Corruption reporting website takes off in Nigeria
The project hopes to crowd-source enough information to track down the spirit of corruption in Nigeria. Egunjedotinfo, a website dedicated to crowd-sourcing trends in bribery and corruption in...
View ArticleIntegrity group reaches out to children
In a bid to stem the growth of corruption in Nigeria, group reaches out to Nigerian youth. Nigeria’s premier anti-corruption civic group, Integrity, says it has completed plans to engage the country’s...
View ArticleHuman Rights Agency moves to strengthen citizen rights
map of Nigeria Nigeria’s National Human Right Commission, NHRC, says the time has come to trash the constitutional provision and political practices which define Nigerians first by states of origin...
View ArticleGroup wants stronger value for citizen rights in Nigerian constitution
map of Nigeria The group of three plans a national dialogue on citizenship. The National Human Right Commission, NHRC, leads the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, OSIWA, and PREMIUM TIMES to...
View ArticleExperts to discuss stronger value for citizen rights in Nigeria
The experts will gather in Abuja on Wednesday. The real content of citizenship rights in the country is the theme of a high-level colloquium organized for Wednesday, February 20, in Abuja, to help...
View ArticleGroups plot battle against corruption in Nigeria
Transparency International is planning to return to Nigeria. Global integrity organisation, Transparency international (TI), in a just-concluded strategy meeting, huddled with about a dozen local...
View ArticleWhen is a student truly upright?
Students in Abuja work on dilemmas that build leadership. Students of the Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja took time Tuesday to examine the challenges of leadership by working their way through the types...
View ArticleTechnology freak, Phemmy Alade, breaks the tablet barrier
Nigeria’s youth technology entrepreneur, Phemmy Adeola Alade, has introduced a new learning device into the market that he says will revolutionise the way children learn by adding fun to the process...
View ArticleDon locates root of Nigerian power rivalry in “nature of friendship”
The key to understanding the true nature of power and political competition in Nigerian politics lies in the structure of friendship, a leading Nigerian political anthropologist has stated. Dr. Wale...
View ArticleReality show to celebrate philanthropic women
Cohbams mother won the third edition. Digital Interactive Media Limited, organizers of the popular emotive reality TV show, ‘The Supermom’, which debuted in 2010, has called for entries for the show’s...
View ArticleFinding your lost phone the Nigerian way
Have you ever lost your phone and the custodian frustrates your tracking? Find Me app helps you feel safe if you ever lose your phone. In this busy world of mothers multi-tasking, fathers juggling...
View ArticleJonathan salutes Onaiyekan, the new cardinal, who wins a peace prize
Catholic priest with passion for interfaith dialogue gets a papal nod, and a coveted peace prize The post Jonathan salutes Onaiyekan, the new cardinal, who wins a peace prize appeared first on Premium...
View ArticleGroup advocates for a national Green Agenda
A civic environmental group says its time to zero-in on the challenge of renewable energy The post Group advocates for a national Green Agenda appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
View ArticleMeet Nigeria’s first Tablet PC designer
Inye, by Encipher, is Nigeria's first Tablet PC. It was designed in 2009 by Saheed Adepoju who developed an andriod software but could not find a suitable device to test it. The post Meet Nigeria’s...
View Article#NigeriaDecides2019: Why elections may record high number of void votes
A key problem is the unwieldy size of the ballot papers that makes inks inadvertently smear multiple political parties' boxes after voting. The post #NigeriaDecides2019: Why elections may record high...
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