The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has left his duties unattended in Abuja for at least two weeks while continuing to tour local government areas in Rivers State, Nigeria’s South-South, because of 2027 politics. Mr Wike,…

The Justice Empowerment Initiative, in collaboration with the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation and other civil society organisations, has strongly condemned the ongoing eviction of residents in the Makoko, Oko Agbon, and Sogunro communities by the Lagos State Government. In a…

The Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Professor Clement Adebooye, has approved the appointment of Professor Alamu Oguntola of the Department of Mechanical Engineering as the acting Provost of the Postgraduate College of the institution. The appointment, which took effect on…

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Abuja, has issued an interim order restraining the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and its members from embarking on the nationwide strike scheduled to commence on 12 January. Justice Emmanuel Subilim made…

A political strategist, Baba Yusuf, says the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State are a calculated attempt by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to remove the governor. Yusuf made this statement on Friday when he featured in an…

A forensic audit firm, SALLY TIBBOT Consulting Limited, has accused the Osun State Government of inserting a total of 8,452 alleged ghost workers into the state’s payroll and paying them a sum of N13,716,914,129.28 annually. The allegation was made by…

As we continue into the first month of 2026, we reflect on some of the most consequential investigations published by PREMIUM TIMES in 2025. Over the past 12 months, this newspaper has produced a wide range of investigations, exclusives and…

Some businesses and traders may be taking advantage of the newly introduced tax laws to arbitrarily increase the prices of goods and services in different parts of the country, Saturday PUNCH findings have shown. Since the commencement of the new…

The Federal Government has announced the establishment of Nigeria House Davos ahead of the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), scheduled to hold from January 19 to 23, 2026, in Davos, Switzerland.The announcement was signed by Abiodun…

A former corporal in the Nigerian Air Force and Laboratory Operational Manager at Liman Usman Global Ltd, Muhammad Usman, shares with IBRAHIM ADAM how scorpion venom is being transformed from a feared toxin into a high-value scientific resource and how…

A mini truck conveying tomatoes lost control and rammed into other vehicles on the Otedola Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. The accident occurred around noon and was reportedly caused by brake failure, according to eyewitnesses. The truck…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been allocated N1.013 trillion in the 2026 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections. According to details contained in the 2026 Appropriation Bill released…

Coordinator of the Kwara South Joint Community Security Watch Network, Mr Olaitan Oyin-Zubair, tells BIODUN BUSARI about the invasion of the palace of the monarch of Adanla area in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State by bandits What do…

Bayelsa West Senator, Seriake Dickson, has denied reports that he has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC).. Mr Dickson, a former governor of Bayelsa State, said he remains a member…

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja, has stopped the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, and its members from embarking on the strike scheduled to commence on January 12. Justice Emmanuel Subilim gave the order of restraint on Friday…