PREMIUM TIMES NIGERIA

Premium Times Services Limited, publishers of Premium Times, is a Nigerian media organisation based in Abuja with a vision to help strenghten Nigeria’s democracy, advance the socio-economic wellbeing and the rights of the people, promote and enrich their cultural practices, and advocate for best practices, good governance, transparency and human rights, in line with the values expected of a modern democratic state. Proprietors of the organisation believe that of all the institutions of a mo... dern democracy, the media matter in large measure. It can help forge new communities, pursue political and social agenda in support of a better society, and help build visions of hope and resistance. Sadly the media can also lead in negative directions: dividing people and truncating hope and vision. In their country, the media have played both roles at different times in their history. Premium Times, founded in mid 2011, believes that the time has come for Nigeria to embrace the challenge of progress and development in a substantial, concrete sense. They bring a huge commitment to offer their country the type of media that will advocate for the people and nudge their nation on the path of development and social reengineering. They are of the view that in terms of its formalistic processes, and its philosophy of content, the new media that will help spur the challenge of educational revolution, cultural rebirth, and economic development, in Nigeria, must be reflective, thoughtful, analytic and empathetic without a sense of entitlement and insularity. They have come to fill that lacuna in their press, and therefore raise the bar of journalism in their country. They will publish across all formats beginning with this online platform where they hope to appeal to the bulk of their young and middle class elites with a vision of the future and a belief in social change.More