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

The Anambra State Government has ordered the closure of the popular Nkwo-Ogbe market in Ihiala Local Government Area after traders refused to open for business on Monday March 2, 2026 in defiance of a government directive aimed at ending the weekly sit-at-home order, credible local news outlets report. The market was sealed for one week
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Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of weaponizing his father’s silence in a high-profile investigation, saying the anti-graft agency is unfairly targeting the former governor amid ongoing legal proceedings. In a statement released on Tuesday March 3, 2026,
READ MOREOrowole Kolapoz, a 32-year-old Nigerian photographer biker and social media influencer widely known as Kola Onifoto, has died following a lone motorcycle accident in Lagos, multiple Nigerian news outlets report. The tragic incident occurred on Sunday March 1, 2026, as Onifoto was embarking on what he described on social media as his first solo motorcycle
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Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed a Forward Operations Base (FOB) commander with the rank of Major, three Nigerian soldiers and a local hunter during a late-night attack on a military formation in Mayanti, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, military sources say. The attack, reported to have occurred on Sunday night into Monday
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a 26-year-old man identified as Udeme Monday Stephen in connection with an alleged attempt to assassinate Mr. Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential candidate, security sources say. The arrest in Edo State’s capital, Benin City, followed a gunfire attack on February 24, 2026, during a visit
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The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 74-year-old Islamic scholar, Alhaji Musa Ani, along with the Sarikin Hausawa of Enugu, Alhaji Suleiman Haruna Sule, over an alleged N100 million fraud, law enforcement sources report. Police operatives took Ani, who is Director of the Islamic Centre in Uwani, Enugu, into custody on Friday after a
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