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Modern Slavery: Inside Nigerian communities where children are sold into marriage (II)

INVESTIGATION: Inside Nigerian communities where children are forced into marriage (1)

INVESTIGATION: The illegal timber trade fuelling terrorism in North-central Nigeria, Benin

SPECIAL REPORT: How families coped with 10-year closure of 23 schools in Oyo

Born into War: The harrowing world of child survivors of Plateau, Benue bloodbaths

EXCLUSIVE: FG panel nails Uche Nnaji, confirms ex-minister forged UNN certificate

EXCLUSIVE: Federal High Court Chief Judge Tsoho operates undeclared accounts, violates code of conduct law

Akwa Ibom’s Paradox: Luxury SUVs for ex-officials while pupils sit on floors

SPECIAL REPORT: How gas flaring turns Akwa Ibom’s oil communities into a furnace
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The academic seal: A moral critique of political endorsement, By Yakubu Dalhatu

Inside the black magic pot of Nigeria, By Festus Adedayo

When false “lords” blackmail the True Lord, By Ayo Akerele

What makes the Yoruba tick (1), By Sunday Adelaja

Article of Faith: God does not recognise Easter, By Femi Aribisala

Justice Aikawa and questions of NJC’s authority, By Abubakar Usman
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Civilians feared killed as NAF airstrike hits border market

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President Donald Trump of the US

Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz

A community in Borno State, North-East Nigeria, where years of insurgency have shaped daily life and perceptions around reintegration.

Operation Safe Corridor: Inside Nigeria’s controversial effort to deradicalise, integrate former terrorists

Amnesty International

Over 1,100 people kidnapped in Northern Nigeria in four months – Amnesty

President Trump and Iranian Leader Mujtaba Khamenei

US/Israel-Iran War: No deal reached after first day of talks

Postpartum haemorrhage

PT HEALTH WATCH: Why fibroids, multiple pregnancies raise risk of postpartum haemorrhage – Expert

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UPDATED:Nigerian govt releases updated list of terrorism financiers

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International condemns killings of civilians in military airstrike

Kano deputy governorship candidate, Murtala Garo

Kano APC leaders back Garo for deputy governor role

President Donald Trump of the US

US commends Nigerian govt for convicting 386 terrorism suspects

ADC Chieftain, David Mark

ADC Crisis: Supreme Court fixes date to hear David Mark’s appeal

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Civilians feared killed as NAF airstrike hits border market

Meta appeals $25,000 judgement in Falana privacy suit

Taiwo Oyedele

FG debunks reports of errors in new tax laws, defends reform gains

The former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso

SSS quizzes governor’s aides over alleged cyberbullying of Kwankwaso

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Kaduna residents suffer water scarcity despite N16bn rehabilitation

Kaduna residents suffer water scarcity despite N16bn rehabilitation by government

SERAP calls for probe of two Nigerian agencies

Victorius handball team (CREDIT: NSC)

Handball: Nigeria clinch double glory at West Africa tournament in Lomé

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state

2027: Nwobodo, Nnamani endorse Mbah for second term

The Vicar General of the diocese, Donatus Chukwu

Catholic bishop dies at 60

Governor Alex Otti

Otti to build 250-room five-star hotel in Umuahia

Special Reports

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Gender

Modern Slavery: Inside Nigerian communities where children are sold into marriage (II)

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Gender

INVESTIGATION: Inside Nigerian communities where children are forced into marriage (1)

A trailer loading planks at a sawmill in Kaiama / Yakubu Mohammed

Features And Interviews

INVESTIGATION: The illegal timber trade fuelling terrorism in North-central Nigeria, Benin

Rofiyat and Thaibat in their home at Aguo, Oyo East LGA, Oyo State

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: How families coped with 10-year closure of 23 schools in Oyo

At 3-33 on 9th oct, some children Playing inside Aayin Camp Benue [Photo Credit Popoola Ademola Premium Timesv]

Headline Stories

Born into War: The harrowing world of child survivors of Plateau, Benue bloodbaths

Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji (PHOTO CREDIT: Uche Nnaji's Facebook Page)

Headline Stories

EXCLUSIVE: FG panel nails Uche Nnaji, confirms ex-minister forged UNN certificate

Promoted Content

Governor Umar Namadi speaking during the convocation ceremony

Education remains Jigawa’s strongest investment- Namadi

A cross section of recipients of the African Heritage Awards in Ghana on Saturday, April 11, 2026.

Abdulrahman Haske, Adesina, Walson-Jack, others bag African Heritage Awards

Viva Matic partners LG washing machines to power the perfect wash for Nigerian households

Viva Matic partners LG washing machines to power the perfect wash for Nigerian households

Governor Dauda Lawal

Gov Lawal mourns victims of bandits’ attack in Bukkuyum

Gateway International Airport & Governor Dapo Abiodun

Gateway Air begins Abuja, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Jos, and Kano flights

Features and Interviews

A community in Borno State, North-East Nigeria, where years of insurgency have shaped daily life and perceptions around reintegration.

Features And Interviews

Operation Safe Corridor: Inside Nigeria’s controversial effort to deradicalise, integrate former terrorists

byOgalah Dunamis

President Donald Trump with Iranian President

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: How US-Israeli Aggression Became Iran’s Windfall, By Gimba Kakanda

byGimba Kakanda

Ukrainian Catholic University is one of the American international universities. (PHOTO CREDIT: UCU's website)

Features And Interviews

University Leadership in Crisis

byMargee Ensign

Former Senegalese president Macky Sall

Features And Interviews

Macky Sall’s UN bid: A stress test for the African Union

Abia State Gov. Alex Otti with Enyimba Chairman Kanu Nwankwo (Credit: Enyimba Facebook Page)

Features And Interviews

Fallen Giant: How Enyimba fell from Nigeria’s benchmark to relegation fight

byGbemidepo Popoola

AEDC branch office at Living Faith Junction, Orozo, Abuja. Photo Credit: Popoola Ademola

Features And Interviews

SPECIAL REPORT: AEDC officials extort Abuja residents trying to get prepaid meters

byPopoola Ademola

Business

News Reports

Taiwo Oyedele

FG debunks reports of errors in new tax laws, defends reform gains

NNPC deploy trucks ahead of Dangote refinery petrol loading (PHOTOS CREDIT: NNPC Ltd)

NNPC posts N136bn profit as gas production rises in February

African Development Bank (AfDB)

AfDB approves $200 million loan for Nigeria’s Project Bridge

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun

FG approves 2026 Fiscal Policy Measures, cuts tariffs on cars, others

Air Peace’s aircraft

Air Peace flights face delays amid fuel scarcity

Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion

Nigeria’s tax reform may strain Financial Inclusion gains

February 8, 2026

Robert Ochola, CEO of the AfricaNenda Foundation

Instant payment transactions in Africa hit $1.9trn in 2024 — Report

November 16, 2025

The launch of the State of Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 report

Financial Inclusion: Nigeria’s NIBSS emerges as the only African Payment system to reach matured inclusivity level

November 13, 2025

Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 report

Payment Systems: Central bankers, regulators, converge on Eswatini for SIIPS launch

November 12, 2025

L-R: Munir Bello - Nigeria Country Lead, Inclusive Financial Systems at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Angela Wambugu - Director, Advisory Services Africa at Women's World Banking, Uche Uzoebo - Chief Executive Officer, Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities Limited, Dr Nurudeen Zauro - Technical Advisor to the President on Economic & Financial Inclusion, Elizabeth Gathai - Regional Head, Africa at Women's World Banking, Dr Stephen Ambore - Policy Director, Africa, Women's World Banking.

Group seeks financial inclusion for women in Nigeria

August 29, 2025

Analysis & Data

Lagos City (PHOTO CREDIT: Lagos Insider)

ANALYSIS: Is Lagos the New Silicon Valley of Africa?

October 26, 2025

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Nigeria’s digital payment boom faces rising cybersecurity threats

October 22, 2025

A towering six-meter sculpture—the thinker’s burden, designed by Benjamin Von Wong, to challenge negotiators in Geneva.

Recycle or Cut Production: The Politics of Plastics Economy

September 8, 2025

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Nigeria’s economy stabilises. But Nigerians are still hungry

August 19, 2025

Wale Tinubu, chairman Oando Clean Energy

Oando Achieves 63% production growth, posts ₦1.72 trillion revenue half year 2025

Regional

South West

Lagos State University Gate

Police detain driver for allegedly killing LASU student

APC governorship aspirant in Lagos, Abdul-Azeez Adediran AKA Jandor

APC’s Lagos Governorship: Jandor denies endorsement claims, says he’ll support consensus

Again, LIRS extends individual tax filing deadline

Rugby action (CREDIT: NRLA)

Africa All-Stars exhibition match set for Lagos as women’s rugby league makes history

South South

Photo of some of the tramadol Intercepted in Edo

Customs intercepts N1.05bn tramadol, pharmaceuticals

The National Conference of Ijaw Traditional Rulers and Elders

Ijaw elders suspend INC elections, set up dispute panel

Tinubu inaugurates 60-megawatt

Tinubu inaugurates 60-megawatt gas turbine plants in Bayelsa

Abducted chairperson Bright Abeke (PHOTO-Facebook)

Gunmen abduct council chairperson, shoot vigilante commander

South East

Police operatives

Police launch manhunt for killers of Imo traditional ruler

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state

2027: Nwobodo, Nnamani endorse Mbah for second term

The Vicar General of the diocese, Donatus Chukwu

Catholic bishop dies at 60

Governor Alex Otti

Otti to build 250-room five-star hotel in Umuahia

North West

Kano deputy governorship candidate, Murtala Garo

Kano APC leaders back Garo for deputy governor role

Kaduna residents suffer water scarcity despite N16bn rehabilitation

Kaduna residents suffer water scarcity despite N16bn rehabilitation by government

The former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso

SSS quizzes governor’s aides over alleged cyberbullying of Kwankwaso

Mr Aminu Goro, the former member for the Fagge Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives

Former Kano federal lawmaker dumps APC for ADC

North East

Amnesty International

Amnesty International condemns killings of civilians in military airstrike

NAF Jet used to illustrate the story

Civilians feared killed as NAF airstrike hits border market

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UPDATED: Nigerian Army says two officers, two soldiers killed in Benisheikh attack

Members of the Bauchi APC chapter

Bauchi APC opens doors to Gov Bala Mohammed amid defection talks

North Central

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan

Falana asks Nigerian university to suspend honour for Tanzanian president over rights concerns

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq [Photo Credit: Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq]

Boko Haram terrorists fleeing cross-border offensives kill five forest guards in Kwara

Some recovered weapons during coordinated clearance

Nigerian soldiers kill 10 suspected terrorists in Plateau

Governor Mohammed Bago

61 bodies recovered after Niger attack

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Nigeria moves to establish air emergency system, begins talks with aerospace firm

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate.

Nigeria moves to establish air emergency system, begins talks with aerospace firm

Tinubu commends Ogun projects

Tinubu commends Ogun projects, says reforms enabling subnational development

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during his visit to Jos, Plateau State. This comes after several were killed at Angwan Rukuba. The president was hosted by the governor, clergyman, traditional rulers, and others.

“This will not repeat itself,” Tinubu vows in Jos

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Plateau State on map

Plateau Killings: Tinubu heads to Jos

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Tinubu donates his salaries to welfare fund for Nigerian soldiers

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International

President Donald Trump of the US

US commends Nigerian govt for convicting 386 terrorism suspects

President Donald Trump of the US

Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz

President Trump and Iranian Leader Mujtaba Khamenei

US/Israel-Iran War: No deal reached after first day of talks

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan

Falana asks Nigerian university to suspend honour for Tanzanian president over rights concerns

President Donald Trump [PHOTO CREDIT: Donald J. Trump]

Ceasefire: Trump says Iran doing ‘very poor job’ on opening Strait of Hormuz

Sports

Victorius handball team (CREDIT: NSC)

Handball: Nigeria clinch double glory at West Africa tournament in Lomé

Akor Adams (CREDIT: Sevilla FC on X)

LALIGA: Adams ends goal drought as Sevilla boost survival hopes with Atlético win

Okoye shines at San Siro as Udinese stun AC Milan

Okoye shines at San Siro as Udinese stun AC Milan

Arsenal

EPL: Bournemouth punish fumbling Arsenal, blow title race open

Rugby action (CREDIT: NRLA)

Africa All-Stars exhibition match set for Lagos as women’s rugby league makes history

Arts & Entertainment

Korede Bello's Another One

MUSIC REVIEW: Korede Bello’s ‘Another One’ EP is smooth but strikingly familiar

Actor Patrick Doyle and wife, Funmilayo

Patrick Doyle welcomes seventh child with third wife

Israel Owate, popularly known as DJ Izzy, is a Nigerian-born DJ based in Hull, United Kingdom

INTERVIEW: How Nigerian creatives can build careers without waiting to be discovered — DJ Izzy

Stan Nze’s ‘Iju Ese’

MOVIE REVIEW: Stan Nze’s ‘Iju Ese’ explores the cost of love in a tradition-bound society

Late Mohbad's dad, Joseph Aloba

DNA: Nearly three years after, Mohbad remains unburied, as father seeks Tinubu’s intervention

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Bauchi 2027: The case for competence, By Shehu A. Goni

Contributors

The academic seal: A moral critique of political endorsement, By Yakubu Dalhatu

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Festus Adedayo writes about Obasa, Aláàfin Ṣàngó and the capture of Lagos.

Inside the black magic pot of Nigeria, By Festus Adedayo

The clash between empires and the Kingdom, By Ayo Akerele

When false “lords” blackmail the True Lord, By Ayo Akerele

What makes the Yoruba tick (1), By Sunday Adelaja

What makes the Yoruba tick (1), By Sunday Adelaja

Femi Aribisala writes that the Biblical Israel is not the state of Israel.

Article of Faith: God does not recognise Easter, By Femi Aribisala

Justice Aikawa and questions of NJC’s authority, By Abubakar Usman

Justice Aikawa and questions of NJC’s authority, By Abubakar Usman

Editorial

An AI-generated illustration depicting the animation of a slave ship

EDITORIAL: Slavery Reparations: A global quest for justice

Halting the violence

EDITORIAL: Halting the scourge of violence towards the 2027 polls

A damaged site due to the ongoing war in Iran

EDITORIAL: De-escalating the US/Israel war with Iran urgently!

Governor Alex Otti of Abia state [PHOTO CREDIT: Alex C. Otti]

EDITORIAL: Abia’s laudable special care for elders

Voting in Kuje

EDITORIAL: Abuja Council Polls: A dress rehearsal for 2027?

Biodun Jeyifo

EDITORIAL: Biodun Jeyifo (1946-2026): In Memoriam

February 23, 2026

Health

News Reports

World Health Organisation

Middle East Conflict: Over four million displaced, health systems under strain – WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus (PHOTO CREDIT: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus)

WHO urges Israel to reverse evacuation order affecting hospitals in Beirut

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

Lassa fever deaths hit 167 as cases drop to 26 — NCDC

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NMA defends disqualification of candidates, denies bias ahead of elections

Investigations

Postpartum haemorrhage

PT HEALTH WATCH: Why fibroids, multiple pregnancies raise risk of postpartum haemorrhage – Expert

Takalau PHC in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi

SPECIAL REPORT: Vulnerable Nigerian communities continue to suffer from US aid cuts

February 17, 2026

Samuel Akpan tapping raffia palm

Palm Wine Scarcity (2): Declining number of tappers contributes to shortage, rising costs

December 14, 2025

illustration of a woman leaking urine. Photo Credit_ Raise Foundation_

Left to Leak: Inaccessible healthcare leaves women in rural Niger with fistula

December 13, 2025

Health Specials

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PT Health Watch: Frequent headaches may signal deeper health concerns, expert warns

The Rofia shoreline / Yakubu Mohammed

River of Death: Inside Niger communities where accessing healthcare becomes fatal

A decayed tooth

PT Health Watch: Why toothache remains common despite being preventable

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PT Health Watch: From symptoms to risks, how UTIs differ from vaginal infections

Features

A health worker collects a blood sample from a suspected Lassa fever patient at the MSF-supported treatment centre in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi. (CREDIT: MSF)

Misdiagnosed as Malaria: The hidden cost of delayed Lassa Fever detection in Nigeria

Dansarai entrance junction (PHOTO CREDIT: Ogalah Dunamis)

Inside Katsina PHCs, where night services falter amid staffing and power gaps

Polio vaccination

INTERVIEW: Old narratives surrounding polio vaccines still haunt eradication initiatives in Sokoto – Official

Oral-Polio-Immunization

INTERVIEW: Old narratives surrounding polio vaccines still haunt eradication initiatives in Sokoto – Official

Data & Infographics

President Muhammadu Buhari

2022 Budget: Despite losing major international funding, Nigerian govt refuses to fund Family Planning

November 12, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine vials [PHOTO CREDIT: BioWorld]

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October 2, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on arrival to London [PHOTO CREDIT: @TheAsoVilla]

INFOGRAPHICS: Buhari has spent 200 days in UK for treatment since assuming office

Children waiting for treatment at a treatment centre in Ringim LGA.

INFOGRAPHICS: Despite govt actions, 4,000 children died from malnutrition in Jigawa

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