By Atedo Peterside As part of their 14th Daily Trust Dialogue, the management of Daily Trust requested a presentation from me on “BEYOND RECESSION: TOWARDS A...
By Reno Omokri… President Muhammadu Buhari wants to intervene in The Gambia to prevent a breakdown of law and order which will lead to a humanitarian...
Ousted Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is prepping up to go on exile after he accepted to step down following last ditch diplomatic efforts made by the...
A staggering percentage, about 73%, of Nigeria’s prison population is un-sentenced. The facts are contained in a report recently published by the National Bureau of Statistics...
Getting stronger and fitter now means that you’ve pretty much got to alter your diet completely, rather than relying on quick-fixes. You’ve also got to make...
The Sole Administrator of Agatu Local Government Area, Benue State, Mr. Mike Inalegwu, has revealed that brutal attacks by Fulani herdsmen against the farmers of the...
A British man has fallen to his death at a World Cup stadium building site in Qatar, with the contractor, a joint venture between Belgian and...
Recently, the issue of how much regulation government should have over nonprofit bodies like churches became a matter for public discourse, when a new regulation by...
The Borno State Command has reportedly arrested a top civil servant in the state who is said to have inflicted serious injury on his 10-year-old son....
Luxury phone and gadget makers Apple is piling onto the lawsuit train just ahead of the weekend, following in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s footsteps with...
For former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, her troubles come in threes. Just at a time things appear quiet for her, a new flank of troubles...
Days after summoning and questioning Samsung group CEO Jay Y. Lee over ongoing graft probe involving President Park Geun-hye and her friend Choi Soon-sil, special prosecutors...
An unidentified 18-year-old suspect believed to be neck deep in plotting terror attacks has been arrested in the European city of Vienna, the capital of Austria....
For former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, her trouble comes in threes. Just at a time things appear quiet on her, a new flank of troubles...
English Premier League side Liverpool FC have confirmed the return of former midfielder and club captain Steven Gerrard as a member of the coaching staff of...
Morocco fought from a goal down to beat Togo 3-1 at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations to ensure they have control of their fate as...
Reigning champions Ivory Coast netted-in twice against DR Congo to earn a 2-2 draw and keep alive their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the Africa...
Nigeria’s three tiers of government got a slightly fatter pay packet in the month of January, 2017. Every month, the Federal Government, States and Local Government...
The visit of former President Goodluck Jonathan, to his estrange political father, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, may probably be the most surprising visit the former Nigerian military...
Read Donald Trump‘s inaugural speech as delivered:. Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: Thank...
Following the arrest of Premium Times publisher and a Correspondent with the online newspaper by the Nigerian Police, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the...
Gambia’s long-time leader Yahya Jammeh has finally accepted to step down following last-ditch diplomatic efforts made by the leaders of Guinea and Mauritania who both arrived...
A landmark agreement has just been reached by Sony Music Entertainment after it reached a partnership with Nigerian telecoms companies MTN, Airtel and Etisalat in the...
At least 11 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were reportedly shot dead on Friday, with many more injured. They were allegedly shot by...
More facts have emerged as to why Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, shut down his tomato paste plant in Kano, with about 900 jobs on the...
There is tight security in and around the streets of Washington DC and New York City as many await the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Trump’s...
The new chairman of PDP Governors Forum and governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has one more headache to contend with. Some protesters under the aegis...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have sealed a relationship to fight fraud in Nigeria’s capital market. Both...
World No. 1 Sir Andy Murray has made it into the fourth round of the Australian Open after beating Sam Querrey in straight sets on Friday....
Two PREMIUM TIMES staff arrested but later released Thursday by the Nigerian police returned to the Abuja headquarters of the force early Friday, amid widespread outrage...
The Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, has told his subjects and other northerners to stop erecting new mosques when many of their daughters are...
The newly-elected President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has decried what he said is the present administration’s treatment of the eastern part of the...
A Police Corporal, Uche Odoemena, has been arrested for snatching a newborn baby at gunpoint from its mother and selling it for N600,000. Odoemena, who allegedly...
As operation to rescue eight persons abducted by gunmen on the premises of Nigerian-Turkish International Colleges intensifies, police operatives say they have laid low to give...
Celebrity fitness instructor Maje Ayida who is yet to reply or say a word about all his ex-wife Toke Makinwa wrote in her book entitled “…On...
Uber has settled a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission for $20 million. The lawsuit alleged that the ride-hailing app recruited drivers by misleading them...
A leader of a robbery gang paraded by operatives of the Kwara State Police Command has confessed that his gang members robbed and killed a couple...
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has emerged the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum. He has also vowed to ensure his party...
Detectives yesterday grilled a former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Innocent Azubuike Umezulike, over the N632.2million allegedly traced to his account. But the ex-CJ, in...
Until Nigeria generates enough foreign exchange and finds solution to its over bloated head cost, the country will not cease going to international credit institutions for...
The trial of suspects, including the immediate-past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, in connection with the $1.1bn Malabu oil...
Disgraced former President Yahya Jammeh has one more chance to prevent bloodshed and avoid a violent removal from office. With troops already on ground inside The...
For the third consecutive trading session, Nigerian equities on Thursday closed in the negative as continuing sell pressure in the consumer goods sector continued to shape...
Notorious drug lord El Chapo has been extradited by Mexico to the United States of America. He is to face drug trafficking offences and other charges...
A Russian man wanted by the United States of America for alleged hacking has been arrested by Spanish police operatives with deliberations underway to extradite the...
Tunisia gave their qualification into the quarter-finals a huge boost after scoring twice in the second half to beat Algeria 2-1 in a Group B, Africa Cup...
The jubilation and excitement that greeted the announcement of MMM return to business in Nigeria appears to be fading into another round of fears following the...
Gambia’s president-elect, Adama Barrow was on Thursday sworn in as Gambia’s president at the country’s embassy in Dakar, Senegal. The new president after his inauguration sent...
The Nigeria police have raided PREMIUM TIMES head office in Abuja, and arrested the newspaper’s publisher. The publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi, was arrested alongside the paper’s judiciary...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday departed Abuja for the United Kingdom for a 10-day vacation. According to the presidency, Buhari while on vacation will also take...
