Personal loans held by Nigerians rose to about N2.06 trillion in May 2026, CBN data shows, as households increasingly borrow to cope with rising living costs.
Kidnappers holding 20 prospective corps members in Imo State have cut their ransom from N50 million to N5 million each as parents report the captives are being beaten.
Six opposition parties under the G-100 platform will meet in Abuja on August 18 to explore fielding a single candidate for Nigeria's 2027 general elections.
Peter Obi warns that Nigerian politicians are fixated on the 2027 elections while abducted schoolchildren in Borno and Oyo remain in captivity after two weeks.
President Tinubu has won the APC presidential primary in a landslide, pledging to set Nigeria on an "irreversible path of economic expansion" if granted a second term.
The Presidency has dismissed as fake a viral report claiming President Tinubu plans to rename Nigeria and abolish Sharia law in the North ahead of 2027.
APC's House of Representatives primaries claimed at least 26 sitting lawmakers and 14 disqualified aspirants, triggering litigation threats and one death during violence in Plateau.
ADC presidential aspirant Mohammed Hayatu-Deen vowed not to step down for Atiku Abubakar, Rotimi Amaechi or anyone, pledging to reverse Nigeria's two-decade economic decline.
Personal loans held by Nigerians rose to about N2.06 trillion in May 2026, CBN data shows, as households increasingly borrow to cope with rising living costs.
Kidnappers holding 20 prospective corps members in Imo State have cut their ransom from N50 million to N5 million each as parents report the captives are being beaten.
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed 15 farmers working their fields and gathering firewood in Marte, Borno State, with police searching for three still missing.
Kidnappers are demanding N950 million, or N50 million each, for 19 prospective corps members abducted on the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State on Thursday.