Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Nigerians paid N2.57bn in ransoms in one year as kidnappers abduct 4,722 - Report

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- Nigerians paid at least N2.57 billion to kidnappers between July 2024 and June 2025, while abductors demanded N48 billion in the same period, according to a new SBM Intelligence st... Read More


FUTA ASUU embarks on protest, says FG's neglect of varsities wicked, heartless

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State chapter, on Tuesday, embarked on a protest to draw the attention of ... Read More


Phyna accuses Dangote Group of backtracking on sister's treatment promise

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Days after former Big Brother Naija winner Phyna Otabor requested that the management of Dangote Group fly her injured sister to India for treatment, the reality star has accused t... Read More


Police paid us N500 daily allowance to fight Boko Haram - Retired Officer

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- A retired Nigerian police officer, Francis Erhabor, has said that he and his colleagues deployed to fight Boko Haram were paid "a meagre daily allowance of N500" by the police auth... Read More


Tiwa Savage set to drop fourth album, float music school

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Nigerian music star Tiwa Savage has announced the release date of her fourth studio album and plans to launch a music school. Taking to her X account on Tuesday, the award-winning... Read More


Ghanaian 'Noah' builds ark, says world will end with three-year rain starting December

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- A Ghanaian man, identified as EboJesus, has embarked on an Ark-building mission, in preparation for his claims that the world will end with a 3-year non-stop rain. The preacher-pr... Read More


Eniola Ajao breaks silence on rumoured affair with Odunlade Adekola

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Filmmaker and actress Eniola Ajao has addressed allegations of an extramarital affair with her colleague and boss, Odunlade Adekola. Rumours linking the "Beast of Two Worlds" prod... Read More


Ebuka Songs bows to pressure, apologises over controversial livestream with Peller

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Gospel singer Ebuka "Ebuka Songs" Hillary has apologised to the Christian community and others who felt offended by his recent livestream session with TikToker Habeeb "Peller" Hamz... Read More


INVESTIGATION: Agrochemicals are endangering lives, environment in Nigerian communities

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- When Monday Nweze left for his farmland on a cloudy Tuesday in late June, he had one thing in mind: to clear the grass that had grown on it. Not with any cutlass, but with some lit... Read More


Lassa Fever: Death toll rises to 159 - NCDC

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says Lassa fever has claimed 159 lives this year. The infectious disease agency disclosed this in its latest situation... Read More