Thisday Newspaper News Today Wednesday 18th February 2026
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target=_blank>Ministers Square Up to Senators at 2026 Budget Defence Sessions
The Senate chamber, built for measured debate and orderly oversight, last week crackled with defiance, wounded pride and raw political brinkmanship. What began as routine scrutiny of 2026 budget estimates
target=_blank>MTN Acquires IHS Towers in $6.2bn Deal, Regains Its Initial Towers
Emma Okonji In a dramatic business twist, MTN has regained its old telecoms towers it initially sold to IHS Towers, as MTN Group, yesterday, reached an agreement to acquire IHS
target=_blank>Reps Probe Tax Breaks, Export Incentives, Says Nigeria Loses N8trn Annually
• Capital budget deadlock: NASS committee faults zero funding release to interior ministry Juliet Akoje in Abuja The House of Representatives has begun a comprehensive review of how tax incentives,
target=_blank>TCN Announces Restoration of Shiroro–Mando 330kV Transmission Line
• Engages traditional leaders in Kaduna to curb vandalism Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the successful restoration of the 330kV Shiroro–Mando Transmission Line
target=_blank>Kale: Nigeria Must Leverage Banking Sector Recapitalisation to Close $120bn Trade Finance Gap, Drive $1trn Economy
• Says retaining reforms, industrialisation key to unlocking AfCFTA gains Nume Ekeghe The Group Chief Economist and Managing Director, Research and Trade Intelligence at Afreximbank, Dr. Yemi Kale, yesterday said
target=_blank>Value of Transactions Processed through eTranzact in 2025 Surpassed N103trn
Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja The value of transactions processed through one of the nation’s leading fintech operators, eTranzact Plc, rose to over N103 trillion in 2025, Head, Federal Government Partnership
target=_blank>FG, IEA Seal Pact on Methane Reduction, Clean Cooking Expansion
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to strengthen cooperation on methane emissions reduction, gas development, clean
target=_blank>Governor Adeleke Drums Support for Nigeria- Canadian Sub-national Economic Initiatives
Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has called on the Canadian High Commission to join hands with his government to open a new partnership between Nigerian
target=_blank>ACIS 2026 Set to Open $40trn Africa-Caribbean Investment Market
Michael Olugbode in Abuja The 2026 edition of the Afro-Caribbean Investment Summit (ACIS) will focus on boosting trade, investment, and private sector partnerships between Africa and the Caribbean, targeting a
target=_blank>Looming Mass Job Losses: Union Cries Out to FG, Protests Rock NAFDAC Office
Workers in the food and beverage sector staged yet another protest at the office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Lagos, calling on
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