The Nigerian naira opened the new week relatively stable against the United States dollar, with the official foreign exchange market and parallel market maintaining a relatively narrow gap.

By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian Navy has disrupted attempts by suspected oil thieves to reactivate illegal refining operations in Rivers State, recovering approximately 103,000 litres of products suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO). The operation was carried out on August 22, 2026, by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder following […]

By Kingsley Omonobi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the constitution of the 2027 All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, with Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle, appointed Deputy Director, Security and Intelligence 1. The council comprises political leaders, strategists and grassroots mobilisers tasked with coordinating the APC’s engagements ahead of […]

By Adesina Wahab Lagos State Government, the Lagos State University, LASU, and the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, have emphasised the importance of secure and connected borderlands across the African continent, saying it would help Africa’s economic growth. They gave the charge in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday at the opening of the 2026 Annual Meeting of […]

There are indications that increased deployment of oil rigs in Nigeria has not translated into corresponding rise in crude oil production.