Latest News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 9th September 2026
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Wednesday 9th September 2026 .
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target=_blank>Oil above $100, Nigeria faces revenue windfall, fuel price risks
By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Nigeria is poised for a major oil revenue boost but faces renewed pressure on fuel prices, inflation and operating costs as escalating hostilities between the United States and Iran push crude prices above $100 per barrel. Latest market data showed that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Basket, including Nigeria’s
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target=_blank>Dangote Refinery swings to N2.55trn profit in six months
By Udeme Akpan The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals posted a profit after tax of about N2.55 trillion ($1.82 billion) in the first half of 2026, marking a sharp turnaround in the financial performance of the 700,000 barrels-per-day facility. The results, contained in the prospectus for the refinery’s planned Initial Public Offering, IPO, showed revenue
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target=_blank>Brent oil hits $100 a barrel on Mideast war flare-up
The price of Brent North Sea oil, the international benchmark, topped $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since the end of July, as fresh flare-ups in the Middle East war stoked supply concerns.
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target=_blank>422 Nigerians processed on day 2 of UK passport exercise
ABUJA — A total of 422 applicants were successfully processed and enrolled on the second day of the Special Passport Intervention Exercise in the United Kingdom. The exercise, being conducted at passport centres in London and Manchester, continued smoothly on Tuesday, with officials attending to applicants as scheduled. The authorities said passports produced for applicants
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target=_blank>UK, France, Canada to sanction Israeli West Bank settlements; we won’t – US
Britain, France and Canada have said they will ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, with a UK minister accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing”
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target=_blank>Iran, US trade blows as Hormuz impasse deepens
Iran launched fresh attacks against US targets in the Middle East on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes on Iranian oil tankers, dragging the foes deeper into war.
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target=_blank>Court fixes Sept 21 to hear motion for winding up of NICON Insurance
By IkechukwuNnochiri The Federal High Court in Abuja has slated September 21 to hear a petition seeking to formally wind up NICON Insurance Limited following the cancellation of its operating licence. Justice ChigozieOnah, while fixing the matter for hearing, ordered that assets, properties, investments, bank accounts, books, records, documents, and other proprietary interests of the
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target=_blank>Refinery IPO is for the people as process is simplified — Dangote
By Udeme Akpan President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said the forthcoming Initial Public Offering, IPO, of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is being structured to enable ordinary Nigerians to participate in the ownership of one of Africa’s strategic industrial assets. According to him, the public offering was “for the
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target=_blank>Nigeria ranks 2nd in acute pesticide poisoning in West Africa — Study
…It is understated, consumers at high risk – AAPN …Safe use impossible in Nigeria – Prof Irtwange …Calls for ban, saying it contributes to rise in cancer, other health risks By Gabriel Ewepu and Cynthia Alo A new study has shown that about 69 per cent of farmers and farm workers in Nigeria are exposed
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target=_blank>UK airports record mass flight cancellations after NATS technical failure
LONDON — More than 1,000 flights were cancelled at airports across the United Kingdom following a technical failure at a NATS air traffic control facility, disrupting flight operations and leaving thousands of passengers affected. Flight tracking platform Flightradar24 reported that about 1,300 flights to and from UK airports were cancelled on Tuesday, while a further
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