A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Kabiru Marafa, has declared his support for the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (I… Read More

In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES Evelyn Okakwu, the young and inspiring Frederick Adetiba, lead pastor of ‘The Finishing Church,’ shares his vision of inspiring Ni… Read More

John Awodi is a Community Health Extension Worker (CHEW) and the immunisation officer at Tungan Maje Primary Healthcare Centre in Gwagwalada Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital… Read More

Tragedy struck yesterday as a pipeline belonging to Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC, exploded and burnt over 50 persons to death in Aba, Abia State. It was a gory sight as char… Read More

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed Lanre Issa-Onilu as its new national spokesperson. The appointment was made Friday evening by the National Working Committee of the APC in… Read More

A staff of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) Murjanatu Gamawa, has been appointed Country Manager by the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative… Read More

The European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ketil Karlsen says the union has approved one million euros (400 million naira) to assist three of the nine states affected by flood in… Read More

Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Friday said attackers in the mass security breach it announced late September accessed the accounts of about 30 million people in total and stole name and contact det… Read More

The Chairman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Abdullahi Mohammed, has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the conduct of Hajj 2018 which was concluded recently. Mr Mohamm… Read More

A former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has been named as the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 presidential election. Former Vice President Atik… Read More

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has again commented on his endorsement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State ca… Read More

A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison with hard labour in Edo State, South-south Nigeria, for raping and impregnating his 13-year-old daughter. The convict, identified… Read More

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has decried the long delay by the federal government to reconstitute the board of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). The MDCN has been… Read More

Founder of Progressive Alliance Movement, PAM, Chief Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh, has said that the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party… Read More

The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) today commenced a series of trainings to help increase the use of data and improve evidence-based advocacy by Civil Society Org… Read More

The family of Comfort Godwin who was allegedly shot and killed by a trigger-happy police officer has lamented their inability to get justice three years after the incident. Sunday Godwin, t… Read More

Lagos based Nigerian Writer, Esther Ijeoma Ogbuka shared a wonderful life changing story on her Facebook wall, Esther who is an active of member of Future Leadership Conference shared her st… Read More

PREMIUM TIMES on Friday defended its reporting and findings in an investigative fact-check that exposed the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, for lying that he g… Read More

Twenty-nine Nigerian journalists have been trained by ActionAid Nigeria on how to help in the fight against corruption, social injustice, and poverty in the country. The journalists, drawn… Read More

Flight operations and business activities on Friday resumed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Lagos, following the suspension of the industrial action against the terminal owners by… Read More

Eye specialists have called on the federal government to include eye care services in the primary health care centres in order to make such services available to every Nigerian especially t… Read More

Gambo Sallau, a career farmer in Kano, was not expecting to vote for any other presidential aspirant except Rabiu Kwankwaso. But in the weeks leading up to the Peoples Democratic Party 2018… Read More

​The Nigeria Examinations Committee of the West African Examinations Council has recommended that the names of candidates , schools , candidates , invigilators and supervisors caught a… Read More

Davido took to Twitter this evening to angrily react to a report that alleged that he and his girlfriend. Chioma are no longer in a romantic relationship over infidelity on his part. Looks l… Read More

Nigerian author and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talked at the Frankfurt book fair on Tuesday and touched on the #MeToo movement. Adichie said at the opening of the world’s bigge… Read More

Spanish giant, Real Madrid are set to take legal action against a Portuguese newspaper that reported the club forced Cristiano Ronaldo to settle with the woman who accused him of rape. In… Read More

The All Progress Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot prevent its candidates being put through the corruption and integrity test. The APC stated this in a statement… Read More

Lil Kesh former manager, Wale Applause revealed some surprising fact about the Nigerian music industry earlier today, and here are 7 points from it. Checkout the top points below; 1 The Nig… Read More

Hours after a fact-check by PREMIUM TIMES exposed the lie by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, the minister and the petroleum ministry have claimed that the report is inacc… Read More

A former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, met with former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday in Abeokuta after which the… Read More

Members of the National Assembly on Thursday said they were committed to the welfare of their legislative aides. Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, ga… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the endorsement of his opponent by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. PREMIUM TIMES published how Mr Obasanjo on Thursday endorsed Atiku Abubakar… Read More

Nigerian singer, Davido has just sued one of Nigeria’s news house, Thecable.ng for spreading fake break up rumors about his relationship with his girlfriend Chioma. Davido has also thr… Read More

Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) on Thursday said 12 people had been killed and over 69,000 affected from the heavy winds and rains which lashed out across the island rece… Read More

The sun was intense. It was a Saturday, a day when many people were either relaxing at home or attending functions. However, parents clustered under a shade beside the gate of Government Co… Read More

As part of its efforts to advance Universal Health Coverage in Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has strengthened its ties with the African Union Commission (AUC) through its Afri… Read More

The Nigerian Army says its search and find operation for the missing retired major general, Idris Alkali, at Dura-Du village of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State is by no mea… Read More

A high court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja has nullified the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) dismissal of Buruji Kashamu, a senator of Ogun East and the party… Read More

Six out of the 16 nominees shortlisted for the Africa Fact-Checking Awards are members and beneficiaries of the programming outputs of the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism… Read More

The 2018 edition of the West Africa Conference on Investigative Journalism is currently taking centre-stage in the capital city of Ghana, Accra. The two-day event is organised and sponsored… Read More

A Consultant psychiatric with the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital Bauchi, (ATBTH), Bauchi, Abubakar Bagudu, says eight out of every 10 patients brought to the psychiatric clinic of… Read More

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called on the UN Member States to put an immediate end to the death penalty of criminals. Mr Guterres, in a statement marking the 16th… Read More

As part efforts to strengthen implementation of family planning programmes in Nigeria, the development Research and Project Centre (dRPC) is organising a one day high level meeting for deve… Read More

Chris Oyakhilome’s daughter, Sharon Oyakhilome has addressed a sex before marriage rumor about her relationship with her newly wedded Husband, Phillip Frimpong. Sharon Oyakhilome, Th… Read More

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday threatened to summon the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, if one of its members, Abubakar Lado (APC-Niger) arrested by the Specia… Read More

The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan (APC, Yobe) on Wednesday congratulated the new Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti). Mrs Olujimi assumed her new position as the Senate resumed on Tue… Read More

A survey has shown that Nigeria lost over $6.1 billion or 1.07 per cent of its GDP through violence against children between 2014 and 2015. UNICEF’s Child Protection Specialist, Marya… Read More

The Senate Committee on Appropriation has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the virement of N242 billion under the 2018 Appropriation Act to conduct the 2019 general e… Read More

The Federal High Court Abuja has granted the federal government permission to serve criminal charges on Deputy Senate President, Ike EKweremadu, through the Clerk of the National Assembly… Read More

Wednesday, October 10, is World Mental Health Day; an annual awareness and education initiative spearheaded by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). This year’s campaign hig… Read More

The Muhammadu Buhari administration is stepping up the regulations on money laundering and tax evasion by releasing a new Executive Order tagged ‘Voluntary Offshore Assets Regularisat… Read More

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions with chances of thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country on Thursday. NiMet’s Weather… Read More

Governors elected under the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) have said that they will campaign strictly based on “issues” in 2019. The governors said th… Read More

Senate President Bukola Saraki has administered the oath of office on Lawal Gumau (APC, Bauchi South) and Ahmed Babba-Kaita (APC, Katsina North), the newest senators in the country. The swe… Read More

Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has redeployed eight Assistant Corps Marshals (ACM) and 21 Corps Commanders (CC) among others, following recent promotion of… Read More

The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Tijjani Bande, has said that Nigeria has taken measures that contributed to the confrontation and decimation of the dreaded Boko Haram ter… Read More

The continuation of the trial of Danish national, Peter Nelson, charged with killing his wife, Zainab, and the daughter, Petra, was on Tuesday in Lagos fixed for October 10. Evelyn Gimba, h… Read More

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has insisted that all cases involving it and its acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu,be transferred from Justice Binta Nyako, to any other jud… Read More

Hundreds of passengers were on Wednesday stranded as protesting aviation unions shut down operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited. The… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate to explain why he declined assent to 14 bills. His explanation was contained in letters read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on… Read More

Reflect your style through the new charms and bracelet collection as Pandora, an International Jewelry Brand set to Launch them on the 14th Of October, 2018. Pandora will be displaying a n… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said no part of Nigeria will be ignored under his watch. Mr Buhari gave the assurance when he received a delegation of Ugep Kingdom, Cross River… Read More

As the sun slowly baked his skin, Saliu Babamale navigated his way slowly through Akerebiata road, a few kilometres away from Shao garage, on his way to the Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa-Birni Gwari e… Read More

Following the closure of her shops by Ghanaian authorities, a Nigerian woman and mother of three children has committed suicide, the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTs), Ghana… Read More

Senior workers at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on Monday urged the Nigerian government to ask the Executive Secretary of the scheme, Usman Yusuf, to step aside after again ac… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja urged religious leaders in the country to assist government to overcome forces of destruction by enlightening their followers to guard against re… Read More

The unions in the aviation sector have threatened to shut down operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Lagos on Wednesday over alleged sack of 20 employees who indicated intere… Read More

Leaders of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Tuesday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo for what they described as part of deliberations ahead of the 2019 general elec… Read More

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of thunderstorms and rainfall activities over some parts of the country on Wednesday. NiMet… Read More

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says a vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2019 election is a return to &ldquo&helli…Read More

The Sokoto State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Milgoma, on Tuesday dispelled rumor that the party’s 2019 election flag-bearer, Mannir Dan-iya has been substi… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested a National Assembly resolution to raise $2.78 billion from the International Capital Market for part-funding of the 2018 budget. Mr Buhari’s r… Read More

A young man, Kamaludden Bashir, has commenced trekking from Zaria to Abuja to show his support over the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic P… Read More

Thousands of irregular migrants from Africa are now considering the Moroccan to Spain route in an attempt to reach Europe by land, the Migrant Project, an anti-irregular migration campaign… Read More

Ahead of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday in Port Hacourt, Rivers State, not less than three aspirants have met with the caucus of the National A… Read More

The Supervising Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, on Friday expressed serious concerns over the rising incidence of non-performing loans (NPLs) in deposit money banks (DMBs) in the country… Read More

The Deputy National Chairman (North), of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Lawal Shuaibu, has faulted the decision of the National Working Committee of the party to dissolve th… Read More

Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have agreed not to back any particular candidate at the national convention of the party on Saturday, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Multiple sou… Read More

A group of leaders and supporters of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) protesting the outcome of last month’s governorship election re-run in Osun State were on Friday… Read More

A journalist with PREMIUM TIMES, Kemi Busari, on Friday won the Business and Economy category of the Pwc Media Excellence Awards. Mr Busari won the award with his story which unravelled cor… Read More

Senate President Bukola Saraki is holding a crucial meeting with National Assembly members of the Peoples Democratic Party. The meeting started at about 10:50 p.m. and is still underway as… Read More

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be in a dilemma over how to reward federal lawmakers who stood by the party during the gale of defections to opposition parties some mo… Read More

Controversy continues to trail the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to grant automatic return ticket to a senator, Shehu Sani. Days after the APC headquarters announced Mr Sa… Read More

The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, says Nigeria’s debt appears high because the country is currently facing a low revenue challenge. Mrs Ahmed, during a visit to the Nigeria Custo… Read More

The Nigerian Army has dismissed news making the rounds that it discovered two corpses in a community pond in Dura Du village in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State where the ca… Read More

Senate President Bukola Saraki said on Friday that he has not stepped down for anyone and is not considering doing so in the race to clinch the Peoples Democratic Party presidential nominat… Read More

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) at the last Osun State governorship election, Iyiola Omisore, has revealed the reason why he chose to support the All Progressives Congres… Read More

A leading candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, Jimi Agbaje, has won the party’s primary in the state. Mr Agbaje polled 1,100 votes to defeat Deji… Read More

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Friday in Port Harcourt assured all delegates of a memorable stay in the state during the PDP National Convention billed for October 6 through Octobe… Read More

It appears that there is a special way single girls in church like to be approached. You don’t want to holler at a church babe the way you would any other random babe. We already expla… Read More

A former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr John Campbell, has said though Nigeria possesses extraordinary potential, it is the truly troubled giant of Africa . Campbell stated this in a new book… Read More

The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the Federal Government and the ruling All Progressives Congress are planning to disrupt its Saturday national convention . But the former ruling… Read More

Lt. Col. Ibrahim Buhari, Commanding Officer of the division’s 29 Battalion, made the disclosure while parading the 16 trucks along with one suspect before newsmen in Port Harcourt on T… Read More

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Miyonse Oluwaseyi a.k.a Miyonse, former BBNaija 2017 contestant, says his participation in the show, has boosted his career as a Chef. Miyonse, who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on… Read More

Peace Anyiam-Osigwe  has said activities of pirates made Nollywood a global brand despite the havoc they wreck on movie practitioners across Nigeria and Africa. ” Pirates will not… Read More

A motorist , John Nwakwo, has been arrested by the police for allegedly beating up a woman , Olufunmilayo Oyelade, to a pulp . It was gathered that the duo had been involved in an accident w… Read More

Hacking is finding a weakness in someone ’ s software or networks with the aim of exploiting something or gaining illegal access to secured data and information . For instance , hacker… Read More

A 50 – year – old man , Abdullahi Sani, has been accused of raping his neighbour’ s three- year – old daughter to death in Funtua , Katsina State . The accused and th… Read More

There was pandemonium in the Kosofe, Epe and Lagos Island areas of Lagos State on Thursday as hoodlums loyal to some aspirants of the All Progressives Congress opened gunfire on some residen… Read More