Nigeria’s latest economic reform agenda is increasingly centred on expanding access to credit as a catalyst for growth. The Federal Government believes that strengthening the country’s credit ecosystem could unlock more than $100 billion in additional economic value, stimulate investment, create jobs, and accelerate its ambition of building a $1 trillion economy.
Following the removal of petrol subsidies, exchange-rate reforms and persistent inflation, Nigerians have faced significantly higher prices for food, transportation, electricity and essential goods.
Bauchi State, Nigeria’s most notorious ground for forced Islamic conversions, is now facing legal action regarding the unlawful conversion and custody of a 17-year-old Christian minor, Miss Faith Barnabas.
U.S. Congressman Riley Moore has applauded the passage of the FY2027 National Security and State Department Appropriations Bill, securing key wins to protect persecuted Christians in Nigeria and advance America First priorities.
Team Fortizo, made up of Civil Engineering students from the University of Jos, has emerged in third place at the first Nigerian Engineering Olympiad, held at Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
In a stark change from 2022, when lawmakers avoided addressing the lynching of Christian student Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto, northwest Nigeria, by angry Muslim youths, the European Parliament has now voted overwhelmingly, 510 to 1, to strongly condemn the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
A six-year data study by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) says Nigeria’s deadliest militias are escaping global attention, with violence linked to Fulani terror groups far outpacing Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
Kaduna-based investigative journalist Luka Binniyat has criticized Governor Sani Uba for showing selective sympathy, pointing out that while Uba visited Jos after the mob killing of a Muslim woman, he has not reached out to the families of the 19 victims of the June 16 massacre in Unguwan Magaji, Kaduna.
The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Most Rev. Stephen Mamza Dami, had raised great concerns about the government’s commitment to ending insecurity in Nigeria.
Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, a passionate cleric recognized for advocating the rights of persecuted Christians in central Nigeria, and Leah Sharibu, who was kidnapped by the Islamic State West Africa, a faction of Boko Haram, on February 19, 2018, at the age of 14, have been honored among global leaders at the 2026 U.S.–Nigeria Faith Hero Awards.
