Latest News in Nigeria Today Monday 18th May 2026
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Monday 18th May 2026 .
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target=_blank>‘I don’t hate Igbos’, UCTH CMD denies ethnic bias in House Officers recruitment
The Chief Medical Director(CMD) of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Prof. Ikpeme Ikpeme, has dismissed as false and misleading allegations of ethnic discrimination in the recruitment of house officers.
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target=_blank>NDPHC plans additional 1,500MW supply for Lagos
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Engr. Jennifer Adighije, has said the company is ready to supply an additional 1,500 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Lagos.
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target=_blank>Trump says ‘clock ticking’ for Iran as peace negotiations stall
“For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Sunday. “TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!”
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target=_blank>Cartoon: Generational renewable debt
Cartoon: Generational renewable debt
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target=_blank>2,800 ex-textile workers die while awaiting unpaid entitlements
The companies shut down between 2002 and 2004 without paying workers their terminal benefits, leaving more than 9,000 employees jobless and financially stranded
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target=_blank>FG rolls out free healthcare for pensioners earning below N70,000
PenCom, has inaugurated a free healthcare initiative for retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, targeting pensioners earning less than N70,000 monthly
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target=_blank>Financial institutions race to meet CBN deadline on new cyber-security standard
By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor Nigeria’s financial institutions are fighting to meet the deadline of June 10, 2026 set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for onboarding to a new cyber-security baseline. But industry sources told Financial Vanguard that though most of the commercial banks are already on track to the deadline almost all operators
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target=_blank>SEC warns Nigerians against rising Ponzi schemes on social media
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned Nigerians against investing in unregistered online investment schemes being aggressively promoted on social media platforms, cautioning that many of them exhibit characteristics of Ponzi schemes. The warning was contained in a public notice dated May 8, 2026, and published on the Commission’s official communication channels. According to the
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target=_blank>Manufacturing export stagnates despite rising trade value
The contribution of manufactured goods to Nigeria’s export basket has stagnated for four consecutive years despite a sharp rise in the country’s total export value, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have shown. The NBS data indicated that though total export value rose by 9.93 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to N85.13 trillion in 2025,
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target=_blank>Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, May 18, 2026
The Nigerian naira traded with slight fluctuations against the United States dollar across the official and parallel foreign exchange markets on Monday, May 18, 2026, as demand pressure for forex persisted.
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