Afrobeats heavyweights Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, and Ahmed Ololade, better known as Asake, have shared their views on the future use of Artificial Intelligence in music and video production.  The duo declared their positions in an interview on…

2025 has been a strong year for Nollywood. From hard-hitting crime thrillers like ‘To Kill a Monkey’ and ‘Herd’, to feel-good romantic comedies such as ‘Love in Every Word’, and epic spectacles like Lisabi, the industry has delivered back-to-back films…

The Recording Academy has announced Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti as a Special Merit Awards honoree at the 2026 Grammy Awards, nearly three decades after his death. Fela, who died on 2 August 1997, will be honoured with a Lifetime…

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency and lawmaker representing Ibarapa East/Ido federal constituency of Oyo State, Aderemi Oseni, calls for improved FERMA funding to tackle the challenges of poor roads network in the country, and efforts…

TikToker Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, has apologised to his followers and Nigerians, following his arrest and detention by Lagos State Police Command for an alleged suicide attempt. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Lagos State Police Command arrested and…

The brutal killing of 10-year-old Yaseer Mustapha after his abduction in Mariga LGA has exposed Niger State’s deepening insecurity. Petty crimes have evolved into deadly attacks, forcing Governor Mohammed Bago to impose a dusk-to-dawn curfew with mixed results, reports CHIKA…

In this interview with LARA ADEJORO, Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Elina Valtonen, speaks on the country’s development model and calls for a transparent market economy to support Africa’s financial systems So, for eight years in a row, Finland was…

Once known for its modest cost of living, Calabar is now pricing its own people out. From Marian to Parliamentary Extension and Calabar South, house rents have skyrocketed to as high as N1.5m for a one-bedroom apartment, forcing many residents…

Former National Secretary-General of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Bashorun Sehinde Arogbofa, shares his views on Nigeria’s 65 years of independence, the country’s slow pace of development, the need for true federalism, leadership failures, and President Bola Tinubu’s reforms, in…

The rustle of weeds has replaced the hum of daily life in parts of Kwara State. Once Nigeria’s most peaceful state, communities now flee under the shadow of banditry and abductions, writes DARE AKOGUN For decades, Kwara State lived up…

The Taraba State Government Governor has launched an integrated measles-rubella vaccination campaign aimed at protecting over 1.6 million children across the state from preventable diseases, in what officials describe as one of the most ambitious public health drives in the…

Diplomatic tensions have deepened between Nigeria and the United States after Washington redesignated Africa’s most populous nation as a “Country of Particular Concern” over alleged violations of religious freedom – a move President Bola Tinubu has condemned as inaccurate and…

An incident in Ebonyi State where a 78-year-old widow was beaten and forced to drink water used to wash a corpse for allegedly killing her brother-in-law has sparked outrage among rights activists and others, exposing the persistence of gender-based violence…

As the 2025 Anambra State governorship election holds on Saturday, IKENNA OBIANERI writes that the political atmosphere in the state has rapidly intensified with major candidates putting finishing touches to swing votes, using factors that could influence the democratic exercise…

As the 2027 governorship election draws closer, zoning and succession have emerged as defining issues within the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State, writes DARE AKOGUN When the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State, Prince Sunday Fagbemi,…