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SPECIAL REPORT: As climate change pushes fish into deeper waters, Nigerian coastal fishermen lose livelihoods

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

INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside AI scam ads exploiting TikTok’s advertising system to defraud Nigerians

FACT-CHECK: Army’s video evidence for killing of ‘ISWAP media operator’ is seven years old

Nigeria arrested suspected terrorists returning from Hajj. But several questions are unanswered

SPECIAL REPORT: How soaring cooking gas prices are squeezing Nigerian households, businesses

EXCLUSIVE: 36 students still missing after Borno school attack

SPECIAL REPORT: IPOB-linked attacks, killings reduce since Simon Ekpa’s jailing
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The cloud revolution: Inside Nigeria’s bold drive for digital sovereignty, By Fom Gyem

The 90-day clock on Nigeria’s oil future, By Muntasir Adamu Kanam

Osun decides: From dance steps to war footing, By Azu Ishiekwene

EDITORIAL: Unpacking the CBN’s purported expenditure efficiency

What investing in Africa means to Aliko Dangote, By Ehi Braimah

The 1945 general strike in the womb of history, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf
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August 13, 2026

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WAEC defends 2026 WASSCE results amid social media criticism

August 13, 2026

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Bandits kill two, abduct six in Katsina

August 13, 2026

Ex-Deputy Governor Titilayo Laoye-Tomori

#OsunDecides2026: Women struggle for visibility with one flagbearer, one deputy in race

August 13, 2026

Governor Monday Okpebholo (CREDIT: Okpebholo Facebook page)

Under Okpebholo, Edo debt rises, now Nigeria’s sixth most indebted state

August 13, 2026

Bandits

Gunmen kill nine travellers in Niger

August 13, 2026

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South Africa vs Nigeria: Five Key players who could decide Super Falcons’ World Cup Play-Off fixture

August 13, 2026

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Nigeria to miss Women’s World Cup for first time in over 30 years

August 14, 2026

governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the Osun State governorship election, Simon Adewale (PHOTO CREDIT: Spy Nigeria)

OsunDecides2026: APM candidate withdraws from governorship race, endorses Adeleke

August 13, 2026

Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila

Presidency extends policing bill submission deadline by eight days

August 13, 2026

Abia State University

Nigerian university suspends lecturer for claiming tricyclists earn more than professors

August 13, 2026

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Court rejects police remand application, grants bail to 5 suspects

August 13, 2026

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WHO recommends Phase III trial of Ebola vaccine against Bundibugyo virus

August 13, 2026

Clockwise from top left: Genet Asmamaw, Gobeze Sisay, Abay Zewdu, Dawit Begashaw, and Meskerem Abera. (Images: Medlot Media/YouTube, Courtesy of Gobeze Sisay, Amara Media Center/YouTube, Arat Kilo Media/YouTube, Ethio Nikat Media/YouTube)

In Ethiopia, five detained journalists pressured to apologise for terrorism

August 13, 2026

US official, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, and National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu

Nigeria, US evaluate counter-terrorism cooperation – Official

August 13, 2026

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Why we built Enugu International Hospital – Gov Mbah

August 14, 2026

Ms Eugenia Abdallah, Edo Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development during a news conference

Most child sexual abuses involve fathers, daughters — Edo govt

August 13, 2026

Cross River House of Assembly Complex (CREDIT: CrossRiver Watch)

Cross River assembly approves N963bn supplementary budget

August 13, 2026

Bayelsa, among Nigeria’s most polluted states, says environmentalist

August 13, 2026

Abdulrahman Haske

Haske advocates investment in youth to secure Nigeria’s future

August 13, 2026

Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Festus Keyamo

Keyamo directs airlines, unions to agree repayment plans over TSC debt

August 13, 2026

Special Reports

A fisherman in Ikot Inua Eyet Community assesses the water depth before heading out to fish. Photo credit - Ntiedo Ekott

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SPECIAL REPORT: As climate change pushes fish into deeper waters, Nigerian coastal fishermen lose livelihoods

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

INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields

Investigation/Special Reports

INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields

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Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside AI scam ads exploiting TikTok’s advertising system to defraud Nigerians

FACT-CHECK: Army’s video evidence for killing of ‘ISWAP media operator’ is seven years old

Headline Stories

FACT-CHECK: Army’s video evidence for killing of ‘ISWAP media operator’ is seven years old

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua International Airport, Katsina

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Nigeria arrested suspected terrorists returning from Hajj. But several questions are unanswered

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L-R: Commissioner for Finance and Chief Economic Adviser, Dapo Okubadejo; Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Tokunbo Talabi; Governor Dapo Abiodun; former Deputy Governor of the state, Chief Segun Adesegun; Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, James Dina and the Ogun East Senatorial District Chairman, Adeleke Adedoyin, during a stakeholders' meeting with party loyalists from the Ogun East Senatorial District, held at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta on Wednesday.

Ogun 2027: Abiodun welcomes OGD, Kashamu allies into APC

August 13, 2026

Aminu Usman, Deputy Governor, Jigawa State

2027 Election: My nomination is a renewed call to service, says Jigawa deputy gov

August 13, 2026

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu

Youth council applauds Mbah over rescue of Affa, Enugu Catholic Church abductees

August 13, 2026

Governor Otti addressing the visiting National Park Service delegation

Otti backs creation of south-east’s first national park in Abia

August 12, 2026

Governor Dapo Abiodun

Building a Legacy: Abiodun’s urban transformation through housing, By Kayode Akinmade

August 12, 2026

Features and Interviews

Ex-Deputy Governor Titilayo Laoye-Tomori

Features And Interviews

#OsunDecides2026: Women struggle for visibility with one flagbearer, one deputy in race

byOluwakemi Adelagun

August 13, 2026

OsunDecides2026: What's moving in the digital information space

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: OsunDecides2026: What’s moving in the digital information space

byAkintunde Babatunde

August 13, 2026

Collage of vandalised billboards in Osun.

Features And Interviews

#OsunDecides2026: A governorship election trailed by sorrow, tears, blood

byAbubakar Abdulrasheed

August 13, 2026

The candidates for the 2026 Osun state Governorship election

Features And Interviews

#OsunDecides2026: Meet candidates seeking to govern ‘State of the Living Spring’

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August 12, 2026

Ex-Military Governor Leo Ajiborisha, Isiaka Adeleke, Ex-Military Governor Anthony Udofia, Ex-Military Governor Anthony Obi, Ex-Military Governor Theophilus Bamgboye, Bisi Akande, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Rauf Aregbesola, Gboyega Oyetola, and Governor Ademola Adeleke

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ANALYSIS: OsunDecides2026: Ex-governors, their remarkable feats, low moments

byAbdulkareem Mojeed

August 12, 2026

Mustapha Inuwa (left) and Lawal Daura

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Inuwa returns to APC, Daura joins APM as Katsina ADC coalition unravels

byOgalah Dunamis

August 11, 2026

Business

News Reports

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Bayo Ojulari

Deep offshore incentive order will accelerate investment, production growth — NNPC

August 13, 2026

Africa Finance Corporation

AFC leads investment in Dangote Refinery’s $2.5bn private placement

August 13, 2026

Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Festus Keyamo

Keyamo directs airlines, unions to agree repayment plans over TSC debt

August 13, 2026

President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialABAT)

EXPLAINER: What Tinubu’s new deep offshore tax incentives mean for Nigeria

August 12, 2026

Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)

Nigeria’s crude oil production down 4% in July — NUPRC

August 12, 2026

Financial Inclusion

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

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

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

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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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South West

governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the Osun State governorship election, Simon Adewale (PHOTO CREDIT: Spy Nigeria)

OsunDecides2026: APM candidate withdraws from governorship race, endorses Adeleke

August 13, 2026

Senator Francis Fadahunsi

Magistrate orders police to probe senator over ‘kill Accord members’ comment

August 13, 2026

Accord Party presidential candidate, Christopher Imumolen.

OsunDecides: Accord dismisses Imumolen’s endorsement of APC candidate, reaffirms Adeleke

August 13, 2026

Iwo resident

Osun 2026: What Iwo residents want from govt. as state holds governorship poll

August 13, 2026

South South

Ms Eugenia Abdallah, Edo Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development during a news conference

Most child sexual abuses involve fathers, daughters — Edo govt

August 13, 2026

Cross River House of Assembly Complex (CREDIT: CrossRiver Watch)

Cross River assembly approves N963bn supplementary budget

August 13, 2026

Symbol to illustrate Court or Justice

Court rejects police remand application, grants bail to 5 suspects

August 13, 2026

Bayelsa, among Nigeria’s most polluted states, says environmentalist

August 13, 2026

South East

Enugu International Hospital

Why we built Enugu International Hospital – Gov Mbah

August 14, 2026

Abia State University

Nigerian university suspends lecturer for claiming tricyclists earn more than professors

August 13, 2026

Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS)

Anambra TV station retirees lament nine years of unpaid gratuities

August 13, 2026

An AI-generated image of Nigerian Police Officers

Police uncover plot by four men to kill Nigerian man, seize his property

August 13, 2026

North West

An AI image of Bandits used to illustrate a story

Bandits kill two, abduct six in Katsina

August 13, 2026

Faith leaders urged to confront beliefs, family decisions driving maternal deaths in Kano

Faith leaders urged to confront beliefs, family decisions driving maternal deaths in Kano

August 13, 2026

Ozor while signing the dotted lines for Katsina United (CREDIT: Katsina United Facebook Page)

Katsina United mourns sudden death of defender Chinedu Ozor

August 11, 2026

The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, psc (PHOTO CREDIT: @PoliceNG)

10 police officers, two civilians killed in Kebbi battle with bandits

August 11, 2026

North East

Nigerian troops

Soldiers repel midnight terror attack in Borno

August 10, 2026

Hausa singer Rarara’s new song on Pantami attracts backlash

Hausa singer Rarara’s new song on Pantami attracts backlash

Troops of the Nigerian Army

Troops foil terrorist infiltration, evacuate students in Borno

The surrendered insurgent and his sons

Senior ISWAP finance chief, sons surrender to army in Borno

North Central

Senator Francis Fadahunsi

Magistrate orders police to probe senator over ‘kill Accord members’ comment

August 13, 2026

An injured victim of the violence

Four injured in farmers-herders clash in Niger

August 13, 2026

Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo

Suspected kidnapper arrested while buying AK-47 in Kwara

August 13, 2026

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Seven miners die in Plateau pit collapse

August 13, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Enhancing the integrity of the 2026 Electoral Act

National Youth Service Corps members (PHOTO CREDIT: X @officialnyscng)

EDITORIAL: For a repurposed NYSC, we need a national dialogue

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Faith leaders urged to confront beliefs, family decisions driving maternal deaths in Kano

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Investigations

Screenshots of the five websites investigated

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

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Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Yemisi Edun.

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