Here is New Telegraph’s roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today, Monday, March 16th, 2026.

The Cross River Government has begun rehabiltation and upgrading of 100 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the 18 local government areas of the state.

Five foreign nationals from Burkina Faso have been abducted by suspected armed bandits while working at a gold mining site ...

The FinTech Association of Nigeria says recent regulatory measures by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will strengthen ...

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested suspects involved in the vandalisation and malicious destruction of property ...

The Anambra State Government has released the official timetable for the second-term swearing-in ceremony of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo and his deputy, Onyekachukwu Ibezim.

The United Kingdom government has released the programme for the state visit of President Bola Tinubu scheduled to take place from tomorrow to Thursday.

Nigeria’s exports to African countries rose by 43.65 per cent, or N3.99 trillion, to N13.13 trillion last year compared with the N9.14 trillion recorded in 2024, findings by New Telegraph show An ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said its operatives have arrested a 74-year-old grandpa, Ikwuakalom Nwakoro Emeka, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, after a ...

The Lagos State Police Command said it has ordered investigation into a viral video in which a motorist accused task force operatives of extortion.

Justice Alexander Owoeye of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the police and other security agencies to arrest a businessman, Rolland Oluwasegun Elusoji, anywhere he may be found globally.

The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, recently met to discuss the implementation status of the ...