The naira traded relatively stable against the United States dollar at the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) on Thursday, June 18, 2026, as traders continued to monitor foreign exchange liquidity and demand pressures across the market.

The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,405 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,389 per dollar on Tuesday.

Medical doctors have raised alarm that the country’s healthcare system is facing a dangerous manpower crisis, with only about 55,000 doctors left to serve a population of more than 220 million people.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the country’s current account surplus rose by 46 percent year-on-year to $4.98 billion in the first quarter of 2026 (Q1’26).

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The Nigerian naira remained relatively stable against the United States dollar on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, across both the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market, as traders continued to monitor foreign exchange liquidity and demand conditions.

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, by 6 per cent, or N75 per litre, following a sharp decline in global crude oil prices driven by easing tensions in the Middle East.

THE Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,389 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,400 per dollar on Monday.

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, says President Bola Tinubu deserves to be congratulated if he wins a free, fair and credible election in 2027.

In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, the party’s national chairman, David Mark, and Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke fuming over the court order to deregister ADC, Accord Party and two other political parties.