Exclusive

Publication

Byline

My eyes, liver, kidney are gone. Please help me," - Daddy Fresh cries out from sickbed

Nigeria, Nov. 6 -- Veteran Nigerian singer Innocent "Daddy Fresh" Onyebuchi has opened up about his deteriorating health. In a video posted on the Instagram page of actor and filmmaker Kunle Afod on ... Read More


Patients bear brunt as resident doctors' strike enters fourth day

Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Hospitals across Nigeria remained in partial shutdown as the nationwide strike by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) entered its fourth day, leaving patients strand... Read More


Dangote Refinery ends suit against issuance of petrol import licences amid new import tariff

Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the N100 billion suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery to challenge the issuance of licences for importation of petroleum p... Read More


Access Holdings is Nigeria's biggest lender by assets, PREMIUM TIMES Annual Banking Report reveals

Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Access Holdings took the top spot as Nigeria's biggest lender by asset, according to PREMIUM TIMES 2025 Annual Banking Report's ranking of banking institutions in Nigeria for 2024. ... Read More


Okonjo-Iweala urges reforms as intra-African trade costs 20% higher than global average

Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called for swift reforms to reduce the high cost of trade within Africa, revealing that it currently costs ... Read More


Nigeria opens $2.3 billion Eurobond sale to plug budget gap

Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Nigeria began the sale of a $2.3 billion Eurobond on Wednesday, marking its second issuance of a dollar debt after a comeback to the international capital market last December after... Read More


Sowore files N500m suit against Lagos CP, Nigerian police for 'unlawfully' declaring him wanted

Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters Omnoyele Sowore has sued the Nigerian police for N500 million after the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, de... Read More


ANALYSIS: Civilians in Nigeria's conflict zones risk more harm if Trump orders military action

Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- As United States President Donald Trump threatens to cut aid to Nigeria and order military strikes over what he calls a "Christian genocide," the consequence may not be about diplom... Read More


FCTA resident doctors confirm partial payments, insist indefinite strike continues

Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have confirmed the government's partial implementation of their demands, but say the indefinite strike will continue until al... Read More


Nigeria and the gospel of 'Christian genocide': The noise from beyond the shores, By Umar Yakubu

Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Your pride for your country should not come after your country becomes great; your country becomes great because of your pride in it. - Idowu Koyenikan In 2018, I wrote about the "... Read More