Fuel Imports: NMDPRA Denies 2026 Approvals

Vessels carrying 129,000 metric tonnes of Premium Motor Spirit and Automotive Gas Oil are scheduled to dock at Nigerian ports between March 14 and 17, 2026, even as the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority maintains that no new petrol import licences have been issued this year. The arrivals, documented in the Nigerian Ports…

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Lassa Fever: 469 Cases, 109 Dead in 9 Weeks

Nigeria has recorded 469 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 109 deaths in the first nine weeks of 2026, with the case fatality ratio climbing to 23.2 per cent, a significant increase from the 18.7 per cent recorded during the same period in 2025, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. The…

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Nigeria Secures $200m Investment For Defence Technology

  Nigeria-based Nigus International Investment Limited and UAE-headquartered Elmirate Investment LLC have signed a strategic partnership agreement expected to attract up to $200 million in investment to develop defence technology, cybersecurity capabilities, and satellite infrastructure in Nigeria, marking a significant expansion of foreign capital into the country’s defence manufacturing sector. The two companies formalized a…

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Food Inflation Returns to Double Digits

  Nigeria’s food inflation rate climbed back into double-digit territory in February 2026, rising to 12.12 per cent and reversing the single-digit slowdown recorded just one month earlier, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday. The February figure represents a sharp month-on-month increase of 3.23 percentage points from the 8.89…

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Russia Agrees to Stop Recruiting Kenyans For Ukraine War

  Russia has committed to ending the recruitment of Kenyan nationals into its military forces following high-level diplomatic talks in Moscow between Kenyan Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday, March 16, 2026. Mudavadi announced the breakthrough agreement during a joint press briefing with Lavrov, confirming that Kenyan citizens would…

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Five Greatest Champions League Knockout Comebacks 

  English football clubs Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are confronting daunting elimination prospects in the UEFA Champions League after both suffered identical 5-2 defeats in their knockout phase first-leg fixtures, reviving memories of some of European football’s most remarkable turnarounds between the opening and return legs. Chelsea fell to Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des…

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Coupling Failure Forces Abuja-Kaduna Train Collision Near Asham

  Several passengers sustained injuries on Monday morning after a rear locomotive detached from an Abuja-Kaduna train and collided with a passenger coach near Asham, marking the latest operational setback on Nigeria’s busiest standard gauge rail corridor. The Nigerian Railway Corporation confirmed that the incident occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. near Asham, between Kubwa and…

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.Laporta Secures Fourth Term As Barcelona President

  Joan Laporta has been re-elected president of FC Barcelona with a commanding 68.18 percent of votes cast in Sunday’s election, securing a five-year mandate that extends his leadership of the Catalan club until 2031 despite mounting financial pressures and ongoing legal controversies that have dominated his current tenure. The 63-year-old lawyer defeated rival Victor…

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