An exhibition of art inspired by Michael Jackson opened Tuesday in Helsinki with organisers insisting it was not a “celebration” of the singer, still dogged by abuse allegations a decade after his death. “Michael Jackson: On the Wall” brings together old and new works depicting the iconic pop star and …

Toyin Abraham is engaged to another colleague, Kolawole Ajeyemi but not much is known about him. Four years after her second marriage collapsed, Toyin Abraham has contracted another marriage to yet another actor, Kolawole Ajeyemi. Not much is known about the actor, who became popular for appearing in Nollywood movies directed …

Senator Ike Ekweremadu (Enugu West – PDP) believes that the members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who attacked him in Germany were under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Members of IPOB, a southeast-based secessionist group, harassed and physically assaulted the former deputy senate president while he was …

Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested,   according to official sources. Police spokesperson, Frank Mba, said in a statement that Wadume was arrested on August 19 in Layin Mai Allo Hotoro, Kano State. The official statement came hours after PREMIUM TIMES broke the news that …

A Ghanaian policeman, Lance Corporal Alhassan Asare, on Monday,  reportedly committed suicide at his duty post with his own weapon. According to GhanaWeb, Alhassan had reported for duty at 5:45 pm at Dukes Petroleum Fuel station. A colleague of his who visited the fuel station at that point in time said he found him …

Nigeria’s South-East Governors Forum (SGF) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to delay the closure of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and act against causes of insecurity in the region. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Saturday announced that it will close the airport’s runway for major repairs. But …

The Islamic State group remains a threat in Syria and Iraq, and in some areas has even gained power despite the elimination of their “caliphate”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. “There are places where ISIS is more powerful today than they were three or four years ago,” …

Bandits have killed 16 people in separate attacks on remote villages in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, an area wracked by cattle-rustling and kidnappings, officials said Tuesday. Gunmen on motorcycles separately stormed the Dantakuri, Tsayau, Barza and Zakka villages late on Sunday through Monday, shooting residents and stealing cattle, they said. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun a probe into the gas pipeline contract agreement Nigeria signed with an Irish company, Process and Industrial Development Limited (P &ID), whose alleged breach led to a legal battle that has left Nigeria, for now, with a $9 billion judgment liability. …

Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), may approach the National Assembly in the coming weeks, to seek review of the Local Content Act 2010, to include other sectors of the nation’s economy, especially power, construction and information and communications technology (ICT). Considering the current level of losses to foreign …