Issues/Policy
Dear Jimi: The Dog Named Buhari
Thank you for your clarification on the Ibo naming his dog and writing it on his body.This is the same mistake the Igbo people did during the first coup in 1966 when they paraded the […]
Issues/Policy
Government
The AGF’s Office Must Be Split Now By By Ochereome Nnanna
THE setting up of the National Prosecution Coordination Council, NPCC, by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in May this year, underscored the need for the Office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and […]
CRIME
We Aren’t Sure Chibok Girls Are In Sambisa Forest – Air Chief
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, says the Nigerian Air Force has no intelligence on whether the Chibok girls are in Sambisa Forest or not. Abubakar, who spoke during an interactive session […]
Issues/Policy
Olympics 2016: A Déjà Vu For Nigeria By Obo Effanga
Twelve years ago, Nigeria returned from the 2004 Olympics held in Athens with two bronze medals, performing worse than the three silver medals we won in Sydney in 2000 (although one of the silver medals […]
Economy
The Environment And The Budget By Eze Onyekpere
The environment provides the setting and milieu for all human and developmental actions. It has a cross-cutting impact on virtually all other sectors and departments of economic and social life. Conversely, what happens in other […]
Issues/Policy
U-23 US Trip Denial: NFF’s Letter Exposes Sports Minister | Vanguard
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has shot down the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung’s defence that he knew nothing about the national U-23 team’s trip to Atlanta, USA preparatory for the Olympic Games in Rio de […]
Issues/Policy
Race Hate crime On UK Railways Soared After Brexit Vote, Figures Show | Theguardian
The number of suspected race hate crimes on Britain’s railways jumped sharply following the EU referendum, figures show. In the fortnight after the vote, British Transport police (BTP) recorded 119 incidents including allegations of racist […]
Business
AMCON: Aero Crisis Worsens, May Sack Workers By Okechukwu Nnodim
Aero Contractors, one of Nigeria’s largest domestic airlines, is set to lay off some of its workers as its financial crisis becomes worsened. Already, the airline is in talks with aviation unions on how to […]
Government
Clark Not Qualified To Lead Dialogue With FG, Says MEND By Ovie Okpare
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, on Sunday, said the Ijaw National leader, Chief Edwin Clark, lacked the moral authority to be championing restructuring of the country. MEND, also alleged that Clark […]
Government
Why We Ignored Buhari’s Instruction To Release His Assets Declaration To Nigerians — Code of Conduct
President Muhammadu Buhari recently challenged Nigerians desirous of knowing the assets he owns to approach the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to request his asset declaration documents. But in this interview with PREMIUM TIMES team […]
Issues/Policy
Father Mbaka Alleges Plan To Kill Buhari | PremiumTimes
Fiery Catholic priest, Ejike Mbaka, has said that plans are being hatched to murder President Muhammadu Buhari over his uncompromising stand on corruption. In a video message obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr. Mbaka urged the […]
Government
Corruption: FG Launches Major War Against Senators, Reps | Punch
The Federal Government has started compiling the list of legislators in both chambers of the National Assembly over constituency projects earmarked for them in the 2014 and 2015 budgets, which were not executed. The sum […]
Government
Debt Ravaged Osun Receives Zero Allocation In April; Bayelsa, Cross River Suffer Too
The Osun State government received nothing from the federation account in April 2016 after appropriate deductions by the federal government. The deduction from Osun was part of the N32 billion deducted by the federal government […]
Economy
Recession: Woman Drops Suicide Note, Disappears | Vanguard
The whereabouts of a mother of three, said to have walked out of her Fola Agoro home in Somolu area of the state with one of her sons after leaving a suicide note, was still […]
Issues/Policy
Fight Over Loot Exposes Fake Miracles Syndicate In Enugu By Francis Igata
ENUGU—Five members of a 12-man fake prophesy syndicate, which connives with church owners to dish out fabricated testimonies to woo patronage and membership, have been arrested in Enugu. The suspects, Obi Ejike from Ubaho, Okija […]
Government
FG Should Negotiate With Boko Haram’s Two Factions — Ex-general
A former Director at the Army Defence Headquarters, Brigadier General Ayodele Ojo (retd.), has called on the Federal Government to negotiate separately with Boko Haram’s two factions. He said it was important to do that […]
Issues/Policy
In Case Of Emergency By Kaine Agary
Never leave the house without a photo ID. Never leave home without telling someone your destination. Someone in your household should have the telephone number of your closest friends. Your closest friends should have the […]
Issues/Policy
(Not) an Olympics Epilogue By Sonala Olumhense
Today commences that week, now observed with religious punctuality every four years in Nigeria, of scheduled grief and acrimony. It is the week following the Olympics. In comparable countries the world over, it is one […]
CRIME
Swap Option | TheNation
This is not a bad idea provided, however, that the government does its homework properly not to short-change the country on the Chibok girls The video footage released by the Boko Haram high command has […]
Government
Lagos, The Black Megalopolis By Tatalo Alamuon
There is always something magical and enchanting about great cities. They seem to have a character of their own. You feel them and you feel for them, as if they are living entities. Their pulse […]