2027: PDP names Niger governorship candidate
Premium Timesby Ezekiel Oyero29 Aug 2026
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State has adopted Mohammed Nami as its candidate for the 2027 governorship election.
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top 1%NPFL: Salisu Yusuf backs Shooting Stars to improve after winning start
Premium Timesby Gbemidepo Popoola29 Aug 2026
Shooting Stars head coach Salisu Yusuf believes his side will only get better after beginning their 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over newly...
NPFL: 3SC defeats Inter Lagos FC 2-1 in league opener
Premium Timesby Agency Report29 Aug 2026
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan began their 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) campaign on an encouraging note, defeating newly promoted Inter Lagos FC 2-1 at the Lekan...
NFF names Abdulrahaman new NPFL COO after league board sack
Premium Timesby Tunde Eludini29 Aug 2026
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Ayo Abdulrahaman as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), a day after the federation dissolved the...
FBI confirms extradtion of two Nigerians accused of sexual exploitation, extortion
Premium Timesby Folashade Ogunrinde29 Aug 2026
The US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has confirmed that two Nigerians, Adebola Adekunle and Mudasiru Olawale, have been extradited to the US, where they are accused of “sexual exploitation...
Presidency faults Atiku’s proposal to reopen borders
Premium Timesby Abdulqudus Ogundapo29 Aug 2026
The Presidency has faulted a proposal by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), to reopen Nigeria’s land borders that are still shut if elected...
Debt, taxes, repression fuelling youth protests in Kenya, activists warn
Premium Timesby Emmanuel Agbo29 Aug 2026
Kenya’s rising debt, higher taxes and worsening economic conditions are fuelling frustrations among young people, while the government’s response is shrinking the space for citizens to protest and...
FG extradites two Nigerians to US over alleged sextortion of teenagers
Premium Timesby Folashade Ogunrinde29 Aug 2026
The Nigerian government has extradited two Nigerians to the United States to face prosecution over alleged online sexual exploitation and sextortion of two American teenagers who later died by...
EXCLUSIVE: Apart from PFIPC, Adeyemi created other fake agencies, opened bank accounts for them - ICPC
Premium Timesby Kabir Yusuf29 Aug 2026
Adeniyi Adeyemi, the man accused of falsely parading himself as the Director-General of the illegal Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), created more fictitious government...
Africa spends $90bn yearly servicing debt, pays $75bn risk premium — Kenya govt
Premium Timesby Emmanuel Agbo28 Aug 2026
African countries spend about $90 billion every year servicing debt and pay another $75 billion in additional interest because of the high risk premium attached to borrowing, Kenya’s Principal...
From policy institute to parade ground, By Nuhu Mohammed
Premium Timesby Premium Times28 Aug 2026
The NIPSS experience, as recounted in this memoir, serves as a cautionary tale about what happens when leadership development becomes divorced from its foundational principles.
Nigeria’s sovereign cloud: Beyond data control to digital independence, By Fom Gyem
Premium Timesby Premium Times28 Aug 2026
A credible sovereign cloud ecosystem could stimulate investment in data centres, fibre networks, renewable and conventional energy solutions, cybersecurity services and specialised technology...
Dotun Oladipo: Why does sudden death take the good and spare the wicked?, By Yushau A. Shuaib
Premium Timesby Yushau A. Shuaib28 Aug 2026
Why does sudden death sometimes appear to pick the good ones — even those, like Dotun, who had just observed the physical exercise recommended for medical fitness?
The children we sent abroad, the old age we bought, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
Premium Timesby Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú28 Aug 2026
If there is a way out of the sentence we have written for ourselves, it will not come from the children we sent away, and it will not come from the country we abandoned in our hearts, even while...
NCDC warns Nigerians as Cholera cases surpass 65,000 in 2026
Premium Timesby Mariam Ileyemi28 Aug 2026
Nigeria has recorded more than 65,000 suspected cases of cholera across 35 states and approximately 195 local government areas this year, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and...
Police probe death of bolt driver found with chest injury
Premium Timesby Saviour Imukudo28 Aug 2026
The police in Cross River State have commenced an investigation into the death of a 29-year-old man, Emmanuel Ita, whose body was discovered in connection with a Honda City vehicle along the...
Fake Agency Scandal: Tinubu orders forensic audit of IPPIS, MDAs
Premium Timesby Press Release28 Aug 2026
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, to oversee and coordinate a comprehensive forensic audit of federal government...
Samuel Chukwueze: Battling for starting spot at Milan, By Fidelis Nwagwu
Premium Timesby Premium Times28 Aug 2026
Following the Torino game, Fabio Capello, writing for La Gazzetta dello Sport, was among those to praise Chukwueze’s transformation.
Bayelsa table tennis stars rewarded after triple-title triumph in Calabar
Premium Timesby Tunde Eludini28 Aug 2026
The Bayelsa State Table Tennis Association (BYSTTA) has honoured its athletes following their impressive performances at the Offiong Edem Foundation Table Tennis Tournament 0.6 in Calabar, Cross...
Benin-Asaba Road: Umahi gives CCECC 14-day deadline as motorists lament gridlock
Premium Timesby Saviour Imukudo28 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.