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The Federal Ministry of Education has dismissed a message circulating, claiming that schools nationwide have been instructed to shut down from 24 November 2025. In a press statement issued on 22 November 2025, the Ministry described the message as “false, misleading, and one that did not originate from the Federal Government, the Federal Ministry of Education, any State Ministry of …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved the appointment of the following as Enugu State Caretaker Committee (ESCC). Hon Vitus Okechi Chairman Barr Jonathan Chukwuma Hon Giniga Ogbu Dr Okey Ozoani Lady Chizoba Ezeagor Chinagorom Ani Philip Ogodu Comrade Ebube Nebo JP Chinwe Nnaji Mr Goody Enekwe Mrs Linda Eze George Ugwu JR Dr …

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has cautioned Nigerian leaders to exercise care in accepting foreign assistance, warning that external interventions could worsen the country’s security challenges. Soyinka stated this while speaking to journalists on Friday at the Government House in Makurdi, shortly after a closed-door meeting with Governor Hyacinth Alia, during the former’s visit to the state. The renowned playwright, …

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has cautioned Nigerian leaders to exercise care in accepting foreign assistance, warning that external interventions could worsen the country’s security challenges. Soyinka stated this while speaking to journalists on Friday at the Government House in Makurdi, shortly after a closed-door meeting with Governor Hyacinth Alia, during the former’s visit to the state. The renowned playwright, …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved the appointment of the following as Enugu State Caretaker Committee (ESCC). Hon Vitus Okechi Chairman Barr Jonathan Chukwuma Hon Giniga Ogbu Dr Okey Ozoani Lady Chizoba Ezeagor Chinagorom Ani Philip Ogodu Comrade Ebube Nebo JP Chinwe Nnaji Mr Goody Enekwe Mrs Linda Eze George Ugwu JR Dr …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved the appointment of the following as Enugu State Caretaker Committee (ESCC). Hon Vitus Okechi Chairman Barr Jonathan Chukwuma Hon Giniga Ogbu Dr Okey Ozoani Lady Chizoba Ezeagor Chinagorom Ani Philip Ogodu Comrade Ebube Nebo JP Chinwe Nnaji Mr Goody Enekwe Mrs Linda Eze George Ugwu JR Dr …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved the appointment of the following as Enugu State Caretaker Committee (ESCC). Hon Vitus Okechi Chairman Barr Jonathan Chukwuma Hon Giniga Ogbu Dr Okey Ozoani Lady Chizoba Ezeagor Chinagorom Ani Philip Ogodu Comrade Ebube Nebo JP Chinwe Nnaji Mr Goody Enekwe Mrs Linda Eze George Ugwu JR Dr …

Famous rapper Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, popularly known as Nicki Minaj, has confirmed that she has an Igbo name. The music star confirmed that her first name, Onika, is the Trinidadian derivation of the Igbo name Onyekachi. Minaj was reacting to a post by a fan hailing her recent outing at the United Nations, where she spoke against jihadist violence against …

The Ministry of Education has launched a probe into the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Simon Ortuanya, for responding to a PREMIUM TIMES Freedom of Information (FOI) request that exposed former Minister of Science and Technology, Geoffrey Nnaji’s certificate forgery. Sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has set up a panel against …

I had genuinely intended, out of sheer exhaustion and out of respect for the sensitivity of this moment, to refrain from revisiting this saga. But the avalanche of calls, messages, and trembling voices from our people has made silence no longer an option. I am therefore compelled to offer sober introspection, especially as someone who successfully steered this very case …