Ex-Gov Goje denies defection to PDP, but remains exploring future path
Premium Timesby Auwal Umar·23 Aug 2026
Former Gombe State governor and senator for the Gombe Central District, Muhammad Goje, has denied reports that he has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic...
Bandits kidnap monarch’s wife, demand ₦20 million to free another woman, 23
Premium Timesby Manasseh Mbachii·23 Aug 2026
Suspected bandits have kidnapped the first wife of the Baale of Dabu, a community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Nwabueze defends Made-in-Nigeria office, posts documents after ICPC ‘fake agency’ claim
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
George Nwabueze, accused by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of promoting a fake federal agency, has defended the status of the National Brands...
From Abuja to Hangzhou (1): A handshake with the Chinese, By Max Amuchie
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
It began, unexpectedly, with a telephone call one evening in May. I was at my desk in Abuja when my phone rang.
Geregu Power and bandit capitalism?, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
...there are issues of fiscal governance. So, a senator and recent governor is paying off a reported ₦6 billion in debt to a company in which he is invested.
Nigeria’s sovereign cloud moment: Securing the infrastructure behind the digital economy, By Shuaib S. Agaka
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
Nigeria is entering a new phase of its digital journey. The country is no longer simply asking how quickly it can adopt cloud technology.
Famadewa, Ribadu and a 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga's release, By Yushau A Shuaib
Premium Timesby Yushau A. Shuaib·23 Aug 2026
The logical question the ninety‑day committee must answer before drafting a single page is simple: What is the relationship between its new mandate and the frameworks that already exist?
From employee to industry authority (2), By Yemi Adetayo
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
Don’t spend your entire career simply climbing the corporate ladder, while remaining unknown outside your office.
The global climate has changed and Nigeria now has winter, By Testimony Jesutoye
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
The burden of our survival can no longer be deferred to the next election cycle, or packaged into desperate prayers. It falls squarely on us. We must shed our fear.
FCTA trains health workers in basic life support, plans Code Blue teams in hospitals
Premium Timesby Fortune Eromonsele·23 Aug 2026
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commenced Basic Life Support (BLS) training for health workers in seven public hospitals, as part of efforts to strengthen emergency response...
EXCLUSIVE: How Nigeria’s new ‘fake’ agency built nationwide network, sought state funds, land, more
Premium Timesby Yakubu Mohammed·23 Aug 2026
On Friday, the Nigerian government flagged another “fake” agency, with President Bola Tinubu suspending three top officials identified as enablers and ordering the arrest of the frontrunner.
Call me Tony: A parable of corporate Nigeria, By Temitope Lakisokun
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
The awkwardness lies in the system itself: a borrowed convention that was designed to soften hierarchy but was never properly reconsidered as the generations changed… The lesson is not that young...
Hope for cancer patients as scientists report breakthrough in personalised cancer vaccines
Premium Timesby Mariam Ileyemi·23 Aug 2026
Researchers in the United States have reported promising results from a personalised cancer vaccine designed to prevent melanoma from returning or spreading.
NDLEA intercepts cocaine hidden in fufu on boat bound for Cameroon
Premium Timesby Emmanuel Agbo·23 Aug 2026
A 27-year-old man has been arrested after operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) allegedly found cocaine hidden inside a wrap of fufu on a boat heading from Akwa Ibom State...
NDLEA arrests 101-year-old woman for selling cannabis in Ogun
Premium Timesby Emmanuel Agbo·23 Aug 2026
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 101-year-old woman for allegedly selling cannabis in Ilisan, Ogun State.
NDLEA seizes N4.4bn 'Thai Loud' at Lagos ports, uncovers new trafficking route
Premium Timesby Emmanuel Agbo·23 Aug 2026
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 1,490.5kg of cannabis, popularly known as Loud, worth more than N4.4 billion in two containers shipped from Thailand through the...
‘Some people are trying to profit from my father's illness’ — Ogogo's daughter alleges
Premium Timesby Friday Omosola·23 Aug 2026
Kira, daughter of veteran actor and screenwriter Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, has alleged that some people are exploiting her father’s stage four cancer diagnosis for financial gain.
INTERVIEW: How Bajju Diaspora can transform development back home — Agwam Bajju II
Premium Timesby Tunde Eludini·23 Aug 2026
Since he emerged as the second paramount ruler of the Bajju Chiefdom in 2022, His Highness Luka Kogi Yabwat (Agwam Bajju II) has focused on strengthening the traditional institution, completing a...
CPPE backs FG reforms, urges shift from economic stability to productivity
Premium Timesby ekeminiatai·23 Aug 2026
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has backed the Federal Government’s economic reform programme, saying the measures have produced measurable improvements in Nigeria’s...
From Nigeria to Asian Steppes — stories of survival, soil and hope in Mongolia
Premium Timesby Abdulkareem Mojeed·23 Aug 2026
I have always been fascinated by the nomadic lifestyles of people across Asia, particularly as portrayed in Chinese and Korean films—the varieties of their cattle, sheep and horses; the vast...
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