The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the benchmark interest rate at 26.5 per cent.
The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced this at the end of the Monetary Policy Committee’s 305th meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
Cardoso...
The Kano State Government has announced that all public and private primary and secondary schools would begin the Eid-el-Kabir holiday on Friday, May 22, 2026.
The Kano State Ministry of Education announced this via a statement issued by its Director...
Three supertankers were crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, carrying oil bound for Asian markets, after waiting in the Gulf for more than two months with 6 million barrels of Middle East crude on board.
Here are the latest...
Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has revealed how he made last-minute efforts to save the life of his predecessor, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, during the July 29, 1966 counter-coup.
Gowon disclosed this in his autobiography, My Life of Duty and Allegiance,...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appeared before the presidential screening committee of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Atiku arrived at the Transport Hilton Hotel in Abuja, the venue of the screening exercise, at about 12:20 p.m.
He was accompanied by...
Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has been cleared to contest in the presidential primaries of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2027 general election.
The chairman of the party’s National Screening Committee, Sam Egwu, announced the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a major Nigerian-Mexican methamphetamine cartel, seizing drugs and precursor chemicals valued at about N480 billion from a large clandestine laboratory hidden in a forest in Ogun State.
NDLEA Chairman, Mohamed Buba...
The Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) has secured fresh commitments from private sector employers to support youth employment and workforce development following its Employers’ Forum held in Lagos.
The forum, themed “Building a National Workforce for the Future,” brought together...
The family of Michael Oyedokun, the teacher killed by bandits after being abducted in Oyo State, has called on Nigerians to refrain from sharing graphic footage and images linked to his death.
Oyedokun was kidnapped alongside other teachers during coordinated...
Details have emerged on how operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission tracked down and arrested former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, in Kaduna State after weeks of surveillance.
Sources within the commission said the operation followed an intensive...
