The Nigerian Naira has been ranked as the ninth weakest currency in Africa, according to a Forbes currency calculator report for September 2025. The Naira’s value has been under pressure, with an exchange rate of approximately ₦1,490 per $1. Despite this ranking, Nigeria’s inflation rate has shown significant improvement in 2025, with a rare disinflationary…
Gunmen have beheaded a couple in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. Jacob Udo and his wife, Comfort, were attacked and beheaded by the hoodlums in their residence. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred on Tuesday night in Isiala Community in the local government area. The hoodlums were said to have dismembered…
Darlington Okoye, also known as Speed Darlington, has been released on bail from police custody after spending five days in detention. Deji Adeyanju, the human rights lawyer, confirmed that he was arrested in Lagos last Friday and then transferred to Abuja, where he had been detained. Adeyanju revealed that a formal complaint was filed by…
Actress Oluwabukola Awoyemi, popularly known as Bukola Arugba, has raised an alarm over Tuesday’s attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Isegun, in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, saying her relatives were abducted. In a video posted on Instagram on Wednesday, the actress, who hails from Eruku, said the incident was…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara is dead. He died after undergoing surgery in a Lagos hospital. According to Whistler, Ayilara had prostate cancer surgery at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja on Wednesday. However, he died at the early hours of Thursday in the hospital….
The federal government says the Nigerian stock market is experiencing an unprecedented boom, with key indicators showing remarkable growth since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023. The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) has seen its All-Share Index (ASI) and market capitalisation more than triple, reflecting investor confidence and the impact of sweeping economic…
The Southwest Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, has foiled five kidnapping attempts and rescued nine victims in Ondo State within the past week. This was made known by the Ondo State Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, during a parade of 20 suspected criminals at the Command’s Headquarters in Alagbaka, Akure, on…
Sokoto State Government has debunked reports claiming that Governor Ahmed Aliyu joined Abia State Governor Alex Otti on a visit to detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu at the Sokoto Custodial Centre. In a statement released on Friday by the governor’s spokesperson, Abubakar Bawa, the government firmly denied the allegation. “For the avoidance of doubt, Governor…
Big Brother Naija season 10 housemates, Isabella and Kayikunmi are currently trending online following a viral clip of them making out, During a live broadcast of Big Brother Naija, Rivers State housemate and actress Isabella was filmed in an intimate encounter with fellow contestant Kayikunmi, who works as a banker. The duo’s interaction drew viewer…
A Customary Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced Pastor Favour Okoise, General Overseer of Refiners Fire Global Assembly, to life imprisonment for raping a 16-years-old girl. Okoise committed the act on the minor whom he calls his ‘spiritual daughter’ between November and December 2016, in Calabar South Local Government Area….
