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It is important to remind all elected or appointed holders of lofty political offices that, irrespective of how high those offices are, they are there to “serve”, not “rule”. Nigeria is a republic; a democracy, […]

The people of Yelewata, a quiet farming settlement tucked along the tail end of Benue State on the Abuja-Makurdi highway, will forever remember June 13-14, 2025, not as just another date on the calendar, but […]

Yesterday’s formal defection of Governor Umo Eno from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, was about the worst kept secret in the political arena. However, about the best kept secret […]

For a fleeting moment the JAMB (Joint Admission and Matriculation Board) Registrar’s tearful press conference looked like the denouement of a saga that has seen the manager of “Matriculation Examination for entry into all Universities, […]

IN promulgating Decree 24 on May 5, 1999 as the 1999 Constitution, the then Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Abdusalam Alhaji Abubakar, […]

Lagos, Nigeria- 13 May, 2025. Reckitt, a global leader in health, hygiene, and nutrition, has revealed a new claim for its Dettol original antibacterial bar soap in Nigeria. With regular use, the antibacterial soap is said […]

A fresh report that Nigerian youths are ending up in neighbouring Ghana and forced into internet fraud, commonly called Yahoo-Yahoo, is a national embarrassment. This indicates that any activity seems okay for the youths as […]

Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers, says the state will emerge stronger from the ongoing political crisis. Fubara spoke on Monday when Muslim leaders visited him at his private residence in Port Harcourt, the […]

Last Saturday, March 22, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, the Tony Elumelu Foundation unveiled its 11th cohort of 3,000 young entrepreneurs from 54 African countries and they will receive the traditional funding, training and mentorship. […]

Nigeria’s governors are plunging their states into crippling debt, borrowing without accountability while the citizens they swore to serve languish in poverty. Instead of investing in essential sectors like education, healthcare, and infrastructure, these leaders […]

Despite concerns over European laws and conventions, the Dutch government is exploring the idea of deporting Africans, whose asylum requests have been refused, to Uganda. The controversial initiative, allegedly accepted by Uganda, is being spearheaded […]

Joe Ajaero, president of the National Labour Congress (NLC), says electricity tariff and taxes are killing workers in Nigeria. Speaking to journalists after a meeting with government officials on Monday, Ajaero expressed dissatisfaction with the […]

Predictably, millions of people from across the globe were glued on Monday to their television sets, radios and whatever internet gadgets, audio and visual, they could lay hands upon to be witnesses to history in […]

Although the Tinubu Administration’s mid-term is five months away, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu can proudly reflect on his administration’s journey over the last 19 months. After initial turbulence, the government concluded 2024 stronger than 2023, […]

Samson Itodo, the founder and Executive Director of YIAGA Africa, spoke with PREMIUM TIMES’ Bakare Majeed about off-season elections and the democratic process in Nigeria. This interview was held a day after the 21 September […]

The incident in Zamfara State, where a gang of gunmen kidnapped more than 50 women and children in a raid at Kakin Dawa village on Sunday, December 8, 2024, highlights the ongoing security challenges in […]

Many have written about the recent scandalous events that happened in the country of Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 and i have read all sorts of stories and analysis of various persons competing for space in the […]

Not many people are aware that Donald Trump’s last daughter, Tiffany, is living in Nigeria with her Lebanese-Nigerian husband, Michael Boulous. The couple stays at Banana Island, Lagos, when they are in Nigeria, though they […]