Author: Prima News

There is a type of entrepreneurs who start a company because they have seen a gap in the market. Then there is the kind who start one because they are trying to make sense of the world around them. When I met Eric Asuma, founder of The Kenyan Wall Street, he struck me as belonging to the second group. He grew up watching his parents run small businesses, where every shilling mattered, and every decision carried far-reaching consequences. Long before he became a founder, he had a front-row seat to the realities of building a company from scratch. He credits…

Thirty-five-year-old Ms Jennifer Atsar, whose 16-year-old son, Sesugh, was allegedly murdered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Makurdi on May 23, 2026, shares with JOHN CHARLES her pain over losing her child and the need for her son’s killer to be punished Could you introduce yourself? My name is Jennifer Atsar. I am 35 years old and live in Kanshio, Makurdi. I am the mother of Sesugh, who was killed by operatives of the EFCC. What do you do for a living? I fry and sell garri. It is from the proceeds that I take care…

Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc (STI) has strengthened its capital position after completing the mandatory statutory deposit of N1.5 billion with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ahead of the regulatory deadline set by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). The deposit was made in compliance with the provisions of the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA) 2025, which requires insurance companies to maintain a statutory deposit equivalent to 10 percent of the applicable minimum regulatory capital with the apex bank. As a non-life insurance company, Sovereign Trust Insurance fulfilled the requirement before the May 31, 2026 deadline, positioning the company among…

The Anambra State Government says it will henceforth ensure that road designs include special lanes for bicycle riders on major roads in the state. Eddy Ibuzo, the state commissioner for Transport, said this in an interview with journalists in Awka on Friday. Mr Ibuzo said this would encourage the use of bicycles as a major means of transportation within the state and enhance the safety of riders. He said that every category of road user, including pedestrians deserved safety and should be accommodated in the design of roads. The commissioner said he would liaise with the ministry of works to…

Special Adviser on Media and Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, says he fears that the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi might have more votes than Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 general elections. Bwala expressed this fear on Friday while responding to questions in an interview on Symfoni TV. He was speaking on the chances of Atiku, his former principal as next year’s general elections get closer. He said, “I fear Peter Obi might get more votes than Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 election, and my other fear is that he might come a distant fourth. “If that happens, his legacy as a…

Award-winning music composer Tolu Obanro, renowned for creating the soundtracks of blockbuster movies Gangs of Lagos and Jagun Jagun, speaks to ABIODUN ADEWALE about his passion for football, his journey as a Chelsea supporter and more How do you unwind when you are neither composing nor recording? My Saturdays are usually free, and I don’t joke with my Saturday morning football. Sometimes I go out of Lagos to even play matches because I play for a football team, and I train regularly. That’s ECWA football club, which was first owned by the church. We do play organised friendly matches against…

Veteran entertainer and activist, Charly Boy, has called on musicians and other public figures to use their platforms to address societal issues, insisting that entertainers have a responsibility to reflect the realities of the communities they serve. Speaking ahead of the July 2026 release of his memoir, ‘999’, Charly Boy argued that many celebrities possess greater influence than politicians and should not shy away from speaking on issues affecting ordinary Nigerians. According to him, artistes can play a significant role in shaping public discourse through their music and public engagements. “They can do more. They have larger platforms than politicians.…

The crisis is extending beyond traditional centres of insecurity. Families across both urban and rural communities continue to flee attacks, often multiple times and with increasingly limited options for safety.“Haiti’s displacement crisis is entering an even more alarming phase,” said Gregoire Goodstein, IOM Chief of Mission in Haiti.In May alone, renewed attacks in the densely populated Cité Soleil district – the capital’s largest slum – displaced more than 18,000 people within days. The surge pushed the number of internally displaced people in Port-au-Prince above 300,000 for the first time on record.Mr. Goodstein described the experience of one woman who fled Port-au-Prince after…

When citizens exasperatedly say ‘Nigeria is a plane on autopilot’ or when they dismissively say ‘Nigeria na cruise’, they are disclosing much more than the words reveal. They are lamenting a nation whose humanity has shattered, leaving a truckload of iciness in its wake. Both expressions often stem from a place of discontent, subtly bemoaning a country’s slipping from the realm of Human Intelligence into a domain submerged by the mechanicality of Artificial Intelligence. With these two sentences, Nigerians are mourning the absence of empathy, that precious virtue Shakespeare christened “the milk of human kindness”, which is lacking in today’s…

For Toy Story 2, Pixar wanted to animate 50 Buzz Lightyears at a time. In Toy Story 5, it finally succeeded.In the opening scene of the new movie, due for release on June 19, a gang of Buzzes patrols a dense desert-island jungle, each moving individually, while remaining roughly in sync. It’s a complex feat of animation — the kind Pixar has dreamed of achieving for years, said Thomas Jordan, the company’s VFX supervisor, while speaking at SXSW London.To ensure that every Buzz looked the same but different, the animation team created a library of Buzz Lightyear short animation loops…