October 18, 2025
Nigeria: Court Approves #FreeNnamdiKanu Protest, Bars Access to Sensitive Govt Areas
The court granted the interim order while emphasising that the right to peaceful assembly remains protected as long as demonstrators avoid prohibited zones. Read more »
Nigeria: Exclusive - How Suspected Coup Plotters Planned to Kill Tinubu, Shettima, Other Top Officials - Sources
Key officials targeted for assasination include President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives… Read more »
Nigeria: Premium Times' Business Editor Selected for U.S. Govt's Programme On Trade, Development Finance
Since its launch in 1940, over 230,000 international leaders have participated in the IVLP, including over 500 former and current heads of state and government, 12 Nobel Laureates,… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Military Speaks On Report of Alleged Coup Plot
The military said it had constituted an "investigative panel" to investigate the officers and the finding of the panel "would be made public." Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Begins Probe of Military Officers Detained for Alleged Coup Plot
"The plotters had tentatively picked a date for the coup and were continuing consultations when the coup plot leaked." Read more »
October 17, 2025
Nigeria: Christian Genocide or Governance Failure - Ted Cruz's Nigeria Bill Raises Eyebrows
A Republican-led drive in Congress links Nigeria's internal security crisis to America's global religious freedom agenda--with consequences extending far beyond diplomacy. Read more »
October 13, 2025
Nigeria: Deadly Attacks At Sea Push Nigeria's Fishers, Traders to the Brink
On Nigeria's coast, pirates prey on artisanal fishers and women traders whose livelihoods are already strained by climate change. Read more »
October 12, 2025
Nigeria: A Warning to Senator Ted Cruz, By Femi Fani-Kayode
Your jaundiced and delusional perspective, which is rooted in a crass and vulgar display of ignorance and arrogance, defies logical and rational reasoning. Read more »
October 11, 2025
Nigeria: Genocides in Nigeria and Western Propaganda
Whatever 'good' the United States does to us, we must always remember what Che Guevara said; that America is an "immense imperialist hyena" and "the greatest enemy of the human… Read more »
October 10, 2025
Lesotho/Nigeria: Lesotho Vs Nigeria (Live Updates) - Super Eagles Chase Vital Win in Polokwane
With World Cup hopes hanging by a thread, Nigeria go all out for three points against Lesotho's Crocodiles in Polokwane. Read more »
Nigeria: From Disgrace to Jail to Pardon - What Is Next for Farouk Lawan?
The former lawmaker was jailed for receiving a $500,000 bribe from Femi Otedola, a businessman. The money was part of the $3 million Mr Lawan requested to remove Mr Otedola's firms… Read more »
Nigeria: Making Nigeria's Voice Heard in Ifrs S1 & S2 Sustainability Standards
Nigeria was the first country to adopt the IFRS S1 & S2 Sustainability Standards in Africa and among the first globally, through the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of… Read more »
Nigeria: APC Dissolves Enugu Party Leadership, Appoints Caretaker Committee
The APC in Enugu State has been enmeshed in a leadership crisis in recent years, resulting in the splitting of the party into two factions. Read more »
Nigeria: Unending Toll - How Highway Extortion Fuels Soaring Food Prices in Nigeria
Across Nigeria's highways, extortion has become as predictable as potholes. From Kano to Lagos, from Enugu to Port Harcourt, from Ibadan to Ilorin, multiple truck drivers say they… Read more »
October 09, 2025
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints New Head of Electoral Commission
His appointment has also been ratified by the National Council of States Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Life Expectancy Ranked Lowest Globally
In 2019, a similar UN report placed Nigeria's life expectancy at around 55 years, ranking it the third lowest in the world at the time Read more »
Nigeria: University Moves to Tackle Discrimination Against Special Needs Students After Premium Times' Investigation
In the investigation published in March, PREMIUM TIMES exposed how blind students across three Nigerian universities battle discrimination and neglect from other students and… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints Amupitan As New INEC Chairman
His appointment has also been ratified by the National Council of States Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Lost Engines - Turning Multinational Flight Into Domestic Opportunity
For Nigeria to reverse the divestment trend and create a new frontier for industrial growth, building domestic capacity and improving the investment climate is imperative. Read more »
Nigeria: Inside the Politics of 2027 - How Is Tinubu Consolidating His Advantage
Unless an unlikely unforeseen event dramatically shifts the nation's political calculations or galvanises it, Tinubu's advantage looks set to carry him into the 2027 race as the… Read more »
Nigeria: Thirteen More Suspects Arrested Over Alleged Vandalism of ₦4.8 Billion Kainji Power Plant
The police arrested the suspects in connection with the vandalism and theft of navigation lock metals and beams worth over ₦4.8 billion at the Kainji Power Plant. Read more »
Nigeria: Lawyer Accused of Defaming Uzodimma Still in Prison Despite Bail
His lawyer says he has made a fresh application for bail. Read more »
Nigeria: Trump's Aid Cut Leaves Pregnant Nigerian Women Without Essential Medicine
The United States is cutting billions in foreign aid. In Nigeria, pregnant women and others now face higher risks from HIV. Read more »
Nigeria: Three Scientists Win 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Creating Molecular Frameworks
The Academy said the constructions and metal-organic frameworks can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases, or catalyse chemical… Read more »
October 08, 2025
Nigeria: Uche Nnaji's Certificate Forgery - What Nigerian Laws Say
A painstaking two-year investigation published by PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday revealed that Mr Nnaji forged the credentials he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian… Read more »
