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CJID-funded investigation wins 2025 Ibanga Isine impact reporter award

Nigeria, Dec. 9 -- A report funded by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has emerged winner of the 2025 Ibanga Isine Impact Reporter Award. The announcement was made on Frida... Read More


Police state or state police?, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Nigeria, Dec. 9 -- On 26 November, Nigeria's president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, announced in a statement personally signed by him that he had "decided to declare a nationwide security emergency" to be acco... Read More


Retirees protest in Ogun, demand suspension of contributory pension scheme

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- Retired civil servants in Ogun State on Monday staged a protest to demand the immediate suspension of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and the remittance of what they described... Read More


BREAKING: Niger governor receives 100 students released by terrorists

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has received 100 schoolchildren who were released by their abductors on Sunday. The children were handed over to the governor by representatives ... Read More


UPDATED: Niger governor receives 100 students released by terrorists

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has received 100 schoolchildren who were released by their abductors on Sunday. The children were handed over to the governor by representatives ... Read More


Obasanjo speaks on constitution review, criticises Nigerian lawmakers' huge earnings

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised the substantial salaries and running costs earned by Nigeria's federal lawmakers, arguing that the earnings are unjustifiable in a ... Read More


EDITORIAL: More seats for women in parliament; an overdue idea

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- Stakeholders have pointed out the urgency of the greater representation of women within the political decision-making space, particularly in the Nigerian legislature, both at the na... Read More


ICPC, works ministry begin nationwide tracking of N36 trillion federal road projects

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has launched a nationwide audit of 760 federal road projects worth more than N36 trillion, in what it ... Read More


Inside details of Nigeria's military operation that foiled coup in Benin Republic

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- A coup in the Republic of Benin was foiled with the support of the Nigerian armed forces on Sunday. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the intervention came at the request of Benin's Presid... Read More


Reps summon NNPC GCEO, set deadline for 2021 audit queries

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives has asked the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Bayo Ojula... Read More