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* Calls for rescue of all abducted students The Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) led by a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, yesterday told the federal and State governments that their condemnation of Killings by bandits across the country particularly in the North West Zone was not enough to address the …

Blessing OkagbareNigeria’s Blessing Okagbare on Saturday won the women’s 100 events at the Oregon Relays in 10.97 seconds, the second-best time in the world this year. “With these conditions, I’ll take that,” Okagbare said. Allyson Felix, a six-time Olympic champion and 13-time world champion, was seventh in 11.30 as she aims for a 200m Olympic berth at age 35. “It …

A total of 74 per cent of power users in Nigeria are dissatisfied with the supply of electricity across the country, the World Bank has said. It also stated that while 93 per cent of metered power users paid their bills regularly, 78 per cent of electricity consumers in Nigeria received less than 12 hours of supply daily. The bank …

Elder statesman, Prof Wole Soyinka, has advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd)-led Federal Government to swallow its pride and seek help to curb the senseless killings in the country. The playwright in a statement on Saturday titled, “The endless martyrdom of youth,’’ noted that the nation was at war, yet all continued to pretend that the oddities were …

…urges Nigerians to stop hate, killing and divisive utterances …says collective use of abundant human resources’ll curb brain-drain The Founder and General Superintendent, GS, of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, Sunday, speaking on state of the nation declared Nigeria can fly again. Kumuyi made the declaration while fielding questions from newsmen after a special Sunday Worship Service …

Support us to rescue our children – Parents Some critical stakeholders in the education sector have called on the government to match words with actions and stop grandstanding and secure the release of students and other persons who were abducted at various times by gunmen in schools across the country. They also described as dastardly and inhuman, the killing of …

About four security operatives have been feared killed as unknown gunmen invaded Rivers State, Saturday night. It was gathered that the gunmen allegedly killed the victims at different security checking points in the State. It was learned that the killers also beheaded two people believed to be soldiers at a military close to the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omuagwa in …

In his Saturday article titled, ‘The Endless Martyrdom of Youth’, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka said Nigeria is at war but her leaders are pretending. Indeed, that is the perfect description of the current situation of Africa’s most populous nation where kidnappings and killings have become the order of the day. In the past week, at least 239 people were killed and 44 …

About eight years after a PREMIUM TIMES investigation uncovered how public officials collude with traders to sell free donor-funded mosquito nets to Nigerians, the practice is still rampant as Nigeria continues its battle against malaria. With about 81,640 deaths annually from malaria, Nigeria accounts for over 20 per cent of the 400,000 annual deaths, globally, from the disease. While there …

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said Nigeria is pretending not to know that it is at war. In a statement on Saturday titled ‘The Endless Martyrdom of Youth’, Mr Soyinka said the country is on the brink unless an urgent action is taken. Mr Soyinka’s statement came following the killing of three kidnapped students of Greenfield University by bandits in Kaduna and …