Bandits have imposed a N60 million levy on 12 communities in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents said the bandits imposed the levy to punish them for allegedly providing information to the military. Soldiers reportedly attacked the terrorists’ hideouts in the Dan Kurmi forest last week, killing many terrorists. Resident told TheBeat,…
The Vatican has released the death certificate of Pope Francis, confirming that he passed away due to a stroke, which led to a coma and ultimately “irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse.” The 88-year-old leader of the Catholic Church died on Monday morning, approximately one month after being discharged from a 38-day hospital stay for double pneumonia, according…
The canonisation of a British Italian teenager as the first millennial saint has been postponed due to the Pope’s d3ath. Carlo Acutis, who d!ed of acute leukemia in 2006 when he was 15, created a website cataloguing more than 100 eucharistic miracles recognised by the Catholic church. The young web designer started the site in 2004 and worked…
Motunrayo Opayinka is the CEO of Womenovate Ltd, an EdTech platform focused on bridging the gender gap in STEM. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Mrs Opayinka reflects on her journey through the male-dominated tech industry, the power of women-led leadership, and why bold, urgent action is needed to achieve gender equity in Africa. PT:…
In the wake of yet another spate of killings in Plateau State, Governor Caleb Mutfwang convened a meeting with critical stakeholders on Monday, a move that critics argue offers little tangible solution to the decades-long insecurity plaguing the state. Speaking at the event, Mutfwang stated that the meeting aimed at “fashioning out ways of tackling…
Nigerian singer, Spyro, recently sparked debate by saying gospel artists are in the business to make money just like Afrobeats stars. On Hiptv’s Trending show, he stated; “The people that claim to be gospel artists or gospel ministers are just artists — they are in the business to make money just like us in…
China China and Nigeria, two continental giants that entered the late 1970s with similar per capita incomes, have since taken opposite economic trajectories. In China, the decisive moment was Deng Xiaoping’s 1978 decision to “open the windows” and let the world’s capital know-how to blow in. In Nigeria, the same decade ushered in the oil…
A possible cause of the Pope’s de@th has been revealed by Italian media. Pope Francis died due to a ‘cerebral haemorrhage’, possibly a stroke, which is said to be unrelated to the respiratory problems and pneumonia he suffered in February, outlets La Repubblica and La Stampa claim. The Pope died on Easter Monday, aged 88, after…
A former Victoria’s Secret employee said she was sexually harassed by the lingerie department manager at a Philadelphia store, according to a lawsuit. And when she reported her experience, she alleges, she was retaliated against during her shifts and ignored by company higher-ups. The claims were laid out in a lawsuit that was filed last month in…
Kanye West has shared his wildest tweet yet. The rapper has made shocking tweets over the past few years but the one he shared on X just minutes ago has shocked other X users. The father-of-four, while promoting his latest song titled Cousins, shared a secret from his past. He disclosed that he shared p*rnographic…
