Headline Stories SPECIAL REPORT: Lithium Loot: Kwara’s Bani community becomes hotbed of illegal mining by Dare Akogun September 15, 2024
Headline Stories SPECIAL REPORT: Classrooms In Shambles: Sorry state of Ibadan’s forgotten schools September 11, 2024
Headline Stories SPECIAL REPORT: Decline in palm wine production leads to scarcity, adulteration by Saviour Imukudo September 7, 2024 Palm wine vendors have resorted to the adulteration of the product, prioritising financial gains over public health. Read more
Features INVESTIGATION: Nigerian communities, compromised officials enable illegal lithium mining by Bakare Majeed September 5, 2024 Nigeria is emerging as an important source of lithium as the global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy technologies... Read more
Headline Stories SPECIAL REPORT: Antimicrobial resistance crisis heightens in Nigeria, other countries by Misbah Khan September 4, 2024 In this report by Misbah Khan, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) reports on the global antimicrobial resistance crisis, uncovering... Read more
Headline Stories Transition minerals promise Nigeria big money. But one may be gone already by Kabir Yusuf September 3, 2024 Tin has been mined on the Plateau for decades, contributing to household finances. However, the government often misses out on... Read more
Headline Stories INVESTIGATION: How displaced Nigerian villagers are massacred in search for food by Yakubu Mohammed August 30, 2024 At least 17 of the displaced locals who went to get food for their families were killed by the terrorists. Read more
Headline Stories INVESTIGATION: Beyond the Facade: Unveiling the Violence in Nigeria’s ‘Peaceful’ Presidential Elections by Kabir Yusuf and 3 others August 29, 2024 Government documents, international observers and dozens of interviews conducted by CCIJ throughout the country reveal a pattern of violence that... Read more
Headline Stories INVESTIGATION: Milk or Mimic: Nigeria’s dairy market, a hub for inferior EU products by Beloved John August 27, 2024 Official data showed that Ireland exported fat-filled milk powder valued at N686 billion to Nigeria between 2020 and 2023. Read more
Investigation/Special Reports Irish products among cheap EU dairy forcing some West African farmers out of business by Suhasini Srinivasaragavan August 27, 2024 Experts told our investigative team that ‘it is cheaper to import milk than it is to buy from local farmers’. Read more
Education INVESTIGATION: Inside Nasarawa schools where teaching, learning are tortuous, dangerous by James Aparshe August 25, 2024 The rot in the primary and junior secondary schools in Kube, a rural community in the Karu area of Nasarawa... Read more
Features And Interviews INVESTIGATION: These are the preferred airlines of Nigeria’s drug traffickers. And this is why by Folashade Ogunrinde August 24, 2024 Analysis of NDLEA data showed that Ethiopian Airlines and Qatar Airways were the most commonly used airlines among arrested drug... Read more
Headline Stories How police killed, injured protesters during #EndBadGovernance protests in Niger State by Yakubu Mohammed August 18, 2024 Two were shot in the head — one of them buried with the bullet — three others hit in the... Read more
Headline Stories INVESTIGATION: How Nigeria can resolve its multi trillion naira post-harvest losses (IV) by Oladeinde Olawoyin and 3 others August 17, 2024 Despite the numerous challenges in setting up cold chain outlets in the country, private firms are taking the plunge. Read more
Headline Stories INVESTIGATION: The real reasons for Nigeria’s massive post-harvest losses amid food crisis (III) by Oladeinde Olawoyin and 3 others August 15, 2024 Nigeria loses about half of its perishable export goods yearly due to a dearth of cold chain technology at airports,... Read more
Gender INVESTIGATION: Poverty, shambolic education system keeping children out of school in Niger State by Kafilat Taiwo August 14, 2024 Niger, in the north-central, has one of the worst rates of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Read more
Headline Stories INVESTIGATION: How Nigeria is wasting rice, yam, vegetables, fish in post-harvest losses amid food crisis (II) by Oladeinde Olawoyin and 3 others August 11, 2024 Yam farmers in Benue say they record about 40 per cent post-harvest losses. It's a similar situation for other food... Read more
Headline Stories INVESTIGATION: Inside Nigeria’s large-scale post-harvest losses amid food crisis (I) by Oladeinde Olawoyin and 3 others August 10, 2024 Nigeria, which suffers from food shortages, loses tonnes of various types of foods to post-harvest losses. Read more
Headline Stories INVESTIGATION: How Nigerian authorities detained terrorism financing suspects for 16 months without trial by Kabir Yusuf July 25, 2024 PREMIUM TIMES reviewed 'top-secret' government documents and interviewed dozens of the illegally detained suspects. Read more
Headline Stories SPECIAL REPORT: In Northwest Nigeria, insecurity is fueling medical deserts by Qosim Suleiman July 18, 2024 Terrorism in the Nigerian north-west is worsening access to primary healthcare, maternal and child health, malnutrition, and increasing mortality rates. Read more
Features SPECIAL REPORT: Jigawa villagers link declining farming output, urban drift to abandonment of dam by Abubakar Ahmadu Maishanu July 9, 2024 The multidimensional poverty report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for 2022 rated Jigawa as the third poorest state... Read more
Headline Stories INVESTIGATION: The true story of ‘400 tractors’ ex-Gov. Lalong claimed his govt bought for Plateau by Marie-Therese Nanlong July 4, 2024 In 2018, Governor Lalong announced the purchase of 400 tractors for the use of farmers across Plateau State. Read more
Headline Stories SPECIAL REPORT: Benue communities feel the pains as government neglects PHCs by Manasseh Mbachii June 29, 2024 Accessing care can be a life-threatening ordeal, especially for people in the rural areas of Benue State where the burden... Read more
Investigation/Special Reports Kalgwai Fishing Festival set to boost tourism, economic growth in Jigawa by Abubakar Ahmadu Maishanu June 27, 2024 The biggest fish caught at the colourful festival weighed 100 kilograms, followed by 90 and 80 kilograms, respectively. Read more
Headline Stories Kwara communities suffer deforestation, land degradation after departure of White Zimbabwe farmers by Yakubu Mohammed June 24, 2024 In 2004, some displaced white farmers from Zimbabwe arrived in the agrarian communities in the Shonga district of Edu Local... Read more
Headline Stories SPECIAL REPORT: Katsina farmers lament impact of climate change by Mohammed Babangida June 21, 2024 Irregular rainfall patterns, extreme weather, land degradation, and desert encroachment are some of the challenges the Katsina farmers face. Read more
Features Middlemen take advantage as several factors limit palm oil production in Akwa Ibom by Saviour Imukudo June 18, 2024 The locals produce palm oil in large quantities but make little money compared to the middlemen. Read more