Armed bandits abducted a University of Jos student along the Kaduna highway, posted torture videos in his class group chat and demanded N30 million ransom.

Insurgents targeted the same 29 Task Force Brigade base in Benishiekh, Borno State, where Brig. Gen. O.O. Braimah was killed six days ago.

Finance Minister Olawale Edun on Tuesday warned against subsidy reversals at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, urging developing nations to hold reform gains as global shocks intensify pressure to abandon hard-won policy progress.

The International Monetary Fund cut Nigeria's 2026 growth forecast to 4.1 percent, down from 4.4 percent, citing higher commodity costs and shipping disruptions.

Nigeria's power subsidy obligation reached N418.79 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, a decline of N39.96 billion from the third quarter, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Aliko Dangote's Lekki refinery turned Nigeria into a net petrol exporter last month, ending decades in which Africa's largest oil producer sent crude abroad only to import finished fuel.

Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe secured Fidelity Bank's recapitalization with a N259 billion private placement of ordinary shares on Dec. 31, 2025, pushing eligible capital to N564.5 billion and clearing the Central Bank of Nigeria's N500 billion threshold.

Senator Ali Ndume says Nigeria can end insecurity within six months if the federal government shows genuine commitment and arms its soldiers properly.

Nigeria's electricity regulator says the federal government absorbed N418.79bn in power subsidies in the fourth quarter of 2025, as sector losses exceeded N300bn.

Nigeria recorded 3,381,228 internally displaced persons across 14 states in 2023, with Borno State accounting for more than half of all cases.

A Nigerian Army colonel and six soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Borno State on April 12, 2026.

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