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Vice President Kashim Shettima arrived in New Delhi on Friday to lead Nigeria’s delegation at the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit. Representing President Bola Tinubu, Shettima landed in the Indian capital with a senior ministerial team tasked with finding fresh trade, investment, and capital for an economy in transition. The summit convenes at the Bharat Mandapam…
South Korea and Iran held urgent diplomatic talks on Friday to discuss maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun spoke directly with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi following a formal request from Tehran. The dialogue comes as Seoul weighs an American request to commit naval forces to the embattled…
The Bank of Agriculture launched a N200 billion Guaranteed Minimum Price programme in Abuja on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, to defend grain farmers against price collapses and secure national food reserves. Managing Director Ayo Sotinrin stated that the scheme establishes a hard price floor for staple crops, including maize, sorghum, soybeans, and paddy rice. The…
The retail price of diesel climbed past N2,000 per litre across Nigerian filling stations on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, driving factory energy bills to half of total operating expenditure. Pump attendants in Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja adjusted their digital price boards to between N2,000 and N2,020 per litre. The fresh surge follows sharp upward adjustments…
American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held substantive peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday, 6 September 2026, marking their first official mission to the war-torn capital. The delegates arrived by train after Russian authorities refused to guarantee safe air transit into Ukrainian airports. The journey followed a three-hour session…
Nigeria’s external reserves crossed the $54 billion threshold to reach $54.08 billion on 3 September 2026, marking an eighteen-year high for the national treasury. Fresh balance-sheet data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria shows a gain of $12.58 billion over the past twelve months, reflecting a 30.3 per cent year-on-year surge from $41.50 billion…
At least twenty-three insurgents died during fierce fighting between rival Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province factions in the Sambisa forest on Thursday, 3 September 2026. The lethal clash erupted around the Chingolo axis of Bama Local Government Area as Boko Haram gunmen ambushed advancing ISWAP units. Hours later, Boko Haram fighters struck…
Nigeria’s headline economic expansion of 4.43 per cent in the second quarter of 2026 masks a severe collapse across the real industrial economy, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria warned on Friday, 4 September 2026. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, director-general of the industrial lobby, cautioned that celebratory official statements hide deep structural rot inside domestic factories. Services now…
The Emir of Gumel, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammad Sani II, died in Cairo on Thursday, 3 September 2026, ending a forty-five-year reign on the throne of the historic Jigawa emirate. Palace officials confirmed the passing of the revered monarch in an Egyptian hospital following a protracted illness. His death closes an era for northern Nigeria, removing…
Security operatives in Zamfara State dismantled a major auxiliary network feeding rural terror gangs on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. The Zamfara State Community Protection Guards, working alongside joint task force units, paraded nine suspects in Gusau for running logistics and medical lifelines for forest outlaws. The haul included an unlicensed medic, a fake lawyer, weapons…