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Can Nigeria's 2023 reforms still be turned into a development dividend?, By David Okelue Ugwunta

Nigeria, April 2 -- From Subsidy Removal to Debt Traps Nigeria's age-long fuel subsidy regimes resisted reforms, drained public finances, fuelled corruption, encouraged smuggling, and undermined loca... Read More


Tinubu's necessary reforms: Towards a well-rounded impact, By Henry O. Igbinomwanhia

Nigeria, April 2 -- This article analyses the economic policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration from May 2023 to February 2026. It assesses the impacts of the "Tinubunomics" agenda - a... Read More


A single candle in the dark: A whistleblower's dilemma, By Crispin Oduobuk

Nigeria, April 1 -- A Nigerian whistleblower's sour-sweet situation: recognition abroad while struggling at home. Darkness has a peculiar habit. It rarely travels alone. It gathers allies. Silence. F... Read More


How Peter Obi lost his strongest intellectual soldier, Isaac Balami, By Meche Oswald

Nigeria, April 1 -- There is a dangerous culture growing in Nigeria's political space, one that is rarely discussed but deeply corrosive. It is the culture of selective memory, where sacrifice is quic... Read More


Pope appoints Bishop Kukah to top Vatican role

Nigeria, April 1 -- Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto Hassan Kukah to a top position in the Vatican City. The Nigerian priest will serve as a Member of the Council of the... Read More


Pope appoints Bishop Kukah to Vatican top role

Nigeria, April 1 -- Pope Leo IV has appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Hassan Kukah, as a Member of the Council of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, Vatican City. A statement ... Read More


Jibrin Ndace's reign of renewal at VON, By Awaal Gata

Nigeria, March 31 -- There are institutions that merely endure, surviving the erosion of time through habit and bureaucratic inertia; and there are those that are reborn, reimagined by the grind and g... Read More


LEADERSHIP Editor-in-Chief, Azu Ishiekwene, nominated for NUJ media excellence award

Nigeria, March 31 -- The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, has nominated the Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers, Azu Ishiekwene, for the 2026 Media Lea... Read More


Remains of father of PREMIUM TIMES reporter for burial on 10 April

Nigeria, March 30 -- The remains of a retired priest of The African Church in Akwa Ibom State, Joseph Imukudo, would be laid to rest on Friday, 10 April, at Ikot Ebak Community in Mkpat Enin Local Gov... Read More


Securing the soil: How land holds the key to Nigeria's ranching future, By Mukhtar Ya'u Madobi

Nigeria, March 30 -- Nigeria's renewed push toward agricultural transformation and national security consolidation has found expression in the Federal Government's ranching reform initiative, a policy... Read More