From policy institute to parade ground, By Nuhu Mohammed
Premium Timesby Premium Times·28 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 Times·28 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. Shuaib·28 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-Olátéjú·28 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 Ileyemi·28 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 Imukudo·28 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 Release·28 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 Times·28 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 Eludini·28 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 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.
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.
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