West African leaders did not agree to grant Yahya Jammeh any immunity during negotiations that convinced Gambia’s long time ruler to flee into exile, Senegal’s foreign minister said on Sunday. Mr. Jammeh, who is accused […]
President Adama Barrow of Gambia has pledged to ensure the smooth transfer of power to his successor when his tenure as president elapses. Mr. Barrow said this during an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority, […]
Ex-President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, yesterday left his country’s capital, Banjul, in a plane heading for an unspecified destination to begin a life in exile after ruling the West African country for 22 years. […]
Gambia’s outgoing leader, Yahaya Jammeh, will finally leave power for internationally-recognized Adama Barrow, after failing three deadlines, a report says. A France24 journalist in The Gambia, Nicolas Germain, tweeted at 5.56PM, almost two hours after […]
My most enduring impression is that while discussing with ordinary people, it sturck one forcefully that they really want dialogue and conflict resolution so that they can return to their farms and normal lives. The […]
Two PREMIUM TIMES staff arrested but later released Thursday by the Nigerian police returned to the Abuja headquarters of the force early Friday, amid widespread outrage that followed the raid. Plain-clothed officers stormed the paper’s […]
FOR a city that literally sits atop water, Lagos should ordinarily not encounter too much difficulty meeting the water needs of its mammoth population. But this has surprisingly been the case. While the state has […]
By far, the biggest excuse advanced by security agencies for the intractability of the Boko Haram insurgency is the Sambisa forest; an ecological myth created and believed by these security agencies, the government and people […]
Indeed, “Abachaology” and the darkness it embodied had since unraveled in the land of its birth. But the enduring tragedy is that the infatuated like Jammeh still seem detained by that sordid past, refusing to […]
The police in Abuja have released the two PREMIUM TIMES journalists that were arrested on Thursday afternoon. Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of the newspaper, was arrested alongside the judiciary correspondent, Evelyn Okakwu, at around 5:00 p.m. They were released on […]
MMM users are still unsettled days after the supposed return of the scheme, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. MMM Nigeria which has well over 3million Nigerians in its talons said it has removed all requests for […]
The United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have asked the Nigerian government to ensure the unfortunate incident of Tuesday where dozens of civilians were killed by a military bomb does […]
The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, said on Wednesday that though sad, the Tuesday accidental bombing of a civilian population in his state was not unique. PREMIUM TIMES reported how at least 52 people were […]
ECOWAS should use any available means to remove the dictator With the expiration of the deadline of last night set by leaders of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) for the Gambian dictator, […]
In preparation for the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja and rerouting of Abuja-bound flights to Kaduna, the firm, Messrs CGC Nigeria Limited, contracted by the federal government to repair the Abuja-Kaduna […]
Worried by the federal government’s refusal to court orders, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise know as Shiites, yesterday called on the international community to persuade the federal government to release its leader, Ibrahim […]
A tanker laden with 33,000 litres of petrol yesterday fell off the Otedola Bridge near the Lagos State Government secretariat, spilling it all on the road. The accident was caused by brake failure. The tanker […]
AFTER the initial shock over the accidental bombing of an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Rann, Borno State, it was time yesterday for the big question – how did it all happen? The Air […]
Overall, the whistle-blowing initiative deserves every commendation. At the same time, even as the inherent plan to conceal the details of the corrupt elements may appear tenable short-time, it is counterproductive on the long-term. In […]
Three people were reported killed and scores injured in renewed violence in a part of Southern Kaduna. Residents said the attack occurred on Tuesday night at Samarun Kataf, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area. The Kaduna […]
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