Author: Prima News

On 8 January 2026, the Iranian government imposed a near-total communications shutdown. It was the country’s first full information blackout: For weeks, the internet was off across all provinces while services including the government-run intranet, VPNs, text messaging, mobile calls, and even landlines were severely throttled. It was an unprecedented lockdown that left more than 90 million people cut off not only from the world, but from one another.Since then, connectivity has never fully returned. Following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in late February, Iran again imposed near-total restrictions, and people inside the country again saw global information flows dry up.The…

By Festus Edovia ADC convention controversy has sparked fears of democratic backsliding in Nigeria.   NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the events surrounding the recent convention of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have ignited fresh concerns about the state of democracy in Nigeria, raising critical questions about tolerance for opposition and the health of the country’s political system.   Reports alleging deliberate efforts to frustrate the convention which ranged from pressure on event venues to deny access paint a troubling picture. If accurate, such actions go beyond routine political competition and point toward a deeper issue: the suppression of dissenting voices.…

Nigeria’s inflation rate increased to 15.38 percent in March 2026 from 15.06 percent in February as price pressures intensified on a monthly basis despite a broader year-on-year moderation, according to the latest Consumer Price Index report. The data shows that while inflation remains lower than the 27.35 percent recorded in March 2025, the pace of price increases is accelerating again in the short term. On a month-on-month basis, inflation surged to 4.18 percent in March from 2.01 percent in February, indicating a sharp increase in the rate at which prices are rising within a single month. Food, Transport and Services Drive…

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has warned that its members may halt operations from 20 April over “astronomical and unsustainable” increase in the price of aviation fuel. The AON, which is an association of airlines in Nigeria, said this in a letter dated 14 April and addressed to the Executive Secretary of the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN), Clement Isong, Channels TV reports. “Airline revenues are insufficient to cover the cost of fuel alone,” the AON stated in the letter. It argued that aviation fuel prices have increased by over 300 per cent since the war in…

Arsenal reached the Champions League semi-finals after riding their luck in a nervous goalless draw against Sporting Lisbon that clinched a 1-0 aggregate victory on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta’s team were well below their best in the quarter-final second leg at the Emirates Stadium. But they held onto their slender first-leg advantage as Sporting failed to make them pay for the latest in a growing list of angst-ridden performances. The Gunners will face Atletico Madrid for a place in the final after the Spanish club went through 3-2 on aggregate against Barcelona on Tuesday. Arsenal crushed Atletico 4-0 in the group…

Bayern Munich and Arsenal booked their places in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals after dramatic quarter-final second-leg matches on Wednesday night. At the Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich produced a thrilling performance to defeat Real Madrid 4-3 on the night and 6-4 on aggregate in one of the most entertaining ties of the competition. The German champions came into the game with a narrow 2-1 advantage but were stunned early on when Arda Güler scored inside the opening minute to level the tie. Bayern responded quickly through Aleksandar Pavlović, who headed home from a corner just five minutes later. Güler struck…

Mr Nweke Njoku, a lawyer and an indigene of Ofeh community in Omuma LGA of Rivers State, speaks to BIODUN BUSARI about the suspect who hacked a man to death in the state and how the suspect was apprehended in a neighbouring state Tell us about yourself. I’m the Principal Partner of Crescendo Solicitors and Legal Consultants, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. What was your relationship with the deceased? I’m the Principal Partner of Crescendo Solicitors and Legal Consultants, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The deceased was from my community, Ofeh, a larger community in Omuma Local Government Area of Rivers State.…

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, now Yakubu Gowon University, Prof Hakeem Fawehinmi, has announced that the institution will offer automatic employment to its best graduating students, as 12,624 students are set to graduate at its 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremonies. Fawehinmi made the disclosure on Monday while addressing journalists at the university’s main campus ahead of the convocation scheduled to run from April 10 to April 18, 2026. He said the ceremony, his first convocation since assuming office, marked a major milestone in the university’s academic calendar, adding that activities for the week-long event include a Juma’at…

The Artemis mission reminded the world that great achievements begin not with perfection, but with the courage to start. Kenya is at that moment now. In 1961, John F. Kennedy promised the American people something that, by any rational measure, should have been impossible: that the United States would land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth before the decade was out.The technology did not yet exist. What existed was the decision to begin. Six decades later, that decision is still paying forward.On April 1, 2026, NASA’s Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in…

The National Youth Service Corps in Jigawa State has provided free medical services to 757 patients during a one-day Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers held at the Chamo Primary Health Care Centre in Dutse, the state capital. The outreach, organised by the scheme’s Community Development Service, targeted vulnerable groups including pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants and the elderly, who turned out in large numbers for diagnosis, treatment and free medication. Speaking at the inauguration on Wednesday, the NYSC State Coordinator, Bala Muhammad, described the exercise as “a practical demonstration of the NYSC’s mandate to impact rural communities.” He called for…