The Nigerian naira is trading around ₦1,349.06 to the US dollar on Friday, August 21, 2026, according to the latest available live USD/NGN indication.

CFEAD particularly highlighted the reported $20 billion worth of gas sale and purchase agreements secured by NNPC within the past year, describing the development as an important signal to investors.

In the days of yore, the academic session was brought to a close with Prize Giving Day, during which pupils and students would also present drama sketches and playlets, principally to teach morals. Such events were held at no cost to parents and guardians; rather, some pupils and students who excelled would go home with prizes.

The  Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,405 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,400 per dollar on Wednesday.

SOKOTO: The death toll from the boat mishap at the Gorau crossing point in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State has risen to 53, following the recovery of more bodies from the river.

The coalition also highlighted Najomo’s more than 40 years of experience in the aviation industry, including his previous roles within the NCAA and the airline sector.

President Bola Tinubu, and former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, disagreed over the return of fuel subsidy.

A member of the United States Congress, Rep. Riley Moore, has insisted that the US must not remove Nigeria from its Country of Particular Concern, CPC, designation list over alleged persecution of Christians, citing continued violence in the Middle Belt.

When over 1,000 police officers and their families were forcefully displaced from the historic Central Police Station (CPS) Barracks in Onitsha in 2013 following a controversial land dispute, many Nigerians viewed it as an isolated crisis.  But it wasn’t.

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday met with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in Abuja as he continued engagements with key political figures days after securing a second term in office.

Transcorp Power Plc, one of the power subsidiaries of Africa’s leading listed conglomerate, Transnational Corporation Plc (“Transcorp Group”), has won the Power Generation Excellence Company of the Year award at the Business Times Awards 2026, in recognition of its operational excellence and measurable impact on Nigeria’s power generation. The company received the award at the […]

It started like any other grazing day. Abubakar Umaru and Abdullahi Umaru, both teenagers, led their family’s cattle towards the grasslands near Owo, on the boundary between Ondo and Edo states.

They carried sticks, not phones. They knew the paths by memory. By dusk, they were not home. Neither were the cows.

Following the outbreak of acute diarrhea suspected to be Cholera in some parts of Hawul local government area of Borno state which has so far claimed few lives, the Executive Chairman of the Council, Hon. Yusuf Mamman has been commended for his prompt response in addressing the scorge.

Federal Government has said it is working to move beyond intervention programmes and economically empower women so they become co-creators of prosperity. Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, said this at the SheIsIncluded 2026 Summit, themed: ‘Designing for Delivery: Financing. Systems. Scale’. The summit was convened by the Presidential Committee on Economic […]

As Bauchi closes one chapter from the North East, the MPS Media Poetry Challenge is moving to the next: North-West and then North-Central before the best of the bests will converge on Abuja