The Litigation Team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has won the Leading Case Counsel Team of the 2020 Africa Arbitration Awards. A press release by the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, states that the award was given to the NNPC Litigation Team …
Read More »EDO 2020: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…Thanks, but no, thanks! by Tony Usidamen
I watched with rapt attention the video that you made for the people of Edo concerning the 19th September gubernatorial elections. Indeed, no matter where we are from, we are all part of a social web of life that supports and sustains us. So, I want to thank you for …
Read More »Stop harassing Mailafia, Secondus warns DSS …..says Buhari should accommodate dissenting views
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has charged the Directorate of State Security Service, DSS, to stop harassing the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr Obadiah Mailafia. Prince Secondus told the secret police organization to try and dispose themselves …
Read More »Tribute to my friend and benefactor- Mallam Adamu A. Maikori By Chibuzo N. Ziggy Azike
When I received the news from my colleague Dr. Anselm Chidi Odinkalu that Mallam Adamu Maikori had passed on, I was downcast and I shed a tear. I know that Anselm and Audu are in close contact for many common and shared experiences, but I paused and recalled that Anselm …
Read More »Fuel Subsidy Removal: The needless furore By Maryam I. Shettima
Mr President is in the eye of the storm recently for bravely realizing the inevitable expungement of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria, brave due to the extreme furore and knee jerk reaction by some gullible and credulous Nigerians, who are convinced that, this decision is most inhumane and anti masses. …
Read More »Corporate Social Responsibility: NTA Abeokuta Receives car donation to enhance operations
Ajagu in Canada initiates One Billion Souls for Christ Project
Nigeria’s Apostle Ausbeth Ajagu made history in Canada recently when his Pentium Ministries, Canada launched a One Billion Souls For Jesus Project. The event, held on 5 September 2020, was a Holy Spirit communion service which witnessed prayers from numerous anointed men and women of God from various countries praying …
Read More »Bayelsa Essay competition winners receive prizes as Govt pledges support for creativity
Winners of the second edition of the Bayelsa online essay competition for undergraduates at the weekend received their various prizes as government pledged to encourage youths to unleash their creative potentials. The winner, Miss. Michael Timiebiere, a 400-level student of Federal University, Otuoke, Department of Economics and Development received the …
Read More »Refugees, IDPs welfare: How Zulum spent weekend in Niger Republic, Damasak, Banki … Shares N80m to households in Banki
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum spent the most part of his weekend traveling to Diffa province in Niger Republic, Damasak in northern Borno, and Banki l, a border town in the central part of the State, over the welfare of refugees and internally displaced persons, IDPs. DIFFA Zulum, who was in …
Read More »Corruption, insecurity, economic hardship threat to Nigeria’s democracy – Obi
As the world celebrates International Democracy Day, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has identified corruption, insecurity of lives and property, and economic hardship as the greatest threats to Nigeria’s democracy. Obi, in a message to mark the …
Read More »U.S. imposes visa ban on some Nigerians over Edo, Ondo guber polls
By Harrison Arubu New York, Sept. 14, 2020 The United States has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians involved in the run up to the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The move also targets individuals it accused of working to undermine the November 2019 governorship polls in Kogi …
Read More »Nigeria securing more sea time for Cadets despite COVID-19 …NSDP progressing as planned – Jamoh
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has made significant progress in securing sea time berths for cadets trained under the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP), despite the limitations of the coronavirus pandemic. Director-General of the Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this in Lagos following a recent three-month extension …
Read More »Recruitment: Zulum approves 594 doctors, nurses, others for Borno hospitals
… Okays annual course for 200 more … To increase doctors, nurses quarters Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the engagement of 84 medical doctors, 365 nurses and midwives, 45 pharmacists and 100 health technicians and other supportive staff, making 594 personnel being added to Borno’s healthcare sector. Zulum announced …
Read More »Fuel: The day of reckoning is here By Louis Odion, FNGE
It is a factual error to conflate the subsidy uprising of 2012 and the crisis of 2020. True, both speak to a national emergency, but the circumstances are starkly dissimilar. Nigerians that marched across the nation in the harmattan-scorched January of 2012 were actually protesting a touted rising economic tide …
Read More »COVID-19: Ekiti Primary, Secondary schools reopen Sept. 21; Tertiary institutions resume Oct. 2
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has announced September 21 date for reopening of primary and secondary schools in the state, ending months of school closure occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Fayemi who disclosed this in a state-wide broadcast on Sunday evening also directed that tertiary institutions in the …
Read More »Global acclaim as Nigeria’s Muhammad-Bande bows out as UN General Assembly President; What COVID-19 taught us – PGA
By Harrison Arubu United Nations, Sept. 14, 2020 Outgoing President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Ambassador Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has highlighted some critical lessons from COVID-19. This is as the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres and Diplomats from around the world paid glowing tributes to Professor Muhammad-Bande for his …
Read More »Agencies in the presidency hold 2021 budget consultations
Federal government agencies in the Presidency have held consultations for the 2021 budget. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Tijjani Umar, led the 2021 budget bilateral meeting between Government Agencies under the Presidency and officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. The virtual meeting, according to …
Read More »Neymar, 4 others sent off as Marseille grab rare win at PSG
Paris, Sept. 13, 2020 Olympique Marseille earned a smash-and-grab 1-0 win at Ligue 1 champions Paris St-Germain (PSG) on Sunday in a match which saw five players sent off and two goals disallowed. Forward Florian Thauvin struck in the 31st minute of a pulsating though ill-tempered match at the Parc …
Read More »Release Opeyemi Owatimeyin now! By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com Reports making the rounds on social media are to the effect that one Opeyemi Owatimeyin has been whisked into detention by security agents, specifically the DSS or SSS, after his arrest at Iyara, a town in Kogi state. His “offence”, the reports continue, was pamphleteering. Owatimeyin reportedly was distributing …
Read More »Obi congratulates Prof Florence Obi on emergence as UNICAL’s First Female VC
Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has rejoiced with Professor Florence Obi, who just broke a 45-year jinx by emerging the first female Vice-Chancellor-elect of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Cross River State, while expressing hopes that her tenure …
Read More »State of the Nation: Secondus commends Obasanjo, Elders; Berates Presidency; Says free, fair election in Edo not negotiable
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo and some Nigerian Elders “for standing up to save the country at its worst time in history.” Speaking against the backdrop of the National dialogue convened by the former President to address …
Read More »Edo: Where two wrongs make a right By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 362 1058 The much talked-about Edo State governorship election comes up next Saturday, 19th September, 2020. The run down to the election has exposed the underbelly of the country’s politics, such that it not only leaves much to be desired but also leaves a sour taste in the …
Read More »Edo 2020: PDP alerts on Tinubu, APC’s plot to rig, buy votes with N300m
The Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Council has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and APC chieftains in Edo to rig and buy votes during the September 19 governorship election with N300 million pooled …
Read More »Presidency attacks Obasanjo, says he’s Nigeria’s Divider-in-Chief
The Nigerian Presidency has unleashed a blistering counter-attack on former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying that he is the ‘Divider-in-Chief’ of the country and that his criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari and his government are born out of envy. A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media …
Read More »PREMIUM TIMES uncovers massive referral kickback scam of Nigerian doctors, hospitals, diagnostic centres
A PREMIUM TIMES investigation has exposed a massive referral kickback scheme showing how the country’s top diagnostic service providers, medical doctors and hospitals steal billions of naira yearly from unsuspecting patients who pay for healthcare out-of-pocket. During the 20-month undercover investigation, a PREMIUM TIMES journalist posing as a doctor referred …
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