CBN Keeps Benchmark Rate at 26.5%, Projects Return to Disinflation
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, says Nigeria’s macroeconomic fundamentals remain resilient enough to support a gradual return to lower inflation. Cardoso stated this…
Nigerian researcher leads U.S. study on Texas ‘Forever Chemicals’
A Nigerian doctoral researcher at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), Ifeanyi Anyanwu, has led environmental investigations into drinking water quality in underserved coastal communities in South Texas. According to the…
Customs hands over drugs worth N235.7m to NDLEA, NAFDAC
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command, has intensified its anti-smuggling operations along Nigeria’s waterways with the seizure of cannabis and pharmaceutical products worth over N235.7 million. The Customs Area…
FG, oil firms meet to implement trust scheme for oil-producing communities
Mr. Rabiu Umar, Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), made the remark during a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in Port Harcourt. The event…
Ogun police nabs couple over alleged child theft, rescues three children
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested a couple for allegedly stealing a baby just as it rescued two other children in the Mowe area of the state….
Gov Makinde Signs Executive Order, Mandates Registration of Vigilantes, Informal Security Groups in Oyo State
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday signed Executive Order 001 of 2026 to regulate the activities of informal security groups, associations and organisations in the state. Makinde signed…
NDLEA arrests 533 suspects, seizes N1.6bn drugs in Oyo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, says it arrested 533 suspects for drug-related offences and seized drugs valued at N1.6 billion across the state. The NDLEA…
Will the real Al-Minuki, please, stand up! – by Pius Mordi
On December 30, 2016, then Major General Lucky Irabor, who was the theatre commander of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole,’ alongside then Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, handed over…
FG begins payment of overseas scholarship allowances
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, says the Federal Government has commenced payment of outstanding 2025 allowances to beneficiaries of the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship programme. Alausa disclosed…
Tankers exit Strait of Hormuz with 6 million barrels of crude oil
Three supertankers were crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday carrying oil bound for Asian markets, after waiting in the Gulf for more than two months with 6 million barrels…