Investigation/Special Reports

Lax enforcement is undercutting Nigeria’s emissions targets as oil and gas companies continue to flare gas.

A PREMIUM TIMES investigation found that several affected families rejected compensation payments as falling far short of what they need...

A closed clinic in a Benue IDP camp has left pregnant women and children facing serious barriers to healthcare.

The findings suggest that many young Nigerians are not necessarily indifferent to elections; rather, they are becoming disillusioned by an...

Four years after Nigeria tightened its anti-gas flaring laws, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation finds weak enforcement, rising methane emissions, with...

Conflict, displacement and economic hardship in Benue State have created conditions that traffickers exploit to traffic children and women.

This is the story of a sophisticated scam network that cost its victims millions of dollars in different parts of...

Between February and April 2026, violence surged in Plateau State amid misinformation, inflammatory narratives, and graphic content on social media....

After US aid cuts disrupted free HIV treatment, some Nigerian patients turn to unproven ‘cures’.

This investigation found that adolescent girls who seek family planning in South-west Nigeria often encounter a health system that is...

Akwa Ibom’s Assembly Complex has remained locked for nine months with little visible work, even as the state pushes ahead...

The interventions are part of broader efforts to improve nutrition outcomes among rural households in Jigawa, one of the states...

As Nigeria prepares to participate in the 17th session of the UNCCD (COP17) in Mongolia, the country’s rangelands and grazing...

According to Eyo Ambrose, a professor in the Department of Fisheries at the University of Uyo, climate change is worsening...

What appeared to be ordinary social media marketing led PREMIUM TIMES into a week-long open-source investigation that uncovered a growing...

From disappearing fish in Akwa Ibom to polluted rainwater in Bayelsa, communities living beside Nigeria's oil facilities are confronting the...

The apparent moderation gaps are providing fraudsters with a powerful channel to reach potential victims and lend credibility to their...

To independently verify the claim, PREMIUM TIMES carried out a frame-by-frame examination of the video released by the military, analysed...

A PREMIUM TIMES investigation reconstructs the official Hajj registration and screening process after the arrest of seven returning pilgrims suspected...

A PREMIUM TIMES nationwide survey shows how global supply disruptions and longstanding domestic bottlenecks combined to drive up the cost...

PREMIUM TIMES has independently confirmed, through interviews with parents and a community-generated register, that 36 students remain missing following the...

PREMIUM TIMES examined and compared attacks reported in the media in 2024 before Simon Ekpa’s arrest and in 2025 after...

Interviews with community leaders, farmers, herders, security officials, and victims’ families indicate that the crisis in Gurfata did not begin...

Several weeks after a woman was brutally beaten during a Christian night crusade in Cross River State, no arrests have...

Almost a year after the Mother and Child Hospital was commissioned in Akwa Ibom, it remains closed.