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The Armed Forces of Nigeria rescued 66 kidnap victims, killed scores of insurgents, and arrested dozens of suspected collaborators between 11 and 17 September 2026. Major General Michael Onoja, Director of Defence Media Operations, released the operational summary in Abuja on Friday. The nationwide push spanned five geopolitical zones, targeting forest redoubts and rural highways….
Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen on Wednesday after Houthi fighters launched drones and missiles deep into the kingdom. The exchange marks a sharp escalation in a conflict that now threatens the world’s most sensitive oil routes. Riyadh announced that its air defence units shot down a Houthi drone south of Mecca on Tuesday night before it…
Nigeria earned 249.7 billion naira from solid mineral exports during the first six months of 2026, marking an increase of 113.53 billion naira over the previous year. Fresh trade data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that outbound shipments expanded by over eighty per cent in value compared with the same period in 2025….
Nigerian lenders closed a net 476 branches and cash centres between 2022 and 2025, shrinking their physical footprint by 8.8 per cent in three years. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s 2025 Statistical Bulletin reveals that brick-and-mortar outlets dropped from 5,410 to 4,934 nationwide. The closures accelerated sharply over the past two years, with…
Global crude prices surged above 107 dollars per barrel on Thursday, dealing a direct blow to fuel consumers worldwide. Brent crude jumped by 6.1 per cent to 107.40 dollars in London, while West Texas Intermediate climbed 6.2 per cent to cross 102 dollars in New York. The sudden rally marks the return of triple-digit oil…
Yemen’s Houthi militia wounded 73 civilians in a coordinated missile and drone assault across southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, shattering the remaining fragments of a fragile regional calm. The strikes hit commercial quarters, residential blocks, and critical energy hubs across Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, and Najran. Coalition spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki confirmed…
The Federal Government increased its domestic borrowing by 90.5 per cent to N24.7 trillion in the eight months to August 2026, crowding private businesses out of bank vaults across the country. The state borrowed just N12.98 trillion over the same stretch in 2025. President Bola Tinubu’s finance managers have already burned through 84.7 per cent…
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps rescued 15 trafficked minors who were sold for N2 million each across southern states, corps spokesman Babawale Afolabi confirmed on Friday, 4 September 2026, in Abuja. The criminal operation targeted destitute farming families in the Kokona local council area of Nasarawa State under the pretext of…
Lagos has a waste problem that is becoming increasingly difficult to hide. Across parts of the state, refuse has continued to accumulate even as authorities intensify efforts to improve collection and disposal. The problem is no longer simply about overflowing bins or untidy streets. It points to a larger challenge: how a rapidly expanding megacity…
Nigerian commercial banks pushed N83.43 trillion into private enterprise balances by the end of July 2026, setting a fresh credit record despite punishing interest rates. Fresh numbers from the Central Bank of Nigeria show that total private credit swelled by N2.84 trillion across the three months from April. The expansion marks a 3.52 per cent…