Premium Times is a Nigerian online newspaper based in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. The newspaper was launched in 2011.[1] The online medium is notable for investigative journalism and reports, among other fields.
Recognition
- Nominated for the "Website/blog of the year" award at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award (2013)[2]
- Pulitzer Prize for participating in the international consortium that investigated the Panama Papers, revealing corruption and offshore tax havens used by highly placed people (2017).[3]
- Global Shining Light Award for the investigative work on the extrajudicial killings in Nigeria's South-East and how the Onitsha Massacre of pro-Biafra supporters was coordinated (2017).