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INTERVIEW: Why pilots will gladly fly airplanes even if they are not paid - Ex-CEO of Nigerian airline

Nigeria, April 6 -- PT: How many years did you spend flying airplanes before you went into airline management? OKON: I started, let's say. 1976 because when I was flying for Mobil, it was a corporate... Read More


VIDEO: Why we want to build house for parents of NYSC member - Nigerian governor

Nigeria, March 30 -- Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State says his administration is about to build a three-bedroom house for the parents of a female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) w... Read More


Police kill notorious cult leader in Rivers

Nigeria, March 26 -- The police in Rivers State said they have killed a notorious cult leader, Izuma Odiereke, also known as Solution, in the state. The slain man allegedly led a cult group known as ... Read More


VIDEO: Herd of cattle walk along Nigerian highway despite ban on open grazing

Nigeria, March 25 -- A herd of cattle was seen on Monday without a herder, walking along a major highway in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria. The incident happened at a multiple carriageway ... Read More


Why I'm a different kind of PDP member - Akwa Ibom governor

Nigeria, March 23 -- Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has said that being a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) does not mean he has to insult President Bola Tinubu who is of th... Read More


Speaking in Tongue: 10 questions for Fisayo Adeniyi

Nigeria, March 10 -- PT: What's your definition of speaking in the tongue? ADENIYI: I define it as speaking in an unknown, unintelligible, and unlearnt words and utterances as given by the Holy Spiri... Read More


10 QUESTIONS: Clerics teaching speaking in tongues are fraudsters - Pastor Fisayo Adeniyi

Nigeria, March 10 -- Fisayo Adeniyi, a pastor of the Ransomed House, Lekki, Lagos, says in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES that anyone who claims to teach people the act of speaking in tongues by dict... Read More


Edo 2024: Ex-NBA president Akpata is Labour Party governorship candidate

Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- Olumide Akpata, the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), is the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State. Mr Akpata scored 316 votes to win ... Read More


Council officials from London visit Akwa Ibom for bilateral opportunities

Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- The Mayor of the London Borough of Southwark, Michael Situ, is in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to explore business opportunities of bilateral interest in the South-south state of Nigeria.... Read More


Ex-lawmaker demands investigation of INEC over 'fraudulent' elections

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- A former member of the House of Representatives, Nduese Essien, has called for an immediate investigation of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the "cascadin... Read More