Podcast
True Crime with Reni
Episodes — page 11
- Patricia Etteh: Nigeria’s ₦628 Million Scandal
She made history as Nigeria’s first female Speaker. Four months later, she resigned in scandal. ₦628 million for houses and cars shook the country… but officially, she was never fo…
- All the Coups Nigeria Survived
Nigeria’s history is filled with coups. Some were bloody, some were quiet, some never even happened but shook the nation all the same. From the first coup in 1966 to the shadowy pl…
- Sani Abacha: Dictator or Nation Builder?
Was Sani Abacha Nigeria’s most feared dictator… or a leader who brought stability? He ruled with fear, built with force, and left behind billions in stolen money. Some Nigerians st…
- MKO Abiola: The President Nigeria Never Had
They called him Kashimawo — ‘let us wait and see’ — because nobody thought he would survive. But he rose from selling firewood in Abeokuta to winning the freest and fairest electio…
- Diezani Alison-Madueke: Corruption, Luxury, and Controversy
From oil wells to Chanel handbags, she was Nigeria’s oil queen. The first female Petroleum Minister and even President of OPEC. But behind the designer life, investigators say bill…
- Gambo Sawaba: The Lioness of the North
She was arrested 16 times. Flogged in public. Humiliated. Even lost her womb after brutal torture. But every time she came out, she went straight back to the streets to speak again…
- Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab: The “Underwear Bomber”
He had every opportunity in life: wealth, education, privilege. But on Christmas Day 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to bring down a plane with a bomb sewn into his underwear…
- Cannibalism in History: Survival or Ritual?
Cannibalism is one of the darkest parts of human history, but it hasn’t always meant the same thing. For some, it was survival, like the Andes crash survivors and Ethiopia’s famine…
- Dora Akunyili: Nigeria’s Fearless Drug War Hero
They shot at her car. Burnt down her labs. Left charms at her office door. But Dora Akunyili refused to stop. After losing her sister to fake insulin, she made it her life’s missio…
- Mobutu: The Leopard of Zaire
He ruled Zaire for more than 30 years, building palaces in the jungle, enforcing the “Authenticité” campaign, and turning himself into a living symbol of power. Supporters saw him…
- The Courage of Joseph Blankson
On July 28, 2018, a boat capsized in Rivers State. In the chaos, Joseph Blankson dove into the river again and again, rescuing 13 people. But on his 14th attempt, exhaustion claime…
- Bola Ige: The Assassination of Nigeria’s Justice Minister
December 2001. Nigeria’s Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, was shot dead in his own home… a killing that shocked the nation and left more questions than answers. Was it political enem…
- Dele Giwa: Nigeria’s Journalist Assassinated by a Parcel Bomb
October 1986. A journalist receives a parcel at his home in Lagos. Minutes later, an explosion shakes the country. Dele Giwa’s assassination with a parcel bomb remains one of Niger…
