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Foreign investors poured $3.23bn into Nigerian bonds between January and March 2026, a striking vote of confidence in the country’s sovereign debt that underscores how high interest rates have turned government securities into one of the most attractive bets in frontier markets. The bond figure represented a 63.76 per cent jump from the preceding…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the armed forces following a breakthrough in the domestic security campaign. Military operatives have killed a notorious bandit leader responsible for terrorising communities across north-central Nigeria. The successful strike team also secured the release of a high-profile kidnap victim during the same operational push. This dual breakthrough offers a rare…
Nigerian households may soon experience major relief from crushing energy bills. The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers projects that retail cooking gas prices could crash to N900 per kilogram by the end of 2026. This optimistic forecast depends entirely on the federal government executing swift supply chain reforms. Consumers currently endure extreme financial…
The vast and rugged expanse of the Old Oyo National Park has emerged as the central obstacle frustrating efforts to free more than 45 pupils and teachers seized from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area, one month after gunmen stormed their classrooms. Governor Seyi Makinde, in his Newsletter No. 140 released on Friday,…
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army, backed by the Air Force, have rescued Mrs Amina Abubakar, widow of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar, weeks after bandits seized her and her husband on a Katsina road, even as the military widened its offensive across the troubled state. The Defence Headquarters announced the rescue on Monday,…
A fresh appeal for the release of detained Indigenous People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu has come from the founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, who urged the Federal Government to free the separatist agitator or apply the same treatment to Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi. Ayodele made the call while…
President Bola Tinubu has tied a significant share of Nigeria’s insecurity to the breakdown of governance at the local level, describing functional council administration as central to national development and stability. The president made the remarks in his Democracy Day address to the nation on Friday, June 12, 2026, marking 27 unbroken years of…
Afrobeats singer and activist Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, on Friday criticised the Federal Government over worsening insecurity and economic hardship, urging Nigerians to use the democratic process to express their dissatisfaction with governance. Falz spoke while addressing demonstrators at the June 12 protest in Lagos, where a coalition of civil society organisations, trade…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have invaded neighboring agrarian communities in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducting two residents and throwing the local populace into panic. The coordinated night raids targeted Megida and neighboring settlements along the volatile northern border of the state. Local security sources confirmed that the armed gang moved…
A former banker dismissed nearly two decades ago over a disputed university degree has secured judgment against his employer, with the National Industrial Court of Nigeria ruling that the bank wrongfully terminated his appointment based on incorrect information supplied by Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Justice Maureen Esowe, sitting at the Lagos Division, ordered the…
