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Abuja, March 1, 2026 – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Reginald Peter Chidiebere, a notorious and wanted drug kingpin, Reginald, after 13 years in hiding. The NDLEA disclosed this in a statement on  Sunday.. It said Chidiebere’s arrest followed the seizure of large consignments of cocaine and heroin linked to him at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The statement said ‘the drug lord was first arrested in 2013 over the shipment of cocaine into Nigeria and was subsequently arraigned before Justice Ayokunle Faji …

The US and Israel struck Iran early Saturday morning in what President Trump said was a bid to destroy the country’s nuclear program and potentially remove the current regime from power. The move triggered immediate retaliation and may provoke a wider conflict that poses serious risk for the oil markets. Trump said on Truth Social that the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed, but did not provide further details. Futures on Brent crude, the international pricing benchmark, had jumped by roughly 2.9% to close above $72.80 on …

By Chika Chukwudi At a time when Nigeria is urgently seeking sustainable pathways to economic stability, poverty reduction, and mass job creation, it has become increasingly clear that the nation must rethink its development priorities. While agriculture, oil and gas, technology, and manufacturing all hold value, none offers the scale of untapped opportunity that lies within Nigeria’s blue economy and maritime sector. It is time for the Federal Government to invest more aggressively in the blue economy than any other sector; not as an experiment, but as a strategic national …

Lagos, Feb. 26, 2026 – Union Bank of Nigeria has reaffirmed its steadfast position in the course of ongoing regulatory engagements in response to recent media queries at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) 304th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) press briefing. The bank’s affirmation comes in the wake of Governor Olayemi Cardoso’s clarification on the regulatory framework governing institutions under intervention while speaking on the complexities and structural considerations influencing the recapitalisation timeline. According to the CBN Governor, institutions currently under regulatory oversight are subject to unique circumstances that necessitate …