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SPECIAL REPORT: Why young Nigerians are losing faith in elections

INVESTIGATION: Oil companies violate Nigerian laws, flare gas, face no sanctions (1)

INVESTIGATION: How criminals exploited Benue’s conflicts to traffic children, women

INVESTIGATION: The multi-million dollar Norwegian scam and the role of a Nigerian

SPECIAL REPORT: How social media shapes reprisal violence in Plateau

SPECIAL REPORT: Some Nigerians turn to faith healers as HIV aid dries up

SPECIAL REPORT: Before they could finish school, Nigeria’s health system made them mothers

Akwa Ibom governor abandons assembly rehabilitation but pushes N248.83bn tourism projects

SPECIAL REPORT: In Jigawa communities, nutrition programmes offer hope amid child hunger
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The United Nations fail the Sahrawi, Africans must defend them, By Owei Lakemfa

APC janjaweeds and 2027: Will the elections hold?, By Ugoji Egbujo

Bureaucratic sabotage: How corruption at NAFDAC endangers national security, By Umar Yakubu

The long game: What will Tinubu leave behind (III), By Adeola Akinremi

Pete Edochie’s interview and the Awolowo question, By Osmund Agbo

Friday Sermon: Senator Shehu Buba Umar is now innocent, until proven guilty!, By Murtadha Gusau
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Headline Stories

Xenophobia: Over 30 Nigerians killed by South African police since 2022 – Ambassador

September 12, 2026

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The BRICS group of nations

BRICS adopt resolutions on conflict resolution, multilateralism, tariffs, trade, others

September 13, 2026

Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi

2027: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, 15 others make INEC final presidential candidates’ list (Full List)

September 13, 2026

Nigerian rapper and singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad

Three years later, Mohbad still unburied as DNA saga, family crisis persists

September 12, 2026

Governor Agbu Kefas. Emmanuel Bwacha

ANALYSIS: Taraba 2027: Kefas, Bwacha, others and the battle ahead

September 12, 2026

Governor Alex Otti and Governor Peter Mbah

Enugu, Abia record fastest revenue growth across Nigeria in post-subsidy era – BudgIT

September 12, 2026

Governor Umo Eno and Governor Fubara

Akwa Ibom, Rivers excluded from post-subsidy fiscal assessment because of missing data

September 12, 2026

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The presidential candidate of the The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi

LP chieftain sues UNN over alleged refusal to release Peter Obi’s academic records

September 13, 2026

Nigeria Police insignia

Police rescue abducted cleric in Ebonyi

September 12, 2026

Police operatives

Police save theatre assistant from mob after allegedly performing unauthorised surgery

September 12, 2026

Gov Umo Eno receives Akwa Ibom Sports Festival Torch in Uyo

Gov Eno makes job offer to three Commonwealth Games medalists

September 12, 2026

Finidi reveals Rivers United’s CAF Champions League ambition

Finidi reveals Rivers United’s CAF Champions League ambition

September 12, 2026

Kayinsola Ajayi

Ultimate Championships: Ajayi finishes as fastest African in 100m final, wins $25,000

September 12, 2026

Vice President Kashim Shettima during a meeting with the Director-General of WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

BRICS Summit: Shettima meets with Okonjo-Iweala, reaffirms Nigeria’s support for WTO, multilateralism

September 12, 2026

Students at Christian Secondary Commercial School, Uyo - Photo credit Grace Udoh

Pay compensation for school takeover or lose it, court tells Akwa Ibom govt

September 12, 2026

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Bukayo Saka

EPL Roundup: Saka seals Arsenal’s victory, Aina wins, Iwobi, Bassey grab first point

September 12, 2026

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Court remands man over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery in Edo

September 12, 2026

The house allegedly set ablaze by the suspect

Man arrested over alleged arson named mother as instigator – Police

September 12, 2026

Rivers United (CREDIT: Rivers United on X)

Rivers United, El-Kanemi, Shooting Stars face decisive CAF tests

September 12, 2026

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Interior minister orders probe into alleged second passport issued to embattled Abuja realtor

September 12, 2026

VIO officials

Plateau govt demands probe after VIO officials’ confrontation in Jos

September 12, 2026

Special Reports

INEC Ballot box used for votes

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Why young Nigerians are losing faith in elections

September 4, 2026

Gas flare at Heirs Energies facility at Umuechem

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: Oil companies violate Nigerian laws, flare gas, face no sanctions (1)

September 1, 2026

Children rescued from traffickers in Benue State.

Features And Interviews

INVESTIGATION: How criminals exploited Benue’s conflicts to traffic children, women

August 25, 2026

A collage of ethical hacker and Warri Flyover Bridge

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: The multi-million dollar Norwegian scam and the role of a Nigerian

August 23, 2026

Angwan Rukuba in Jos

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: How social media shapes reprisal violence in Plateau

August 22, 2026

An HIV/AIDS medicine product from Sarkin Lakanin Jihar Kano, a faith healer in Nigeria. (PHOTO CREDIT: Sarkin Lakanin Jihar Kano)

Investigation/Special Reports

SPECIAL REPORT: Some Nigerians turn to faith healers as HIV aid dries up

August 21, 2026

Promoted Content

Governor Dapo Abiodun

Abiodun wins National Award for Ogun’s digital transformation

September 12, 2026

L-R: Prof Mahfouz Adedimeji of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON); Commissioner of Operation, NAHCON, Anofiu Elegushi; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and the Commissioner, South-West, NAHCON, Dr Tajuddeen Oladejo, during the visit of the Commission to the governor in his office on Friday.

Gateway Air ready to airlift Hajj pilgrims — Gov Abiodun

September 12, 2026

igeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, (CREDIT_ @KukoyiBusola X)

Oluremi Tinubu’s N10m gift and the power of purposeful philanthropy, By Kayode Akinmade

September 12, 2026

Hon Abdulrahman Haske, APM governorship candidate for Adamawa State

Haske joins APM, sets sight on a new Adamawa

September 12, 2026

Governor Uba Sani

KASU-ASUU Strike: Gov Sani okays 2025 FGN-ASUU salary agreement for lecturers

September 12, 2026

Features and Interviews

Governor Agbu Kefas. Emmanuel Bwacha

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Taraba 2027: Kefas, Bwacha, others and the battle ahead

byChuwang Dungs

September 12, 2026

President of AUN, Dr. Dwayne Frazier. (PHOTO CREDIT: Akinola Oyewobi, Premium Times)

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: How we erroneously employed sodomy convict as lecturer – AUN President Dwayne Frazier

byQosim Suleimanand2 others

September 12, 2026

Tinubu and the Chinese Premier

Features And Interviews

Nigeria-China Aquatic Products Protocol: A new frontier for economic transformation

September 11, 2026

The newly commissioned Aiyetoro Road as part of the 21 Lagos-Ogun Boundary Network Roads in Alimosho Local Government by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday, April 2, 2018.

Features And Interviews

Aiyetoro: Ondo coastal community submerged, defrauded, betrayed

byIge Asemudara

September 8, 2026

Features And Interviews

Can Africa take ownership of the AU-US infrastructure deal?

byPaul-Simon Handyand1 others

September 8, 2026

From Mussa to Lassa: Key events between the 15 May abduction in Mussa and the 29 June attack on GDSS Lassa

Features And Interviews

SPECIAL REPORT: Two school abductions 45 days apart. What happened to Borno’s Safe Schools measures?

byOgalah Dunamis

September 8, 2026

Business

News Reports

Federal Ministry of Finance, Headquarters, Abuja.

FG settles severance benefits for 2,100 former Nigeria Airways workers after two decades

September 12, 2026

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CREDIT: CBN X handle)

Business confidence rises sharply as taxes, insecurity remain major concerns in August – CBN Survey

September 12, 2026

Oladeinde Olawoyin and Folashade Ogunrinde

PREMIUM TIMES, The Examination, other partners’ lead poisoning investigation named finalist in global journalism awards

September 12, 2026

Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)

NCAA fines RwandAir N15m over baggage complaint

September 12, 2026

Governor Alex Otti of Abia state [PHOTO CREDIT: Alex C. Otti]

Otti highlights seven investment priority sectors in Abia

September 12, 2026

Financial Inclusion

Display of products at Dei Dei Market

Financial Inclusion: Nigeria’s cashless boom leaves rural women, cross-border traders behind

September 11, 2026

The World Bank said economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to edge up from 3.3 per cent in 2024 to 3.5 per cent in 2025

AI could help Nigeria, other developing economies achieve century of progress in decade – Report

August 20, 2026

Sabina Mensah, deputy chief executive officer of the AfricaNenda Foundation

Financial Inclusion: Policy fragmentation, dollar dependence stall cross-border payments in Africa

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

Analysis & Data

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CREDIT: CBN X handle)

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

Logos of Zenith Bank, First HoldCo, Access Holdings Plc, UBA, FCMB Group, Stanbic IBTC, Wema Bank, Sterling Holdco, and Ecobank

Banks grow earnings and income streams despite impact of 2025 provisions

Lagos City (PHOTO CREDIT: Lagos Insider)

ANALYSIS: Is Lagos the New Silicon Valley of Africa?

October 26, 2025

A photo of Nigerians using their phones (Subscribers)

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

September 8, 2025

Regional

South West

Map of Nigeria showing Ondo State

Ondo Tragedy: Govt bans production, distribution of local alcoholic drinks as death toll rises to 29

September 12, 2026

Ojota-Opebi Link Bridge

Sanwo-Olu explains delay in opening Ojota-Opebi Link Bridge

September 11, 2026

A Nigerian police used to illustrate the story

Police arrest three suspects over child stealing, rescue three minors in Ogun

September 11, 2026

The Ondo State government officials and returnees (Credit: Ondo State Government)

Xenophobia: Ondo receives South Africa returnees

September 11, 2026

South South

Police operatives

Police save theatre assistant from mob after allegedly performing unauthorised surgery

September 12, 2026

Gov Umo Eno receives Akwa Ibom Sports Festival Torch in Uyo

Gov Eno makes job offer to three Commonwealth Games medalists

September 12, 2026

Students at Christian Secondary Commercial School, Uyo - Photo credit Grace Udoh

Pay compensation for school takeover or lose it, court tells Akwa Ibom govt

September 12, 2026

Justice symbol used to illustrate the story.

Court remands man over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery in Edo

September 12, 2026

South East

The presidential candidate of the The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi

LP chieftain sues UNN over alleged refusal to release Peter Obi’s academic records

September 13, 2026

Nigeria Police insignia

Police rescue abducted cleric in Ebonyi

September 12, 2026

Federal University of Technology, Owerri FUTO gate (PHOTO CREDIT: FUTO)

University confirms release of abducted female students

September 12, 2026

(L-R) Abia commercial bus driver, Mr Onyekachi Ikpendu, who found over N400,000 left by a passenger in his vehicle, handing over the cash to the owner, Mrs Nkechi John, at the Nnenna Oti Bus Terminal, Umuahia, on Friday.

Bus driver returns over N400,000 forgotten by passenger

September 12, 2026

North West

Late Bamanga tukur

Ex-PDP chair Bamanga Tukur dies at 90

September 12, 2026

Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Ifeoma Mbonu (CREDIT: Ministry of Tourism)

National Theatre holds creative summit in Kano, first-ever outside Lagos

September 11, 2026

Mr Gumi and Mr Idris

Gumi sues man who accused him of abducting Moroccan wife

September 11, 2026

Two arrested over murder of Kano social media influencer

How Kano social media influencer was killed days after reporting threat to his life

September 10, 2026

North East

Air Force jet flying

Air strikes kill over 18 terrorists, destroy logistics hubs in Borno – Military

September 12, 2026

Nigerian soldiers walks past military tanks prepared for deployment during a tour of the Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole by Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ahmed Kingimi

Soldier injured as military repels ISWAP attack on military base

September 8, 2026

Danjuma Specialist Eye Hospita

Danjuma Foundation offers 50 Taraba children specialist eye care

September 8, 2026

From Mussa to Lassa: Key events between the 15 May abduction in Mussa and the 29 June attack on GDSS Lassa

SPECIAL REPORT: Two school abductions 45 days apart. What happened to Borno’s Safe Schools measures?

September 8, 2026

North Central

Governor Agbu Kefas. Emmanuel Bwacha

ANALYSIS: Taraba 2027: Kefas, Bwacha, others and the battle ahead

September 12, 2026

VIO officials

Plateau govt demands probe after VIO officials’ confrontation in Jos

September 12, 2026

Hyacinth Alia, Governor of Benue state

Alia condemns attack in which police officers, civilians died, commends SSS for arrests

September 12, 2026

Benue State Commissioner of Police, Cletus Nwadiogbu (PHOTO CREDIT: Vanguard)

Bandits kill four police officers, seven civilians in Benue attack

September 11, 2026

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INTERVIEW: How we erroneously employed sodomy convict as lecturer – AUN President Dwayne Frazier

President of AUN, Dr. Dwayne Frazier. (PHOTO CREDIT: Akinola Oyewobi, Premium Times)

INTERVIEW: How we erroneously employed sodomy convict as lecturer – AUN President Dwayne Frazier

Features And Interviews

Kashim Shettima at the 21st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union [PHOTO CREDIT: Kashim Shettima]

Xenophobia: Nigeria urges AU to take stronger action against South Africa

President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: X @aonanuga1956)

UPDATED: Tinubu suspends three permanent secretaries over fresh fake agency, orders alleged promoter’s arrest

Headline Stories

Osun State’s governor, Ademola Adeleke presents his certificate of return to President Bola Tinubu

Adeleke meets with Tinubu, presents certificate of return to president

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike

UPDATED: Abuja Flood: Wike vows to demolish houses blocking water channels

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International

The BRICS group of nations

BRICS adopt resolutions on conflict resolution, multilateralism, tariffs, trade, others

September 13, 2026

Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode

Xenophobia: Over 30 Nigerians killed by South African police since 2022 – Ambassador

September 12, 2026

South Africa on map

Xenophobia: Two more Nigerians killed in South Africa, toll rises to seven

September 12, 2026

South African police used to illustrate the story. [PHOTO CREDIT: The Guardian Nigeria]

South Africa extradites six Nigerians to US over alleged fraud

September 11, 2026

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's president [Photo Credit: China Daily]

Zimbabwe declares President’s birthday an annual public holiday

September 11, 2026

Sports

Bukayo Saka

EPL Roundup: Saka seals Arsenal’s victory, Aina wins, Iwobi, Bassey grab first point

September 12, 2026

Gov Umo Eno receives Akwa Ibom Sports Festival Torch in Uyo

Gov Eno makes job offer to three Commonwealth Games medalists

September 12, 2026

Finidi reveals Rivers United’s CAF Champions League ambition

Finidi reveals Rivers United’s CAF Champions League ambition

September 12, 2026

Kayinsola Ajayi

Ultimate Championships: Ajayi finishes as fastest African in 100m final, wins $25,000

September 12, 2026

Rivers United (CREDIT: Rivers United on X)

Rivers United, El-Kanemi, Shooting Stars face decisive CAF tests

September 12, 2026

Arts & Entertainment

Nigerian rapper and singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad

Three years later, Mohbad still unburied as DNA saga, family crisis persists

September 12, 2026

Former Super Eagles star Daniel Amokachi

How my father’s investments saved me after I went bankrupt at 27 — Daniel Amokachi

September 12, 2026

Ordinary People

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Ordinary People’ has all the ingredients, but too much on its plate

September 12, 2026

Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, his queen, Mariam Ajibola and the twin (Credit_ Facebook@Moses Olafare)

Ooni, wife unveil twins’ faces, names after traditional rites (PHOTOS)

September 12, 2026

A photo of actress Tope Osoba

Nollywood star Tope Osoba buried in Ogun (PHOTOS)

September 10, 2026

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Owei Lakemfa writes about Yeslem Beisat.and the Sahrawi struggle.

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The United Nations fail the Sahrawi, Africans must defend them, By Owei Lakemfa

September 12, 2026

Given the duplicity in the UNSC, it is left for freedom-loving countries, peoples, groups and persons, to rise to the...

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Ugoji Egbujo writes a letter to Aig Imokhuede on the issue around the Wigwe family.

APC janjaweeds and 2027: Will the elections hold?, By Ugoji Egbujo

September 12, 2026

Bureaucratic sabotage: How corruption at NAFDAC endangers national security, By Umar Yakubu

Bureaucratic sabotage: How corruption at NAFDAC endangers national security, By Umar Yakubu

September 12, 2026

Why silence from Tinubu on Adeniyi and Gbajabiamila carries risk, By Adeola Akinremi

The long game: What will Tinubu leave behind (III), By Adeola Akinremi

September 12, 2026

Osmund Agbo writes about the growth mindset.

Pete Edochie’s interview and the Awolowo question, By Osmund Agbo

September 12, 2026

Friday Sermon: Nyesom Wike, AM Yarima and the display of bravery, courage and self-respect!, By Murtadha Gusau

Friday Sermon: Senator Shehu Buba Umar is now innocent, until proven guilty!, By Murtadha Gusau

September 11, 2026

Editorial

A fuel pump used to illustrate story

EDITORIAL: Fuel subsidies: Sifting through the federation accounts

September 7, 2026

Osun governorship election: Voting ongoing at a polling unit

EDITORIAL: Osun election, the rise of civic action, and 2027

August 24, 2026

Prof Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar.

EDITORIAL: Ishaq Oloyede’s remarkable leadership at JAMB

August 17, 2026

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

EDITORIAL: Unpacking the CBN’s purported expenditure efficiency

August 13, 2026

Tinubu signing (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialABAT)

EDITORIAL: Purging the 2026 budget of its frivolities and graft bazaar

August 10, 2026

National Judicial Council (NJC)

EDITORIAL: When will the NJC be ready to punish criminal judges?

Health

News Reports

Tea used to illustrate the story

Hot tea, coffee linked to higher risk of oesophageal cancer — Study

September 12, 2026

Ebola case in DR Congo

Ebola outbreak spreads to 61 health zones in DRC — WHO

September 11, 2026

Image of a mosquito used to illustrate the story

Nigeria begins local production of insecticide-treated mosquito nets

September 11, 2026

A child being vaccinated. Photo credit: eHealth Africa

23 million children vaccinated against polio, other diseases in six months — Report

September 10, 2026

Investigations

Agbinpa Primary Healthcare Centre in Ede South Local Government Area of Osun State

INVESTIGATION: Despite billions of naira spent in the health sector, challenges remain in Osun’s rural PHCs

September 2, 2026

An HIV/AIDS medicine product from Sarkin Lakanin Jihar Kano, a faith healer in Nigeria. (PHOTO CREDIT: Sarkin Lakanin Jihar Kano)

SPECIAL REPORT: Some Nigerians turn to faith healers as HIV aid dries up

August 21, 2026

Kangire PHC

SPECIAL REPORT: In Jigawa communities, nutrition programmes offer hope amid child hunger

August 17, 2026

Screenshots of the five websites investigated

INVESTIGATION: Social media, anonymous websites drive Nigeria’s poorly regulated weight-loss injection market

Health Specials

A medical laboratory used to illustrate the story

PT Health Watch: How laboratory tests can help detect colorectal cancer early – Expert

September 12, 2026

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PT Health Watch: Common cancer risk factors that should not be ignored

September 5, 2026

Image: A man sits to eat after working late at a desk. He looks visibly uncomfortable with a hand pressed against his chest. (Photo credit: AI tool)

PT Health Watch: Frequent heartburn may signal more serious condition, expert warns

August 29, 2026

A pregnant woman

PT Health Watch: Sex during pregnancy is usually safe, but some risks remain – Expert

August 22, 2026

Features

Donor cuts, govt inaction negatively impact HIV patients in Rivers, Akwa Ibom (3)

Donor cuts, govt inaction negatively impact HIV patients in Rivers, Akwa Ibom (3)

September 6, 2026

Jos-University-Teaching-Hospital

Jos University Teaching Hospital’s psychiatric facility stretched as mental health cases rise

September 5, 2026

Governor Dikko Radda inaugurating the committee

Katsina Survey: 88% of households consume 1–3 food varieties daily, 61% of recent births occurred at home

August 26, 2026

Donor cuts, govt inaction push HIV patients towards death, uncertainty in Rivers, Akwa Ibom

Donor cuts, govt inaction push HIV patients towards death, uncertainty in Rivers, Akwa Ibom (2)

August 20, 2026

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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