As of the morning of Friday, April 17, 2026, the Nigerian Naira continues to navigate a complex landscape against the United States Dollar, following a week of minor fluctuations across both official and informal markets. In the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), the Naira opened the trading day at an official rate of 1340.88 per…
Two Nigerian men have been charged in the United States with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and other crimes arising out of a scheme to defraud the IRS using stolen identities. Indictments were unsealed on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 in the Northern District of Georgia and the…
President Tinubu has said that those who do not see anything good in his administration will be offered eye glasses to aid their vision. Speaking at a function in the State House on Thursday, April 16, the President said; ‘’The truth is I took over from myself. The late Buhari is me, he was…
The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has stated that electricity has greatly improved in many parts of the country. While speaking on Arise TV on Thursday night, April 16, Bwala said Nigerians experience more power supply now than they did in 2015 and 2023. He said; ‘’In terms…
Singer D4vd has been arrested for murd£r in the de@th of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. LAPD officers swooped in on a Hollywood Hills home the singer was staying. The star was taken into custody Thursday, April 16, by the LAPD’s robbery-homicide division and was being held without bail, police said. “We came to the home with a…
A man, identified as Chinedu Anamelechi, has allegedly shot d3ad his girlfriend’s sister, Ezinne Ariwodo at Umuanga Amakama community in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State. It was gathered that the suspect, said to be a local security personnel, also st@bbed his girlfriend and shot a young man before fleeing the community. …
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The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 63-year-old cleric, Chris Douglas, to life imprisonment for r@ping a church member’s daughter. Delivering judgment on Thursday, April 16, 2026, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that Douglas, the General Overseer of Peculiar Generation Assembly Church, Oshodi, abused his position of authority and trust…
Ondo State Police Command has arrested a woman, Ikeoluwa Adenegan and two others in connection with the k!lling of her boyfriend, a 33-year old bricklayer, Tope Gbadehan, in Ondo City. Ikeoluwa was arrested alongside her mother, Mrs Adenegan, and one Sunday popularly known as Biggie. It was gathered that Ikeoluwa allegedly led a…
A parenting influencer accidentally ran over her young son with her car. In a lengthy social media post, Kelly Hopton-Jones, a 36-year-old mother of two, disclosed the accident, calling it a “true nightmare” for parents. Hopton-Jones explained in an Instagram post that she was leaving to drive her daughter Lily, 4, on Wednesday, April 15, to…
