Mysteries Naija

In May 1979, Fatima Rabiu was found dead inside her home in Kano. The night before, she had been entertaining guests with her husband. By the following day, the house was at the centre of a murder investigation. The details surrounding that morning raised questions that would follow the case for years. And when the first court delivered its decision, the story was far from over. In this episode, w...

In May 2012, 22-year-old Idowu Aliyu was travelling from her home in Kogi State back to school when she made a decision that would cost her life. She needed a ride to the motor park. The man who offered to take her there was not who she thought he was. When a farmer stumbled upon a disturbing scene in the bush, the discovery exposed a case that raised questions about a suspect's past, the fate...

In August 2017, eight-year-old Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba disappeared in Eliozu, Port Harcourt. What followed shocked the community, but the case became even more disturbing when the main suspect escaped from police custody. The search crossed state lines, and the investigation eventually led to a courtroom where two men would face the consequences of Victory’s death. In this episode, we retrace t...

The marriage is over. But ending the relationship doesn't necessarily mean the problems end with it. As Onyeka Ehie's story reaches its final stretch, the aftermath raises even more questions about what she was left to deal with, what she discovered, and what happens when the life you thought you were building turns out to be something completely different. In this episode, we continue The...

Sometimes the biggest warning sign in a relationship isn't one dramatic lie. It's when the story you've been told stops making sense. Onyeka Ehie's marriage had already raised questions about money, gambling, and the life her husband claimed to have built. But as the situation continues to unravel, the question becomes much bigger than where the money went. In this episode, we cont...

In March 2026, disturbing videos began circulating from Ozoro, Delta State. Women were being chased, surrounded and sexually assaulted during a traditional festival, and the footage quickly sparked outrage across Nigeria. Within days, the event had acquired a name that spread far beyond Ozoro: the “R*pe Festival.” But what was actually happening in Ozoro that day? In this episode, we discuss the d...

The perfect Danish husband was starting to look very different. As Onyeka Ehie's story continues, more questions emerge about the man she married, including his claims about his finances, and where his money was actually going. What initially looked like an extraordinary life begins to unravel as gambling, debt and increasingly strange explanations enter the picture. In this episode, we continue O...

She met him on vacation in Croatia. He was handsome, Danish, wealthy, supposedly royal, and apparently living the kind of life most people only see on Instagram. Then the money requests started. What began as a holiday romance quickly turned into a long-distance relationship, luxury trips and increasingly complicated financial problems. According to Onyeka Ehie, every explanation came with another...

For generations, people travelled to Arochukwu seeking answers from one of the most feared oracles in southeastern Nigeria. Known as Ibini Ukpabi , or the Long Juju , the oracle became deeply connected to the power of the Aro people and their influence across southeastern Nigeria. People accused of crimes, involved in disputes, or seeking judgment could be sent toward the mysterious oracle complex...

He called himself His Holiness Dr. Reverend King. His followers called him their spiritual father. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, better known as Rev. King, built the Christian Praying Assembly around an intense system of obedience, discipline and spiritual authority. Then, in July 2006, several members of his congregation were accused of sexual immorality. What happened next left multiple people badly burne...

On February 26, 2022, 22-year-old fashion designer Bamise Ayanwola boarded a BRT in Lagos. She was supposed to be visiting her brother's home. But something about the bus immediately felt wrong. Bamise noticed that she was alone, the bus was unusually dark, and the driver wasn't picking up other passengers. Then she started sending voice notes and videos to a friend. In this episode, we fo...

They disappeared. Their families panicked. Then came the ransom demand. Except there was one problem. Some of these people allegedly had never been kidnapped. In Nigeria, police have uncovered cases where people allegedly staged their own abductions, recruited friends or relatives to play kidnappers, recorded fake distress videos and demanded money from the very families who were desperately tryin...

Mami Wata is one of the most famous and feared water spirits in Africa. Beautiful woman. Long hair. Snakes around her body. Wealth, healing and good fortune on one side, sickness, misfortune and death on the other. Across Nigeria, especially in the southeast, stories of mysterious encounters with water spirits have existed for generations. Some people believe Mami Wata can change a person's life,...

Monique Pearls, born Monica Oma Owunaka, was a 30-year-old Nigerian content creator whose life revolved around family, motherhood and the people she cared for. But behind the content was a story involving a young girl named Precious, family conflict, and events that would later become difficult to ignore. Then, in May 2026, Monique suddenly died. In this episode, we look at Monica Owunaka’s story,...

On December 10, 2005, Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 left Abuja for Port Harcourt carrying families, adults, and dozens of students from Loyola Jesuit College . The flight never landed at its destination. What happened at Port Harcourt International Airport would become one of Nigeria's most devastating aviation disasters. Among the passengers were 61 Loyola students, remembered by their school...

A child should never have to figure out how to survive on their own. But at just 7 years old, Affiong Sunday was left to fend for herself , beginning a three-year period in which she had to navigate life without the care and protection a child should have been able to depend on. The story eventually reached Lucky Udu , whose intervention brought Affiong's situation to the attention of a much w...

Just four years after 276 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted , another Nigerian school became the scene of a mass kidnapping. On February 19, 2018 , Boko Haram terrorists stormed the Government Girls' Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State , and took 110 schoolgirls . Parents waited for answers. Authorities gave conflicting information. The country watched another group of schoolgir...

The girls had been preparing for their final examinations when Boko Haram fighters stormed the school, set buildings on fire and forced the students into waiting trucks. Some managed to escape before they were taken into captivity. For the others, the journey led deep into the forest. Then the world learned what had happened. #BringBackOurGirls became a global campaign. Governments got involved. N...

After giving birth by C-section at a maternity clinic in Abuja, Eunice Bright Ekwok woke up to find that she had been given only one baby. She was told her other child had died during delivery. But Eunice couldn't let it go. Months later, she says she saw a baby with the wife of the doctor who delivered her. The child was around the same age as her own baby, and something about him made her qu...

On August 7, 2026, Kano State brought together 1,500 brides and 1,500 grooms for its annual government-backed mass wedding programme, known as Auren Gata . The state provided dowries, household items and financial support to help the couples begin their new lives. Among the newlyweds were widows, divorcees and young women who could not afford the traditional cost of marriage. And behind it all was...

The first episode ended with Augusta Osedion dead inside her boyfriend's apartment and Killaboi gone. After Augusta Osedion's body was discovered, Killaboi disappeared from Nigeria . For months, the case continued to unfold online as questions grew about what happened between the couple and what led to Augusta's death. Eventually, Killaboi was arrested and brought back to Nigeria. Now,...

In July 2023, 21-year-old Augusta Osedion had an argument with her boyfriend, Benjamin Best Nnayereugo, better known online as Killaboi . Then Augusta stopped answering her family's calls. What followed was a search that ended inside her boyfriend's apartment in Ajah, Lagos, where police discovered her decomposing body while Killaboi fled Nigeria. In this episode, we trace Augusta Osedion&...

What if someone offered you a chance to invest in a brand-new airport in Nigeria's capital? Now imagine discovering the airport didn't exist . In the 1990s, Nigerian businessman and former Union Bank director Emmanuel Nwude convinced Nelson Sakaguchi, a director at Brazil's Banco Noroeste, that Abuja was getting a new airport. Nwude used a false identity and a completely fictitious pro...

Ochanya Ogbanje lived through something no child should ever have experienced. At just seven years old, her life was allegedly placed in the hands of people who were supposed to protect her. Years later, Ochanya was dead, and the circumstances surrounding her life and death would trigger outrage across Nigeria. What happened inside that family? How did a child endure years of suffering without bei...

Nine days. That was all the time Saudat Jibril and her husband had as a married couple before their marriage ended tragically. According to investigators, Saudat Jibril slit her newly wedded husband's throat inside their home, sending shockwaves through the community. The case quickly became one of Nigeria's most disturbing newlywed murder cases, raising questions about what could have hap...