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Premium Timesby Press Release21d 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 Cole21d 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 Eboesomi21d 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 Release21d 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 Release21d 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 Ajadi21d ago
The foundational block of any system is the mental model, and it is the profound challenge of the African world.
Premium Timesby Omotoyosi Idowu21d ago
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) expected Nigeria’s inflation rate to moderate further in the short- to medium-term.
Premium Timesby Folashade Ogunrinde21d 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 Idowu21d 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 Ileyemi21d 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...
Premium Timesby Mariam Ileyemi21d ago
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) and DevReporting are partnering on a documentary focused on local government accountability and development journalism.
Premium Timesby Abdulkareem Mojeed21d ago
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has announced a new phase of infrastructure development and investment mobilisation as the Federal Government moves from immediate power sector...
Premium Timesby Omotoyosi Idowu21d ago
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has welcomed the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to cut the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 350 basis points to 23 per cent, saying the...
Premium Timesby Agency Report21d ago
The Commissioner for Information in Abia, Okey Kanu, says the Nchedo Sexual Assault and Referral Centre recorded seven cases in one month.
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Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal has joined the Nigeria Democratic Party a few months after resigning from the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Premium Timesby Omotoyosi Idowu21d ago
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that foreign exchange pressures have receded as Nigeria’s external reserves climbed to $55.25 billion.
Premium Timesby Chinagorom Ugwu21d ago
The police in Anambra State say they have rescued seven school children and two adults who were trapped by flood along Nibo-Isiagu Road in Awka, the state capital.
Premium Timesby Fortune Eromonsele21d ago
Nigeria has recorded 259 deaths from Lassa fever since the beginning of 2026, with the case-fatality rate remaining significantly higher than it was during the same period last year.
Premium Timesby Omotoyosi Idowu21d ago
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, has said that losses arising from Nigeria’s multiple foreign exchange (FX) windows amounted to about three per cent of the country’s...
Premium Timesby Anas Dansalma21d ago
Kano State Multi-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking says it has arrested more than 380 suspects and secured over 230 convictions since its inauguration on 22 July.
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