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How Nigerian terrorists use TikTok, exploit country’s digital governance gap

SPECIAL REPORT: Failing waste system leaves Lagos roads buried in trash

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside Sokoto’s fight against polio vaccine hesitancy

SPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria’s maritime university upgrade stalls as billions flow into repealed academy

Resource Curse? The only school in this Akwa Ibom oil community lies in ruins

EXCLUSIVE: Why Tinubu fired Wale Edun as finance minister

Fiscal Breach Uncovered: How Imo under Uzodinma spent N101.5 billion in unapproved funds

Oil-well Dispute: Inside the report that restores Cross River’s hope

Modern Slavery: Inside Nigerian communities where children are sold into marriage (II)
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Weak methane enforcement: Costing Nigeria billions and worsening public health risks, By Tengi George-Ikoli & Charles Gyamfi Ofori

Borno’s Askira-Uba school children: The abduction Nigeria chose to ignore, By Zainab Suleiman Okino

Why IMF and World Bank are wrong on poverty: The devil is in the data, By ‘Tope Fasua

The imperative of communicating national security gains, By Crispin Oduobuk

Freedom of choice is not treason, By Bolutife Oluwadele

The war against drug abuse must start from our schools, By Abdulhameed Yushau
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UPDATED: Reps pass bill for establishment of state police

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‘Missing’ N210trn: Senate overrules panel, withdraws arrest threat against Ex-NNPC MD, Mele Kyari

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Nigeria Police launches 24/7 school emergency response centre amid abductions

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Reps announce minority leadership, name Bayelsa lawmaker as leader

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House of Reps votes on State Police bill (LIVE UPDATES)

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First batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa arrives in Lagos

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FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles emerge second-highest-ranked team missing the 2026 World Cup

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

Democracy day: Nigerian govt declares Friday public holiday

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Trump threatens to hit Iran ‘very hard’ tonight

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UPDATED: Reps pass bill for establishment of state police

Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, President Tinubu, Damilola Sonayon-James and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

2027: Sanwo-Olu presents Hamzat, Sonayon-James as APC’s Lagos governorship ticket

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Keyamo flags Delta roadway aircraft landing as security breach, vows sanctions

First Batch of Nigerians Evacuated from South Africa Arrives in Lagos

First batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa arrives in Lagos

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Portugal 2-1 Nigeria: Conceição’s stunner sinks Super Eagles in Leiria

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Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede

EFCC boss calls for credible 2027 elections

Special Reports

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Headline Stories

How Nigerian terrorists use TikTok, exploit country’s digital governance gap

SPECIAL REPORT: Failing waste system leaves Lagos roads buried in trash

Features And Interviews

SPECIAL REPORT: Failing waste system leaves Lagos roads buried in trash

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SPECIAL REPORT: Inside Sokoto’s fight against polio vaccine hesitancy

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SPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria’s maritime university upgrade stalls as billions flow into repealed academy

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Resource Curse? The only school in this Akwa Ibom oil community lies in ruins

President Bola Tinubu, and Former minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Tinubu fired Wale Edun as finance minister

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Gov Lawal names new executive secretaries for two agencies, appoints ZACADEP coordinator

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APC refutes Iyabo Obasanjo’s claims, respects her decision to quit party

INEC Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan

Open Letter to INEC on Implementation of Supreme Court-ordered Delineation of Warri Federal Constituency

Features and Interviews

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Features And Interviews

Five takeaways as Ronaldo’s Portugal edge Nigeria 2-1: Iwobi hits Century mark

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Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Two primaries, one governorship ticket — Inside Katsina ADC crisis

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Features And Interviews

Kano 2027: Nomination of candidates stirs crisis in NDC

byAbubakar Ahmadu Maishanu

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Features And Interviews

Zadok Yohanna: What we know about Nigerian teenager just signed by Brighton

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Atiku Abubakar. Rotimi Amaechi. Mohammed Hayatu-Deen

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: ADC primaries expose fault lines in major opposition party

byOgalah Dunamis

Abdullateef Abdulsalam, Founder of Fa3Tech Limited

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: Why I built free cybertools for British organisations – Nigeria’s Abdulsalam

byIdris Akinbajo

Business

News Reports

Access Holdings

Access Holdings appoints managing directors for two subsidiaries

Chris Najomo, director-general (DG) of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)

NCAA suspends operator’s permit after aircraft lands on roadway near Asaba

Warri-Itakpe Train Derailment

Investigations into Warri-Itakpe train crash underway – Official

Governor Mbah

Enugu govt, energy firms sign deal to electrify four rural communities

PREMIUM TIMES' Business, Energy and Economy Editor, Oladeinde Olawoyin, at the Vienna International Center, Austria.

PREMIUM TIMES’ business & economy editor selected for global energy programme

Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion

Nigeria’s tax reform may strain Financial Inclusion gains

February 8, 2026

Robert Ochola, CEO of the AfricaNenda Foundation

Instant payment transactions in Africa hit $1.9trn in 2024 — Report

November 16, 2025

The launch of the State of Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 report

Financial Inclusion: Nigeria’s NIBSS emerges as the only African Payment system to reach matured inclusivity level

November 13, 2025

Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 report

Payment Systems: Central bankers, regulators, converge on Eswatini for SIIPS launch

November 12, 2025

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Group seeks financial inclusion for women in Nigeria

August 29, 2025

Analysis & Data

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Why some bank dividends are paused and what it means for investors

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Banks grow earnings and income streams despite impact of 2025 provisions

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ANALYSIS: Is Lagos the New Silicon Valley of Africa?

October 26, 2025

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Nigeria’s digital payment boom faces rising cybersecurity threats

October 22, 2025

A towering six-meter sculpture—the thinker’s burden, designed by Benjamin Von Wong, to challenge negotiators in Geneva.

Recycle or Cut Production: The Politics of Plastics Economy

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South West

Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, President Tinubu, Damilola Sonayon-James and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

2027: Sanwo-Olu presents Hamzat, Sonayon-James as APC’s Lagos governorship ticket

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APC inaugurates Ekiti governorship campaign council

Gunmen or Kidnappers used to illustrate the story in Katsina

Gunmen abduct LG vice chairman in Osun border community

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Police arrest three suspected cultists, recover firearms in Osun

South South

The aircraft before take-off on Delta road (PHOTO CREDIT: Daily Trust)

Keyamo flags Delta roadway aircraft landing as security breach, vows sanctions

Warri-Itakpe Train Derailment

Warri-Itakpe Train Derailment: NSIB says its investigators have retrieved ‘evidence’

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo state (PHOTO CREDIT: @Gov_Okpebholo)

Insecurity: Mixed reactions trail closure of schools in Edo

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official X account of the Governor]

Insecurity: Edo begins recruitment of 5,400 security corps, employs 500 forest guards

South East

Nigerian troops and IPOB flag

Troops uncover IPOB’s hidden cache of arms, ammunition, arrest suspects

Senator Seriake Dickson (PHOTO CREDIT: Henry Seriake Dickson on Facebook)

‘Nobody is doing NDC a favour,’ Dickson faults attacks by Peter Obi’s supporters

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Okoye

How we spent N153m on Abuja liaison office – SEDC

Governor Mbah

Enugu govt, energy firms sign deal to electrify four rural communities

North West

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Kano to re-gazette encroached grazing reserves after governor’s executive order

34 ADC assembly aspirants defect to PDP as APC courts Inuwa

34 ADC assembly aspirants defect to PDP as APC courts Inuwa

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ANALYSIS: Two primaries, one governorship ticket — Inside Katsina ADC crisis

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North East

Gombe, UNICEF launch N1bn intervention for malnourished children

An MSF nurse carries a patient with suspected cholera from an ambulance at the cholera treatment centre run by MSF in collaboration with the State Ministry of Health in Ngarannam, in Maiduguri, Borno state (CREDIT:Merel van de Geyn/MSF)

Cholera Outbreak: 74 dead, over 7,800 cases strain Borno facilities

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Residents decry shortage of doctors, infrastructure in Taraba hospitals

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Nigerian Army rescues 360 abducted people from Boko Haram enclave — Official

North Central

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede

EFCC boss calls for credible 2027 elections

EFCC Chairman, Olukoyede

2027: Governorship aspirants spent N30bn on primary elections — EFCC boss

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Mr Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima

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International

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu in Ethiopia

FG secures agreement for transfer of Nigerian prisoners in Ethiopia

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South Africa hunts for suspects

South Africa hunts suspects after mass shooting kills 12 people

Convicted former Ghanaian official, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu

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Sports

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