Issues/Policy

Not a few Nigerians will forget President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a hurry. He came to the throne of Nigeria in Abuja amidst social-media induced popularity and got booted out through the instrumentality of the […]

Aso Villa to Otouke? There is no shame in President Jonathan’s relocation game as we discover in this remix of Akon’s breakthrough hit “Ghetto”.

   Nation awaits president’s asset details       President stops travel ban on ex-govt officials By Olawale Olaleye in Lagos, Chuks Akunna, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Senator Iroegbu, and Jaiyeola Andrews in Abuja,THIS DAY With security at the […]

This morning, my team member, Oluwatobi Soyombo and I sat in the office, and discharged our final responsibility to the Buhari Campaign Organisation – we changed the bio of the Muhammadu Buhari account across Twitter, […]

I knew that Buhari is never going to be a Maitama Sule makeover or a Tafawa Balewa, the golden voice of Africa. I knew Buhari was never going to meet the same kind of expectation […]

Whilst the whole world rejoiced with Nigeria – the ‘Giant of Africa’ for not going up in conflagration due to the defeat of an incumbent President for the first time in its chequered electoral history […]

Yesterday must been one of the lowest, loneliest and most haunting days for former President Goodluck Jonathan.  He had the not too pleasant duty of handing over power to his democratically elected successor, President Muhammadu […]

Just recently, precisely on May 15th, 2015, the management of Yale University, the world’s leading citadel of learning and excellence bestowed on the Minister of Finance and Coordinator of the Nigerian economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala […]

In a country where 62% of the population lives in extreme poverty, a Nigerian senator takes home roughly £1.1m every year in salary plus benefits. MPs must make do with £900,000. In comparison, David Cameron […]

Let me state clearly that I do not support the idea of appointing the editor-in-chief of The Sun Newspapers, Femi Adesina as Buhari’s spokesman. I have nothing personal against Mr. Adesina but I believe his […]

The practice of placing advertorials in the print media to felicitate with public office holders and their spouses when they attain political offices, on their birthdays, and when their administrations record certain accomplishments, which started […]

Barely two weeks after the prestigious Yale University’ awarded Dr of Humane Letters to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for her economic transformation of Nigeria among other achievements, another ‘prestigious’ American institution, the CNN, announced somewhat gleefully, […]

NOTABLE Nigerians were yesterday divided over the inaugural speech of President Muhammudu Buhari. While some expressed optimism that the Buhari presidency will herald a new dawn for the nation, others were of the view that […]

I have read the Inaugural Speech of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd.), delivered immediately after his swearing in. It is gratifying that General Buhari has vowed to tackle […]

It longer matters whether I go by the date two of my uncles gave as my date of birth or by the date my great mother gave. I can confirm that I am now a […]

Once President-elect Muhammadu Buhari assumes office, he will focus his searchlight on the circumstances surrounding the secret sale of Digital Dividend Spectrum (DDS) licences valued at over $1 billion in the last few months by […]

The 2015 elections have finally come and gone. The fever pitched atmosphere that characterised and inundated the polity pre-election has been doused by the seemingly credible, free and fair election of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. The […]

We at PREMIUM TIMES have watched with the rest of the world some very disturbing signal events taking place on the African continent. These events may strike many as mere news items, the likes of […]

The gale of sacks and appointments coming at the twilights of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration are confounding Nigerians and political analysts, as they wonder if these are not fallouts of his disappointment, following the presidential […]

The leader of Niger Delta Volunteer Force, NDVF, Alhaji Asari Dokubo was Monday berated  ‎over his utterances against the President-elect,  Muhammadu Buhari and the country in general. The President of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agittators(NCNDE-A), […]