With the official lifting of the ban on open campaigning, almost every nook and cranny of the country is getting the much-touted democracy dividends that over the years had remained elusive. Areas whose representatives and […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, on Sunday advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop sealing up assets belonging to suspects of financial crimes. The lawyer gave the advice […]
FOLLOWING the Metele disaster in which 23 (according to the Nigerian Army) and 118 soldiers (according to independent sources) lost their lives and scores wounded, the Federal Government and the Armed Forces responded with defiance […]
The usual thing these days is to read in Newspapers or hear from the electronic media, the views of some of those who are in the positions to equitably distribute the wealth of the nation, […]
Today (December 10) in the Norwegian capital of Oslo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) surgeon-activist, Denis Mukwege, will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Iraqi Yazidi rape survivor and activist, Nadia […]
A baby has been born to a mother who received a transplanted womb from a dead woman in a world-first medical procedure.Now almost one year old, the healthy girl was born weighing 5lbs 10oz (2.55kg) […]
The CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee met on November 21-22, 2018, but as usual avoided the shortest and easiest path to turning the 2018 Federal Budget (running for a course of 12 months from late June) […]
By Our Reporters ABUJA—Contrary to claims by the Nigerian Army that 23 soldiers died in the recent attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Nigerian Army 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Borno State, one of […]
Owerri – Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, yesterday warned against Ohanaeze Ndigbo taking side in the forthcoming 2019 general elections just as he said that his heart sometimes bleeds for the Igbo nation. Okorocha […]
NOT for the first time, the nexus between prison congestion and the role of judges, who arbitrarily order the detention of defendants, has returned to national consciousness. Like his predecessors, the incumbent Chief Justice of […]
Trapped in the morass of a toxic privatisation, the Nigerian power sector is in dire need of a reversal of fortunes. Five years into the ownership swap deal, the promised gains of massive injection of […]
For more than four decades, the United Kingdom enhanced its relationship with the European Union at the expense of other allies and allied unions, particularly, the Commonwealth. The gains of being an EU member were […]
The Petroleum Product Marketers and Depot Owners Associations gave the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum from December 1, 2018, to redeem their long overdue balance for over N800bn for fuel, already sold at the government […]
Tunde Odesola (tundeodes2003@yahoo.com) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Lord looked down to earth and saw the anguish of His people in the […]
Over the past week, the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, launched their respective campaigns for the 2019 presidential election. Whilst the APC chose “Next Level” as the […]
Nigeria’s economic planners may be having a bleak Christmas this year if they have any compunction left in them. It seems to be that down season once again when the world’s crude oil prices begin […]
In an era where the costs of quality education appear to be rising exponentially, the Federal Government is to be commended for introducing an insurance scheme to cover students, buildings and other infrastructure in its […]
A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has denied media reports (not PREMIUM TIMES) that he has decided not to support any candidate for next year’s presidential election in Nigeria. Mr Obasanjo made the clarification in […]
Nigeria’s immediate ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan recently, gathered the crème la crème of the society; within and beyond the shores of the nation for the launch of his book, ‘My Transition Hours’. Personalities including President Muhammadu […]
The need for the press to balance all political coverage is paramount. Hence, one of the enduring tenets of democracy is freedom of expression as rooted in responsible and vibrant press. The late Nigerian seasoned […]
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