The Telegraph Nigeria

The naira began the week on a steady note against the United States dollar, maintaining relative stability at both the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market on Monday, August 3, 2026.

Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed the naira trading at around ₦1,368 to the dollar in the official market, with the latest...

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Sunday paid a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola and former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi.

Makinde disclosed the visit in a post on his verified X account, wh...

Team Nigeria ended the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, as one of the competition’s standout performers, finishing seventh on the final medals table with an impressive haul of 24 medals.

Nigeria won 10 gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals, emerging as the highest-ranked African nation at the Games and securing a place among the top 10 co...

The two-member crew of a firefighting helicopter in Greece was killed on Sunday after their aircraft collided mid-air with another helicopter while responding to a wildfire near Athens, the fire department said.

“The pilots… were taken unconscious to hospital, where their deaths were confirmed,” fire department communications director Vassilis Vathrakogian...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on President Bola Tinubu to order a thorough investigation into allegations that more than ₦6.79 billion in public funds was diverted or mismanaged within the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs.

The organisation also urged the Federal Government to recover and prop...