NDC Backs Crowdfunding Model for 2027 Election
The Nigeria Democratic Congress says it wants ordinary Nigerians, not wealthy financiers, to pay for…
NDC Backs Crowdfunding Model for 2027 Election
The Nigeria Democratic Congress says it wants ordinary Nigerians, not wealthy financiers, to pay for its 2027 campaign, a proposition that will be tested against an electoral law that now permits a single donor to give as much as N500m. Speaking on Arise News’ Prime Time on Wednesday, the party’s national leader, Senator Seriake Dickson,…
Naira at ₦1,322 Officially, ₦1,390 in Parallel Market
The naira opened trading on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at about ₦1,322.72 to the United States dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, holding close to its strongest official level in two years while dealers in the unregulated parallel market continued to quote the currency considerably weaker, at roughly ₦1,380 to buy and ₦1,390 to…
Flare Gas Awards Face Revocation, NUPRC Says
Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas regulator has told investors holding flare gas sites that their awards are not permanent entitlements. Companies that cannot show real progress within a year of receiving an award risk losing it. The warning came from Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, Commission Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, during a…
Atiku Calls Nigeria’s FAAC Boom a Money Illusion
Nigeria’s three tiers of government are sharing more naira than at any point in the country’s history. Whether that has made anyone better off is the question former Vice President Atiku Abubakar put to the public this week, and his answer was no. In a statement issued on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, by his…
46 Arrested After Obi Convoy Blocked in Benue
Nigeria’s 2027 campaign season produced its first significant security controversy this week, and the police response has been unusually swift. The Benue State Police Command says it has arrested 46 people in connection with the obstruction of the movement of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, during his visit to the…
Court Orders INEC to Use NDC Logo
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to upload and use the modified digital logo of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, resolving a dispute that had left the new opposition party campaigning with two competing symbols months before the 2027 general elections. The judgment was delivered on September 8, 2026…
Lagos APC Launches Campaign for 2027 Polls
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has formally opened its campaign for the 2027 governorship and House of Assembly elections, moving the ruling party in Nigeria’s commercial capital from internal organisation into open contest with voters. The launch, declared by state chairman Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi and reported by Vanguard, carries the…
Ortom Blames Alia for Obi Blockade in Benue
A former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has accused the incumbent, Hyacinth Alia, of orchestrating the blockade that stopped Peter Obi’s convoy from reaching Yelwata this week, an allegation the state government rejects and one the police say they are still investigating. Ortom made the accusation on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, during an…
Reps Probe NNPCL, Oil Firms Over N432bn Debt
The House of Representatives has opened a formal inquiry into a massive N432.07 billion debt that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and private oil marketers owe the midstream petroleum regulator. Lawmakers in Abuja directed the Public Accounts Committee to uncover why statutory levies collected from the energy market never reached state coffers. Committee chairman…
Naira Strengthens Against British Pound to N1,788
The Nigerian naira gained ground against the British pound sterling on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, firming to N1,788 in official interbank dealings. The rally caps two weeks of steady appreciation as the Central Bank of Nigeria chokes off speculative demand for foreign paper. Bureau de change operators in Lagos and Abuja adjusted their retail selling…