The global oil giant, Shell, is concealing data showing thousands of Nigerians are exposed to health hazards from a stalled clean-up of the worst oil spills in the nation’s history, a German Geologist contracted by […]
In essence, nothing has changed. Managers of our economy have not learnt any lessons from the straitened circumstances we found ourselves in after the bottom fell out of the global oil market in 2014. Everywhere […]
– Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing factory, Nnewi, Anambra State It is imperative that we as people resolve to use what we make and make what we use. This implies a conscious decision for us to patronise […]
Ontario Oil & Gas Limited, which was convicted for subsidy fraud, is yet to make a formal commitment to settle all its outstanding debts under a crude oil swap contract that existed between 2012 and […]
In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Olalekan Owojori, the Director Wellbeck Consulting Limited and consultant to the Association of Waste Managers in Nigeria, speaks about the challenges faced by private waste operators in Lagos, government’s […]
There is an unchanging truth that has come from my relationship with God: God does not like me. Somebody once asked the late wife of Billy Graham about her relationship with her husband. The person […]
As a society, we need to reconceptualise ourselves as a socio-political and cultural entity with a view to determining our fate culturally – by creatively and selectively controlling our own cultural reproduction in a way […]
Some days ago I stumbled on an amusing and similarly bemusing headline – “Acting President Osinbajo is not a ‘Nigerian”. It was a brief but interesting piece written by a lecturer, Dr. Emmanuel Ufuophu-Biri, who […]
I learnt an enduring lesson on the day General Sani Abacha died. It was June 8, 1998, and death had laid its icy hands on the maximum ruler, and the scepter had fallen from the […]
Fluctuating real exchange rate impairs economic growth in resource rich countries. In countries with the Dutch disease, the real exchange rates move with the prices of natural resources. Nigeria is a perfect example of such […]
For one or two years now, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee has retained the monetary policy rate (MPR) at 14%. The MPR is just a peg, the lowest interest rate a bank […]
It was midnight, not so long ago, when I woke up, used the toilet and returned to my bed to continue from where I stopped. For almost an hour, I closed my eyes in vain. […]
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, on Saturday commended Babatunde Fashola, his predecessor, for stepping into the seat of power in the state for the first time since he handed over to him. Ambode said […]
The friendly match between the Super Eagles and the Etalons of Burkina Faso has been cancelled. Ademola Olajire, spokesman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), confirmed this to TheCable, saying the game was put off […]
In the last 10 months, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Nigeria’s main opposition party, has grappled with a lingering leadership crisis that has defied solutions. The party on May 21, 2016 split into two factions […]
The management of Addax Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. on Saturday confirmed that Geneva Prosecutor’s Office was conducting a criminal investigation into allegations focusing primarily on the company’s business in Nigeria. The company’s Communications Officer, Michael Owhoko, […]
Members of Nigeria police special forces unit on deployment in Southern Kaduna have accused police authorities of neglecting them, and failing to provide needed equipment as they confront skirmishes that have killed hundreds in the […]
Osita Okechukwu, the Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, recently visited the corporate headquarters of PREMIUM TIMES. During the visit, Mr. Okechukwu answered questions from Musikilu Mojeed, Festus Owete and Ebuka Onyeji. Excerpts: PT: […]
Three months into the federal government’s new whistleblowing policy, it has received 282 tips out of which 154 were actionable, an official has said. In a statement on Friday, Festus Akanbi, the media assistant to […]
The forces opposed to the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as substantive head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday released a new seven-page letter by the State Security Service, SSS, expatiating on the […]
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