Petrol Surges to ₦960 in Abuja, ₦935 in Lagos as Middle East Conflict Drives Fuel Costs Up

Nigerians were hit with another wave of fuel price increases on Tuesday as the escalating conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran sent crude oil prices higher, triggering an immediate rise... Read more »

Nigeria Feels US–Iran War Impact As Cooking Gas Price Increases

Nigerian households are facing higher energy costs following a fresh increase in the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), commonly used for cooking, triggered by rising global oil prices linked to the... Read more »

UNICAL Suspends 9 Students Over Exam Malpractice, Result Forgery

The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended nine students for examination malpractice and result forgery as reported by The Cable. The decision was announced on Tuesday in an official... Read more »

Nationwide Blackout Looms As Electricity Workers Signal Imminent Strike

The union confirmed that its notice, issued in January to the Ministry of Power, elapsed without any concrete engagement or resolution of longstanding grievances. These include allegations of wage breaches, unpaid statutory... Read more »

How Israel-US Hacked Traffic Cameras, Used AI To Track And Kill Iran’s Supreme Leader

Israeli officials have revealed that the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, followed years of intelligence gathering, surveillance and technological monitoring that ultimately enabled a precision strike on his location. According... Read more »

Tinubu To Swear In Disu As Substantive IGP Today

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today, Wednesday, swear in Olatunji Disu as the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP) following the unanimous endorsement of his appointment by the Nigeria Police Council. the swearing-in... Read more »

Tinubu Changes Uzoka-Anite Ministerial Portfolio For Third Time In Three Years

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has again reassigned Doris Uzoka-Anite, marking the third change to her ministerial portfolio in three years. The series of redeployments has seen Uzoka-Anite move across three different ministries... Read more »

Dollar to Naira Exchange Rate – Black Market (Aboki Rate) and CBN Rate

As of Tuesday, March 3, 2026, the dollar-to-naira exchange rate on the Lagos Parallel Market widely referred to as the black market or Aboki rate remains volatile amid continued pressure on Nigeria’s... Read more »

Previous Nollywood Better Than Today’s Film Industry – Actor Francis Odega

Veteran Nigerian actor, Francis Odega, has claimed that Nollywood during his days was better than Nollywood of today Odega,  speaking in a recent episode of ‘Where Is The Lie’ podcast, said that... Read more »

Nurse Had S£x With Patient Then Falsely Accused Him Of S£xually Assaulting Her

A nurse has been thrown behind bars after she repeatedly had s£x with a patient and then falsely claimed he s£xually assaulted her.  Melissa Knutson was found guilty of misconduct in public... Read more »

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