About 1,500 employees of a Lagos-based tomato paste manufacturer, Erisco Foods Limited, are set to lose their jobs as the firm has shut down its $150m plant in Lagos. The Chief Executive Officer of Erisco […]
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday unanimously backed Antonio Guterres, the former prime minister of Portugal who was the UN’s refugee chief for a decade, to be the next secretary-general.
A total of 184 civil servants were disciplined for their different roles in the padding of the 2016 budget. This was contained in Buhari’s authorised biography, ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’, written […]
FOR the second time in three years, the Senate, yesterday, rejected proposals to grant Lagos a special status, in view of the avalanche of socio-economic challenges it is facing as former political capital of Nigeria. […]
ABUJA—Members of the House of Representatives were yesterday divided over whether or not governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, should be sacked, following the continuous fall of the naira in the […]
Members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives panel investigating the controversial Malabu oil deal on Wednesday expressed strong reservations about the attitude of firms caught in the scandal. The House in January 2016 set up another […]
The dust is yet to settle on the alleged copyright infringement by Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, concerning the “Change Begins With Me” campaign recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari. The owner […]
Just when I was going to weigh in on the side of my friend, Farooq Kperogi, and frown on the Presidency’s hair-splitting definition of “new media” which has yielded a confusing harem of special assistants, […]
Mr. Buhari continues to invoke his personal virtues, his ascetic mindset, and his commitment to change. And he continues to blame his predecessors. But those attributes—self-assessment, rhetoric and the blame game—won’t suffice to address Nigeria’s […]
I read the PREMIUM TIMES editorial on “How Buhari Helped Nigeria Into Recession and How He Can Take Us Out of It” of September 27 with keen interest. It certainly makes for attentive reading and […]
Though he had charm and a wonderful penchant for storytelling, Sparks never lost the commanding presence of an editor and could come across as gruff and intimidating. Yet his was a positive vision of the […]
•This should not end the matter; allegations raised by him should be addressed Amidst the rubble of very weighty allegations made by Abdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the House of Representatives, that our House of […]
US Army chiefs fear Russia, China or climate change could result in global instability with a war between two powerful countries “almost guaranteed” With tensions high over Syria and increasing attacks from terrorists, the threat […]
From the terror attacks in Nice, France to the ongoing spread of the Zika virus, the past year has been a dizzying one in terms of violence and disease outbreaks throughout the world. These factors, […]
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has accused western powers of being a stumbling block to Nigeria’s plan to improve power output through the use of coal. Adeosun said this on Wednesday in Washington […]
Political hypocrisy in Nigeria is so pervasive that it calls to mind the 1664 classic play Tartuffe which is centered on a hypocritical priest who, after giving great speeches of piety and self-sacrifice, is found […]
Samsung’s disastrous Note 7 smartphone episode took a new turn today when one of its new replacement handsets started to smolder during a flight in the US on Wednesday. The South Korean company recalled 2.5m […]
The televised contest between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence was quickly forgotten as the presidential nominees aimed fire at each other on the campaign trail. The vice-presidential debate left few traces on Wednesday as Donald […]
The Kwara State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Mr. Musa Abubakar, has said that 27 states in Nigeria have been unable to pay teachers’ salaries. He added that workers and teachers, in particular, […]
Nigeria has the opportunity to do something that can improve the country’s position in the supply of energy. Doing so should enhance the amount of money Nigeria receives for its products as it can charge […]
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