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Dei-Dei Crisis: Abuja minister confirms four people killed, orders shutdown of market

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Nigerian Police on patrol

One feared killed as gunmen attack Enugu community, set vehicle ablaze

Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday in an Abuja market

Traders, motorcyclists clash in Abuja market over death of motorcycle passenger

FBN Holdings takes over Access Bank’s pension business

President Buhari presides over the Federal Executive Council Meeting at the State house, Abuja. 18th May, 2022. Photos: Tolani Alli

Buhari to decide fate of ministers who shelved political ambitions – Lai Mohammed

FG suspends Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, as EFCC traces more suspicious assets

Joe Biden [PHOTO: @JoeBiden]

U.S. most complicit nation in helping tax evaders hide wealth – Report

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Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nsima Ekere.

EFCC detains ex-NDDC MD, Nsima Ekere

Greenfield University, Kaduna

Police arrest Greenfield students kidnappers, others

Babatunde Fashola - Minister of Works

FEC approves N169.7bn for reconstruction of four roads via Tax Credit Scheme

APC Secretariat

APC adjusts timetable for primaries

Immediate past minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi

2023 Presidency: I cannot run against Amaechi – Jigawa Gov

Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

EXCLUSIVE: Sokoto govt, WAEC in war of words over WASSCE registration

Iniubong Umoren

Sister to alleged killer narrates role in Iniubong Umoren’s rape, killing

Olawale Oluwo formally declares for Lagos 2023 guber in Ikeja

Lagos 2023: I will return Lagos to its ‘true owners’ – APC guber aspirant

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2023: Don’t be deceived by ‘money bags’, Peter Obi tells Lagos PDP delegates

Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Photo Credit: @OfficialBAT)

2023: Tinubu support group opposes consensus, North-east presidential candidate

A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu.

Farouk Aliyu declares for Jigawa governorship, pledges to tackle poverty

Nigerian Police officers on duty [Photo credit: Today.ng]

Dangote truck driver killed, vehicles set ablaze in Delta

A cross-section of the NYSC Batch B Corp members during their closing ceremony at Wailo NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Bauchi on Monday (13/8/18). 04366/14/8/2018/Deji Yake/JMH/HB/NAN

New NYSC director-general takes over

PDP fixes date for Akwa Ibom governorship primary

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Special Reports

The compound of facility along Ikogosi road

Headline Stories

Without consulting residents, lawmaker facilitates N115million ‘health centres’. Now they’re used by termites, bushes

FDA Officials ready to search the Fareast Warehouse

Headline Stories

Consuming trash: unravelling the multi-million cedi business in Ghana’s expired products business (Part 2)

Suspect Eddy Sarpong loading suspected unwholesome goods at the Fareast Warehouse

Headline Stories

Consuming Trash: Unravelling the multi-million cedi business in Ghana’s expired products business (Part 1)

Sample plot of Bt Cowpea at National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) Abuja. Credit: PREMIUM TIMES

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: In Nigerian communities, farmers growing GM crops know too little to make informed decisions

Excavator used for mining at Angwan Gwandara

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Misery of agrarian Nasarawa community shows pitfalls, potential of solid minerals in Nigeria

IPOB : Burnt vehicles at Ezeacho Hotel located on the Okporo-Mgbidi Road behind St Damian’s Hospital mortuary.

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside Nigeria’s bloody war with IPOB where innocent citizens pay heavy price

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L-R: Chairman, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Chief Kola Jamodu; Secretary to the Enugu State Government/Representative of Enugu State Governor, Prof. Simon Ortuanya; Chief Executive Officer, HEINEKEN, Mr. Dolf van den Brink; Director Trade & Exchange, Central Bank of Nigeria/Representative of the CBN Governor, Dr Ozoemena Nnaji; Managing Director, NB Plc, Mr. Hans Essaadi and Assistant Director, Industry Development Department, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment/Representative of the Minister for Industry, Trade & Investment, Mrs. Olumuyiwa Ade-Ajayi during the civil works commissioning ceremony for Ama Brewery Expansion in Enugu State.

Governor Ugwuanyi commissions N56 Billion NB Ama Brewery expansion project in Enugu

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Peace Mass Transit upgrades by retraining drivers for improved service, highway safety

Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Free Zone, Mr. Dinesh Rathi; Managing Director, Falcon Corporation Limited, Prof. Joseph Ezigbo; Chief Executive Officer, ND Western Limited, Mr. Eberechukwu Oji; Managing Director, Optimera Energy, Mrs. Audrey Joe-Ezigbo; Managing Director, Fintech & Infrastructure, Tolaram, Mr. Navin Nahata and Managing Director, First Hydrocarbon Nigeria Limited, Mr. Femi Bajomo during the signing ceremony of the Gas Infrastructure Development Agreement for Lagos Free Zone, held in Lagos today.

Falcon Corporation, ND Western & FHN consortium sign Gas Infrastructure Development Agreement with Lagos Free Zone

English Premier League clubs [Photo Credit: Peoples Gazette]

Get involved as EPL actions for crown and survival stretch to last line

Herbert Wigwe, CEO Access Bank

Access Corporation unlocking new opportunities for intra- and inter- Africa trade – Herbert Wigwe

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President Muhammadu Buhari and Mohammed Bello-Koko Managing Director, NPA

Headline Stories

Activists dismiss Buhari’s anti-corruption vow after appointment of Bello-Koko named in Pandora Papers

February 21, 2022

WALTER WAGBATSOMA 1

Headline Stories

Pandora Papers: Inside the crime-infested life of Diezani’s ally, Walter Wagbatsoma

November 27, 2021

PANDORA PAPERS

Features And Interviews

Pandora Papers and the power of open-source data

November 22, 2021

The Nigerian National Assembly, Abuja.

Headline Stories

Pandora Papers: Inside the secret assets of a Nigerian lawmaker, and how he serially broke the law

October 30, 2021

L-R: Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi; Governor of Kebbi state, Atiku Bagudu; Governor of Ogun state, Governor Dapo Abiodun; former Minister of Aviation and serving senator, Stella Oduah and, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, were all fingered in the recent PANDORA PAPERS report published by PREMIUM TIMES

Headline Stories

PANDORA PAPERS: Code of Conduct Bureau set to probe Peter Obi, Bello-Koko others

October 21, 2021

Justice Stella Ogene

Headline Stories

PANDORA PAPERS: This Nigerian judge secretly owns London property with undeclared offshore company

October 19, 2021

#SuisseSecrets

INVESTIGATION: #SuisseSecrets: German who bribed top Nigerian officials had secret Credit Suisse accounts

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INVESTIGATION: #SuisseSecrets: German who bribed top Nigerian officials had secret Credit Suisse accounts

February 21, 2022

#SuisseSecrets

#SuisseSecrets: Historic Leak of Swiss Banking Records Reveals Unsavory Clients

February 21, 2022

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#SuisseSecrets: Credit Suisse banked, financed Zimbabwean fraudster in deal that saved Mugabe

February 20, 2022

#SuisseSecrets: Bank of Spies: Credit Suisse Catered to Global Intelligence Figures

#SuisseSecrets

What is #SuisseSecrets? Everything you need to know about the Swiss Banking Leak

February 20, 2022

Features and Interviews

Ali Makoda, Kwankwaso and others

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: How NNPP became Kano’s main opposition party in three months

byMohammed Babangida

Finidi George

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: My target with Enyimba, Super Eagles-Finidi

byTunde Eludini

Adeyinka Adewale - Akwa United

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: Super Eagles’ call-up great motivation for me – Adeyinka, Akwa United goalkeeper

byOluwaferanmi Omoniyi

Fulani herders are seen chatting as they gather at the N'gonga cattle market near Dosso, on June 22, 2019. - Higher temperatures, shifting winds and moisture levels that alter rainfall patterns, sandstorms, torrential rain -- all can change the quality or even the location of pasture on which migrating herders depend. This year, for the Fulani, has been relatively good. The herdsman were able to draw on stocks of animal feed to help them survive stress points, while timely rainfall on some areas of the migration trail helped tender young grass to grow. But whether this respite endures is the big question. (Photo by Marco LONGARI / AFP)

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Banditry in Northwest Nigeria spreading to Niger, destroying livelihoods

byHassane Koné

Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, former President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele in a photo collage that shows the State of the Race.

Features And Interviews

State of the Race: Buhari’s ambush strategy as 40 presidential aspirants remain in APC, PDP

byBisi Abidoyeand1 others

Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Clara Pulido

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: Why Cuba’s history cannot be written without Nigeria – Ambassador

byChiamaka Okaforand1 others

Editorial Cartoons

Cartoon Of The Day: Kalo-Kalo Nomination

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Business

News Reports

FBN Holdings takes over Access Bank’s pension business

Honorable Minister of Information and Culture , Alh. Lai Mohammed addresses Pressmen [PHOTO: @FMICNigeria]

Nigerian govt accuses Facebook of refusing to act against IPOB

A petrol pump nozzle

Petrol price reduces in April, diesel’s increases – NBS

Nigerian stocks

Nigerian stocks slide further as investors take profit

resident of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina,

2023: I’ll not run for president – Adesina

Financial Inclusion

Ibrahim has never used an ATM because of barriers to access. Photo: ‘Kunle Adebajo.

How banks in Nigeria, Ghana deny people with disabilities services

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ANALYSIS: What licensing Momo Bank means for Nigeria’s financial inclusion, economy

MTN Nigeria office

UPDATED: MTN Nigeria diversifies into banking, gets final approval for MoMo Bank

Ado Bayero Royal City Estate, Darmanawa , Kano

How to own a home through federal mortgage bank’s new interest-free product

Housing Estates used to illustration the story. [Photo credit: The Guardian Nigeria]

FMBN to boost financial inclusion with non-interest mortgage product

Analysis & Data

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ANALYSIS: Ending Nigeria’s oil dependency and preparing for a future without oil

ANALYSIS: Risks, rewards of Africa’s access to international capital markets

February 11, 2022

Nigerian food market. [Photo credit: The Guardian NG]

Nigeria’s minimum wage grossly inadequate, can’t meet basic nutritional needs of an adult – Report

January 21, 2022

Apapa Port - SON

ANALYSIS: How Buhari’s reforms impact corruption in Nigeria’s maritime sector

January 21, 2022

Lagos sea port usef to illustrate the story. [Photo credit: The Guardian Nigeria]

Improving Port Efficiency: Emerging good practice from Nigeria

December 30, 2021

Regional

South West

2023: Don’t be deceived by ‘money bags’, Peter Obi tells Lagos PDP delegates

Olawale Oluwo formally declares for Lagos 2023 guber in Ikeja

Lagos 2023: I will return Lagos to its ‘true owners’ – APC guber aspirant

Motorcyclists (Okada riders)

Again, Lagos bans commercial motorcyclists

Ademola Adeleke

Osun 2022: Court affirms Adeleke as PDP candidate

South South

Nigerian Police officers on duty [Photo credit: Today.ng]

Dangote truck driver killed, vehicles set ablaze in Delta

PDP fixes date for Akwa Ibom governorship primary

Iniubong Umoren

Sister to alleged killer narrates role in Iniubong Umoren’s rape, killing

Newly Completed 13 Floor Twin Tower Ultra Modern Headquarters Building of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)

Absence of counsel stalls suit opposing appointment of NDDC sole administrator

South East

Nigerian Police on patrol

One feared killed as gunmen attack Enugu community, set vehicle ablaze

NIGERIA: Nigerian police force

Police officers attack BBC journalist covering IPOB sit-at-home

Nigeria Police officers

Gunmen kill four vigilante members in Anambra

indecent dressing

VIDEO: ‘Ladies snatching our husbands with indecent dressing’ – Protesting women

North West

A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu.

Farouk Aliyu declares for Jigawa governorship, pledges to tackle poverty

Immediate past minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi

2023 Presidency: I cannot run against Amaechi – Jigawa Gov

Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

EXCLUSIVE: Sokoto govt, WAEC in war of words over WASSCE registration

Nasir El-Rufai and Sule Lamido

Sule Lamido disagrees with El-Rufai over previous attempts to join APC

North East

INEC worried over double registration of voters, uncollected PVCs

ARMY: Nigerian Soldiers (Army) on duty. [PHOTO CREDIT: The Guardian]

Troops begin rescue operation for missing commanding officer in Taraba – Nigerian Army

Senate Plenary [PHOTO CREDIT: @NgrSenate]

Senate mourns soldiers, civilians killed by terrorists in Taraba

APC: Mai Mala Buni, Yobe State Governor [PHOTO: Media Office, Yobe State Government House, Damaturu]

ASUU Strike: Yobe lecturers reject Gov. Buni’s appeal, vow to continue strike

North Central

Kwara State House of Assembly

Defection: Kwara Assembly declares another lawmaker’s seat vacant

Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday in an Abuja market

Traders, motorcyclists clash in Abuja market over death of motorcycle passenger

FILE PHOTO: Roadside traders in Mpape, Abuja

Abuja authorities to prosecute persons engaged in roadside trading, indiscriminate refuse dumping

Abdullahi Adamu, APC National Chairman

APC clears 12 Benue aspirants for guber primaries

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Nigerian govt accuses Facebook of refusing to act against IPOB

Honorable Minister of Information and Culture , Alh. Lai Mohammed addresses Pressmen [PHOTO: @FMICNigeria]

Nigerian govt accuses Facebook of refusing to act against IPOB

VOXPOP: 2023: Would you vote Young persons into an elective position, Nigerians speak

VOXPOP: 2023: Would you vote Young persons into an elective position, Nigerians speak

President Muhammadu Buhari signing

Buhari signs three bills to tackle money laundering, terrorism financing

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC National chieftain.

2023: Anybody can run but not everybody can be president – Tinubu

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File photo of Women protesting on the involvement of women in politics

VOXPOP: 2023: Would you vote a female candidate in an elective position, Nigerian men speak

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International

Paul Kagame

Rwanda asks Britain to extradite suspects of 1994 genocide

Cuban flag flying

U.S. eases travel restrictions on Cuba

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Sri Lanka out of petrol as economic crisis deepens

McDonald's ad. [PHOTO CREDIT: McDonald's]

McDonald’s, Renault exit Russian market

Sports

Edo Queens FC

Edo Queens sack coach after losing at NWFL Super Six

Eintracht Frankfurt wins the Europa League title on penalties.

UEFA Europa League: Aribo scores but Eintracht Frankfurt takes the title on penalties

CAF reveals official ball

CCC: CAF reveals official ball for final between Ndah’s Orlando Pirates, Berkane in Uyo

Leon Balogun, Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey

Three Nigerians set to make history in European Cup final

Arts and Entertainment

Ace Nollywood actress Bimbo Akintola

Feminism too toxic, I prefer humanism – Bimbo Akintola

Nigeria’s Ayra Starr, Victony join Spotify’s global RADAR initiative

Nigeria’s Ayra Starr, Victony join Spotify’s global RADAR initiative

Hero Daniels; Choreographer, Sashin Kandhai; Chief Executive Officer, ZEE Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean Islands), Somnath Malakar; Co-Host, Pelumi Buari; Judges, Uraysha Ramrachia and Kunle Remi, during a press conference to announce the launch of ZEE World’s Dance Naija Dance in Lagos on Wednesday.

Zee World launches dance reality show in Nigeria

BBNaija season 6 winner, Whitemoney

How to audition for BBNaija Season Seven

L-R_ DBanj_ U.S. Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard_ with Curator of Nike Art Gallery, Nike Davies Okundaye, during the Headies Reception in Lagos

HEADIES 2022: U.S. Mission hosts Nigerian entertainers, award nominees in Lagos

#JusticeforDavid: Nigerian music band owners outraged by killing of member

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Editorial

Godwin Emefiele

EDITORIAL: Why The CBN Governor Should Be Sacked

APC Presidential form sold for N100m.

EDITORIAL: Why APC’s N100m odious nomination forms bazaar should be resisted

EDITORIAL: A Loud NO To Afe Babalola!

A photo collage of former Plateau State Governor, Joshua Dariye, former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame and President Muhammadu Buhari

EDITORIAL: Nigerians must reject Buhari’s injudicious pardon of Dariye, Nyame

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. [PHOTO CREDIT: Ehud Kaduna]

EDITORIAL: CBN and the Burden of Inflation

Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

EDITORIAL: Why Godwin Emefiele must speak up or resign

February 21, 2022

Health

News Reports

Days after UK’s case in traveller from Nigeria, Monkeypox spreads to Portugal, Spain

Monkeypox: Nigeria records 558 cases, eight deaths in five years

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, at a press briefing on the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria

Nigeria flags off policy document to accelerate diseases diagnosis, treatment

UK confirms monkeypox infection in traveller from Nigeria

Investigations

Boy carrying a bucket of water in front of Katanmi PHC

INVESTIGATION: Four years after Buhari’s promise, Sokoto primary health centres still in ruins

An infographic showing how many women were diagnosed with cervical cancer and how many women died from the ailment.

SPECIAL REPORT: Ignorance, other factors threaten cervical cancer elimination in Nigeria

February 6, 2022

Infographic showing states with child rights law.

Imude: Inside Lagos community where child marriage is rampant

December 23, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari

2022 Budget: Despite losing major international funding, Nigerian govt refuses to fund Family Planning

November 12, 2021

Health Specials

The compound of facility along Ikogosi road

Without consulting residents, lawmaker facilitates N115million ‘health centres’. Now they’re used by termites, bushes

Participants at a high-level symposium organised by the West African Institute of Public Health (WAIPH) with support of the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health @scale (PACFaH@Scale/PAS) and other partners

Experts, CSOs discuss vaccine production in Africa (LIVE UPDATES)

Prison used to illustrate the story.

EXCLUSIVE: Coverup in Nigerian prison as TB hits, kills several inmates

Autism Spectrum Disorder Infograph

For families of people with autism in Nigeria, treatment, therapy cost a nightmare

Features

What is aphasia? An expert explains the condition forcing Bruce Willis to retire from acting

What is aphasia? An expert explains the condition forcing Bruce Willis to retire from acting

Human kidney (PHOTO CREDIT: National Kidney Foundation)

World Kidney Day: How Nigerians can avoid kidney diseases

A baby lying down on his back, smiling

Africa: Time to halt infant formula marketing that harms our children

Gombe pledges participation in Hajj Savings Scheme

Health sector transformation boosts life expectancy in Gombe

February 22, 2022

Data & Infographics

President Muhammadu Buhari

2022 Budget: Despite losing major international funding, Nigerian govt refuses to fund Family Planning

November 12, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine vials [PHOTO CREDIT: BioWorld]

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October 2, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on arrival to London [PHOTO CREDIT: @TheAsoVilla]

INFOGRAPHICS: Buhari has spent 200 days in UK for treatment since assuming office

Children waiting for treatment at a treatment centre in Ringim LGA.

INFOGRAPHICS: Despite govt actions, 4,000 children died from malnutrition in Jigawa

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