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Nigeria’s headline inflation dropped in June 2026 for the first time since February as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, plans to make a decision on the country’s interest rate on July 21. The National Bureau of Statistics, in its Consumer Price Index and inflation data released on Wednesday, said Nigeria’s headline inflation declined to 15.91 percent in June from 15.93 percent in May. On a month-on-month basis, the country’s headline inflation was 1.66 percent, which was 0.09 percent lower than the rate recorded in May 2026 (1.75 percent). Meanwhile, food inflation rose to 17.52 percent in June, up from 16.69…

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has called for economic sanctions and visa bans against Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, Senator representing Osun East, Francis Fadahunsi, the All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, and the APC campaign Director General, Hon. Wole Oke, over alleged involvement in political violence in the state. The governor made the call on Monday while receiving a delegation from the British government ahead of the forthcoming Osun elections. Speaking at the meeting, Governor Adeleke accused the listed leaders and other Osun APC leaders of actively promoting political violence through their allies and…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plans to deepen its collaboration with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) by using the National Identification Number (NIN) to verify voters and curb cases of multiple voter registrations across the country. The move is expected to strengthen the integrity of Nigeria’s voter register and improve the credibility of future elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, made this known on Wednesday when he received the Director-General of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, and members of her management team during a visit to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Amupitan said the partnership became possible…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled to hold in New York, United States, in September. CityNews reports that Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jimoh Ibrahim, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after meeting the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ibrahim said Tinubu had confirmed that he would personally lead Nigeria’s delegation to the annual gathering of world leaders. “The President was able to give us his word. Now he will come to UNGA this September,” the envoy said. The diplomat, who presented the proposed budget…

The controversy surrounding the disputed Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) deepened on Wednesday as the Senate rejected, for the second time in one week, a move to investigate the agency’s controversial budget allocation. The development came as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Presidency traded accusations over the appropriate body to investigate how the purported agency gained access to government institutions and secured a place in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had on Tuesday arrested the self-styled Director-General of the council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, following a bench warrant issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The warrant…

A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Buba Galadima, has described the Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso ticket as a “healing ticket” for the country. Galadima said the NDC presidential candidate and his running mate would bring the much-needed healing to Nigeria if they win the 2027 presidential election. He made this disclosure while speaking in an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. The NDC chieftain explained that members of the Kwankwasiyya movement partnered with the Obidient Movement because they believe the alliance can rebuild trust among Nigerians. “It is our belief that this is the…

The Police Service Commission, PSC has released the names of successful applicants for the recruitment of 50,000 officers into the Nigeria Police Force. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Head, Protocol and Public Relations of PSC, Torty Njoku Kalu According to the statement, the release followed the successful conclusion of a “comprehensive, inclusive, equitable and transparent recruitment exercise conducted in collaboration with major stakeholders including the Nigeria Police Force, Federal Character Commission, Ministry of Police Affairs, States Career and Counseling Departments and the Police Community Relations Committee”. The commission advised all candidates, who participated…

A Nigerian Catholic priest in Massachusetts has died by suicide, days after being ordered to leave the United States and return to Nigeria, where he had repeatedly said he feared for his life. The Reverend Benjamin Okwy Madu, 54, died on July 2 at his residence in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, according to the Archdiocese of Boston, where he had served as a hospital chaplain and parish priest on Cape Ann since 2021. His religious worker visa was due to expire on July 29. According to Boston Globe, his home Diocese of Abakaliki had gone further, instructing him to return to Nigeria…

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Three political parties are yet to upload the names of their presidential and vice-presidential candidates to the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the closure at 11.59pm of Tuesday, Daily Trust learnt. A senior INEC official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to comment publicly, said the affected parties are the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction led by Nyesom Wike, and the Labour Party (LP) faction led by Nenadi Usman. The official, however, said almost all registered political parties have successfully uploaded the names of…