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Quite fittingly, President Muhammadu Buhari’s message of solidarity to the Nigerian freedom of expression community on the occasion of today’s 30th anniversary of the World Press Freedom Day has stressed the theme that a democracy without flourishing press freedom is a misnomer. In the challenging march to build an enduring democracy, the world has finally come to a full awareness of the …

Nigeria has established the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). The new centre is to be domiciled in the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), a statement from the office said. “The NCCSALW replaces the defunct Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons and shall serve as the institutional mechanism for policy guidance, …

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday announced the end of a nearly three-month outbreak of Ebola that claimed six lives out of 12 known cases. FILE PHOTO: Moise Vaghemi (L), 33, an Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, gets dressed in a protective suit as he prepares to start his shift at an Ebola treatment centre (ETC) in …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is to partner tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, to accelerate the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) on a deepened digital economy. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, in Abuja, said that the vice president said this at the virtual formalisation of the partnership. The vice president said the partnership would leverage Microsoft’s experience …

Electricity consumer groups on Sunday, kicked against the planned review of electricity tariffs for the 11 power Distribution Companies (DisCos) by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). They maintained that there was no justification for any upward review of electricity tariffs due to the current economic realities and challenges being faced by Nigerians. The groups, the Energy Consumer Rights and …

The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Mr Bassey Essien, speaks to ’FEMI ASU on vital issues in the country’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) industry Last year, cooking gas consumption in Nigeria reached one million metric tonnes of LPG for the first time. The country’s LPG consumption has been low for years despite the availability of abundant …

German Government has committed to returning the first batch of Great Benin priceless artefacts, looted by the British government during its invasion of Benin Kingdom in 1897. With this commitment, Edo Museum of West Africa Art (EMOWAA) backed by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration has gotten a major boost. In a joint declaration, Germany’s Ministry of Culture, state ministers and …

The Pension Board Commissioner of Kogi State, Adebayo Solomon, has been killed by gunmen, PREMIUM TIMES confirmed. Mr Solomon, who was travelling from Ilorin, Kwara State capital, to Kabba in Kogi State on Saturday, was attacked alongside four others in the vehicle. According to the spokesperson of the police in Kogi, Williams Aya, the attack took place at Eruku village, a few …

The Nigerian government has announced a temporary ban on non-Nigerian passengers who have been in Brazil, India or Turkey within 14 days of intended arrival into Nigeria. This is due to concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on …

The Ondo State Government Sunday evacuated 42 suspected ‘Fulani invaders’, who were arrested on Thursday by men of the Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun, at Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government. The suspected invaders, who are mainly from Jigawa and Kano States, claimed that they were brought to Ondo State for training as security guards. The invaders, who assembled …