Latest News in Nigeria Today Monday 16th February 2026
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Monday 16th February 2026 .
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target=_blank>Troops neutralise two terrorists, recover weapons in Ondo
“The operation was carried out in conjunction with personnel of Ondo State Security Network Agency and local vigilantes.
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target=_blank>Sultan urges Muslims to search for new moon Tuesday
The NSCIA urged Muslims to remain resolute in their faith, quoting the Quran: “Inna ma’al ‘usri yusra” (“Verily, with hardship comes ease”).
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target=_blank>Submit evidence of toxic chemical procurement to DSS — Ribadu tells El-Rufai
The development comes amid fresh claims by the former governor that he had access to an intercepted telephone conversation involving Ribadu.
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target=_blank>2 Nollywood production crew members found dead on location
The Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, has launched an investigation into the mysterious death of two Nollywood production crew members, found lifeless inside a parked vehicle within a premises in Lekki Phase 1, where a movie was being filmed.
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target=_blank>Daily petrol imports decline by 42.2% to 24.8m litres
The volume of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, imported into the country declined by 42.2 per cent in January 2026 to 24.8 million litres per day, down from 42.8 million litres recorded in December 2025, a report published by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has indicated.
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target=_blank>US sanctions 8 Nigerians over links to B’Haram, cybercrime
United States has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of having links with Islamic sect – Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL.
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target=_blank>E-transmission controversy: Why most NASS members may lose seats in 2027 — Igini
By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor Former Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, and lawyer, Mr. Mike Igini, has raised the alarm over what he described as a looming “institutional self-harm” by the National Assembly, warning that the controversial proviso qualifying real-time electronic transmission of polling unit results could cost a majority of federal lawmakers
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target=_blank>Electoral Act harmonisation: Reps under pressure to abandon compulsory e-transmission of results
Tension is rising in the nation’s legislative arena as the two chambers of the National Assembly meet today to take a common position on the method of election result transmission from polling centres to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s result portal.
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target=_blank>We communicate movement of terrorists to security agencies, but… — Zamfara Gov
When I tell people that there was only N4 million in the government account, people are always like, how is that possible?”
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target=_blank>New Tax Law: DisCos request corporate customers for identification details
By Udeme Akpan Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, have requested their corporate customers to provide identification details as part of conditions for electricity supply to them, citing the provisions of the new tax regime. Already, the Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) has written its corporate customers to provide these details on or before February 20 to avoid
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