Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, has defended the country’s new social media tax, saying Ugandans were using such platforms for “lying” and squandering the nation’s hard currency on fees to foreign-owned telecoms firms. In May Uganda’s parliament passed new tax laws that introduced a levy of 200 shillings (0.05 dollars) per…

A former captain of the Super Eagles, Segun Odegbami, has prescribed measures he believes the senior national team at the World Cup in Russia should take to defeat Argentina on Tuesday. Nigeria on Friday defeated Iceland 2-0 to keep alive their hopes of progressing to the second round of the…

MTN Group, Africa’s biggest mobile telecoms firm, is aiming to launch a mobile service in Namibia, an executive of the company told Reuters. Hester Marais, an executive at MTN Namibia, said in an interview in Windhoek that the launch might hold in August. “We are working towards end of August,”…

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The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said on Friday that six persons were killed in Kastina metropolis and environs by a windstorm which occurred in the area. Aminu Waziri, the executive secretary of the agency who disclosed this during a media briefing in Katsina, said 500 houses were also…

A prosecution witness, Tosin Owobo, on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that a team of eight operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigated a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu. Mr Owobo made the statement under cross-examination at the resumed trial of Mr…

The President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), Taiwo Sheikh, says that youth account for up to 85 per cent of psychiatric cases in Nigeria, due to drug and substance abuse. Sheikh made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on…

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari, were among the dignitaries that attended the wedding reception of Idris and Fatima Ajimobi. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that prominent Nigerians converged on Agodi Gardens in Ibadan on Saturday to celebrate with the couple and their…

The CRCC Construction Company Limited has completed 80 per cent work on the 100 kilometres Phase 1 Birnin Yauri to Kontagora road. The federal government in 2013 awarded a N19.8 billion contract for the construction of 100 kilometres Birnin Yauri to Kontagora road and 85 kilometres Kontagora to Makera road.…

The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday rejected the alteration of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to provide for independent candidature in election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rejection followed the consideration of a report of the House Ad-hoc Committee on…

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) says it will enter into strategic partnership with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to ensure an effective distribution of materials and personnel ahead of the 2019 elections. Godswill Obioma, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ebonyi, said this at a meeting…

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted that some 900 million people could suffer from disabling hearing loss across the world by 2050. WHO said this in a report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. The organisation called on relevant institutions, including governments and…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun the disbursement of smaller naira notes to traders to improve circulation of N5, N10, N20, and N50 in the market. The acting Director, Currency Operations Department, Priscilia Eleje, said this at a publicity campaign on “Disbursement of Lower Denominations of the Naira’’…

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Calm has returned to Bwari, the capital of Bwari Area Council in Abuja, after violence engulfed the area on Christmas day. The council also hosts the Nigerian Law School and the office of the examination body, JAMB. The violence, which residents said was an ethnic conflict, led to the burning…

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has described the recent defection of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as an exercise in futility. Mr. Masari made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN in Maiadua, Katsina State on Monday. He said the defection of the vice…

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President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Kano on Wednesday for a two-day official visit to the state. Mr. Buhari was received at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, members of the State Executive Council, Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, traditional rulers as well as politicians, among others. A…

A controversial movie about South African paralympian, Oscar Pistorius, has been released. The film, titled "Oscar Pistorius – The Blade Runner Killer", stars South African actor Andreas Dammas as Pistorius and Toni Garrn as Reeva. The families of Pistorius' slain girlfriend, Reeva, and his own family, are outraged over the…

Two PREMIUM TIMES journalists were lavishly celebrated in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday as they won the 2017 edition of the Global Shinning Light Award. Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, and multiple award-winning  investigative reporter, Emmanuel Mayah, shone like a million stars after they were named winners of the prize ahead of…

The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, on Tuesday flagged off his re-election campaign with a laundry list of promises, including building a new airport and increasing the wages of civil servants. Addressing the capacity crowd at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital, Mr. Obiano said a bill…