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Nigerian military kills notorious terrorist, followers in air strikes – NAF

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December 10, 2023

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Governor joins security operatives to battle terrorists – Official

December 10, 2023

Late Frank Kokori

OBITUARY: Frank Kokori: Authentic hero of Nigeria’s democratic struggle departs

December 10, 2023

Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter page of Mr Atiku]

Atiku attacks PREMIUM TIMES for requesting his academic records

December 9, 2023

Corp members used to illustrate the story.

Two more abducted NYSC members freed after 106 days

December 9, 2023

Presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar

EXCLUSIVE: Atiku refuses to release own records despite exposing Tinubu’s

December 9, 2023

Nurses and patients at the NOMA children hospital in Sokoto state

SPECIAL REPORT: Noma: Forgotten, treatable fatal disease affecting Nigerian children

December 9, 2023

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Nigerian military kills notorious terrorist, followers in air strikes – NAF

December 10, 2023

Late Frank Kokori

OBITUARY: Frank Kokori: Authentic hero of Nigeria’s democratic struggle departs

December 10, 2023

Dubawa Editor Kemi Busari, others shine at Nigeria’s top investigative journalism award

December 9, 2023

Kaduna State map used to illustrate the story.

Kaduna drone incident that killed scores was human error – CDS

December 9, 2023

Rev Fr Kingsley Eze

Gunmen release abducted Catholic priest, driver

December 9, 2023

The ongoing global climate change conference (COP28) in Dubai.

At COP28 in Dubai, Nigeria calls for equity in tackling climate crisis

December 9, 2023

COP28 venue, Dubai Expo City

COP28: Why two Nigerian agencies signed MoU in Dubai – Official

December 9, 2023

Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State. [PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter page of the governor]

COP28: Cross River, Oando sign MoU on wind energy

December 9, 2023

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Israeli-Gaza War showing destruction in Gaza Strip

Gaza: Islamic countries urge US to pressure Israel

December 10, 2023

President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi of Egypt

Egyptians to vote as Gaza war overshadows presidential polls

December 10, 2023

A former Nigerian defense minister, Theophilius Danjuma.

Tinubu felicitates Danjuma at 86

December 9, 2023

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Federal govt inaugurates N2.8 billion TETFund projects in Nigerian university

December 9, 2023

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. [PHOTO CREDIT: X @SimFubaraKSC]

Rivers govt urges schools to establish drug abuse counselling units

December 9, 2023

Cocoa trees bearing fruits

Cross River will become largest cocoa producer in Nigeria – Official

December 9, 2023

Special Reports

Nurses and patients at the NOMA children hospital in Sokoto state

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Noma: Forgotten, treatable fatal disease affecting Nigerian children

December 9, 2023

Matan Fada river shows decrease in water level

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Fishermen lament as Climate Change disrupts Argungu Fishing Festival

November 25, 2023

Sani Magaji Tambuwal, Clerk of the National Assembly

Headline Stories

How National Assembly Clerk misinformed Tinubu, almost got President to sign unapproved law

November 19, 2023

National Assembly

Investigation/Special Reports

INVESTIGATION: How National Assembly Clerk violates Nigeria’s Code of Conduct law

November 5, 2023

Musa Yakubu, a farmer at Saimami village in Kuje Area Council of Abuja, poses in front of mud-built grain storage facilities (Photo Credit: Ameh Ejekwonyilo)

Financial Inclusion

SPECIAL REPORT: Rural farmers in Nigeria’s capital count losses amid poor mobile telephony

October 18, 2023

PIC 9. Children playing barefooted

Gender

Yobe IDPs: Displaced by Boko Haram, abandoned by govt, ravaged by hunger

October 11, 2023

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L-R: Minister of State for Education and representative of President Bola Tinubu, Tanko Sununu; Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji; Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife and Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, during the graduation ceremony of Adedeji as a doctoral student in Management and Accounting at the university on Saturday.

FIRS Executive Chairman, Adedeji, 246 others awarded PhD at OAU 47th convocation

December 9, 2023

Tech visionary Prateek Suri’s rise: From Consumer electronics mogul to Gulf Business Magazine luminary

Tech visionary Prateek Suri’s rise: From Consumer electronics mogul to Gulf Business Magazine luminary

December 9, 2023

Bluetti lightens the path of education through LAAF Initiative

Bluetti lightens the path of education through LAAF Initiative

December 9, 2023

CAPTION: TAG: NCC Competition key in telecom sector, says Maida L-R: Director, Legal and Regulatory Services, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Helen Obi; Chief Legal and Regulatory Services, Airtel Network, Shola Adeyemi; Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Network, Carl Cruz; Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NCC, Aminu Maida; Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, NCC, Adeleke Adewolu and Director, Policy, Competition and Economic Analysis, Ayuba Shuaibu, during a visit by Airtel Nigeria management to the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja on Wednesday

Competition key in telecom sector, says Maida

December 8, 2023

UBA Business Series: E-commerce owners advise SMEs to add value, track growth, keep proper record

December 8, 2023

Features and Interviews

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has paid a condolence visit to Tudun Biri community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State [PHOTO CREDIT: @HQNigerianArmy]

Features And Interviews

Timeline of airstrikes by Nigerian military which led to deaths of civilians

byAbubakar Ahmadu Maishanu

December 6, 2023

Source: Sumaila et al. In prep/Global Ocean Commission/The High Seas and Us – Understanding the Value of High-Seas Ecosystems

Features And Interviews

High Seas Treaty: Africa’s role in saving the world’s blue lungs

byIlhan Dahirand1 others

December 5, 2023

Samuel Anyanwu, Hope Uzodinma and Athan Achonu

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Factors that helped Hope Uzodinma win Imo governorship poll

byChinagorom Ugwuand2 others

December 2, 2023

Yusuf Maitama Tuggar

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Nigeria’s foreign minister has his work cut out

November 30, 2023

Newton Jibunoh is a foremost environmentalist and founder of the Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE), a Non-Governmental Organisation. [PHOTO CREDIT: @Mandela_gardens]

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: How Nigerians can fight climate change in traditional ways – Environmentalist, Jibunoh

November 27, 2023

Gender-based violence

Features And Interviews

Rape: What Femi Olaleye’s life sentence means for fight against SGBV in Lagos

byMariam Ileyemi

November 24, 2023

Business

News Reports

Ecobank secures $200 million loan to fund climate ambitions

December 8, 2023

TIMELINE: P&G’s troubled operations in Nigeria

December 8, 2023

The Dangote Refinery is located in one of the Free Trade Zones in the country.

Dangote Refinery receives maiden crude cargo

December 8, 2023

Kaduna refinery

Why Nigerian refineries crashed – Ex-NNPC group director

December 7, 2023

CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso

Cardoso approves CBN’s updated service charter

December 7, 2023

Financial Inclusion

A Moniepoint PoS machine at Joyce Pius' Chemist

Over 350 million Africans financially excluded – Report

November 9, 2023

Musa Yakubu, a farmer at Saimami village in Kuje Area Council of Abuja, poses in front of mud-built grain storage facilities (Photo Credit: Ameh Ejekwonyilo)

SPECIAL REPORT: Rural farmers in Nigeria’s capital count losses amid poor mobile telephony

October 18, 2023

Gurfata, a community in FCT, where residents have to climb hills and trees to have access to mobile network.

INVESTIGATION: How poor privatisation of NITEL truncated $82 million Nigerian rural telephony project

September 1, 2023

Ghana tackles illegal loan apps over fraud, cyber-bullying

A customer validating data on a PoS machine (3)

How Nigeria’s $428 million ICT project is addressing rural financial inclusion

Analysis & Data

FILE PHOTO: Food items in an open market in Mpape, Abuja

ANALYSIS: Implications of CBN’s revised forex policy on food security

October 22, 2023

How to grow your finances through financial planning

Battling to make ends meet? Financial planning expert offers 5 tips on how to build your budget

October 17, 2023

Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail. (PPHOTO CREDIT: Facebook @Muhammadu Buhari)

Why cargo haulage on Lagos-Ibadan rail was stalled for two years

October 16, 2023

Nigerians abroad remitted $20.1bn in 2022 – Report

Nigerians abroad remitted $20.1bn in 2022 – Report

September 20, 2023

Photo collage of Wale Edun, Doris Anite and Atiku Bagudu

Nigeria’s foundering economy to test mettle of new ministers Edun, Anite, Bagudu

August 22, 2023

Regional

South West

Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu signed into law the bill creating 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state.

Akeredolu: CSOs want EFCC, ICPC to probe allegations of fraud, forgery

December 9, 2023

Governor Akeredolu and Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa

Akeredolu’s signature forged on official documents, Ondo commissioner alleges

December 8, 2023

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State

What Lagos needs to boost infrastructure, other amenities in 2024 – Sanwo-Olu

December 8, 2023

Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun State

Opposition party asks Governor Adeleke to respect NJC’s stance on Osun Chief Judge

December 8, 2023

South South

Corp members used to illustrate the story.

Two more abducted NYSC members freed after 106 days

December 9, 2023

Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State. [PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter page of the governor]

COP28: Cross River, Oando sign MoU on wind energy

December 9, 2023

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. [PHOTO CREDIT: X @SimFubaraKSC]

Rivers govt urges schools to establish drug abuse counselling units

December 9, 2023

Cocoa trees bearing fruits

Cross River will become largest cocoa producer in Nigeria – Official

December 9, 2023

South East

A convoy of FRSC Officials used to illustrate the story

Anambra records 97 road crashes, 35 deaths in 11 months – FRSC

December 10, 2023

Rev Fr Kingsley Eze

Gunmen release abducted Catholic priest, driver

December 9, 2023

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Federal govt inaugurates N2.8 billion TETFund projects in Nigerian university

December 9, 2023

Governor’s convoy reportedly crushes two to death, family demands justice

December 9, 2023

North West

Armed terrorists used to illustrate the image.

Governor joins security operatives to battle terrorists – Official

December 10, 2023

Sokoto state on map

Ex-governor’s aides testify before Sokoto probe panel on monetisation policy

December 9, 2023

16 illegal miners feared dead in Ghana pit collapse

EXCLUSIVE: Three artisanal miners die, five injured in Zamfara mining accident

December 8, 2023

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has paid a condolence visit to Tudun Biri community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State [PHOTO CREDIT: @HQNigerianArmy]

Drone Attack: Nigerian government to build houses, clinics at Tudun Biri

December 7, 2023

North East

left, John Gabriel sentenced to death(right) Adamu Gideon sentence for 10 years

Yobe court sentences soldier to death for killing cleric

December 5, 2023

Justice Benedict Kanyip, President, National Industrial Court of Nigeria.

Industrial court declares judge’s slot open to lawyers from Borno

December 5, 2023

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officials

NSCDC arrests 42 suspected criminals in Borno

December 2, 2023

Nigeria Police officers

Police kill over 50 armed bandits terrorising Taraba – Official

December 2, 2023

North Central

Former Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong

I’m confused whether to go to Senate or remain minister – Lalong

December 8, 2023

The FCT Minister of State, Mariya Mahmoud

FCTA allocates $4.5m World Bank grants to Fadama Programme

December 8, 2023

Abuja City Gate, FCT

Abuja unsafe, needs security overhaul – Lawmaker

December 7, 2023

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike [PHOTO: BBC]

Wike inaugurates rehabilitation, resurfacing of 49 roads in Abuja

December 7, 2023

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International

Israeli-Gaza War showing destruction in Gaza Strip

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Sports

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Arts and Entertainment

Movie Review: ‘Blood Vessel’, – intriguing, emotional, crime thriller

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Nigerian singer Portable

ALBUM REVIEW: Portable’s “Anikuleti Street Don Jazzy” , takes aim at pastors

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Seyi Vibez releases anticipated extended play “NAHAMciaga”

December 8, 2023

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Fake Death: Oladips apologises, takes full responsibility

December 8, 2023

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Health

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Investigations

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INVESTIGATION: Inside murky waters of surrogacy and rise of baby factories in Nigeria (2)

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The labour ward in Agbon-Ojodu PHC, Yewa North LGA of Ogun State.

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