Less than four months after his controversial reinstatement, the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, is again in trouble over a N25 billion investment scam. The newly inaugurated Governing Council of the agency has accused Mr Yusuf of misleading it to act against the policy directive…

Nancy Lindborg, president of the United States Institute of Peace visited the corporate headquarters of PREMIUM TIMES in Abuja while on a working tour of Nigeria. During the visit, Ms. Lindborg and members of her entourage – Chris Kwaja and Oge Onubogu - fielded questions from Bisi Abidoye, Festus Owete and Lois…

Paulin Basinga is the Country Director of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Nigeria, a major international donor supporting development in several sectors in the country. As the head of the operations of the Foundation in Nigeria, Mr. Basinga works in close collaboration with government at the federal and state…

Faisal Shuaib was appointed Director-General of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, in January. In this interview with Bisi Abidoye, Ayodamola Awoseye and Nike Adebowale of PREMIUM IMES, he speaks on the strategic ways the agency is trying to address the fundamental issues in primary healthcare in Nigeria.…

The office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has begun processing lists of all high-profile corruption cases in Nigeria following the submission of the lists by the heads of federal courts and state chief judges. A source at the office of the CJN told PREMIUM TIMES on Friday that all…

Fugitive former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, projected himself as very powerful and untouchable under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan that the Senate had to issue a threat before the president consented to his dismissal from the federal civil service. A former…

The bedlam on Tuesday in Rivers State, in which parents in Port Harcourt and other towns in the state rushed to withdraw their children and wards from schools, was incited by the state government, a review of the development by Premium Times has revealed. The parents were reacting to a…

A man has been arrested in Abuja for setting a nine-room apartment on fire after his brother committed suicide. The brother committed suicide after allegedly losing N7,000 he staked on sport betting.  Babatunde Bello, a 31-year old generator repairer, committed the arson at about 8.40 a.m on Saturday at the…

Neymar's move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain has entered legal limbo as La Liga has rejected the €222 million payment deposited by his lawyer. The 25-year-old was expected to complete the move on Friday so as to play a part in PSG's Ligue 1 opener on Saturday against Amiens. However,…

Brazilian superstar, Neymar, is set to complete his move to Paris Saint-Germain after telling Barcelona and his team mates he plans to leave. Barcelona confirmed the development on Wednesday. “Neymar Junior, accompanied by his father and agent, has this morning informed FC Barcelona of his decision to leave the club…

The man in charge of Kenya's computerised voting system has been murdered, just days before the country goes for a general election on August 8. Chris Msando, the electoral commission's IT manager, had been reported missing on Friday, according to a report by the BBC. "There was no doubt he was tortured…

Nigeria’s internal secret service, the State Security Service (SSS), is enmeshed in a recruitment scandal following the exposure of a shocking lopsidedness in the composition of the new officers recently absorbed into the agency. The agency commissioned 479 cadet officers after their passing-out parade in Lagos on March 5, at…

"Against staggering odds, Isiaka Adeleke became the first elected governor of Osun State at 37 in 1992. His shocking death at 62 on Sunday brought an end to his quest to return to the office to complete his self-imposed assignment for his people." When Isiaka Adeleke announced that he wanted…

Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, who died on March 10, was buried on March 24 with fanfare in Benin City, capital of Edo State. The burial ended a four-day ceremony organised by the governments of Edo and Delta, the two states which as Bendel, he governed twice, first as military governor from…

In this analysis, Bisi Abidoye of PREMIUM TIMES looks at the talking points from last weekend’s governorship election in Ondo State Gatecrashing the federal party? The All Progressives Congress won Saturday’s governorship election of Ondo state. The candidate of the party, Rotimi Akeredolu, was declared winner, having received the highest number of…

On Tuesday, Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. If you ignore the popular vote that indicated a photo finish, Mr. Trump’s victory was decisive – he crossed the 270 electoral votes even before the returns from three of the 50 states were tallied, and was…