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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

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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Atiku’s fuel subsidy and Tinubu’s church rat, By Bolaji Abdullahi

Afrilition: Engineering an operating system for the future, By Adéwálé Àjàdí

Understanding Nigeria’s new policy on working hours and locum employment, By Chinedu Moghalu

The menace of fake agencies, By Reuben Abati

Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III at 70: The authority of restraint, By Samuel Aruwan

Peace on paper, peril in practice: Why 2027’s elections remain at risk, By Dakuku Peterside
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Headline Stories

ICPC indicts Budget Office over inclusion of fake agency in 2026 budget

August 26, 2026

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar

2027: I will bring back petrol subsidy, Atiku insists

August 25, 2026

Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU

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

August 25, 2026

Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi and Gbajabiamila

Fake Agency Scandal: ICPC clears Gbajabiamila, gives reasons

August 25, 2026

Children rescued from traffickers in Benue State.

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

August 25, 2026

UNIZIK-gate

University suspends professor stripped over attempted sexual assault

August 24, 2026

Peter Obi

Peter Obi speaks on Tinubu, Atiku’s academic records at 2027 campaign flag-off

August 24, 2026

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Adeniyi Adeyemi

ICPC indicts Budget Office over inclusion of fake agency in 2026 budget

August 26, 2026

Chairman of Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Danjuma Shekwolo, Screenshot of the video

VIDEO: Abuja council chairman asks residents to vote APC or leave

August 26, 2026

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar

2027: I will bring back petrol subsidy, Atiku insists

August 25, 2026

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

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

August 25, 2026

Joe-Kyari Gadzama, a SAN

Gadzama obtains court’s leave to challenge three-year suspension by LPDC

August 25, 2026

Nigeria elections: Ballot box

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

August 25, 2026

House of Reps (Lawmakers) (PHOTO CREDIT: @HouseNGR)

2026: Reps members raise conflict-of-interest concerns over Tinubu’s campaign council

August 25, 2026

APC governorship primary

APC begins fresh electronic membership registration ahead of 2027 elections

August 25, 2026

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Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

Nigeria to modernise border management using technology, intelligence – Officials

August 25, 2026

Ibrahim Babangida University. [Photo credit: Guardian Newspaper]

ASUU declares indefinite strike at IBB University

August 25, 2026

Mr Wasiu, the arrested suspect (PHOTO - EFCC)

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

August 25, 2026

Nigeria Police Force

Police rescue three kidnap victims, recover their SUV, abductors’ weapons

August 25, 2026

President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialABAT)

Tinubu will win 2027 presidential election by landslide, says ex-INEC commissioner

August 24, 2026

Sanwo-Olu, Lai Mohammed, Gbenga Daniel to discuss 2027 elections, insecurity at 7th Freedom Online lecture

Sanwo-Olu, Lai Mohammed, Gbenga Daniel to discuss 2027 elections, insecurity at 7th Freedom Online lecture

August 24, 2026

Special Reports

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

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

Promoted Content

Governor Dapo Abiodun

Eid-el-Maulud: Abiodun urges Muslims to embrace Prophet’s teachings of peace, compassion

August 25, 2026

L-R: The Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations; Jimoh Ibrahim and the Ogun State Governor,Prince Dapo Abiodun at the Ogun State Governor's office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Monday

Gateway Airport: UN Ambassador Ibrahim hails Abiodun for ‘talking to the future’

August 25, 2026

Zamfara government officials led by the SSG and members of the Colombian delegation

Zamfara advocates victims support fund for banditry victims, as key to peace-building

August 25, 2026

Governor Uba Sani

Uba Sani approves ₦300m for KASU-ASUU, sets up negotiation c’ttee to avert strike

August 24, 2026

Governor Peter Mbah

UK Latest Travel Advisory: Mbah’s security investment positionong Enugu globally, By Chikwado Odo

August 24, 2026

Features and Interviews

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

His Highness Luka Kogi Yabwat (Agwam Bajju II) (CREDIT: Bajju UK Europe Association)

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: How Bajju Diaspora can transform development back home — Agwam Bajju II

byTunde Eludiniand1 others

August 23, 2026

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno

Features And Interviews

Emboldened by Adeleke’s victory, Akwa Ibom residents knock Eno over ‘poor’ performance

byEkemini Simon

August 20, 2026

Etim William, director of the desertification, land degradation and drought management department of the Federal Ministry of Environment in Abuja

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: How UNCCD, FAO, World Bank back Nigeria’s fight against drought, land degradation —Official

byAbdulkareem Mojeed

August 19, 2026

Business

News Reports

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

Global Environment Facility (GEF), (PHOTO CREDIT: GEF on Facebook)

Africa largest beneficiary of GEF funding – Official

August 24, 2026

Femi Otedola, Chairman, FirstHoldCo

Otedola buys 95.7 million First HoldCo shares, moves stake up 27.7%

August 24, 2026

COP17 Mongolia (PHOTO CREDIT: UNCCD)

COP17 advances $1.3bn for land restoration, puts rangelands at centre

August 24, 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

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

Joe-Kyari Gadzama, a SAN

Gadzama obtains court’s leave to challenge three-year suspension by LPDC

August 25, 2026

Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, with Governor Ademola Adeleke. (Credit: Ademola Adeleke on X)

Adeleke tasks new Osun CP on impartial policing, seeks action over Ikire killings

August 25, 2026

President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialABAT)

Tinubu will win 2027 presidential election by landslide, says ex-INEC commissioner

August 24, 2026

The Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Monisola Afuye; the newly installed traditional ruler of Òkè-Àkò Ekiti, Oba Bamidele Olarewaju Oni; the Olorì Oba, Bamidele Omotayo Theresa; the Chairman Ekiti State Local Government Service Commission, Samuel Abejide; the Onise of Odò-Oro Ekiti, Oba Babatunde Jemilehin; the Alààyè of Oke Ayedun, Olufemi Aribisala, during the Coronation and Presentation of Staff of Office to the Owá of Òkè-Àkò, Bamidele Olarewaju Oni on Monday 24, 2026.

Excitement as Gov Oyebanji installs Ekiti community monarch after 25 years

August 24, 2026

South South

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

Blessing Agbebaku, the resigned Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly

Edo ‌‌Assembly converts ex-speaker’s ‘resignation’ to impeachment

August 24, 2026

former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu

Ex-minister sacked by Tinubu over corruption allegations appointed into president’s campaign

August 24, 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

Engr Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso

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

August 24, 2026

His Highness Luka Kogi Yabwat (Agwam Bajju II) (CREDIT: Bajju UK Europe Association)

INTERVIEW: How Bajju Diaspora can transform development back home — Agwam Bajju II

August 23, 2026

Kaduna police battle bandits, rescue three kidnapped victims

Kaduna police battle bandits, rescue three kidnapped victims

August 23, 2026

Commissioner of Police in Katsina State, Ali Fage

As 2027 campaigns begin, Katsina police target ‘digital thuggery’, violence

August 22, 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

Chairman of Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Danjuma Shekwolo, Screenshot of the video

VIDEO: Abuja council chairman asks residents to vote APC or leave

August 26, 2026

Governor Alia speaking at the townhall meeting

Benue governor rejects federal government’s ranching plan, says state’s land not for herders

August 25, 2026

Ibrahim Babangida University. [Photo credit: Guardian Newspaper]

ASUU declares indefinite strike at IBB University

August 25, 2026

The kidnapped man with soldiers after his rescue in Kogi State.

Soldiers rescue kidnap victim, recover AK-47 in Kogi

August 25, 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

Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent (PHOTO CREDIT: timesofindia)

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

August 25, 2026

UK Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service

In one year, the UK Medical Tribunal sanctioned 16 Nigerian doctors for fraud, rape, theft, others

August 24, 2026

Zolani Tete (PHOTO CREDIT: Zolani Tete Facebook Page)

Police arrest two over death of former world boxing champion Zolani Tete

August 23, 2026

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkey requests international arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Gaza flotilla arrest

August 22, 2026

President Paul Biya

Cameroon’s President Biya returns home after months-long absence

August 20, 2026

Sports

Edo Queens (Credit: Edo Queens Media)

CAFWCLQ: Edo Queens to face ASEC Mimosas after 7 – 0 rout of Garde Nationale

August 25, 2026

D’Tigress (Credit: D’Tigress on X)

D’Tigress step up World Cup preparations as Rena Wakama set to rejoin squad in Spain

August 25, 2026

Mr Kunle Aroyehun (Credit: Goldberg)

Goldberg revives ‘Back to Bar’ promo as Super Eagles stars shine in Europe

August 25, 2026

Amas Obasogie (Credit: Bendel Insurance on X)

Transfers: Super Eagles’ Amas Obasogie returns to Bendel Insurance

August 25, 2026

The Nigeria U-20 Women's team (PHOTO CREDIT: Falconets Media)

FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Falconets depart for Poland, target strong showing

August 24, 2026

Arts & Entertainment

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton dies at 80

August 25, 2026

Poco Lee

UK court confirms Poco Lee’s September hearing amid assault allegation

August 25, 2026

Veteran Ijala Poet Alabi Ogundepo dies at 84

Veteran Ijala Poet Alabi Ogundepo dies at 84

August 25, 2026

Headies

HEADIES 2026: Davido, Wizkid, Cubana Chief Priest, Burna Boy, nominated (FULL LIST)

August 25, 2026

The Ark (Credit_ Facebook@Bentley System)

How we built 109,000-seat The Ark without special offerings — Oyedepo

August 25, 2026

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Atiku’s fuel subsidy and Tinubu’s church rat, By Bolaji Abdullahi

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August 25, 2026

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Onítèmi: The bridge into light; fierce and deeply graceful, By Adéwálé Àjàdí

Afrilition: Engineering an operating system for the future, By Adéwálé Àjàdí

August 25, 2026

Chinedu Moghalu writes about books and the reading culture in Nigeria.

Understanding Nigeria’s new policy on working hours and locum employment, By Chinedu Moghalu

August 25, 2026

Reuben Abati writes about Plateau, Tsiga and Trump.

The menace of fake agencies, By Reuben Abati

August 25, 2026

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

Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III at 70: The authority of restraint, By Samuel Aruwan

August 24, 2026

Dakuku Peterside writes about the Mokwa flood.

Peace on paper, peril in practice: Why 2027’s elections remain at risk, By Dakuku Peterside

August 24, 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

Sachet alcohol

NAFDAC orders recall, destruction of alcohol in sachets, PET bottles

August 25, 2026

Health officials demonstrating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during the Basic Life Support training in Abuja

FCTA trains health workers in basic life support, plans Code Blue teams in hospitals

August 23, 2026

An AI generated image of a man with Skin cancer

Hope for cancer patients as scientists report breakthrough in personalised cancer vaccines

August 23, 2026

FG inaugurates committees for 67th National Council on Health, demands result-oriented recommendations

August 21, 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

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

Fidson

Fidson dominates Nigeria’s Pharma sector first-quarter 2026

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]

Want to know about vaccine rollouts in Africa? Click on a country here and find out

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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