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Luke’s narrative of Jesus’ ancestry and infancy, invites us to use this period of Christmas and New Year festivities for sober reflection on the happenings around us and in the world in general. The challenge […]

Nigeria became the only country in the civilised world where corrupt persons could get court injunctions stopping the prosecutorial agencies and the courts from investigating and prosecuting their corrupt acts. The tide is changing. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday requested state governors to pay as outstanding workers’ entitlements, at least 25 percent of the refunds made to them from excess deductions for external debt service. According to a statement […]

The Nigeria Police will hire foreign forensic experts to investigate the leaked audio where Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike was heard threatening to kill uncooperative electoral officials. The audio was released days after the Rivers re-run […]

The presidency has reached out to the Senate informing it of its intention to carry out a cabinet shake up that may affect no fewer than 10 ministers in the federal cabinet early next year, […]

I am calling on everyone who has suffered from Arik Air’s sense of impunity, its inefficiency, and gross incompetence, to speak up now. We must collectively stop this situation. I got information that my leader, […]

Many people believe that the emergence of the opposition All Progressives Party (APC) will find a lasting solution to Nigeria’s woes. But, as it is, people who are not parochial in analyzing issues could easily […]

No headphone jack, a smarter virtual assistant, and more Samsung is expected to release its first major smartphone since it recalled the Galaxy Note 7 sometime in early 2017. The phone, which will presumably called […]

Everyone loves a study that turns one of our favourite vices into a health benefit. This week, the news headlines tell us “eating chocolate improves brain function” and that it “could help protect against normal […]

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Monday in Lagos vowed to hold a private funeral on January 20, the day the United States President-elect, Donald Trump, will be sworn in. A visibly angry Mr. Soyinka, who […]

This chaos is enough to see that the federal government’s prediction of 7000 MW by the end of 2016 is a wild dream. Last week, I went on a two-day trip that changed my ignorant […]

Dr. Muritala Awodun (Executive Chairman, Kwara State Internal Revenue Service) Increasing Value Added Tax is going to be hard on people now. It will hit hard on people’s disposable income because inflation has already eaten […]

There is ample evidence to suggest that the fortunes of the Nigerian stock market are influenced by foreign investors’ sentiments which are in turn largely defined not only by domestic economic conditions in Nigeria but […]

It is bad on the part of the National Assembly to delay the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive executive chairman of the EFCC. In his bid to perform his role as the chief […]

In past years, government policies in Nigeria hardly benefited from inputs provided by the National Bureau of Statistics. But the Statistician-General of the Federation, Yemi Kale, told PREMIUM TIMES’ Business Editor, Bassey Udo, that the […]

The United States is the world’s most powerful country by far, with a globe-spanning network of alliances and military bases. It’s practically unrecognizable from the way the country began — and, indeed, what many early […]

heresa Mayhas said her Christian faith helps her make difficult decisions as she revealed her husband Philip picks her clothes and handbags when she goes shopping. The Prime Minister said her belief in God means […]

FORMER Chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, has retired from partisan politics, saying he has no point to prove any longer. Anenih, 83, who announced […]

If the presidency really wanted to emulate more advanced democracies, it ought to know that to prosecute a person who has mastery of the law, one needs to be clinical and it is best to […]