The Nigerian naira appreciated to approximately ₦1,400 per US dollar at the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) on Tuesday, marking its strongest performance since the Central Bank’s forex unification policy reshaped the currency landscape in 2023. The appreciation represents a notable shift from the ₦1,435.75 closing rate recorded on December 31, 2025, and reflects…
Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) has ignited a constitutional controversy by alleging that the version of Nigeria’s landmark tax reform legislation signed into law by President Bola Tinubu differs substantially from what the National Assembly actually passed—a claim he characterizes as deception of the Nigerian public. Speaking during a Senate session in late December 2025,…
Armed bandits ambushed a passenger vehicle along the Gusau–Kasheta Kura road in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area early Tuesday, killing a one-year-old child, injuring the infant’s mother, and abducting multiple passengers. The attack occurred around 7:30 a.m. near Unguwar Liman village, a stretch repeatedly targeted despite military operations in the region. Eyewitnesses reported assailants opening…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has increased its ex-gantry price for Premium Motor Spirit by ₦100 per liter from ₦699 to ₦799 effective January 26, ending a temporary festive-season pricing arrangement that had held since mid-December. The adjustment, confirmed by multiple fuel distribution sources, reflects rising operational costs, including crude oil prices and foreign exchange pressures. Bonny…
Nigerian activist Omoyele Sowore has reignited public discourse on counterterrorism with explosive allegations that the Federal Government “hired opposing terrorists to go and fight themselves” and that security agencies are compromised, a claim that has drawn both support from critics of government security policy and sharp rebukes from officials who call it unsubstantiated. Sowore, founder…
An international coalition of plaintiffs spanning five continents filed a landmark lawsuit against Meta Platforms last week, alleging the tech giant can “store, analyze, and access virtually all of WhatsApp users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications,” claims Meta has dismissed as “frivolous” and factually incorrect. The legal action, filed January 23 in multiple jurisdictions, arrives amid growing…
Social media platforms have been flooded with claims that “₦210 trillion was diverted by NNPC” and subsequently “written off” by the Tinubu administration, a narrative that conflates separate issues and misrepresents critical financial facts currently under Senate scrutiny. What the ₦210 Trillion Figure Actually Represents The ₦210 trillion figure emerged not from an external auditor’s…
Emotions ran high Tuesday morning outside the barricaded gates of Onitsha Main Market as hundreds of traders gathered to protest Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s unprecedented one-week shutdown order, with some demonstrators breaking into chants that drew sharp criticism from religious and civic leaders. The protest erupted hours after security forces sealed all major entrances to Africa’s…
