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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

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

INVESTIGATION: How Chinese, Nigerian firms destroy miners’ hopes in Benue

Why Africa must fast-track gender justice, women’s empowerment – Chichi Aniagolu

Cocoa Boom or Forest Doom: As prices rise, farmers encroach on Nigeria’s conservation areas

Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan’s healthcare journey in Nigeria: What the records show

Beyond Borders: How Ogun’s healthcare crisis pushes Nigerians to neighbouring country
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Opinion
When a nation misuses God (2), By Ayo Akerele

Two years of the CDS and service chiefs at the helm of Nigeria’s military, By Samuel Aruwan

Through the blue gates of Nigeria’s economy, By Tahir Ahmad

June 12: The complicity we must not forget, By Babafemi Ojudu

Israel-Iran conflict: Then Nigerian connection, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria’s tax reforms are promising but who will hold the (new) NRS accountable?, By Edidiong Bassey
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Consumed by Terror: Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall faces crucial threat (1)

byQosim Suleimanand3 others

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Atiku and Governor Umaru Fintiri'

Adamawa govt. strips Atiku of traditional title of Wazirin Adamawa

Senate at Pleanary

UPDATED: Senate, again, extends implementation of Nigeria’s 2024 budget

The kidney transplant patient, Yusuf Abdullahi

Hospital, patient celebrate successful kidney transplant in Maiduguri

Plateau State on map used to illustrate the story

Three killed, two injured in renewed Plateau violence

President Donald Trump

Israel-Iran war: Trump provides ceasefire details, as Israel, Iran react

US President Donald Trump

Trump announces ‘total ceasefire’ between Israel and Iran

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Mokwa flood (PHOTO CREDIT: ChannelsTV)

Mokwa Flood: Over 206 people killed, 3,534 others displaced – Lawmaker

From right: PDP acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo during a meeting with INEC on Tuesday in Abuja

PDP, INEC meet over party’s national secretary crisis

Lagos diverts traffic ahead of 110-day bridge repair

Tobacco

Tobacco kills over seven million people annually – WHO

SDP suspends national chairperson, two others for alleged fraud

image of vaccines

Gates Foundation pledges $1.6 billion to Gavi to boost global vaccine access

Mrs Yerima

Oyo Chief Judge frees 77 inmates

Mr Buhari appoints Dauda Ali Biu as the new boss of FRSC

FRSC confirms five dead in Oyo multiple road crash

Business School Netherlands

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APC

Two opposition lawmakers join APC

President Donald Trump

Trump lashes out at Israel for violating ceasefire with Iran

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa

Judiciary Strike: Ondo govt, JUSUN reach agreement

Iraq on map

Iraq reopens airspace to international traffic following Israel-Iran ceasefire

Natural gas plant

European gas price drops significantly after Iran-Israel ceasefire

participants and staff members of both Yiaga Africa and WILAN

Yiaga Africa, WILAN train 20 young women for political leadership ahead of Lagos council polls

Special Reports

A farmer tending a young plant on a dune stabilisation site in Nguel Borno, Niger Republic.

Headline Stories

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

The floodgate_ The 29 May flooding broke this train dyke and sent terror through Mokwa town, claiming lives, properties and displacing thousands

Headline Stories

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

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

Gender

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.

Headline Stories

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

Local miners at Ayilamo community

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: How Chinese, Nigerian firms destroy miners’ hopes in Benue

ChiChi Aniagolu-Okoye

Gender

Why Africa must fast-track gender justice, women’s empowerment – Chichi Aniagolu

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Gov Radda attends infrastructure summit

Gov Radda attends infrastructure summit in China, seeks CCECC’s support

DSP Adedayo Abu Sadiq, Deputy Superintendent Police, Rapid Response Squad, Lagos Command; Adebayo Olusoji, Director, Passenger Transport Commuter Services (PTCS); Timothy Oladimeji, Country Representative, inDrive Nigeria; Mary-Anne Momoh-Ige, Country Public Policy & Government Aﬀairs Manager; and Ayodele Ologun, Superintendent Route Commander, Lagos Sector Training Oﬃcer, FRSC, Lagos Command during the Panel Session Strengthening Driver & Passenger Trust at the inDrive Safety Education Summit 2.0 held in Lagos on Friday.

Collaboration, education, standardised regulations key to safety for urban mobility- experts

Governor Dauda Lawal

Zamfara govt denies taking loans in two years, dismisses report as false

Jigawa State Governor

Jigawa govt commissions, takes over hospital donated by lawmaker

Governor Umar Namadi arrives in Hadejia town for the programme

Gwamnati da jama’a: Jigawa governor receives thunderous reception in Hadejia

Features and Interviews

Businessman, Tunde Ayeni

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: I regret ever meeting Adaobi Alagwu – Tunde Ayeni

byPremium Times

Map showing Sahel region including Nigeria

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Violent extremism erodes local climate resilience in the Sahel

byFahiraman Rodrigue Koné

Air Peace Chairman, Allen Onyema and Senator Adams Oshiomhole

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Between Oshiomhole and Air Peace: A Missed Opportunity, By Osita Chidoka

byOsita Chidoka

Street children in Uyo, Akwa Ibom Photo by Cletus Ukpong

Features And Interviews

Stakeholders assess implementation of Child Rights Act in South-south Nigeria

byAgency Report

Boko Haram

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Why jihadist takeover of a Sahelian capital is unlikely

byDjiby Sowand1 others

Nigerians on the street

Features And Interviews

Navigating Change: Unravelling challenges of leading reforms across diverse sectors in Nigeria

byIsaac N. Obasi

Business

News Reports

The truck intercepted by Custom with 13.6 kg of dry donkey skin worth N3.6bn

Nigeria Customs intercepts 13.6kg dry donkey skin worth N3.6 billion – Official Agency report

NNPC Limited.

NNPC increases petrol price

Nigerian stocks

Transcorp, NASCON, Presco top stock pick this week

Sterling Bank

Sterling Financial Holdings resumes dividend payment after surge in annual profit

Ongoing panel session at #EmployabilitySummit2025 featuring Nneka Eneli, Director of Workforce Outsourcing; Lere Baale, CEO, Business School Netherlands (BSN); Lara Yeku, Divisional Director and Head of HR, Food Commercial Division at Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc; and Commodore A Mohammed, Senior Officer in the Nigerian Navy with expertise in Communications and IT. Moderated by Samira Bello, CEO of AADUN & Co., the panel is discussing how cross-generational workforces are shaping productivity and workplace dynamics.

Employability Summit: How young Nigerians can turn gaps in agric value chain into fortune – Expert

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

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

Naira and Dollars

Again, Naira gains against dollar as CBN sustains FX reforms

February 25, 2025

Regional

South West

Lagos diverts traffic ahead of 110-day bridge repair

Mrs Yerima

Oyo Chief Judge frees 77 inmates

Mr Buhari appoints Dauda Ali Biu as the new boss of FRSC

FRSC confirms five dead in Oyo multiple road crash

Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun [PHOTO CREDIT: @dabiodunMFR]

Ogun set to build N2b ultra modern auditorium, roads, at MAPOLY

South South

Edo State House of Assembly

Assembly summons police chief over traditional ruler’s arrest within complex

IGP Kayode Egbetokun

Survivor of deadly shooting by police officer says authorities have abandoned him

Gunmen used to illustrate a story

Man shot dead by suspected cultists

Police operatives

Police vow to rescue abducted judge

South East

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Tuesday, received the Super Eagles and Udinese FC Goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye, at the Government House, Enugu.

Gov. Mbah receives Super Eagles goalkeeper Okoye in Enugu

Donald Iheaturu

INTERVIEW: How I use AI to promote food security – Farmer

The students of St. John Vianney Science College, Ukwulu, Anambra State

Nigerian students emerge winners in UK-Nigeria debate competition

APGA speaks on members’ defection to APC in Ebonyi

North West

NAFDAC officials

NAFDAC seals shops, seizes harmful bleaching products in Kano

President Bola Tinubu at a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives

Tinubu condemns Borno bombing, sympathises with victims of Kano explosion

Police securing the area where suspected bomb explosion occurred in Kano state.

Explosion kills five, injures 10 in Kano – Police

President Tinubu visits Kaduna, commission's projects

Tinubu commissions projects in Kaduna, pledges N100bn for light rail

North East

Atiku and Governor Umaru Fintiri'

Adamawa govt. strips Atiku of traditional title of Wazirin Adamawa

The kidney transplant patient, Yusuf Abdullahi

Hospital, patient celebrate successful kidney transplant in Maiduguri

President Bola Tinubu at a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives

Tinubu condemns Borno bombing, sympathises with victims of Kano explosion

ARMY: Nigerian Soldiers (Army) on duty. [PHOTO CREDIT: The Guardian]

Boko Haram: Troops kill over 600 insurgents but apprehension remains in Borno communities

North Central

Mokwa flood (PHOTO CREDIT: ChannelsTV)

Mokwa Flood: Over 206 people killed, 3,534 others displaced – Lawmaker

Emir of Lapai, Umar Tafida,

Peace returns to Lapai after university students protest killing of mate

Plateau State on map used to illustrate the story

Three killed, two injured in renewed Plateau violence

Fct-Abuja City Gate [PHOTO CREDIT: Abuja on IG]

Abuja is safe, Nigerian govt says amid US travel advisory

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Tinubu hands over ECOWAS leadership to Sierra Leone’s President

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

Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos office of PREMIUM TIMES

Super Eagles Captain visits PREMIUM TIMES office ahead of star-studded Lagos Charity Match

President Bola Tinubu upon arrival in Benue (PHOTO CREDIT: Channels TV)

Arrest perpetrators of Benue massacre immediately, Tinubu tells security agencies

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (middle); FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and Minister of State FCT, Mahmoud Mariya, during the official commissioning of greater Abuja water supply network loops 1,2,5, and 6 of FCC Abuja on Monday, 16 June 2025

China provided 85% of Abuja water project cost – Wike

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International

President Donald Trump

Trump lashes out at Israel for violating ceasefire with Iran

Iraq on map

Iraq reopens airspace to international traffic following Israel-Iran ceasefire

Iran MAP

Qatar summons Iranian ambassador over missile attack

President Donald Trump

Israel-Iran war: Trump provides ceasefire details, as Israel, Iran react

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UPDATED: Iran retaliates against US, launches missiles at American base in Qatar

Sports

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Tuesday, received the Super Eagles and Udinese FC Goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye, at the Government House, Enugu.

Gov. Mbah receives Super Eagles goalkeeper Okoye in Enugu

Moses Simon is set for a fresh challenge [Photo Credit: Moses Simon on (X)]

Moses Simon confirms Nantes exit after six seasons, set for Paris FC switch

Over ₦45m raised as Troost-Ekong hosts star-studded gala for youth empowerment in Lagos

The Zen Archery team with the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Oyeleke, Zen Archery team honour Gov Sanwo-Olu

Chioma, 21, was born in Malawi to a Malawian mother and Nigerian father Credit: Football Association of Malawi Facebook Page

“It was her choice”: Chioma Okafor’s mother speaks as daughter picks Nigeria over Malawi

Arts & Entertainment

Cubana Chief Priest and alleged Kenyan baby mama, Hellen Mutimu

DNA: “Over my dead body” – Kenyan woman defies Cubana High Priest’s court order

Porsha Williams and Simon Guobadia (1)

‘I’m finally able to exhale’-Porsha Williams breaks silence after divorcing Simon Guobadia

Yinka Theisen and Linc Edochie

Linc Edochie’s partner, Yinka, announces end of their union

Terry Waya

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Elizabeth Agboola

Brazil Embassy, NTT to spotlight global cultures at Abuja cultural diplomacy event

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Ayo Akerele writes about the need to rebuild Nigeria on the foundation of righteousness.

Columns

When a nation misuses God (2), By Ayo Akerele

...rescuing Nigeria is predicated on two recommendations...in which a sizeable population from the people across all the six geo-political zones...

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Samuel Aruwan writes about why we need to be careful about the thesis of US Congressman Scott Perry on the terror financing in Nigeria.

Two years of the CDS and service chiefs at the helm of Nigeria’s military, By Samuel Aruwan

Tahir Ahmad writes about the blue gates of Nigeria's economy.

Through the blue gates of Nigeria’s economy, By Tahir Ahmad

June 12: The complicity we must not forget, By Babafemi Ojudu

June 12: The complicity we must not forget, By Babafemi Ojudu

Dakuku Peterside writes about the Mokwa flood.

Israel-Iran conflict: Then Nigerian connection, By Dakuku Peterside

Edidiong Bassey writes about tax reforms in Nigeria.

Nigeria’s tax reforms are promising but who will hold the (new) NRS accountable?, By Edidiong Bassey

Editorial

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

President Bola Tinubu

EDITORIAL: Mid-term: Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda needs renewal

Ishaq Oloyede

EDITORIAL: 2025 UTME error, retooling and getting the inherent lesson

Health

News Reports

NAFDAC officials

NAFDAC seals shops, seizes harmful bleaching products in Kano

Tobacco

Tobacco kills over seven million people annually – WHO

WHO to introduce Measles-Rubella vaccine in Anambra in September

US CDC Calls for improved immunisation to curb measles spread in Nigeria

Hypertension medication[PHOTO CREDIT: Students4BestEvidence]

Nigerian govt says many hypertension cases are undiagnosed

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

A free image, AI generated of children under five, used to illustrate a story.

PT Health Watch: Why seizures are common among children in poor communities – Expert

Human heart

PT Healthwatch: Why Cardiovascular diseases are on the rise in Nigeria- Expert

Uterus

PT Health Watch: What you should know about pelvic inflammatory disease and how to prevent it

A depressed mother (PHOTO CREDIT: freepik)

PT Health Watch: Why postpartum depression needs urgent attention in Nigeria – Experts

Features

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

President Bola Tinubu's inaguration

Midterm Scorecard: Nigeria’s health sector remains fragile despite Tinubu’s efforts

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]

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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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