CBN CUTS BENCHMARK INTEREST RATE FROM 26.5% TO 23%

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reduced its benchmark interest rate from 26.5 per cent to 23 per cent. The move signals an easing of monetary policy after several months of maintaining a tight stance to curb inflation. The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced...
  • September 22, 2026

SHETTIMA URGES AFRICA TO END RAW MINERAL EXPORTS, EMBRACE LOCAL PROCESSING

Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged African countries to move beyond exporting raw minerals and focus on processing and manufacturing within the continent. Shettima made the call while representing President Bola Tinubu at the Third High-Level Roundtable of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group in New...
  • September 22, 2026

CNN, MSNBC, POLITICO SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER WHITE HOUSE BAN

Three major American media organisations have filed a lawsuit against the administration of United States President Donald Trump over a ban on their journalists from the White House. The plaintiffs are CNN, MS NOW, formerly known as MSNBC and Politico. The media groups took the...
  • September 22, 2026