY POST reports. DR Congo booked a date with the U-23 Eagles after eliminating Mauritania 2-1 on aggregate in the first round. In the first leg, played ...
Meta’s policies say it doesn’t allow such ads, yet they have flooded the social media platform, some of them specifically targeting Nigerians. The post Meta policies fail as scam ads, deepfakes impersonating Nigerian public figures litter Facebook appeared first on Premium Times ...
One of the technical grounds on which FIFA dismissed Nigeria’s protest against DR Congo for fielding an ineligible player in the world cup qualifiers was that the mail which they used in sending the petition wasn’t the right one. DR Congo pipped Nigeria to book a place in the int...
Nigeria’s social media audience is large and still changing quickly, but the four platforms most creators and businesses compete on, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X, behave very differently. They reach different numbers of people, reward different kinds of content, and pay crea...
In a Facebook post shared on Monday, Mr Mamdani said the parade was an opportunity to celebrate the Nigerian community and its contribution to New York. The post Mamdani celebrates Nigerians for contributions to New York city appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
At Hotel Expo Nigeria 2026, Fortune Okeke, Founder and CEO of HomeFairyTech, challenged hospitality professionals to look beyond the question of whether Nigeria has enough accommodation inventory and instead consider how easily that inventory can be accessed by the people driving...
Senator Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, has visited President Bola Tinubu in Lagos, where he appreciated the President’s support for Ogun State projects. Adeola, who is seeking the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, in a post on Facebook ...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has warned Nigerians against spreading misinformation and fake videos that could worsen insecurity in the coun Read More: https://punchng.com/insecurity-nscdc-warns-against-misinformation-fake-videos/...
Mr Dachomo announced his arrival in Israel on Friday, October 2, via his Facebook account, describing the trip as his first international Christian advocacy tour. The post Rev Dachomo in Israel, seeks audience with Netanyahu over killings appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
An NGO celebrated the legacy of the late human rights advocate, Innocent Chukwuma, at a reading of his biography, ‘Against All Odds’, in Lagos. Read More: https://punchng.com/ngo-celebrates-innocent-chukwumas-legacy-at-book-reading/...
A Plateau-based cleric who has repeatedly spoken out over killings in the state, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has travelled to Israel for what he described as his first international Christian advocacy tour. Dachomo disclosed this in a Facebook post on Friday, saying he was in Israel to...
Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has appealed a Lagos High Court judgment that ordered it to stop unlawfully processing the personal data of Nigerian Facebook and Instagram users for behavioural advertising and pay the naira equivalent of $100,...
Convener of The Alternative, Segun Sowunmi, has warned Nigerians against indulging in self-hate and spreading bad news about President Bola Tinubu’s health, saying the President is in good health and sound mind. Sowunmi stated this on Thursday during a town hall meeting in Ijebu ...
The National Assembly will soon deepen the digitisation of parliamentary records by translating Nigerian laws into Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba and other local languages to expand public access to legislative information. Mr Henry Nwawuba, the Executive Secretary, National Assembly Librar...
The National Assembly Library Trust Fund says it is developing electronic repositories, a mobile application and a Bills Tracker as part of efforts to preserve parliamentary records, and make legislative information more accessible to Nigerians. The post NASS to digitise records,...
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has accused the Adamawa State governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Aisha Binani, of supporting Atiku Abubakar. Lawal made the allegation on Monday in a post on his official Facebook p...
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly candidate for Abeokuta South Constituency II, Hon. Adeoye Adewale Adeniran, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of spreading misinformation and political propaganda over the eligibility ...
By Chioma Gabriel, Editor, Special Features The photograph usually comes first. A young Nigerian stands at the airport, passport in hand, luggage beside him, smiling as family members gather for one last embrace. Someone captures the moment and posts it on WhatsApp, Instagram or ...
A Lagos High Court has drawn a line that could complicate how digital platforms build products from other people’s contacts: one person’s permission to share a phonebook does not automatically give a company permission to process the personal data of everyone in it. In a Septembe...
ABUJA — Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Masari, has said that in nearly 40 years of political involvement, he has not seen a Nigerian president with better plans for the country than President Bola Tinubu. Masari made the remarks in a video published Tuesday...
The naira's outlook swung marginally into a bearish mode as the CBN is expected to keep rates unchanged amid a soaring US dollar and increased cost in petrol. The post Naira bullish outlook softens as Dollar muscle outweighs CBN’s present playbook appeared first on Nairametrics ....
Former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate of the NDC, Peter Obi, has said he and his running mate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, used a town hall meeting in Kaduna to engage directly with citizens on the challenges confronting Nigeria. Obi disclosed this in a post on his F...
Italy and Spain have secured their places in the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland, as Nigeria look to take on Colombia in the quarter-finals. Italy booked their spot in the last four with a 3-1 victory over South Korea in Saturday’s quarter-final. Spa...
In Ayn Rand’s mystery story, the Atlas Shrugged, there is something Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, can absorb: reason. Rand’s 1957 book remains valuable and useful outside the world of her fiction. She argues that reason is helpful for everyone. It is not only needed ...
A guide for Nigerians on how to avoid common short let scams, including cloned listings and vanishing agents, when booking apartments online. Read More: https://punchng.com/how-nigerians-can-avoid-common-short-let-scams-when-booking-online/...
Private platforms have begun to close some of the gaps. A cohort of Nigerian booking companies now verifies inventory before listing, holds payments through the platform rather than releasing them to hosts immediately, and provides formal booking records with cancellation and ref...
FCMB Capital Markets Limited acted as a Joint Issuing House and Bookrunner on the ₦274.19 billion Series 1 Development Bond issued by the Bank of Industry (BOI), one of the largest sub-sovereign bond issuances through the Nigerian capital market. The five-year, 17.60% fixed-rate ...
FCMB Capital Markets Limited acted as a Joint Issuing House and Bookrunner on the ₦274.19 billion Series 1 Development Bond issued by the Bank of Industry (BOI), one of the largest sub-sovereign bond issuances through the Nigerian capital market. The five-year, 17.60% fixed-rate ...
Nigeria’s Falconets booked a place in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup following a comfortable 3-0 victory over England at the Bielsko-Biala Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Tosin Rafiu gave Nigeria the lead in the seventh minute. Rafiu make a supe...
The event attracted leading lights of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Bayelsa State Chapter, their counterparts of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), as well as academics and university undergraduates The post NCDM...
Football is Nigeria’s national obsession, and nowhere is that more evident than in how the country bets. Millions of fans follow the English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, La Liga and Serie A every week, alongside the Nigerian Premier Football League, and expect their bet...
A renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, says there would have been tremendous success if more Islamic scholars had been deployed to preach to bandits in the northwestern part of Nigeria. Gumi made this assertion in a post on his official Facebook page on Wednesday. He said ...
Olubunmi Fadipe, head coach of Formidable Under-15 Girls Football Academy, cautioned the team against reading too much into the emphatic win over New Caledonia The post FIFA U-20 WWC: Falconets urged to improve finishing, defence against England appeared first on Premium Times Ni...
Falconets striker Ramotalahi Kareem says the team is looking forward to the Round of 16 encounter against England. Nigeria booked a spot in the Round of 16 following a comprehensive 10-1 victory over New Caledonia in Lodz on Sunday. Kareem bagged a hat-trick for Moses Aduku’s sid...
-The month-long share sale, which is out to sell 4.1 billion shares at N525 ($0.000013) per unit, will run through 13 October, with listing scheduled for November. The post Dangote Refinery opens order book for $1.6 billion Africa’s biggest IPO appeared first on Premium Times Nig...
Amnesty International Nigeria has called on authorities to investigate the killing of an 80-year-old man, Ordue Ikye, who was allegedly beaten to death by a mob over accusations of witchcraft in Benue State. The rights organisation made the call in a statement posted on its offic...
Nigeria’s Falconets booked a place in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup following a 10-1 thumping of New Caledonia in their last group game. Moses Aduku’s side finished second in Group F with four points from three games. Spain top the standings with nine po...
For Nigerian author and illustrator, Vivian Uwakwe, the journey into children’s book publishing was not a carefully mapped career path. It was an unexpected return to a gift she had almost abandoned. Raised in an unconventional home, Vivian grew up under the influence of a father...
ABUJA — Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has condemned the alleged killing of two Nigerians in South Africa, warning that continued discrimination and attacks against Nigerian nationals could have consequences. Fani-Kayode, in a post on his Facebook handle on Friday...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is set to lead an assemblage of dignitaries to the launch of Charly Boy’s historic book ‘999’ in London, United Kingdom. Charly Boy disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. According to him, after ...
Nigerian businessman, Prince Isaac Fayose has again criticised supporters of the administration of President Bola Tinubu, describing them as “hopeless people.” Fayose, in a video posted on his official Facebook page on Thursday, claimed that the Tinubu-led administration had fail...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged anti-northern statement being circulated on Facebook and other social media platforms. Akpabio’s Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, made the petition available to journa...
The book reading programme is part of NCDMB’s sustained effort to promote literacy, critical thinking and knowledge exchange through structured engagement with leading Nigerian authors and thought leaders The post NCDMB to feature Nwabuikwu’s The Pain and The Promise in book read...
KADUNA — Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has said late human rights lawyer and activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, made significant contributions to Nigeria’s democracy by fighting to keep the country’s political space open. Sani spoke on Saturday in Kaduna at the public presentatio...
Uber spent 12 years in Nigeria and decided to leave because the market it operated in could not deliver the economies of scale required to support its future ambitions. In 2025, Uber recorded $193.45 billion in gross bookings from 13.57 billion trips globally, according to its fi...
Katsina United have announced the signing of midfielder Suleiman Idris, DAILY POST reports. Idris returns to Nigeria following his recent stint with Armenian club West Armenia FC. The midfielder was on the books of the club for one season. His move to Katsina United comes after a...
The Nigerian Army has rescued Mrs Adonkie, wife of retired Brigadier General Basil Adonkie, less than 24 hours after she was abducted from her residence in the Federal Capital Territory. This was contained in a press statement posted on the Nigerian Army’s official Facebook page ...
Isaac Fayose, the younger brother of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, has criticised London-based Nigerians who support President Bola Tinubu. In a video posted on his verified Facebook page, Fayose questioned why they are not in Nigeria if the President was doing well...
On Tuesday, the Akwa Ibom State Government's Facebook page described Senate President Godswill Akpabio as “Acting President of Nigeria”. The post was later edited to remove the controversial description. The post Akwa Ibom govt’s Facebook page describes Akpabio as ‘Acting Preside...
