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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

SPECIAL REPORT: As COP17 nears, Nigeria’s rangelands crisis deepens, threatening farmers, pastoral livelihoods

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
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Fuel subsidy: Let’s debate the real solution to Nigeria’s cost-of-living crisis, By John Okiyi Kalu

Nigeria’s Paris Club debt deal: A factual rejoinder to Donald Duke, By Jide Akintunde

Lumpen politicians can neither fight corruption nor rebuild Nigeria, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf

Appraising the security challenges in the North-West, By Samuel Aruwan

Why women’s voice should be heard, By Sam Akpe

Rockson A. Igelige: A tireless labourer’s death just before harvest time!, By Ogaga Ifowodo
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Elders becoming more visible in drug trade in Nigeria, other West African countries

byTitilope F Ajayi

August 27, 2026

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Imam Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development delivery remarks at the event

26,000 Nigerian children enter custody yearly, most without lawyers — Minister

August 27, 2026

Adeniyi Adeyemi

Fake Agency Scandal: ICPC names top civil servants who allegedly aided Adeyemi, collected money

August 27, 2026

diphtheria

Lawmaker raises alarm over deaths of children in Rano LGA

August 26, 2026

Plenary Hall at COP17 in Mongolia (Photo Credit: Abdulkareem Mojeed)

ANALYSIS: COP17: Top issues dividing, shaping ongoing negotiations in Mongolia

August 26, 2026

Governor Adeleke, Oyebamiji of the APC, Oyetola, and President Tinubu

How Adeleke thwarted APC’s bid to reclaim Osun

August 26, 2026

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Many bodies recovered after Niger mosque attacks, LG chairman says, as Tinubu orders rescue operation

August 26, 2026

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Elders becoming more visible in drug trade in Nigeria, other West African countries

August 27, 2026

Mark Schauer, Senior Programme Officer at GIZ and Abdrahmane Wane, Regional Director for West and Central Africa, ILRI, during their presentation at COP17 in Mongolia

COP17: Rangeland restoration offers investors up to six-fold returns – Experts

August 27, 2026

Ghana President, John Dramani Mahama (CREDIT @JDMahama X)

Xenophobia: Ghana rejects MTN’s donation for affected Ghanaians

August 27, 2026

Professor Jean-Emmanuel Pondi speaking at the AfCoDD VI

Poor debt data, weak oversight threaten Africa’s debt management — Experts

August 27, 2026

Imam Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development delivery remarks at the event

26,000 Nigerian children enter custody yearly, most without lawyers — Minister

August 27, 2026

Okin Biscuits

After 17 years factory shutdown, Okin Biscuits resumes production in Kwara

August 27, 2026

A switchboard of prepaid meters in an official building in Abuja.

We’ve metered 60% of Nigeria’s electricity consumers – FG

August 27, 2026

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INTERPOL arrests 58 people linked to West African crime networks

August 27, 2026

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Governor Mohammed Bago

Bago condemns killing of minister’s brother by bandits, demands prosecution of suspects

August 27, 2026

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Soldiers rescue two kidnapped persons in Plateau

August 27, 2026

Plateau State University (PLASU) Bokkos (PHOTO CREDIT: Plateau State University, Bokkos on Facebook)

Unpaid Arrears: Plateau varsity lecturers begin indefinite strike

August 27, 2026

Nigeria Police Force

Two men arrested over alleged attempted rape of 12-year-old girl

August 26, 2026

Nigeria, Thailand To Expand Bilateral Ties In Technology, Agriculture, Renewable Energy

Nigeria, Thailand to expand bilateral ties in technology, agriculture, renewable energy

August 26, 2026

Nigerian Police Officers on patrol

FCT police command arrests officers over alleged N40,000 extortion

August 26, 2026

Special Reports

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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

Available family planning commodities at Omi Eran Primary Health Centre, Osun State. Credit: Fawaz Adebisi

Headline Stories

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

August 20, 2026

Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly 9 months after commencement of rehabilitation project

Headline Stories

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

August 18, 2026

Kangire PHC

Headline Stories

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

August 17, 2026

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Governor Umar Namadi

Jigawa at 35: How Umar Namadi is transforming ‘The New World’ State, By Ahmad Danyaro

August 27, 2026

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa

Jigawa at 35: Gov Namadi reaffirms commitment to peace, sustainable dev’t

August 27, 2026

High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, a.k.a. Egberipapa

Jackrich petitions Tinubu, seeks urgent implementation of Senate resolution on Egberipapa Camp amnesty slots

August 27, 2026

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Talstack expands people management platform with new Time Off module

August 27, 2026

Governor Umar Namadi

Jigawa govt approves N13.8bn agric, education projects

August 26, 2026

Features and Interviews

NDLEA

Features And Interviews

Elders becoming more visible in drug trade in Nigeria, other West African countries

byTitilope F Ajayi

August 27, 2026

Ifeanyi Okechukwu (CREDIT: Rangers International on X)

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: Why I joined Rangers and what I want to achieve this season – Ifeanyi Okechukwu

byGbemidepo Popoola

August 26, 2026

Governor Adeleke, Oyebamiji of the APC, Oyetola, and President Tinubu

Features And Interviews

How Adeleke thwarted APC’s bid to reclaim Osun

byAbubakar Abdulrasheed

August 26, 2026

Joseph Onoja, Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF)

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: Nigeria must invest more in environment to tackle land degradation, farmer-herder conflicts — Expert

byAbdulkareem Mojeed

August 25, 2026

Children rescued from traffickers in Benue State.

Features And Interviews

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

byManasseh Mbachii

August 25, 2026

Professor Rabia Sa’id (Photo Credit: PREMIUM TIMES)

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: How my role on UN panel on nuclear war effects can benefit Nigeria – Prof Rabia Sa’id

byAbubakar Ahmadu Maishanu

August 24, 2026

Business

News Reports

Official-Louise Baker UNCCD

COP17: How Africa can unlock billions for land restoration — Official

August 27, 2026

Mark Schauer, Senior Programme Officer at GIZ and Abdrahmane Wane, Regional Director for West and Central Africa, ILRI, during their presentation at COP17 in Mongolia

COP17: Rangeland restoration offers investors up to six-fold returns – Experts

August 27, 2026

Plenary Hall at COP17 in Mongolia (Photo Credit: Abdulkareem Mojeed)

ANALYSIS: COP17: Top issues dividing, shaping ongoing negotiations in Mongolia

August 26, 2026

Oluseyi Ifatimehin, a Professor of Geography (Environmental Resource Planning) at Kogi State University, Nigeria, and Science and Technology Correspondent to UNCCD.

COP17: Africa must connect science to action to tackle land degradation — Expert

August 25, 2026

Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU

NFIU uncovers how terrorist financiers use women’s bank accounts, crowdfunding in operations

August 25, 2026

Financial Inclusion

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

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

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

Regional

South West

The arrested suspects (CREDIT: Oyo Affairs)

Oyo police arrest 10 suspects for alleged possession of human parts

August 26, 2026

APC governorship primary

APC petitions police to arrest, prosecute Hunye over Ogun governorship claim

August 26, 2026

Governor Adeleke, Oyebamiji of the APC, Oyetola, and President Tinubu

How Adeleke thwarted APC’s bid to reclaim Osun

August 26, 2026

The three arrested suspects involve in the activity. (PHOTO CREDIT: Oyo State Police Command)

Police arrest suspected cross-border car theft syndicate members in Oyo

August 26, 2026

South South

Imam Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development delivery remarks at the event

26,000 Nigerian children enter custody yearly, most without lawyers — Minister

August 27, 2026

Nigeria Police Force

Two men arrested over alleged attempted rape of 12-year-old girl

August 26, 2026

Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM)

Insecurity: ‘Make it easy for citizens to get guns’ – VDM says at NBA conference

August 25, 2026

Rotimi Amaechi (PHOTO CREDIT: Arise TV)

2027: Amaechi admits opposition coalition is difficult, blames personal ambitions

August 25, 2026

South East

Nigeria elections: Ballot box

Other parties withdraw from Ebonyi local elections in which APC won all seats

August 25, 2026

Abia North Senator Uzor Orji Kalu (CREDIT: @OUKtweets X)

2027: APC pardons Orji Kalu, others over alleged anti-party activities

August 25, 2026

Mary Habila

Family finally ‘reveals’ cause of Mary Habila’s death in Umahi’s residence

August 25, 2026

Mr Wasiu, the arrested suspect (PHOTO - EFCC)

How man allegedly defrauded BDC operators of $12,000 – EFCC

August 25, 2026

North West

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

diphtheria

Lawmaker raises alarm over deaths of children in Rano LGA

August 26, 2026

Kano community rejects bribe, reports drug trafficking network – Agency

Kano community rejects bribe, reports drug trafficking network – Agency

August 26, 2026

Engr Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso

2027: Kwankwaso knocks APC campaign council, says election choice between oppressors, oppressed

August 24, 2026

North East

former Governor Danjuma Goje

Ex-Gov Goje denies defection to PDP, but remains exploring future path

August 23, 2026

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

North Central

Governor Mohammed Bago

Bago condemns killing of minister’s brother by bandits, demands prosecution of suspects

August 27, 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

Soldiers rescue two kidnapped persons in Plateau

August 27, 2026

Plateau State University (PLASU) Bokkos (PHOTO CREDIT: Plateau State University, Bokkos on Facebook)

Unpaid Arrears: Plateau varsity lecturers begin indefinite strike

August 27, 2026

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule

Governor orders dismissal, prosecution of hospital staff over alleged sale of donated items

August 27, 2026

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UPDATED: Tinubu suspends three permanent secretaries over fresh fake agency, orders alleged promoter’s arrest

President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: X @aonanuga1956)

UPDATED: Tinubu suspends three permanent secretaries over fresh fake agency, orders alleged promoter’s arrest

Headline Stories

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

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike

UPDATED: Abuja Flood: Wike vows to demolish houses blocking water channels

NDLEA organises public destruction of illicit drugs by burning at Navy Town in Ojo, Lagos State.

UPDATED: NDLEA destroys N301 billion worth of illicit drugs in Lagos

President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialABAT)

Fuel subsidy removal has enabled funding for major infrastructure projects — Tinubu

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International

Ghana President, John Dramani Mahama (CREDIT @JDMahama X)

Xenophobia: Ghana rejects MTN’s donation for affected Ghanaians

August 27, 2026

Interpol (Photo Credit: ICIR)

INTERPOL arrests 58 people linked to West African crime networks

August 27, 2026

Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms to children

August 26, 2026

Trump

Will Nigeria, other African countries be affected by Trump’s latest Iran sanctions?

August 26, 2026

Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent (PHOTO CREDIT: timesofindia)

US announces new sanctions on Iran, threatens to punish countries, entities trading with it

August 25, 2026

Sports

D’Tigers Credit: D’Tigers on X

D’Tigers set to begin World Cup Qualifying second round against Cameroon

August 27, 2026

President NFF & President WAFU-B, Ibrahim Gusau MON (CREDIT: NFF)

NFF crisis: Gusau to address press amid resignation reports

August 27, 2026

Mrs Omidiran made promises of new collaborations (Credit: FCC MEDIA)

Omidiran tasks FCT FA, Sports Department on grassroots talent discovery

August 26, 2026

EuroMatch x NPFL (Credit: NPFL Media)

NPFL lands $7.5m EuroMatch title sponsorship deal to end decade-long wait

August 26, 2026

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)

NFF probe alleges officials influenced national team invitations for financial gains

August 26, 2026

Arts & Entertainment

St Janet

Saint Janet buried in Ogun as family, colleagues bid ‘Mama Yabis’ farewell

August 27, 2026

Sunday Isuwa, Group News Editor of LEADERSHIP Newspaper,

Journalist Sunday Isuwa to launch book on digital transformation of Nigerian newspapers

August 27, 2026

Doris Ogala

‘I’ll push for Nnamdi Kanu’s release if elected Abia governor’ — Doris Ogala

August 27, 2026

The Golden Voice of Africa, Salif Keita

Malian singer Salif Keita cancels South Africa shows over ‘xenophobic violence’

August 27, 2026

National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB)

Living in Colours: NFVCB alleges same-sex content, threatens legal action

August 27, 2026

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Nigeria’s Paris Club debt deal: A factual rejoinder to Donald Duke, By Jide Akintunde

Nigeria’s Paris Club debt deal: A factual rejoinder to Donald Duke, By Jide Akintunde

August 27, 2026

Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf writes about the struggle for June 12.

Lumpen politicians can neither fight corruption nor rebuild Nigeria, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf

August 26, 2026

National security reflections on Maitatsine, Bullum-Kuttu and Boko Haram uprisings, By Samuel Aruwan

Appraising the security challenges in the North-West, By Samuel Aruwan

August 26, 2026

Sam Akpe writes about the need for a cohesive security approach in Nigeria.

Why women’s voice should be heard, By Sam Akpe

August 26, 2026

Ogaga Ifowodo writes about the rot in Rivers State and the consequent political impasse.

Rockson A. Igelige: A tireless labourer’s death just before harvest time!, By Ogaga Ifowodo

August 26, 2026

Editorial

Prof Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar.

EDITORIAL: Ishaq Oloyede’s remarkable leadership at JAMB

August 17, 2026

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. [PHOTO CREDIT: Ehud Kaduna]

EDITORIAL: Unpacking the CBN’s purported expenditure efficiency

August 13, 2026

Tinubu signing (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialABAT)

EDITORIAL: Purging the 2026 budget of its frivolities and graft bazaar

August 10, 2026

National Judicial Council (NJC)

EDITORIAL: When will the NJC be ready to punish criminal judges?

School pupils used to illustrate the story

EDITORIAL: Reconsidering the rash dismantling of Nigeria’s 6-3-3-4 system

Electronic voting iREV copy

EDITORIAL: Enhancing the integrity of the 2026 Electoral Act

Health

News Reports

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako

FG targets steady power for 30% of health facilities by 2027 amid PHC electricity gap

August 27, 2026

Mosquito Malaria

Malaria kills German airport worker in rare outbreak

August 26, 2026

A man with river blindness used to illustrate a story (CREDIT: commons.wikimedia.org)

Cataracts drive avoidable blindness in over two million Nigerians – Ophthalmologist

August 26, 2026

diphtheria

Lawmaker raises alarm over deaths of children in Rano LGA

August 26, 2026

Investigations

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

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

August 21, 2026

Kangire PHC

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

August 17, 2026

Screenshots of the five websites investigated

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

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside fragile chain holding Kano, Gombe’s immunisation systems together

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside fragile chain holding Kano, Gombe’s immunisation systems together

Health Specials

A pregnant woman

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

August 22, 2026

Available family planning commodities at Omi Eran Primary Health Centre, Osun State. Credit: Fawaz Adebisi

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

August 20, 2026

CHILD ON GLASSES

PT Health Watch: Why parents should not overlook children’s vision problems

August 15, 2026

An AI image of a mother and her infant

PT Health Watch: What new mothers should know about postpartum care before leaving hospital

Features

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

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

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

August 20, 2026

Pelumi Akinboade, Senior Executive Officer and Insurance Nurse

HMO Controversy: What Nigerians, hospitals need to know about health insurance

August 19, 2026

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

FCMB, stakeholders set out roadmap to move Nigeria’s health sector from survival to scale

August 10, 2026

Data & Infographics

President Muhammadu Buhari

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

November 12, 2021

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October 2, 2021

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

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

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