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Students' loans: Clarifying the misconceptions, By Frederick Femi Akinfala

Nigeria, April 19 -- The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) was established under the Students Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act 2024, which replaced the Students Loans (Access to Higher Educ... Read More


PAU Press to release new book on youth and social movements

Nigeria, April 17 -- Pan-Atlantic University Press is thrilled to announce that a new book titled Digital Youth and Social Movements: Perspectives from Nigeria will be released on 23 April. The book,... Read More


Chibok, the culture of impunity, and the stain on our collective conscience, By Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode

Nigeria, April 16 -- As we solemnly mark the 10th anniversary of the Chibok schoolgirls' abduction, we are confronted not just with the horror of that day but also with a decade shrouded in shame, imp... Read More


Rotimi Sankore: Portrait of a fine journalist and social development enthusiast

Nigeria, April 16 -- Journalism and activism have contributed immeasurably to Nigeria's political and social development, as well as the struggles for freedoms across the globe. A man who lived for bo... Read More


EDITORIAL: Chibok and Nigeria's unremitting plague of kidnappings

Nigeria, April 15 -- The kidnapping of 276 female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on 14 April 2014 thrust Nigeria into a trajectory of global notoriety. The mass kidnappin... Read More


We're not responsible for IBEDC's failure to meet supply target - TCN

Nigeria, April 15 -- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has described as untrue claims by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) that it was responsible for its inability to provid... Read More


DEVELOPING STORY: Iran says it has "concluded" attack on Israel

Nigeria, April 14 -- Iran's UN Mission says the Islamic Republic has "concluded" its retaliatory attack on Israel after it launched dozens of drones and missiles on Sunday. PREMIUM TIMES reported tha... Read More


Iran launches drones, missiles at Israel in retaliatory attack

Nigeria, April 14 -- Iran has launched drones and missile attacks on Israel in what Tehran says is a retaliation for the Israeli attack on an Iranian consulate in Syria. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary ... Read More


Israel reopens airspace after attack by Iran

Nigeria, April 14 -- Israel has reopened its airspace following an attack by Iran using drones and missiles. Military and commercial flights to Israel have also resumed. Israel said over 300 drones w... Read More


JUST IN: Court sentences Bobrisky to six months in jail

Nigeria, April 12 -- The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, to six months in custody over naira abuse. The trial judge, Abimb... Read More