Nigerian lawmakers on Tuesday shifted their attention to a $3.5 billion budget recovery fund allegedly spent by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Two senators of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had a heated argument during senate plenary over the issue. Kabir Marafa (Zamfara-APC) and Ali Ndume (Yobe-APC) disagreed…

In apparent move to avoid extending another invitation to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday ignored a prayer to summon the police boss to appear before the lawmakers. Following a point of order by Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Senate President, Dino Melaye (Kogi-PDP)…

Three Nigerian journalists emerged winners of their categories at the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards held in Accra on Saturday. The award in its second year attracted over 600 entries, shortlisted to 18, from West African journalists. The 18 finalists competed in seven categories. Two PREMIUM TIMES journalists…

Journalists, media owners and media support groups across West Africa, on Friday gathered to discuss the various challenges bedevilling the profession in the region. The deliberation is part of events at the ongoing West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) in Accra, Ghana, organised by the Media Foundation for…

The 2018 edition of the West Africa Conference on Investigative Journalism is currently taking centre-stage in the capital city of Ghana, Accra. The two-day event is organised and sponsored by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA). In its first day, the conference had in attendance over 40 journalists from…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola, the winner of the 2018 Osun governorship election. Mr Oyetola was returned as governor-elect on Thursday at the end of a supplementary election which held in seven polling units across four local governments. The…

The electoral commission, INEC, is set to commence the formal announcement of results from the seven polling units where elections were held on Thursday in Osun State. The rerun election was held after INEC on Sunday declared the Osun State governorship election inconclusive. The rerun elections were held in the…

A journalist with Galaxy TV, Seun Falomo, was manhandled by police officers at the INEC headquarters, Osogbo, Thursday afternoon. Mr Falomo, a duly accredited journalist, was teargassed at close range and beaten by the officers. He was accused of snapping photos of them while they were shooting tear gas to…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun rerun election, Ademola Adeleke, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to save the country from shame it could face from the international community. His comments is coming on the sidelines of the rerun election ongoing in Osun State. Mr…

The popular Alekuwodo-Okefia area of Osogbo is currently under siege by security operatives. Officials of the Nigeria police, Nigerian Army and FRSC blocked the roads at the Okefia and Akindeko entrances. At both entrances, commuters were left stranded. Election officers, journalists, observers and some citizens who dared were allowed passage.…

Over two hours after electoral process had commenced, no agent of the opposition party, PDP, was on sight at Polling Unit 001, Ward 8, Orolu Local Government Area. Many voters who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES alleged that thugs and police officers sent the agents back from the entrance of the…

Some journalists were sent back mid-way their journey to cover election in Ifon Osun, Orolu Local Government Area The journalists were en route Idi Iya, where Polling Unit four of Ward eight is situated. They were sent back by police officers who were on the spot to barricade the entrance…

Scores of voters protested at Jamodo Junction in Ifon Osun, Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State. They said thugs working for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) denied them entrance into polling units. They also alleged that the thugs seized their voting credentials and beat them up. They spoke…

Despite the presence of scores of security personnel at Polling Unit one, Ward eight in Orolu Local Government Area, thugs are in control of the unit, PREMIUM TIMES can report. At least 100 personnel comprising police officers and officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were deployed to…

Kemi Busari, a journalist covering the ongoing Osun rerun election, was briefly arrested by the police on Thursday morning. Mr Busari was arrested for taking pictures at Polling Unit one, Ward 8, Orolu Local Government Area. The polling unit is located at Kajola Community Primary School. Mr Busari is one…

The stage is set to conclude Osun State governorship election declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday. Today, Thursday, September 22, all 48 political parties vying for the post will go to the poll; but the real battle is between the PDP and the APC. In…

In a development many never anticipated, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared the Osun gubernatorial election inconclusive. Many had expected an outright declaration after the PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke, polled majority votes of about 254,698 while Gboyega Oyetola of the APC came a close second with 254,345…

Nigeria's National Assembly has postponed it's resumption. The parliament will now resume on October 9 instead of September 25 earlier slated. The postponement was contained in a statement by the National Assembly clerk, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, addressed to the lawmakers. "This is to inform all Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members that…

Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the ongoing Osun governorship election, has won his Ede North Local Government Area with a wide margin of votes. Mr Adeleke won with well over double the votes garnered my his closest rival, Gboyega Oyetola of the APC. The collation…

As collation of results for the 2018 Osun governorship elections draws to a close in various wards, the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Development brings you the outcomes of the elections in various local government areas. The winner of #OsunDecide2018 is…

As voting ends in many polling units across Osun State, results from such polling units have started coming in. With the deployment of about 180 observers across the 30 local governments in the state, the Premium Times Centre for Investigative journalism in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development…

The two major contending parties in the ongoing Osun governorship election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP), have devised new methods of voters' inducement. Rather than the usual money sharing around the polling unit, the parties have resorted to collating names for payment later. The…

The candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the ongoing Osun election, Ademola Adeleke, has expressed concern over the functionality of card readers in the process. He raised this concern after casting his vote at Polling Unit 9, Ward 2, Ede North Local Government on Saturday. Mr Adeleke voted…

Registered electorates in Osun State will today exercise their political rights to elect a new governor who will pilot the affairs of the state for the next four years. The election is significant in many ways; it is the last major election before the 2019 general election, it’s preceding party…

The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), has insisted its state chapters have the freewill to adopt direct or indirect primaries. The position comes with a caveat - that the process must be transparent. The national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, made this known after a meeting with APC…