The Nigerian naira traded within a relatively stable range against the United States dollar on Friday, June 12, 2026, across both the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market.

As Nigeria marks another Democracy Day on June 12, thirty-three years after the election, attention once again turns to the South West geopolitical zone, the region that became the epicentre of one of the most defining struggles in the country’s democratic history.

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau ChiefAs the debate over frequent borrowings by the current administration rages, Think Business Africa, a policy and communications group, has described Late President Muhammadu Buhari, not Bola Tinubu as the largest borrower, since the current democratic era from 1999 to date. The Tinubu administration has been criticised for its continuous […]

He argued that no committee has the authority to independently issue, authorise or execute a warrant of arrest.

The evacuees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 10:15 a.m. on Thursday aboard an Air Peace aircraft

Market analysts said the naira’s performance has been supported by improved liquidity in the official market and continued efforts by monetary authorities to sustain stability in the foreign exchange sector.

Across the country, millions of children still study in buildings with broken or no fences, no lighting, no guards, and zero emergency response capability

“None of the 268 Nigerian nationals who arrived at OR Tambo International Airport for repatriation on Wednesday are in South Africa legally”

The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,400 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,410 per dollar on Tuesday.

“There is no vacancy in Aso Rock. They can even kidnap all of us—yes, there is no vacancy in Aso Rock. What is happening today is the handiwork of the opposition.

The Nigerian naira traded relatively stable against the United States dollar on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, across both the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market, as market participants continued to monitor liquidity conditions and foreign exchange demand.

He wrote, “I now understand how Islamophobia is shaping politics in the South-West and why I was dragged into local political controversies,” he wrote.

“Strong reforms over the past three years have yielded improved macroeconomic outcomes and built resilience,” the IMF said in a statement after its annual review of the Nigerian economy.

THE Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, SAN; the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Mr Tony Ojukwu, SAN; a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Abdu Aboki, yesterday, proffered ways of deepening Nigeria’s democracy

THE Senate has asked the Federal government to as a matter of urgency,  ban all foreign textile materials into the country as part of moves to encourage local production of cotton and the revival of dead textile industries across the country.