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INVESTIGATION: How criminals exploited Benue’s conflicts to traffic children, women

INVESTIGATION: The multi-million dollar Norwegian scam and the role of a Nigerian

SPECIAL REPORT: How social media shapes reprisal violence in Plateau

SPECIAL REPORT: Some Nigerians turn to faith healers as HIV aid dries up

SPECIAL REPORT: Before they could finish school, Nigeria’s health system made them mothers

Akwa Ibom governor abandons assembly rehabilitation but pushes N248.83bn tourism projects

SPECIAL REPORT: In Jigawa communities, nutrition programmes offer hope amid child hunger
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The collapse of a Christian generation (2), By Ayo Akerele

Living lavishly ever after, By Wole Olaoye

A historic Niger Delta investment summit holds in Port Harcourt, By Ehi Braimah

Separate but inter-dependent: The four quarters of Nigeria’s campaign season, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Two savage Kano murders, 45 years apart, By Festus Adedayo

My desk is enough: What Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” teaches us about the Sundiata Post Model, By Max Amuchie
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Headline Stories

BREAKING: Billions of naira subscribed by investors within minutes of Dangote Refinery’s IPO opening – Official

byRonald Adamolekun

September 14, 2026

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Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) secretariat

EDITORIAL: FIFA’s enquiry and fixing Nigeria’s football

September 14, 2026

BRICS meeting. The Picture used to illustrate the story (PHOTO CREDIT: cadtm)

BRICS Summit: Nigeria urges reform of UN, global financial institutions

September 13, 2026

Health workers [PHOTO CREDIT: amnesty.org]

10,494 Nigerians in UK health sector as country battles health worker shortage

September 13, 2026

Ben Iroha (CREDIT: Vanguard Newspaper)

How Ben Iroha went from Super Eagles star at USA ’94 to Dallas businessman

September 13, 2026

Bandits (Gunmen)

Gunmen abduct six imams in Zamfara – Police

September 13, 2026

The BRICS group of nations

BRICS adopt resolutions on conflict resolution, multilateralism, tariffs, trade, others

September 13, 2026

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The deceased,Mr Oyeyemi.

Adeleke bans NURTW activities in Osun after ally shot dead, orders probe

September 14, 2026

Ordue Ikye, the 80-year-old Benue man allegedly killed over a witchcraft accusation.

Groups demand probe of 80-year-old Benue man’s killing over alleged witchcraft

September 14, 2026

Executive governor of plateau state Caleb Mutfwang [PHOTO CREDIT: @CalebMutfwang]

Four killed in fresh Plateau attacks

September 14, 2026

Nigerian-Army

Army denies abduction of Islamic clerics from Senator Yari’s residence

September 14, 2026

Lagos State University Teaching Hospital

NARD backs LASUTH doctors’ strike, urges Lagos govt to resolve dispute

September 14, 2026

Dangote Refinery

Dangote Refinery opens order book for $1.6 billion Africa’s biggest IPO

September 14, 2026

Police personnel

Police order probe into disruption of PDP, NDC meetings by gunmen in Enugu

September 14, 2026

Anulika Onyeanusia, the suspect

‘How I made $700 from posting my 8-year-old daughter’s pornographic video’ – Woman

September 13, 2026

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President Tinubu

How attacks on NDC, PDP in Enugu may affect Tinubu in 2027 – Chieftain

September 14, 2026

One of the houses in Agwan Nungu neighbourhood of Lafia, the Nasarawa State

15 houses at risk of collapse as flood ravages Lafia neighbourhood

September 14, 2026

Ex-PDP chair Bamanga Tukur buried in Yola

Bamanga Tukur: Adamawa governor declares Monday work-free day

September 14, 2026

Nigeria Police

Ondo Tragedy: Police arrest suspect over poisonous drinks that allegedly killed 29 people

September 14, 2026

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola,[PHOTO CREDIT:Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Nigeria on Facebook ]

US says removal of maritime restrictions on Nigeria will improve shipping operations

September 14, 2026

STOCKS: Floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange

Transcorp, AXA Mansard, GTCO top stock pick this week

September 14, 2026

Special Reports

INEC Ballot box used for votes

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Why young Nigerians are losing faith in elections

September 4, 2026

Gas flare at Heirs Energies facility at Umuechem

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: Oil companies violate Nigerian laws, flare gas, face no sanctions (1)

September 1, 2026

Children rescued from traffickers in Benue State.

Features And Interviews

INVESTIGATION: How criminals exploited Benue’s conflicts to traffic children, women

August 25, 2026

A collage of ethical hacker and Warri Flyover Bridge

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: The multi-million dollar Norwegian scam and the role of a Nigerian

August 23, 2026

Angwan Rukuba in Jos

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: How social media shapes reprisal violence in Plateau

August 22, 2026

An HIV/AIDS medicine product from Sarkin Lakanin Jihar Kano, a faith healer in Nigeria. (PHOTO CREDIT: Sarkin Lakanin Jihar Kano)

Investigation/Special Reports

SPECIAL REPORT: Some Nigerians turn to faith healers as HIV aid dries up

August 21, 2026

Promoted Content

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) secretariat

EDITORIAL: FIFA’s enquiry and fixing Nigeria’s football

September 14, 2026

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state

Ogun EXCO approves new roads, hospitals, power investment, MSME agency

September 13, 2026

The Northern women ulama

Why Northern Women Ulama endorsed Tinubu – Uba Sani

September 13, 2026

Olusegun Alebiosu, FirstBank Managing Director/CEO

How to buy Dangote Refinery shares through FirstMobile, FirstOnline, branch subscription as IPO opens Monday

September 13, 2026

Zenith Bank headquarters (PHOTO CREDIT: Zenith Bank's website via https://www.zenithbank.com/about-us/)

Subscribe to Dangote Refinery shares seamlessly through Zenith Bank

September 13, 2026

Features and Interviews

Ben Iroha (CREDIT: Vanguard Newspaper)

Features And Interviews

How Ben Iroha went from Super Eagles star at USA ’94 to Dallas businessman

byTunde Eludini

September 13, 2026

Governor Agbu Kefas. Emmanuel Bwacha

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Taraba 2027: Kefas, Bwacha, others and the battle ahead

byChuwang Dungs

September 12, 2026

President of AUN, Dr. Dwayne Frazier. (PHOTO CREDIT: Akinola Oyewobi, Premium Times)

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: How we erroneously employed sodomy convict as lecturer – AUN President Dwayne Frazier

byQosim Suleimanand2 others

September 12, 2026

Tinubu and the Chinese Premier

Features And Interviews

Nigeria-China Aquatic Products Protocol: A new frontier for economic transformation

September 11, 2026

The newly commissioned Aiyetoro Road as part of the 21 Lagos-Ogun Boundary Network Roads in Alimosho Local Government by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday, April 2, 2018.

Features And Interviews

Aiyetoro: Ondo coastal community submerged, defrauded, betrayed

byIge Asemudara

September 8, 2026

Features And Interviews

Can Africa take ownership of the AU-US infrastructure deal?

byPaul-Simon Handyand1 others

September 8, 2026

Business

News Reports

Dangote Refinery

BREAKING: Billions of naira subscribed by investors within minutes of Dangote Refinery’s IPO opening – Official

September 14, 2026

STOCKS: Floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange

Transcorp, AXA Mansard, GTCO top stock pick this week

September 14, 2026

Dangote Refinery

Dangote Refinery opens order book for $1.6 billion Africa’s biggest IPO

September 14, 2026

CPPE warns against return to petrol subsidy, proposes targeted relief

September 13, 2026

Federal Ministry of Finance, Headquarters, Abuja.

FG settles severance benefits for 2,100 former Nigeria Airways workers after two decades

September 12, 2026

Financial Inclusion

Display of products at Dei Dei Market

Financial Inclusion: Nigeria’s cashless boom leaves rural women, cross-border traders behind

September 11, 2026

The World Bank said economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to edge up from 3.3 per cent in 2024 to 3.5 per cent in 2025

AI could help Nigeria, other developing economies achieve century of progress in decade – Report

August 20, 2026

Sabina Mensah, deputy chief executive officer of the AfricaNenda Foundation

Financial Inclusion: Policy fragmentation, dollar dependence stall cross-border payments in Africa

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

Analysis & Data

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CREDIT: CBN X handle)

Why some bank dividends are paused and what it means for investors

Logos of Zenith Bank, First HoldCo, Access Holdings Plc, UBA, FCMB Group, Stanbic IBTC, Wema Bank, Sterling Holdco, and Ecobank

Banks grow earnings and income streams despite impact of 2025 provisions

Lagos City (PHOTO CREDIT: Lagos Insider)

ANALYSIS: Is Lagos the New Silicon Valley of Africa?

October 26, 2025

A photo of Nigerians using their phones (Subscribers)

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

Regional

South West

The deceased,Mr Oyeyemi.

Adeleke bans NURTW activities in Osun after ally shot dead, orders probe

September 14, 2026

Desmond Elliot kneeling down to apologize to Femi Gbajabiamila and others (Credit_ Instagram@Lagos_junction)

APC Primary: ‘I’m sorry, Daddy’ — Desmond Elliot kneels, apologises to Gbajabiamila

September 14, 2026

Nigeria Police

Ondo Tragedy: Police arrest suspect over poisonous drinks that allegedly killed 29 people

September 14, 2026

Lagos State University Teaching Hospital

NARD backs LASUTH doctors’ strike, urges Lagos govt to resolve dispute

September 14, 2026

South South

Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Baba Azare

Police chief orders detention of officer who shot seven-year-old boy

September 13, 2026

Late Eka WIlliams, Cross River State Commissioner for Power and Renewal Energy

Cross River State loses another Commissioner

September 13, 2026

The car involved in the crash (Photo Credit_ Timfon John)

Police deny report of officers’ deaths in checkpoint crash

September 13, 2026

Police operatives

Police save theatre assistant from mob after allegedly performing unauthorised surgery

September 12, 2026

South East

President Tinubu

How attacks on NDC, PDP in Enugu may affect Tinubu in 2027 – Chieftain

September 14, 2026

Police personnel

Police order probe into disruption of PDP, NDC meetings by gunmen in Enugu

September 14, 2026

Anulika Onyeanusia, the suspect

‘How I made $700 from posting my 8-year-old daughter’s pornographic video’ – Woman

September 13, 2026

The scene of the incident

One killed, others feared trapped as hotel building collapses in Enugu

September 13, 2026

North West

Nigerian-Army

Army denies abduction of Islamic clerics from Senator Yari’s residence

September 14, 2026

Amnesty International

Police unlawfully declare radio presenter wanted – Amnesty International

September 13, 2026

Bandits (Gunmen)

Gunmen abduct six imams in Zamfara – Police

September 13, 2026

Late Bamanga tukur

Ex-PDP chair Bamanga Tukur dies at 90

September 12, 2026

North East

Ex-PDP chair Bamanga Tukur buried in Yola

Bamanga Tukur: Adamawa governor declares Monday work-free day

September 14, 2026

Ex-PDP chair Bamanga Tukur buried in Yola

Former PDP chair Bamanga Tukur buried in Yola

September 13, 2026

Air Force jet flying

Air strikes kill over 18 terrorists, destroy logistics hubs in Borno – Military

September 12, 2026

Nigerian soldiers walks past military tanks prepared for deployment during a tour of the Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole by Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ahmed Kingimi

Soldier injured as military repels ISWAP attack on military base

September 8, 2026

North Central

One of the houses in Agwan Nungu neighbourhood of Lafia, the Nasarawa State

15 houses at risk of collapse as flood ravages Lafia neighbourhood

September 14, 2026

Ordue Ikye, the 80-year-old Benue man allegedly killed over a witchcraft accusation.

Groups demand probe of 80-year-old Benue man’s killing over alleged witchcraft

September 14, 2026

Executive governor of plateau state Caleb Mutfwang [PHOTO CREDIT: @CalebMutfwang]

Four killed in fresh Plateau attacks

September 14, 2026

Cattle used to illustrate a story

Herders, cattle killed in Plateau attacks — Community leaders

September 13, 2026

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BRICS Summit: Nigeria urges reform of UN, global financial institutions

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Headline Stories

President of AUN, Dr. Dwayne Frazier. (PHOTO CREDIT: Akinola Oyewobi, Premium Times)

INTERVIEW: How we erroneously employed sodomy convict as lecturer – AUN President Dwayne Frazier

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President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: X @aonanuga1956)

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Osun State’s governor, Ademola Adeleke presents his certificate of return to President Bola Tinubu

Adeleke meets with Tinubu, presents certificate of return to president

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International

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BRICS Summit: Nigeria urges reform of UN, global financial institutions

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Scottish leader, John Swinney

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales set plan to leave UK

September 13, 2026

The BRICS group of nations

BRICS adopt resolutions on conflict resolution, multilateralism, tariffs, trade, others

September 13, 2026

Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode

Xenophobia: Over 30 Nigerians killed by South African police since 2022 – Ambassador

September 12, 2026

South Africa on map

Xenophobia: Two more Nigerians killed in South Africa, toll rises to seven

September 12, 2026

Sports

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) secretariat

EDITORIAL: FIFA’s enquiry and fixing Nigeria’s football

September 14, 2026

Rivers United (PHOTO CREDIT: Rivers United Facebook)

CAF Inter-Club Competitions: Rivers United, Shooting Stars crash out, El-Kanemi progress

September 13, 2026

Kanyinsola Ajayi Credit: Making of Champions on X

Nigeria’s fastest man Kanyinsola Ajayi reflects on breakthrough 2026 season

September 13, 2026

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FIFA U-20 WWC: Nigeria’s Falconets qualify for Round of 16 with historic 10-1 win

September 13, 2026

The competition’s General Manager, Dimeji Adedapo

1xCUP raises prize to ₦20m as over 30 players advance to pro football

September 13, 2026

Arts & Entertainment

Tompolo

AFRIMMA honours Tompolo, DJ Tunez, Real Warri Pikin, others

September 14, 2026

Before and after the makeup transformation

TRENDING: Nigerian husbands become wives’ makeup models in viral transformations

September 14, 2026

BBN housemates Abi and Araga

Abi, Araga evicted from BBNaija Season 11

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September 13, 2026

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Tinubu signing (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialABAT)

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National Judicial Council (NJC)

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Health

News Reports

Lagos State University Teaching Hospital

NARD backs LASUTH doctors’ strike, urges Lagos govt to resolve dispute

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Health workers [PHOTO CREDIT: amnesty.org]

10,494 Nigerians in UK health sector as country battles health worker shortage

September 13, 2026

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Hot tea, coffee linked to higher risk of oesophageal cancer — Study

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Ebola case in DR Congo

Ebola outbreak spreads to 61 health zones in DRC — WHO

September 11, 2026

Investigations

Agbinpa Primary Healthcare Centre in Ede South Local Government Area of Osun State

INVESTIGATION: Despite billions of naira spent in the health sector, challenges remain in Osun’s rural PHCs

September 2, 2026

An HIV/AIDS medicine product from Sarkin Lakanin Jihar Kano, a faith healer in Nigeria. (PHOTO CREDIT: Sarkin Lakanin Jihar Kano)

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Kangire PHC

SPECIAL REPORT: In Jigawa communities, nutrition programmes offer hope amid child hunger

August 17, 2026

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INVESTIGATION: Social media, anonymous websites drive Nigeria’s poorly regulated weight-loss injection market

Health Specials

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PT Health Watch: How laboratory tests can help detect colorectal cancer early – Expert

September 12, 2026

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PT Health Watch: Common cancer risk factors that should not be ignored

September 5, 2026

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PT Health Watch: Frequent heartburn may signal more serious condition, expert warns

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PT Health Watch: Sex during pregnancy is usually safe, but some risks remain – Expert

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Features

Donor cuts, govt inaction negatively impact HIV patients in Rivers, Akwa Ibom (3)

Donor cuts, govt inaction negatively impact HIV patients in Rivers, Akwa Ibom (3)

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Jos University Teaching Hospital’s psychiatric facility stretched as mental health cases rise

September 5, 2026

Governor Dikko Radda inaugurating the committee

Katsina Survey: 88% of households consume 1–3 food varieties daily, 61% of recent births occurred at home

August 26, 2026

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Donor cuts, govt inaction push HIV patients towards death, uncertainty in Rivers, Akwa Ibom (2)

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