BY FRONTLINE REPORTERS Troops of the Joint Task Force in the North-East under Operation Hadin Kai have repelled coordinated attacks by suspected fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), killing more than 20 insurgents in Yobe State. The military said the attacks targeted troops stationed in Goniri underContinue Reading
By Frontline Reporters State governments have called for a forensic audit of Nigeria’s crude oil-backed borrowing arrangements, warning that opaque crude-for-loan and swap deals may be reducing inflows into the Federation Account. An earlier report by Frontline Reporters showed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) pledged aboutContinue Reading
Nine senators on Thursday defected from their respective political parties to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), signalling one of the most significant political shifts in the Nigerian Senate in recent months. The defections were announced during plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who read letters submitted by the lawmakers formallyContinue Reading
An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026. Global oil prices spiked above $100 per barrel on Thursday as renewed Iranian attacks on energy infrastructure and shipping in the Gulf heightened fears of a majorContinue Reading