Inspired by Efuru by Flora Nwapa
2 weeks ago
To close out summer 2025 with a bang, Desperados, Nigeria’s favorite party beer, turned up the heat on a global scale by taking the Naija spirit straight to Elrow, Ibiza’s world-renowned festival of music, mayhem, and color. A handpicked crew of Nigerian creators, SoftMadeIt, Purple Speedy, EllaLey, Crispdal, and Iyke Nnaman, and five lucky fans […]
5 months ago
The United States has deported ten people to Eswatini, the second batch sent to the southern African kingdom under Washington’s controversial immigration deportation program. The move, rooted in the Trump administration’s hard-line approach to immigration enforcement, has reignited legal and political tensions in Eswatini. Rights groups there are currently fighting a court case to block […]
5 months ago
The resignation of Uche Nnaji, Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, has once again laid bare the rot at the heart of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. Three days after a PREMIUM TIMES report exposed him for forging two certificates, Nnaji tendered his resignation, a move the Presidency has tried to dress up as […]
5 months ago
Protests are sweeping through Morocco again, this time, led by a Gen Z group. The movement erupted on September 27, 2025, spreading rapidly across multiple cities, from Casablanca and Rabat to Agadir and Tetouan, in what has become the most significant wave of demonstrations since the Arab Spring-era February 20 Movement in 2011. At least […]
5 months ago
The tragic death of Arise TV anchor Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, following a robbery incident at her residence in Katampe, Abuja, on September 29, 2025, has triggered shock, grief, anger, and despair with the Nigerian security situation under President Bola Tinubu. This horror cannot be dismissed as an isolated crime. It lays bare a far deeper […]
5 months ago
The Supreme Court on September 25, 2025, heard the blasphemy case against Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a young Sufi Muslim and musician from Kano State. In 2020, he was sentenced to death by a Sharia court after sharing song lyrics on WhatsApp that some considered blasphemous. The case has since become a flashpoint in the debate over […]
5 months ago
Malawians have voted back 85-year-old former president Peter Mutharika into office the second time, with a decisive 56.8% of the vote against incumbent Lazarus Chakwera’s 33%, according to official results from the 16 September 2025 presidential election announced on Wednesday, 24 September, 2025. The result marks a dramatic political comeback for Mutharika, who was ousted […]
6 months ago
Nigerian fashion brand Pith Africa is set to stage its first-ever month-long pop-up in collaboration with Chinese automaker BYD, taking over the company’s sleek new showroom in Victoria Island from October 4 to 31. The pop-up will transform the showroom into a cultural hub, showcasing Pith Africa’s signature collections alongside a calendar of immersive weekend […]
6 months ago
