Kidnapping, a thriving “industry”!

The latest report by SBM Intelligence should jolt Nigeria’s leaders into reality. Between July 2024 and June 2025, kidnappers demanded more than N48 billion in ransom. SBM Intelligence’s study titled “The Locust Business: The Economics of Nigeria’s Kidnap Industry – A 2025 Update” confirmed that N2.56 billion was paid as ransom, with 4,722 civilians abducted within the said period. 

Inside INEC’s Secret Plot To Manipulate 2027 Elections For Tinubu, APC; Abdulrazak Yusuf Tipped To Replace Yakubu

 

The manipulation of IReV, according to the insider, is already in motion. It was reportedly deployed in recent by-elections and is set to be tested again in the upcoming governorship elections in Anambra, Osun, and Ekiti states.

Inside Temi Otedola and Oluwatosin Ajibade's ''Love Is Eazi 2025'' High Fashion, Multi-Country Wedding

To paraphrase Usher, Oluwatosin “Mr Eazi” Ajibade and Temi Otedola found love in the club. It was a cold London night in January 2017 when the Afrobeats musician and actor arrived at the Tate Club to watch Temi’s sister, Florence, perform behind the DJ booth. Five years later, Oluwatosin proposed to Temi in Venice on the set of his music video for “Legalize.”

How Osun Monarch, Oba Joseph Oloyede, Jailed In U.S. For COVID Relief Fraud, Was Previously Convicted Of Immigration Fraud, Lost 1992 Appeal

Oloyede, 62, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the U.S. residing in Medina, Ohio, was sentenced on August 26, 2025, to 56 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko. The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, who was recently sentenced in the United States to over four years in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud, had previously been convicted of immigration fraud in 1991.

Prof. Joash Amupitan Emerges As Likely Successor To INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu

Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) has emerged as the likely candidate to succeed Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).