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.
Gunmen raided two Adara villages in Kaduna's Kajuru area on Thursday night, killing two residents, wounding four and abducting seven people, including a six-month-old baby.
Nigerian clerics Enoch Adeboye and David Oyedepo thanked President Trump for striking terrorist camps and pressed the United States to take bolder action against terrorism.
Soldiers of Operation Hadin Kai dismantled an ISWAP roadblock near Buratai in Borno, freeing 53 trapped civilians and recovering eight vehicles the insurgents had seized.
The Borno government has put 40 former Boko Haram terrorists forward for Nigerian Army recruitment, alarming officers who question their documents and battlefield loyalty.
After the Senate and House passed the state police bill, Nigeria's 36 state assemblies must now decide whether the long-debated policing reform finally becomes law.
Nigeria's government says it will reassess the N70,000 minimum wage soon, arguing that the figure no longer reflects the rising cost of living nationwide.
Nigerian petrol prices remain above N1,200 per litre despite crude oil crashing to $73 per barrel on Wednesday, its lowest point since the US-Iran conflict began.
The EFCC has filed a 12-count charge against Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore president Bello Bodejo over alleged money laundering and terrorism financing totaling $2.53m.
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.