Naira Hits Two-Year High: Parallel Market Drops Below ₦1,350 Following New CBN BDC Directive
- BUSINESS
- February 11, 2026

Popular Nigerian socialite Rahman Jago has sparked a wave of discussion online by claiming that Grammy‑winning Afrobeats star Burna Boy has converted to Islam, according to a widely shared social media post that has gone viral this week. Jago posted a video clip showing Burna Boy reciting an Islamic phrase “Alhamdulillah,” which means “Praise be
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The Ogun State Police Command has released social media personality Abigeal Nsikak, better known as Mirabel on TikTok, to the Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development for her welfare and support as investigations into her widely shared rape claim continue, police say in an official statement. Mirabel voluntarily presented herself at a
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned three officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) before a Lagos High Court on allegations of fraud involving about ₦2.04 billion, the anti‑graft agency said in a statement on Friday. The defendants — Aliyu Ibrahim, Tunde Balogun and Esther Okafor — were charged with conspiracy, abuse of
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The Kogi State Government says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s push for the establishment of state police in Nigeria will be a generational reform that could transform the country’s security architecture, state officials announced on Thursday. In a statement signed by Kingsley Fanwo, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, the administration of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo
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An Ikeja High Court has scheduled April 16, 2026 to deliver its ruling in a civil suit filed by Dr. Chris Okafor against Nollywood actress Doris Ogala, social media influencer Martins Otse known as VeryDarkMan, and Kelvin Emmanuel, legal filings and court records show. Okafor instituted the suit marked ID/14399GCMW/2026 in the Lagos State High Court (Ikeja
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Olumide Akpata, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo State, has revealed how he and former presidential candidate Peter Obi narrowly escaped a suspected attack during a political event in Benin City, according to his account on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. Akpata said
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