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Nigeria’s push to cash in on lithium rush gets off to rocky start

INVESTIGATION: Black market diversions, conflict of interest threaten Tinubu’s CNG initiative

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-President Buhari is ill, hospitalised abroad

SPECIAL REPORT: Farmers feeling the brunt as kidnappers lay siege to Kwara communities

Consumed by Terror: Insecurity, other factors threaten Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall (II)

No Place To Call Home: Lost childhoods of Sokoto’s displaced children

Consumed by Terror: Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall faces crucial threat (1)

How deforestation aided Mokwa floods that killed over 200, displaced 3,000 others

Supporting Dads: Flexible jobs help Nigerian men attend antenatal care
Business
Opinion
You do not owe the system your life, By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu

Friday Sermon: How Islam honoured women! By Murtadha Gusau

Corruption, reparations, and justice: Advancing the 2025 Africa anti-corruption agenda, By John G. Ikubaje

Security chiefs, editors, ‘off-the-record’ and other confidential rules, By Yushau A. Shuaib

Will Nigeria bow to Trump to further complicate its security?, By Olanrewaju Adigun

Again, Trump’s way or the highway, By Azu Ishiekwene
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Bandits kill seven, abduct many in Zamfara road ambush

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Khaerat Alaran, a law student who ventured into the creative industry (Photo credit: Khaerat Alaran)

Women in STEAM: Khaerat Alaran: A law undergraduate’s journey in creative entrepreneurship

9-year-old Muhammadu Buhari

How 9-year-old Muhammadu Buhari stole the show at Garba Shehu’s book launch

Beggars used to illustrate the story

Court validates Wike, FCT’s crackdown on scavengers, beggars in Abuja

Vice President Kashim Shettima [PHOTO CREDIT: Kashim Shettima]

Fubara’s Suspension: Shettima declares support for Tinubu, says he was misinterpreted

Police personnel

Police arraign 22 suspects over killing of wedding travellers in Plateau

Mohbad

UPDATED: Coroner orders prosecution of auxiliary nurse over Mohbad’s death, probe into police inaction

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Lagos LG Polls: Sanwo-Olu votes, urges peaceful participation

Controversy as JAMB accuses UTME top scorer of foul play

Seme border

Lagos LG Polls: Why we did not close the border – Immigration

Voting and accreditation begins at polling unit 012 inside Ijegun Primary School

Lagos LG Polls: Voting off to a slow start in Ijegun axis

FILE PHOTO: Foodstuff in an open market in Abuja used to illustrate the story

FG says 161m Nigerians now food insecure

Berger Lagos

Movement restricted as local government election commences in Lagos

Dangote

I doubt if Nigeria’s refineries would ever function – Dangote

Bandits

Bandits kill seven, abduct many in Zamfara road ambush

Business School Netherlands

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Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda,

Katsina reformatory centre’s head, two others suspended over torture of inmate

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio hands over APC symbo, the broom to Gov Eno

Akpabio hands over APC leadership in Akwa Ibom to Eno

Some of the aspiring athletes gearing up to represent Nigeria

Team Nigeria unveils official squad for 3rd African U18/U20 Athletics Championship

Governor Dikko Radda

Katsina unveils committee for constitution review

Gunmen used to illustrate the story

Gunmen storm home of local govt chairperson

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State (PHOTO CREDIT: Twiiter@seyiamakinde)

Gov Makinde dismisses Atiku-led coalition, says its not a threat to PDP

Special Reports

lithium rush gets off to rocky start

Headline Stories

Nigeria’s push to cash in on lithium rush gets off to rocky start

A CNG-converted bus

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: Black market diversions, conflict of interest threaten Tinubu’s CNG initiative

Former president Buhari

Headline Stories

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-President Buhari is ill, hospitalised abroad

Kwara State map

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Farmers feeling the brunt as kidnappers lay siege to Kwara communities

Insecurity, other factors threaten Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall

Headline Stories

Consumed by Terror: Insecurity, other factors threaten Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall (II)

Ramin Kura IDP camp

Headline Stories

No Place To Call Home: Lost childhoods of Sokoto’s displaced children

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Governor Umar Namadi (left) welcoming the Director General of NAGGW, Saleh Abubakar, and his team to the Government House, Dutse

Jigawa to host 2025 Green World Day celebration

Nigerian trading

Identifying essential risk controls built into modern Nigerian trading platforms

Governor Dauda Lawal (second left) and others during the launching of the programme

Gov Lawal launches Zamfara school feeding programme

Governor Dikko Radda (L) discussing the FIRS Chairman, Zacch Adedeji during the visit

Governor Radda visits FIRS Chairman, reaffirms support for tax reforms

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA)

NMDPRA dismisses wrongdoing allegations as baseless, affirms transparency

Features and Interviews

The high table at the Wednesday unveiling of the ADC, Atiku, Peter Obi, Amaechi, Tinubu

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: ADC: The anti-Tinubu coalition’s long road to 2027

Critical minerals and tech dependency

Africa

What Africa must do as global rush for critical minerals intensifies

The Director of the International Institute of Journalism, (IIJ), Abuja, Emman Shehu.

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Nigeria’s Opposition Coalition: Can it unseat APC in 2027?

Sudan on map

Africa

Sudan’s Path to Peace: AU’s Reparations Call and Global Responsibility

bySami Abdelhalim Saeed

2025 BRICS Summit

Features And Interviews

BRICS Summit 2025: Will slow and steady actually win the race?

byRonak Gopaldasand1 others

Drone overflight to monitor the area around the Temporary Operational Base (TOB) and prevent possible malicious acts against MINUSMA peacekeepers. Photo: MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko

Features And Interviews

Sahel militants turn civilian drones into deadly weapons

byHassane Konéand1 others

Business

News Reports

Nigeria Customs service headquarters

Form M migration still free – Nigeria Customs

Dangote

I doubt if Nigeria’s refineries would ever function – Dangote

STOCKS: Floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange

Nigeria’s stock market closes week with N1.08 trillion gain

The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele

Tax Reforms: How I fled home because of death threats – Taiwo Oyedele

Members of the senate during plenary session [PHOTO: X @SPNigeria]

Senate probes Ponzi schemes in Nigeria, loss of N1.3trn by Nigerians to CBEX

Financial Inclusion

From left, Olajumoke Daramola, Specialist, Advisory Services Africa, Ngozi Ndefo- Associate Advisory Services, Africa, Angela Wambugu- Director, Advisory services Africa, and Jenn

Group advocates smart lending to empower women entrepreneurs in Nigeria

February 14, 2025

Nigeria must get kidnappers, 'one chance gangs' off its money transfer systems

SPECIAL REPORT: How poor regulation of instant payment system fuels criminality in Nigeria

January 11, 2025

Robert Ochola, the CEO of Africa Nenda

Instant payment transactions in Africa cross $1trn mark but 400m people excluded – Report

November 23, 2024

Women

Only six per cent of Nigerian women access credit – Group

Biodun Oyebanji, Governor of Ekiti State.[PHOTO CREDIT: Official X handle of the governor | https://x.com/biodunaoyebanji/status/1748090806726971866?s=20]

Financial Inclusion: Ekiti to engage 1000 youths for agency banking programme

Analysis & Data

Dangote refinery

ANALYSIS: Winners, losers in Dangote Petroleum’s free logistics distribution announcement

A collage of BUA Chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu and Hadiza Bala Usman

Tinubu’s anniversary article sparks clash between billionaire businessman and presidential aide

Minister of Finance, Wale Edun

Midterm Review: Nigeria’s economic outlook positive under Tinubu, amid pain of reforms

Group Chief Risk Officer, United Bank for Africa(UBA Group), Mrs Awele Ajibola; Chairman, UBA Cote d'Ivoire, Mr. Kouame Kouassi; Non-Exective Director, Chairman, Board Risk Management Committee, UBA Group, Mrs. Caroline Anyanwu; Group Chairman, UBA, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Group Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Oliver Alawuba; Non-Executive Director and Chairman, Board Audit, Governance, Nomination and Renumeration Committee, UBA Group, Ms Angela Aneke; Non-Executive Director and Chairman, Board Operations & Technology Committee, UBA Group, Mrs. Henrietta Ugboh; and Chairman, UBA Cameroon, Mr. Ebenezer Essoka, during the Interactive Panel Session on Governance and Risk at the 2025 Group Chairman’s Forum in Abuja on Wednesday.

UBA: Constantly charting bold path for Africa’s financial future

IMF Director General Georgieva flanked by Wale Edun, Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Olayemi Cardoso, CBN Governor

ANALYSIS: IMF/World Bank meetings echo reasons Tinubu, African leaders must look inwards

Regional

South West

Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Lagos LG Polls: Sanwo-Olu votes, urges peaceful participation

Seme border

Lagos LG Polls: Why we did not close the border – Immigration

Bola Okikiolu-Ighile, the Chairperson of LASIEC, along with the other commissioners of the commission.

Lagos LG Poll: LASIEC chair outlines measures to curb voter apathy

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State (PHOTO CREDIT: Twiiter@seyiamakinde)

Gov Makinde dismisses Atiku-led coalition, says its not a threat to PDP

South South

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio hands over APC symbo, the broom to Gov Eno

Akpabio hands over APC leadership in Akwa Ibom to Eno

Governor Umo Eno

Nigerian university workers protest non-implementation of new minimum wage

Former Governor Udom Emmanuel

Gov Eno celebrates predecessor’s 59th birthday, describes him as ‘far-sighted leader’

President Bola Tinubu and President Donald Trump

After Trump’s remarks to Liberian president, Nigerian official excited Tinubu wasn’t invited

South East

Gov Alex Otti

Otti launches security trust fund to boost crime-fighting in Abia

Gunmen used to illustrate the story

Gunmen launch fresh attacks in Anambra, kill two, invade police facility

Late Abacha and Peter Obi

Peter Obi responds to allegations of working for Abacha, publishes evidence

Nigerian Police officers

Police arrest alleged cult leader linked to killings, abductions in Anambra

North West

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda,

Katsina reformatory centre’s head, two others suspended over torture of inmate

Governor Dikko Radda

Katsina unveils committee for constitution review

Bandits

Bandits kill seven, abduct many in Zamfara road ambush

Gunmen used to illustrate the story

Bandits kill six, abduct two in Katsina community

North East

Gunmen used to illustrate the story

Gunmen storm home of local govt chairperson

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State.

Governor Fintiri imposes 24-hour curfew on Adamawa local govt

ADC Members

ADC’s swift spread in North-east stirs mixed reactions

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State

Yobe government expands security outfit

North Central

Police personnel

Police arraign 22 suspects over killing of wedding travellers in Plateau

Wife of Niger state Governor

Niger governor’s wife backs measles-rubella vaccination drive ahead of October rollout

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State

Kwara community urges Governor AbdulRasaq to intervene in land dispute to avert chaos

Dunamis International Gospel Centre used to illustrate the story

Court orders parties to maintain status quo in Abuja’s River Park Estate ownership dispute

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At BRICS Summit, Tinubu calls for reevaluation of global governance structure

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At BRICS Summit, Tinubu calls for reevaluation of global governance structure

President Tinubu in Brazil

We’re removing bottlenecks to food production in Nigeria, Tinubu says in Brazil

Nyesom Wike and Fubara

Wike, Fubara speak on fresh truce brokered by Tinubu

Headline Stories

Tinubu hands over ECOWAS leadership to Sierra Leone's President

Tinubu hands over ECOWAS leadership to Sierra Leone’s President

President Tinubu visits Kaduna, commission's projects

Tinubu commissions projects in Kaduna, pledges N100bn for light rail

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International

ECOWAS Court of Justice

ECOWAS Court dismisses Nigeria’s request to revise judgement in Gregory Todd case

President Donald Trump

US entices ‘illegal’ immigrants with free flight, $1,000 to self-deport

Critical minerals and tech dependency

What Africa must do as global rush for critical minerals intensifies

Sudan on map

Sudan’s Path to Peace: AU’s Reparations Call and Global Responsibility

ECOWAS court dismisses enforced disappearance suit against Liberia, Guinea

Sports

Some of the aspiring athletes gearing up to represent Nigeria

Team Nigeria unveils official squad for 3rd African U18/U20 Athletics Championship

Horse racing action in Nigeria Credit Horse Racing Federation Nigeria

International Horse Racing Derby gallops off in Kaduna

Super Falcons of Nigeria [PHOTO CREDIT: NG Super Falcons ]

Botswana 0–1 Nigeria: Ihezuo’s late strike fires Super Falcons into WAFCON quarterfinals

Barau FC celebrate their first ever promotion to the NPFL (Photo Credit: Barau FC Facebook Page)

Wikki Tourist, Barau FC, Warri Wolves, Kun Khalifat secure promotion to NPFL 2025/26 season

Super Falcons gunning for back-to-back wins in Morocco. Credit: Super Falcons X Page

WAFCON 2024: Super Falcons battle Botswana, aim for quarterfinal spot

Arts & Entertainment

L-R: Chindaya Ahmadu, Director of Information and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Barr. Abiola Abdulkareem Jagunlabi, Special Assistant to Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy,Obi Asika, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, Steve Ayorinde, Managing Director, Relentless Media and Head, International Media Committee, AFRIMA, Ugochi Akudo-Nwosu, Director of Entertainment and Creative Economy Department, Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Dr. Mukhtar Yawale Muhammad, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy with Mike Dada, Lead Consultant, PRM Africa Marketing & Communications and President/Executive Producer of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), Adenrele Niyi, Chief Experience Officer, CXO, AFRIMA, Efe Omorogbe, associate co-producer, All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA),Keke Ogungbe, Member, International Congress of AFRIMA, Mrs Halima Oyelade, representative of the Nigeria Film Corporation and Dr. Evelyn Odigboh, Director, Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation at the inauguration of the Federal Government’s Local Organising Committee, LOC, for AFRIMA 2025 at the Minister’s office, Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy in Abuja on Wednesday

AFRIMA 2025: FG inaugurates Local Organising Committee

Sound Sultan

Four years on, Sound Sultan honoured with tribute match, legacy projects

Liz Anjorin and Iyabo Ojo

‘You took my children’s name, mine to a herbalist’ – Iyabo Ojo accuses Liz Anjorin in renewed spat

VDM and Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin

Miracle Products: Court bars VDM from posting about Prophet Fufeyin, adjourns ruling

An imageof Iyabo Ojo's office that was gutted by fire in Lagos

Mohbad: Iyabo Ojo says life, family under threat after Lagos office fire

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Mohammed Dahiru Aminu writes that Nigerian universities continue to fail because we have stopped thinking as a people.

Columns

You do not owe the system your life, By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu

byPremium Times

Sometimes the highest act of responsibility is to seek greener pastures, not out of selfishness, but out of a refusal...

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Imam-Murtada-Gusau writes about welcoming the Islamic new year (1447 After Hijrah).

Friday Sermon: How Islam honoured women! By Murtadha Gusau

John Ikubaje writes about the 2024 Africa Anti-corruption Day.

Corruption, reparations, and justice: Advancing the 2025 Africa anti-corruption agenda, By John G. Ikubaje

Yushau Shuaib writes about how Arab monarchies enable Western aggression against defiant leaders.

Security chiefs, editors, ‘off-the-record’ and other confidential rules, By Yushau A. Shuaib

President Bola Tinubu and President Donald Trump

Will Nigeria bow to Trump to further complicate its security?, By Olanrewaju Adigun

Azu Ishiekwene writes about locations like Gusau with tell a different aspect of the Nigerian story, beyond stereotypes.

Again, Trump’s way or the highway, By Azu Ishiekwene

Editorial

Classroom blocks at LEA primary school Gwarimpa abuja locked

EDITORIAL: Ending the embarrassing strike of teachers and health workers in Abuja

Netanyahu, Trump and Putin

EDITORIAL: Emergent wars and the compelling need for a new world order

Yelewata Benue State

EDITORIAL: Benue Massacre: Tinubu, enforce state policing now

Abuja City Gate, FCT

EDITORIAL: Reining in Abuja elite property tax evaders

President Bola Tinubu and American billionaire Bill Gates

EDITORIAL: Lauding Bill Gates’ peerless philanthropy

ECOWAS Leaders used to illustrate the story.

EDITORIAL: ECOWAS at 50: Charting a compass for sturdier integration

Health

News Reports

FILE PHOTO: Foodstuff in an open market in Abuja used to illustrate the story

FG says 161m Nigerians now food insecure

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria, Muhammad Pate

Health minister inaugurates NHIA governing council

Wife of Niger state Governor

Niger governor’s wife backs measles-rubella vaccination drive ahead of October rollout

Nurses

Nigerian nurses reject govt circular on allowances

Investigations

The cost of sanitary pads has more than tripled from an average of N450 in 2021 to N1,500 in 2024

PT Health Watch: Why reusable pads may not be sustainable for many Nigerian girls – Expert

An unnamed man discussing with his pregnant wife after their routine excercise at the Alimosho General Hospital, Lagos Photo credit: Oluwakemi Adelagun-Olaoti

Supporting Dads: Flexible jobs help Nigerian men attend antenatal care

Environmental condition of communities in Damaturu and Potiskum, LGAs, Yobe. Photo Credit: Sunday Awosoro//Premium Times.

Malaria’s Deadly Grip: Poor sanitation undermines govt efforts in Yobe, Kebbi

Ibeku PHC. (PHOTO CREDIT: Mariam Ileyemi)

Beyond Borders: How Ogun’s healthcare crisis pushes Nigerians to neighbouring country

Health Specials

Sickle cell blood cells

PT Health Watch: Poor awareness still driving new sickle cell cases in Nigeria – Advocate

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

PT Health Watch: Confusing PCOS with Ovarian Cysts could delay proper care– Expert

Lassa fever

Major Health Stories Across Nigeria in May

The cost of sanitary pads has more than tripled from an average of N450 in 2021 to N1,500 in 2024

PT Health Watch: Why reusable pads may not be sustainable for many Nigerian girls – Expert

Features

Picture of a crawling baby.

Does mixing moringa leaves with honey make a crawling child walk faster?

Internally Displaced Person's in Borno (PHOTO CREDIT: Zulum's Official Facebook page | https://web.facebook.com/govborno/?_rdc=1&_rdr )

ANALYSIS: African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics

An image used to illustrate cataract

PT Health Watch: Expert warns of rising cataracts among young Nigerians

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

FACT CHECK: Nigerian pastor’s viral sermon promoting more salt intake is misleading

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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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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