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Catriona Laing, whose term as British High Commissioner to Nigeria ends in 2023, sat with PREMIUM TIMES’ Chiamaka Okafor, Kabir Yusuf and George Kaduna to talk about a variety of topics from education and football to illicit financial flow as she ruminates on her experience so far in Africa’s largest …

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says revenue generation is a major constraint of the Federal Government and impacts the country’s debt situation negatively. The Director-General of the DMO, Patience Oniha, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. According to Ms …

Last week, media reports indicated that, at the end of filing of personal information before the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) many of Nigeria’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates informed the electoral body that they had “lost” their academic certificates. If you think the gale of missing certificates that currently afflicts …

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says more than 20 transformers have been attacked by vandals across the company’s franchise network within the South-East in the past three weeks. The Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, said in a statement on Sunday in Enugu that four of the suspected …

The FinTech Association of Nigeria says Financial Technology (FinTech) operators accounted for 63 per cent of the 1.37 billion dollars funding raised in Nigeria in 2021. The president of the association, Ade Bajomo, said this on Saturday in Lekki, Lagos, at a dinner held at the FinTech Platinum Awards ceremony. …

Many of us so-called Christians are living a lie. For a long time, Jesus was a big problem in my life. I simply could not handle the truth of God that He reveals. Before I met Jesus, I was convinced I was righteous. I lived my life under a strict …

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has announced the commencement of training for a newly-established security outfit, Community Protection Guard (CPG), to tackle banditry and kidnaping in parts of the state. The announcement was contained in a statement by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Jamilu Birnin-Magaji, in Gusau. The statement …

Eleven persons have been confirmed dead in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State confirmed this in a statement on Sunday morning. The spokesperson of the command, Florence Okpe, disclosed that the multiple crashes occurred late Saturday night. She said the accident …

The police in Ondo State have shed light on the case of children allegedly abducted by a church in Ondo town. Although the incident was initially thought to be kidnapping or child trafficking, police said a preliminary investigation shows it was a case of the pastors of the church holding …

The President of the Igbo Movie Producers Association of Nigeria (IMPAN), JohnPaul Nwanganga, on Thursday, said Igbo Art, Culture and Film Festival would promote the beauty of The organisers say the festival aims to reawaken the consciousness of Ndigbo toward the beauty of their culture, Igbo culture. Mr Nwanganga said …