•As currency outside banks drops 12% to N5.08tr By Babajide Komolafe & Elizabeth Adegbesan Credit to the government rose by 65.6 per cent year-on-year, YoY, to N39.6 trillion in April 2026 from N23.9 trillion in April 2025, driven by increased borrowing to finance the 2026 budget deficit. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, disclosed this in its […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria, REAN, and the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency, NEMSA, have entered into a strategic partnership to strengthen safety standards, regulatory compliance and professional capacity within Nigeria’s rapidly expanding renewable energy sector. The partnership, formalised through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, is expected […]

When Nigerians celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha next Friday, it will be exactly two weeks since the terrorists, now identified as a faction of Boko Haram, ended the peace of two communities in Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota, both in Oriire LGA in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. There these terror artists abducted about fifty Nigerians, mostly school pupils, […]

The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has conveyed his felicitations to the entire Muslim Ummah in Anambra State and all over Nigeria on the festive occasion of Eid el Kabir. In his goodwill message, Governor Soludo reflected that Sallah festival universally holds profound significance, reminding us of the virtues of obedience, sacrifice, […]

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has elected Gbemileke Alagbe, a 40-year-old banker and doctorate degree holder, as its governorship candidate for the forthcoming election in Oyo State.