To Protect Chief of Staff Gbajabiamila Amid Agency Bribery Scandal, Tinubu’s Presidency Publishes Half-Truth
To Protect Chief of Staff Gbajabiamila Amid Agency Bribery Scandal, Tinubu’s Presidency Publishes Half-Truth An individual recently revealed that he fell out with President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff after he declined to part with 48 per cent of a N27.39 billion take-off grant for a sketchy agency after he initially collected N400 million by […]
FROM THE FRONTLINES: What Really Happened to Oyo Schoolchildren’s Rescue Mission?
Reports on the federal government’s attempts to rescue the abducted 46 schoolchildren and teachers taken from Ogbomosho, Oyo State, appear to have quietened in recent days. The presidency believes that speaking about the incident gives publicity to the terrorists. Muhammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, shares the same sentiments. At Thursday’s Nigerian […]
How bandits forced me to bury my children – Kidnap victim
A kidnap victim, Aisha, has narrated how bandits in Zamfara State compelled her to bury her three children after they died while in captivity. Aisha, who was abducted alongside her children while travelling through the state, said she was the only member of her family of four who survived the six-month ordeal. Bandit attacks, kidnappings […]
Truth Uncovered: Expert Says Nigeria’s ‘Cheap Fuel’ Narrative Is False
Truth Uncovered: Expert Says Nigeria’s ‘Cheap Fuel’ Narrative Is False An economist and former Senior Special Adviser on Industrialisation at the African Development Bank, Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, has challenged claims that petrol is cheap in Nigeria, describing such assertions as misleading and rooted in what he called a “fallacy of one-price comparison.” In a statement issued […]
Update Emerges On CBEX As EFCC’s Move To Recover Funds
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is still awaiting responses from foreign authorities regarding funds linked to the collapsed CBEX investment scheme. A senior official of the anti-graft agency, familiar with the investigation, disclosed to Punch on Saturday that a large portion of the funds traced in the fraudulent scheme remained outside Nigeria. CBEX, […]
Income Struggles Deepen as Nearly 60% of Nigerians Earn Below ₦100,000 or Have No Income — Report
Three in five Nigerians earn below N100,000 monthly or have no income, according to the Piggyvest Savings Report 2025. This underscores widening income pressures as rising living costs continue to squeeze households. In the report, seen by TheCable on Wednesday, Piggyvest said nearly 60 percent either have no income or fall within the lowest income […]
COURT OF APPEAL AFFIRMS OWNERSHIP OF DISPUTED LAND TO AWE COMMUNITY; DISMISSES ELEPE OF ISEKE’S CLAIMS
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has delivered a final and binding judgment in a long-standing land dispute, definitively ruling in favor of His Royal Majesty, Oba Cornelius Abiola Taiwo, the Alaawe of Awe, and the entire Awe Community. The ruling dismisses the ownership claims of Chief Adeniyi Adebayo, the Elepe of Iseke, Iseke-Oyo. […]
Nigeria Ranked 36th Most Corrupt Country Globally
Nigeria has been ranked 142nd out of 182 countries in Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), maintaining its score of 26 from 2024. The CPI, which measures perceived public sector corruption on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), shows that little progress has been made in tackling corruption, as Nigeria slipped […]
How Nigeria’s Security Intelligence Foiled Alleged Coup and Assassination Plot Against Tinubu
A covert intelligence operation jointly coordinated by Army Headquarters and the State Security Service (SSS) helped thwart an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration and assassinate key political figures, PREMIUM TIMES has reported. According to multiple senior government sources, the plot began to unravel in late September 2025 after a serving military officer […]
How Nigeria’s Security Intelligence Foiled Alleged Coup and Assassination Plot Against Tinubu
A covert intelligence operation jointly coordinated by Army Headquarters and the State Security Service (SSS) helped thwart an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration and assassinate key political figures, PREMIUM TIMES has reported. According to multiple senior government sources, the plot began to unravel in late September 2025 after a serving military officer […]