The British Pound Sterling (GBP) opened the second week of February 2026 with a minor dip against the Nigerian Naira, reflecting the broader trend of local currency stabilisation.

By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, while attempting to travel to China with 95 jumbo cocaine wraps weighing 1.589 kilograms concealed in his stomach. The arrest occurred on Saturday, 31 January 2026, during […]

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspect following the deaths of a gospel artiste and three others, who were found lifeless inside a music studio in Ajah, Lagos State.

Tragedy struck Kano on Sunday as over 30 people reportedly lost their lives in a horrific road accident at Kwanar Barde in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state.

By Demola Akinyemi & Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo VATICAN CITY / KANO/ILORIN—Pope Leo XIV and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), have expressed deep sorrow over the recent attacks on communities in Kwara State, which left more than 75 people dead and many others injured. In a post on X, Pope Leo XIV conveyed his “prayerful closeness” […]

Despite the federal government’s ambitious oil production target of two million barrels per day (mbpd) in 2026, data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, show that output has grown by just 1.4 per cent over the past five years.

Apostle Dr. Emmanuel Nuhu Kure, former National Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and immediate past Chairman of the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association (SKCLA), has expressed deep sympathy with the people of Kwara State following a tragic incident that claimed several lives and left families in mourning.

Despite signs of improving macroeconomic indicators published by the Federal Government, the latest financial results of Nigeria’s manufacturing sector have indicated that significant pressures persist.

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, under the banner of the Jamoh APC Support Group, have called for due process in the handling of the recent arrest of former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

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