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Premium Timesby Gbemidepo Popoola17d ago
It’s just match-day 5 of the Nigeria Premier Football League, but the pressure is already mounting on Enyimba, with the nine-time champions facing another stern test against Sporting Lagos at the...
Premium Timesby Gbemidepo Popoola17d ago
Rivers Hoopers have been crowned champions of the 2026 Nigeria Premier Basketball League (NPBL) after completing an unbeaten run in the Final Four playoffs in Port Harcourt.
Premium Timesby Abdulqudus Ogundapo17d ago
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s absence from the 81st...
Premium Timesby Beloved John17d ago
The United Kingdom has joined France and Mexico’s push for restrictions on the use of the UN Security Council veto in cases involving genocide and crimes against humanity.
Premium Timesby Nike Adebowale-Tambe17d ago
At a primary healthcare centre in Kaduna State, Zainab Garba remembers what health workers used to do when a woman began bleeding heavily after childbirth.
Premium Timesby Emmanuel Agbo17d ago
Across Africa, rising debt burdens and the high cost of borrowing have renewed concerns about the terms under which governments take loans and how those debts are managed.
Premium Timesby Chinagorom Ugwu17d ago
The police in Enugu State have arrested a 30-year-old man, Chibuike Okpara, who allegedly killed his girlfriend and concealed her body in a toilet within his apartment in the state.
Premium Timesby Tunde Eludini17d ago
The Nigeria Police Force is exploring artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics and other digital technologies to strengthen crime prevention, investigations and security management ahead of the...
Premium Timesby Premium Times17d ago
A new investigation has identified 284 properties in the United States, collectively valued at nearly $271 million, linked to 61 current and former high-level Nigerian officials, their families...
Premium Timesby Press Release17d ago
A high-level delegation from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), led by Minister of Hydrocarbons, Simplice Stev Onanga has arrived in Nigeria to understudy the Nigerian Content Development and...
Premium Timesby Press Release17d ago
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has intensified its drive to attract Chinese investment, technology and manufacturing capacity into Nigeria’s oil and gas industry...
Premium Timesby Aaron Cole17d ago
Nigeria’s aviation market ranked fourth-largest in Africa in 2025, with more than 18.8 million domestic and international passenger movements recorded during the year, the Federal Airports...
Premium Timesby Sharon Eboesomi17d ago
Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has denied receiving ₦50 billion from President Bola Tinubu for the upgrade of the Ladoke Akintola...
Premium Timesby Press Release17d ago
Fuji music icon Wasiu “Kwam 1” Ayinde has brokered a truce between rival transport union leaders Musiliu “MC Oluomo” Akinsanya and Mustapha “Tafa Sego” Adekunle after years of tension between their...
Premium Timesby Press Release17d ago
He said 210 local government retirees would receive ₦515 million under the Defined Benefit Scheme, while ₦3.144 billion would go to 1,129 beneficiaries under the Contributory Pension Scheme.
Premium Timesby Adewale Ajadi17d ago
The foundational block of any system is the mental model, and it is the profound challenge of the African world.
Premium Timesby Omotoyosi Idowu17d ago
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) expected Nigeria’s inflation rate to moderate further in the short- to medium-term.
Premium Timesby Folashade Ogunrinde17d ago
The family of Oladotun Oladipo, founder of The Eagle Online, has announced that the digital news platform will continue to operate following his death. Mr Oladipo died on Tuesday, 25 August.
Premium Timesby Omotoyosi Idowu17d ago
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has rejected the finding of an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration tribunal that he reached a...
Premium Timesby Mariam Ileyemi17d ago
The MTN Group Foundation and the Gates Foundation have launched an artificial intelligence (AI) initiative in Nigeria to help frontline health workers identify pregnancy and childbirth...
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