Tag: TIMES

PREMIUM TIMES is the only Nigerian newspaper among 150 news organisations that have direct access to a trove of almost 12 million confidential files...

As a minister between 2011 and 2014 when she was accused of corruption and sacked from the federal cabinet, Stella Oduah, now a senator,...

As a way of encouraging more Nigerians to take up career in teaching, the Nigerian government has announced the payment of N75,000 per semester...

Medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Border, has condemned the killing of its staff nurse, Hassan Mohammad, by...

Peter Obi, the ex-governor of Anambra State in Southeastern Nigeria, is widely regarded in Nigeria as an advocate of good governance, openness,...

A new global investigation exposing the offshore hideaways of some of the world’s most powerful personalities is launching today after two years of discreet...

The Nigerian Police have submitted a case file to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, recommending the prosecution of Olanrewaju...

Bandits have sent a handwritten letter to the district head of Burkusuuma in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto State, asking him...

Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji, a Justice of the Supreme Court, is dead. Mr Oseji, who has been less than one year on the apex court bench, died...

In what appears to be a bold volte-face, the authorities at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have admitted that copies of its pamphlets containing security...

Any time Chinenye Igwetu talks about the murder case, the images of her slain sister’s last moments flood her mind. These bring fresh pains,...

The CEOs of 11 commercial banks out of the 13 listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited as well as those of two unlisted banks...

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has released a shortlist of 130 lawyers qualified for the award of the highly coveted Senior Advocate of Nigeria...

The leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors(NARD) has denied that it has called off its 20-day-old industrial action, saying only its parent body-...

The NFIU boss, Modibbo Tukur, placed the agency’s associate directors on suspension for initiating investigations against Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu, almost a year...

The Nigerian Army has announced the rescue of two teachers and five students among those kidnapped in Kebbi State. PREMIUM TIMES had reported the recent attack by...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered all broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the use of the popular microblogging platform, Twitter. This was contained in a...

The clash is another example of how government agencies appear to work at cross purposes and succeed in having the president do their bidding. Days...

The Ogun State Commissioner for Environment who was accused of attempted rape by a teenager in January has secretly resigned his appointment from government, PREMIUM...

The Canadian court holds that the Nigerian is inadmissible to the North American country having contributed to crimes against humanity perpetrated by SARS. A federal...