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PREMIUM TIMES' 2025 investigations identify the gaps, failures in Nigeria's health sector

Nigeria, Jan. 25 -- In 2025, PREMIUM TIMES published a series of investigations and in-depth reports that exposed the failures and challenges across Nigeria's health sector. From poorly equipped prima... Read More


Governor vows to enforce law on extravagant spending on weddings

Nigeria, Jan. 25 -- Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has vowed that his administration will begin strict enforcement of the law banning extravagance in pre-wedding activities, saying the practice h... Read More


ANALYSIS: Calm, Calculated, or Careless? Analysing Fubara's attitude to Rivers' political crisis

Nigeria, Jan. 25 -- When the Rivers State House of Assembly abruptly shut down the plenary on 5 December 2025 and pushed sittings into the New Year, it did not feel like a routine adjournment. It felt... Read More


Impeachment: An avoidable nightmare, By Sam Akpe

Nigeria, Jan. 25 -- Confused. Undecided. Disordered. Manipulated. These words fittingly depict the current state of affairs and conscience of the Rivers State House of Assembly in its impeachment plot... Read More


Bimbo Ademoye threatens legal action over copyright theft 'Where Love Lives'

Nigeria, Jan. 25 -- Nigerian actress and filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye has threatened legal action against Emmanuel Davies over the alleged copyright theft of her film, "Where Love Lives." The movie, which... Read More


'10 years of bitterness broken': Tonto Dikeh says as she settles with ex-husband, Churchill

Nigeria, Jan. 25 -- Nigerian actress and singer Tonto Dikeh has announced a reconciliation with her ex-husband, Olakunle Churchill. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the actress confirmed her separation fr... Read More


Quarter of developing economies poorer than in 2019 - World Bank

Nigeria, Jan. 24 -- More than one in four developing economies still have lower per capita income than before the COVID-19 pandemic, exposing a deep and persistent divide in the global recovery, the W... Read More


CAF Champions League: Rivers United hold Power Dynamos in Zambia

Nigeria, Jan. 24 -- Rivers United picked up their first point of the CAF Champions League group stage after playing out a 0-0 draw with Zambia's Power Dynamos in their Matchday Three fixture in Ndola ... Read More


SPECIAL REPORT: Lack of press tags makes Nigeria's National Assembly complex unsafe

Nigeria, Jan. 24 -- John Okafor, a parliamentary security officer, was on routine patrol at the National Assembly Arcade at about 5 p.m. sometime in June last year when he witnessed an unusual scene. ... Read More


Tax Laws: Minority caucus report on alterations overtaken by events - Reps Deputy Spokesperson

Nigeria, Jan. 24 -- The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese (APC, Benue), has said the interim report by the Minority Caucus Ad-hoc Committee on alleged alterations in t... Read More