Three PREMIUM TIMES reports won key awards at the maiden Excellence in Journalism Awards in West Africa held Wednesday night in Abuja. The newspaper’s story, INVESTIGATION: How Nigerian soldiers killed unarmed civilians in Kaduna community, authored by Kabir Yusuf, emerged the Runner Up for the Community Reporting category. Mr Yusuf is a member of this … Read more
Last Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu’s aide, Bayo Onanuga, shared 20 projects and policies adopted by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in the meetings held last Monday and Tuesday. However, he failed to provide specific details about some of the projects including the names of contractors, contract amounts and project duration. The projects include road construction, … Read more
Experts on Friday discussed challenges, reforms, and the quest for accountability in Nigeria’s audit system. The experts spoke at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) Twitter Spaces titled “Addressing Financial Irregularities Arising from 2020 Audit Report of the Auditor General of the Federation.” The space was organised in collaboration with PREMIUM TIMES on … Read more
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Adamu Aliyu, has described Nigeria’s current economic challenges as a product of corruption. He said this while receiving staff of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), a leading democratic think-tank, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. Mr Aliyu, … Read more
