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Mr Shettima, speaking on behalf of President Bola Tinubu at the Summit on Sunday, said the international political structure must ...

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10,494 Nigerians in UK health sector as country battles health worker shortage

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How Ben Iroha went from Super Eagles star at USA ’94 to Dallas businessman

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Gunmen abduct six imams in Zamfara – Police

Foreign

BRICS adopt resolutions on conflict resolution, multilateralism, tariffs, trade, others

2027: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, 15 others make INEC final presidential candidates’ list (Full List)

Nigerian rapper and singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad

Three years later, Mohbad still unburied as DNA saga, family crisis persists

Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode

Xenophobia: Over 30 Nigerians killed by South African police since 2022 – Ambassador

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Late Eka WIlliams, Cross River State Commissioner for Power and Renewal Energy

South South

Cross River State loses another Commissioner

bySaviour Imukudo

Mr Williams died on Saturday evening while receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment, the Vanguard newspaper reported, citing the deceased's...

As new academic session begins, schools in Nigeria-Benin border communities remain closed

Pressure mounts on Sanwo-Olu to reinstate dismissed LASU lecturers, seven years after

The findings suggest that many young Nigerians are not necessarily indifferent to elections; rather, they are becoming disillusioned by an...

Gas flare at Heirs Energies facility at Umuechem

INVESTIGATION: Oil companies violate Nigerian laws, flare gas, face no sanctions (1)

September 1, 2026

Children rescued from traffickers in Benue State.

INVESTIGATION: How criminals exploited Benue’s conflicts to traffic children, women

August 25, 2026

A collage of ethical hacker and Warri Flyover Bridge

INVESTIGATION: The multi-million dollar Norwegian scam and the role of a Nigerian

August 23, 2026

SPECIAL REPORT: How social media shapes reprisal violence in Plateau

August 22, 2026

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The car involved in the crash (Photo Credit_ Timfon John)

Police deny report of officers’ deaths in checkpoint crash

Kanyinsola Ajayi Credit: Making of Champions on X

Nigeria’s fastest man Kanyinsola Ajayi reflects on breakthrough 2026 season

CPPE warns against return to petrol subsidy, proposes targeted relief

Soldiers arrest three suspects after 17-year-old was killed in Plateau

Features & Interviews

ANALYSIS: Taraba 2027: Kefas, Bwacha, others and the battle ahead

President of AUN, Dr. Dwayne Frazier. (PHOTO CREDIT: Akinola Oyewobi, Premium Times)

INTERVIEW: How we erroneously employed sodomy convict as lecturer – AUN President Dwayne Frazier

Nigeria-China Aquatic Products Protocol: A new frontier for economic transformation

The newly commissioned Aiyetoro Road as part of the 21 Lagos-Ogun Boundary Network Roads in Alimosho Local Government by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday, April 2, 2018.

Aiyetoro: Ondo coastal community submerged, defrauded, betrayed

Can Africa take ownership of the AU-US infrastructure deal?

From Mussa to Lassa: Key events between the 15 May abduction in Mussa and the 29 June attack on GDSS Lassa

SPECIAL REPORT: Two school abductions 45 days apart. What happened to Borno’s Safe Schools measures?

From Wimbledon to the US Open: How Oluwaseun Ogunsakin Is Rewriting Nigeria’s Tennis Story

September 7, 2026

How erosion havoc destroys homes, farmlands in Kano community

September 3, 2026

Nigeria's 2027 elections and religious-induced sentiment

ANALYSIS: Nigerians confront politicians’ old tricks, rhetorics as 2027 campaigns begin

September 3, 2026

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Olusegun Alebiosu, FirstBank Managing Director/CEO

How to buy Dangote Refinery shares through FirstMobile, FirstOnline, branch subscription as IPO opens Monday

Zenith Bank headquarters (PHOTO CREDIT: Zenith Bank's website via https://www.zenithbank.com/about-us/)

Subscribe to Dangote Refinery shares seamlessly through Zenith Bank

Abiodun wins National Award for Ogun’s digital transformation

L-R: Prof Mahfouz Adedimeji of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON); Commissioner of Operation, NAHCON, Anofiu Elegushi; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and the Commissioner, South-West, NAHCON, Dr Tajuddeen Oladejo, during the visit of the Commission to the governor in his office on Friday.

Gateway Air ready to airlift Hajj pilgrims — Gov Abiodun

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South West

Pressure mounts on Sanwo-Olu to reinstate dismissed LASU lecturers, seven years after

Ondo Tragedy: Govt bans production, distribution of local alcoholic drinks as death toll rises to 29

Sanwo-Olu explains delay in opening Ojota-Opebi Link Bridge

A Nigerian police used to illustrate the story

Police arrest three suspects over child stealing, rescue three minors in Ogun

The Ondo State government officials and returnees (Credit: Ondo State Government)

Xenophobia: Ondo receives South Africa returnees

Police investigate deaths of three siblings, 27 others in Ondo

September 10, 2026

South South

Cross River State loses another Commissioner

Police deny report of officers’ deaths in checkpoint crash

Police save theatre assistant from mob after allegedly performing unauthorised surgery

Gov Umo Eno receives Akwa Ibom Sports Festival Torch in Uyo

Gov Eno makes job offer to three Commonwealth Games medalists

Students at Christian Secondary Commercial School, Uyo - Photo credit Grace Udoh

Pay compensation for school takeover or lose it, court tells Akwa Ibom govt

Justice symbol used to illustrate the story.

Court remands man over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery in Edo

South East

One killed, others feared trapped as hotel building collapses in Enugu

How I discovered my wife was sexually molesting our daughter – Husband

The presidential candidate of the The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi

LP chieftain sues UNN over alleged refusal to release Peter Obi’s academic records

Police rescue abducted cleric in Ebonyi

Federal University of Technology, Owerri FUTO gate (PHOTO CREDIT: FUTO)

University confirms release of abducted female students

(L-R) Abia commercial bus driver, Mr Onyekachi Ikpendu, who found over N400,000 left by a passenger in his vehicle, handing over the cash to the owner, Mrs Nkechi John, at the Nnenna Oti Bus Terminal, Umuahia, on Friday.

Bus driver returns over N400,000 forgotten by passenger

North Central

Soldiers arrest three suspects after 17-year-old was killed in Plateau

A filling station used to illustrate the story (PHOTO CREDIT: Pexels)

Abuja filling stations increase petrol prices

ANALYSIS: Taraba 2027: Kefas, Bwacha, others and the battle ahead

Plateau govt demands probe after VIO officials’ confrontation in Jos

Alia condemns attack in which police officers, civilians died, commends SSS for arrests

Benue State Commissioner of Police, Cletus Nwadiogbu (PHOTO CREDIT: Vanguard)

Bandits kill four police officers, seven civilians in Benue attack

North East

Air strikes kill over 18 terrorists, destroy logistics hubs in Borno – Military

Nigerian soldiers walks past military tanks prepared for deployment during a tour of the Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole by Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ahmed Kingimi

Soldier injured as military repels ISWAP attack on military base

Danjuma Foundation offers 50 Taraba children specialist eye care

SPECIAL REPORT: Two school abductions 45 days apart. What happened to Borno’s Safe Schools measures?

Soldiers foil terror attack in Borno, recover weapons — Official

A collage of Tuggar, Dogara, Ali Pate, and Muhammad Abubaka

2027: Imposition allegations, mass exits threaten APC’s hopes in Bauchi

September 6, 2026

North West

Police unlawfully declare radio presenter wanted – Amnesty International

Gunmen abduct six imams in Zamfara – Police

Ex-PDP chair Bamanga Tukur dies at 90

Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Ifeoma Mbonu (CREDIT: Ministry of Tourism)

National Theatre holds creative summit in Kano, first-ever outside Lagos

Gumi sues man who accused him of abducting Moroccan wife

Two arrested over murder of Kano social media influencer

How Kano social media influencer was killed days after reporting threat to his life

September 10, 2026

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CPPE warns against return to petrol subsidy, proposes targeted relief

byOmotoyosi Idowu

CPPE's position comes amid renewed calls for a return to fuel subsidy, including a pledge by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar...

Health workers [PHOTO CREDIT: amnesty.org]

10,494 Nigerians in UK health sector as country battles health worker shortage

Federal Ministry of Finance, Headquarters, Abuja.

FG settles severance benefits for 2,100 former Nigeria Airways workers after two decades

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CREDIT: CBN X handle)

Business confidence rises sharply as taxes, insecurity remain major concerns in August – CBN Survey

Oladeinde Olawoyin and Folashade Ogunrinde

PREMIUM TIMES, The Examination, other partners’ lead poisoning investigation named finalist in global journalism awards

Agriculture

Ofada rice. (PHOTO CREDIT: Popoola Ademola)

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Dry spell, unpredictable rain push back production of ofada rice in Ekiti

byPopoola Ademola

September 9, 2026

“Many people did not farm rice this year because of what happened last year. And what happened has started happening...

University don calls for better credit system for women farmers

Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion: Nigeria’s cashless boom leaves rural women, cross-border traders behind

byBakare Majeed