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PDP Convention: Atiku, Saraki, Wike, others battle for presidential ticket (LIVE UPDATES)

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Mike Okiro, former Inspector-General of Police

How politicians pushed me to contest election, collected all my savings – Ex IGP Okiro

Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, a PDP presidential aspirant and former Managing Director of the now-defunct FSB International Bank.

Another PDP presidential aspirant, Hayatu-Deen, withdraws from race

Swearing in of the Chairman of Akwa Ibom state chapter of APC, Mr Obong Stephen Leo Ntukekpo by the APC National Chairman Sen. Dr. Abdullahi Adamu and other NWC Member. [PHOTO CREDIT: @SenAbdullahiA]

APC postpones presidential primary

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. rail

Amaechi reacts to Supreme Court ruling, says he’s not on trial

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.

2023: APC may not produce governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom

UPDATED: INEC makes U-turn, extends deadline for party primaries

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Top News

Ohakim blames Governor Okorocha for kidnappings in Imo

Ex-Imo Governor, Ohakim, withdraws from APC Senatorial primaries

The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Facebook page of Bashir Ahmad]

Ex-new media aide to Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, calls for fresh election after losing

Zamfara APC elects candidates for Senate, House of Reps elections

Muhammad Kazaure

2023: Gudaji loses APC return ticket in Jigawa

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and ex-Minister of Finance, Olu Falae

SDP has no legitimate national chairman, excos – Falae

House of Reps: Buhari’s nephew, seven others fail to get APC return ticket in Katsina

Agence Francaise de Dévelopment

French devt agency commits $2bn to support projects in Nigeria

All Progressives Congress (APC)

2023: Edo Reps member loses bid to return to National Assembly

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The Nigerian National Assembly, Abuja.

House C’ttee chair on appropriation wins return ticket

Oladipo Ajomale

Former Lagos APC chairman’s son, Ajomale, wins Oshodi APC House of Assembly Primaries

2023: Thugs disrupt APC primaries in Ekiti central

Teslim Folarin, Oyo Central Senatorial District

Teslim Folarin emerges Oyo APC governorship candidate

2023: Police arrest APC chairman in Somolu, as party cancels primaries

2023: Uba, Oduah emerge PDP senatorial candidates in Anambra

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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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GTCO Plc’s GTBank maintains dominance in financial services at the Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands Awards

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Nigerian Grammy Award winners join global campaign as malaria deaths reach highest number in a decade

Pyramid of Presidential Aspirants

Time for the youthful majority to take over Nigeria’s leadership

LandWey set to deliver over 1,000 homes to Nigerians from second quarter of 2022

How Sunlight wowed and thrilled guests at the 2022 AMVCA

How Sunlight wowed and thrilled guests at the 2022 AMVCA

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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

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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

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#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

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

February 20, 2022

Features and Interviews

Some PDP 2023 presidential aspirants

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: How aspirants stand in PDP presidential race

byQueenEsther Iroanusi

President Muhammadu Buhari reading a document.

Features And Interviews

How Buhari’s refusal to sign amended Electoral Act is shaping party primaries

Tomatoes grown in a greenhouse farm

Features And Interviews

For women farmers in Nigeria, funding hardly comes from banks

byOge Udegbunam

Speaker of the Benue state House of Assembly, Titus Uba.

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Priest’s ambition threatens PDP’s chances in Benue governorship race

byAmeh Ejekwonyilo

L-R: Isah Ashiru, Uba Sani and, Shehu Sani.

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Kaduna 2023: El-Rufai’s anointed candidate and PDP’s many aspirants

byMohammed Lere

APC and PDP governorship aspirants in Oyo state.

Features And Interviews

2023: How Oyo APC, PDP governorship candidates will emerge

byJosiah Oluwole

Editorial Cartoons

Disappearing Legacy

Cartoon Of The Day: Kalo-Kalo Nomination

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Business

News Reports

National Broadcasting Commission, NBC

Court rules Nigerian govt cannot implement controversial NBC code

Nigerian stocks cross N29 trillion mark amid scramble for Airtel Africa’s shares

Nigerian stocks cross N29 trillion mark amid scramble for Airtel Africa’s shares

2023: How I’ll build on El-Rufa’i’s legacy – Uba Sani

The president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina

Africa needs annual investment of $40 billion on energy for electricity – AfDB

NGX trading floor

Nigerian stocks add N331 billion as investors chase big-cap equities

Financial Inclusion

Tomatoes grown in a greenhouse farm

For women farmers in Nigeria, funding hardly comes from banks

Nigerian women in a rural area [PHOTO CREDIT: CSWF]

98% of Nigerian women left out of formal credit markets

MTN Nigeria’s payment service bank subsidiary MoMo PSB starts operation

MTN Nigeria’s payment service bank subsidiary MoMo PSB starts operation

Airtel launches Nigeria payment service bank unit SmartCash PSB

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

How banks in Nigeria, Ghana deny people with disabilities services

Analysis & Data

A cargo ship used to illustrate the story

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

Oladipo Ajomale

Former Lagos APC chairman’s son, Ajomale, wins Oshodi APC House of Assembly Primaries

2023: Thugs disrupt APC primaries in Ekiti central

Teslim Folarin, Oyo Central Senatorial District

Teslim Folarin emerges Oyo APC governorship candidate

2023: Police arrest APC chairman in Somolu, as party cancels primaries

South South

All Progressives Congress (APC)

2023: Edo Reps member loses bid to return to National Assembly

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.

2023: APC may not produce governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom

PDP flags [PHOTO: @OfficialPDPNig]

2023: Senator Onor wins Cross River PDP governorship primary

APC FLag used to illustrate the story.

2023: Enugu APC elects governorship candidate

South East

Ohakim blames Governor Okorocha for kidnappings in Imo

Ex-Imo Governor, Ohakim, withdraws from APC Senatorial primaries

PDP Convention: Anyim raises alarm over ‘absence’ of Ebonyi delegates list

2023: Uba, Oduah emerge PDP senatorial candidates in Anambra

Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe

Abaribe dumps PDP, may join APGA

North West

The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Facebook page of Bashir Ahmad]

Ex-new media aide to Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, calls for fresh election after losing

Zamfara APC elects candidates for Senate, House of Reps elections

House of Reps: Buhari’s nephew, seven others fail to get APC return ticket in Katsina

Bashir Ahmad during his campaign in Kano [PHOTO CREDIT: @BashirAhmaad]

Buhari’s aide, Bashir Ahmad, loses APC primary in Kano

North East

The senator representing Adamawa Central, Aishatu Binani, has emerged as the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State.

Aishatu Binani wins APC Adamawa governorship primary

32 people killed in Borno attack – Official

Jolly Nyame was sentenced to 14 years in prison for fraud

Court orders Taraba govt to pay pension arrears of Jolly Nyame, others

Babagana Zulum [PHOTO CREDIT: @GovBorno]

I’m not begging anyone for position of Vice President – Governor Zulum

North Central

Speaker of the Benue state House of Assembly, Titus Uba.

ANALYSIS: Priest’s ambition threatens PDP’s chances in Benue governorship race

Nigeria's permanent representative to the UN, Tijjani Bande, and UNIABUJA vice-chancellor, Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, in the US.

UNIABUJA vice-chancellor seeks alumni support for university

Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule

ANALYSIS: Nasarawa Governorship: Intrigues as PDP aspirants line up to stop Governor Sule’s re-election

PDP postpones governorship primary election in Niger as aspirants protest

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Why I have mixed feelings on diaspora voting – Publisher

Linda Anukwuem (on the right), during her interview with PREMIUM TIMES

Why I have mixed feelings on diaspora voting – Publisher

President Buhari, Osinbajo and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook.

Nigerian govt gives condition it may ban Facebook

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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International

Boris Johnson [PHOTO: TW @BorisJohnson]

Party Gate: Report blames senior leadership for Downing Street lockdown parties

Conflict environments need peacebuilding approach to business development

Thousands on death row across Africa but few are executed

Linda Anukwuem (on the right), during her interview with PREMIUM TIMES

Why I have mixed feelings on diaspora voting – Publisher

Rwanda asks Britain to extradite suspects of 1994 genocide

Sports

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How to win UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid v Liverpool

UCL Final; Liverpool vs Real Madrid

UCL Final Preview: Liverpool, Real Madrid set for epic Champions League final

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho Francis Uzoho

Super Eagles Friendlies: Uzoho joins 18 other players in camp

Unified Cup 2018- Nigeria vs Jamaica

Detroit 2022: Nigeria to face Japan, Jamaica in Unified Cup

Arts and Entertainment

Desmond Elliot [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Instagram]

2023: Actor Desmond Elliot gets APC ticket for 3rd term

APC Primaries: Ubi Franklin fails to clinch House of Assembly ticket

Martins Okechukwu, also known as J Martins

APC Primaries: J Martins withdraws from House of Rep race

Progress and his N30m cheque

Nigerian Idol: How I’ll spend my N30m cash prize – Progress

I will undergo plastic surgery if – Actress, Bimbo Ademoye

Legendary Nigerian Musician, Friday Igwe, popularly known as “Baba Fryo”

Baba Fryo to drop new single after 20-year-hiatus

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Simbo Olorunfemi writes about the moment in Nigrian politics.

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It is always about the moment, By Simbo Olorunfemi

bySimbo Olorunfemi

I believe that the moment has a man in mind and that this man has been adequately prepared for the...

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Osmund Agbo writes about Hong Kong and China's game of chess.

Hong Kong: Pearl of the Orient or pawn in China’s chess game?, By Osmund Agbo

Rahma Oladosu writes about ASUU Strike, the plight of students and infrastructure.

ASUU strike, students’ plight and state of infrastructure, By Rahma Olamide Oladosu

Owei Lakemfa writes about the new president of three countries in a skewed world.

Three new presidents in an old, skewed world, By Owei Lakemfa

2023 elections and the road less travelled, By Chido Onumah

2023 elections and the road less travelled, By Chido Onumah

Femi Fani-Kayode writes about the subliminal confessions of George W. Bush.

The subliminal confessions of George W. Bush, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Editorial

Symbol of Law and Justice

EDITORIAL: Justice must be served in Deborah’s killing

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

Health

News Reports

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus at the coronavirus press conference in Geneva

WHA75: Don’t use health issues to settle political scores, WHO warns world leaders

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Salvatore di Nolfi/EPA

WHA75: Investment in PHCs can guarantee 6.7 years increase in life expectancy by 2030 – WHO DG

sanitary pads used to illustrate the tory. [PHOTO CREDIT: Saathi Pads]

Menstrual Hygiene: Nigerian government departments, agencies open pad banks in offices

#WHA75 Member States re-elected Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the WHO.

WHA75: Ghebreyesus re-elected as WHO director – general

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

Cross-section of panelists and participants at the fourth annual autism conference organised by TAAF

Group launches mobile application for Autism therapy in Nigeria

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

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]

Want to know about vaccine rollouts in Africa? Click on a country here and find out

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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