Open Letter to Mr President: Saboteurs in Osun APC and a call for accountability
Premium Timesby Press Release·28 Aug 2026
Your Excellency sir, We write as concerned members and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, under the auspices of the Osun APC Concerned Group, to draw your attention...
Umahi wants contractor arrested for failing to complete road despite receiving N14 billion
Premium Timesby Saviour Imukudo·28 Aug 2026
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has asked security agencies to arrest the managing director of Hartland Nigeria Limited over the company’s alleged failure to complete an 11-kilometre section of...
Two die as refuse dump collapses on building in Cross River
Premium Timesby Saviour Imukudo·28 Aug 2026
Two people have died after a collapsed refuse dump struck a building at Ikot Effanga along Old Odukpani Road in Calabar, Cross River State, the police said.
Man arrested over alleged murder of stepdaughter accused of witchcraft
Premium Timesby Saviour Imukudo·28 Aug 2026
The police in Cross River State have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly beating his six-year-old stepdaughter to death after accusing the child of witchcraft In a statement on Friday, the...
Red lines in the corruption of Nigeria’s political and electoral system, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Premium Timesby Jibrin Ibrahim·28 Aug 2026
The essence of Nigeria politics is driven by a political economy model in which the formal economy of the country has a separate existence that is subordinated to a second more significant economic...
COP17: UNCCD chief says success must go beyond promises to implementation
Premium Timesby Abdulkareem Mojeed·28 Aug 2026
As delegates await the adoption of the final text and resolutions of the two-week-long COP17 negotiations in Mongolia, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat...
COP17: UN land summit ends in Mongolia with $1.3bn deal for restoration, drought resilience
Premium Timesby Abdulkareem Mojeed·28 Aug 2026
The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) ended Friday with governments, development banks, funds and companies...
2027: I'll reopen all borders, develop southern ports if elected - Atiku
Premium Timesby Abdulqudus Ogundapo·28 Aug 2026
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said he will reopen Nigeria’s land borders that are still shut and introduce policies to ease the...
Otti takes responsibility, apologises for ASUU strike at Abia university
Premium Timesby Agency Report·28 Aug 2026
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has apologised for the recent strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chapter at Abia State University (ABSU), describing the industrial action as...
Umahi gives CCECC ultimatum to fix Benin-Asaba Highway
Premium Timesby Saviour Imukudo·28 Aug 2026
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has directed the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to repair damaged sections of the Benin-Asaba Highway in Delta State within 14 days.
Is judicial adjudication in electoral matters new in Nigeria?, By Fola Aiyegbusi
Premium Timesby Premium Times·28 Aug 2026
Recently, a former head-of state and president at two different times in our contemporary political history made public statements in the media about why the courts should not be the decider in...
Uganda declares Ebola outbreak over after 42 days without a new case
Premium Timesby Fortune Eromonsele·28 Aug 2026
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have announced the end of Uganda’s Ebola outbreak after the country completed 42...
German authorities monitor airport malaria outbreak after two deaths
Premium Timesby Mariam Ileyemi·28 Aug 2026
German health authorities have urged calm after two workers at Frankfurt Airport died from malaria in a rare outbreak linked to the country’s biggest airport.
11 NYSC members rescued after Kogi abduction
Premium Timesby Manasseh Mbachii·28 Aug 2026
The Kogi State Police Command says it has rescued 11 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and other passengers abducted along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of the...
UTME applications data intensifies concerns over state of education in northern Nigeria
Premium Timesby Ogalah Dunamis·28 Aug 2026
An observation shared on social media on application data for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has intensified concerns about the state of education in Nigeria’s...
IGP Disu: Changing the narrative, By Tunji Wusu
Premium Timesby Premium Times·28 Aug 2026
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, recently welcomed the brave officers of the Nigeria Police Force’s Special Intervention Squad who, alongside the military, the State Security...
ANALYSIS: Why experts want Nigeria to fortify seasoning cubes
Premium Timesby Mariam Ileyemi·28 Aug 2026
There is a renewed push by nutrition and health experts to make the fortification of seasoning cubes mandatory to tackle Nigeria’s micronutrient deficiencies.
Police arrest four suspects over killing of two during Osun motor park mayhem
Premium Timesby ekeminiatai·28 Aug 2026
The Osun State Police Command has arrested four suspected political thugs in connection with the killing of two persons during a violent confrontation at the Naira and Kobo area of Ikire, Irewole...
D’Tigers face South Sudan test as World Cup pressure mounts after Cameroon defeat
Premium Timesby Gbemidepo Popoola·28 Aug 2026
Nigeria’s D’Tigers have little time to dwell on their disappointing start to the second round of the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers as they return to action against South Sudan...
Police rescue kidnapped Kwara traditional ruler, two others
Premium Timesby Manasseh Mbachii·28 Aug 2026
The Kwara State Police Command says it has rescued the Onigbesi of Igbesi, Oba Moses Omotayo, and two other victims from suspected kidnappers in the state.
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