“Wherever possible, government should invest in citizen capabilities to provide for themselves.” – Anne-Marie Slaughter, President & CEO, New America President Muhammadu Buhari who seeks re-election in 2019 criticized Nigerian youths last week at a […]
There is a lot that Nigerians do not know about their army. Would you believe, for instance, that the Nigerian army actually conducts world-class training on how to avoid civilian “collateral” casualties during its operations? […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the withdrawal $462 million from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to the United States for the procurement of 12 Super Tucano aircraft, without a prior approval of the National Assembly, […]
Sulaiman Kazaure, the Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says the increase in corps members monthly allowance would be determined by the new national minimum wage ”when it takes effect.” The official said this […]
God Almighty burst out, not laughing, nor swearing, nor deprecating, but weeping and poeticising: “Nigerians, what manner of day! What manner of clay!” The other time I wafted through a chink in the sky on […]
Saudi Arabian authorities are threatening to block Nigerian pilgrims from attending this year’s Hajj exercise. Nigeria has one of the largest contingents in the annual religious exercise with about 95,000 pilgrims. The National Hajj Commission […]
Nigeria’s National Assembly led by Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara paid out N5, 638, 664, 700 to 44 unqualified contractors, PREMIUM TIMES and UDEME can authoritatively report today. The payment was made from the controversial […]
The ambitions of two leaders of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, have caused a split among state chairpersons of the party. The current National Chairman of the APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, and a former Edo State governor, […]
Dino Melaye, the Kogi senator who was arrested in Abuja early Monday, has been released after a stand-off that lasted about two and a half hours, his spokesperson has told PREMIUM TIMES “Yes, he had been […]
Nigeria is not a beggarly country but an important stakeholder on the international stage, Mr Kayode Laro, the Nigeria’s Consul-General in Atlanta said. Laro told the Correspondents following the recognition of some Nigerians in the […]
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on Sunday called on Nigerians to be vigilant and beware of a coalition formed by former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo purportedly claiming to be on a rescue mission […]
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it has removed proficiency certificate from its list of requirements for business registration. The commission said the removal is part of its reform initiatives and review of its checklist […]
Diaspora Nigerians wired $22 billion home in 2017, an African record and the fifth largest remittance by immigrants, according to the World Bank. Egypt received $20 billion from its citizens abroad, according to figures published […]
Samson Ayokunle, president of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has appealed to Christians to save themselves from killings and attacks. He said this during a pre-convention news conference of the 105th annual meeting of the […]
…President Buhari’s most recent comment on the Nigerian economy is not all the stuff and nonsense that the large parts of the youth commentariat have made it out to be. If anything at all, were […]
The thing about a second term in all political climes is that voters must have a practical reason to vote for someone. President Buhari has not given anyone an excuse not to choose him on […]
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of Dino Melaye at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday morning. The spokesman of the Service, Sunday James, told the News Agency of Nigeria […]
The monarchy aside, Britain doesn’t really do longevity these days. The nation of “keep calm and carry on” and of “until death do us part” has often, it appears, given way to a land of […]
Arsène Wenger has admitted that supporters campaigning for the manager’s removal had created a “hurtful” atmosphere that was damaging Arsenal’s reputation on a worldwide scale. Speaking for the first time about his decision to cut […]
One major problem limiting the national effectiveness and impact of the Nigerian Left in the country’s politics – at least since the end of the (1967-1970) Civil War – has been the contradictions (or “disconnect”) […]
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