EssentialNews
USD USD 1.00 → EUR EUR 0.89
USD USD 1.00 → GBP GBP 0.75
USD USD 1.00 → JPY JPY 158.09
USD USD 1.00 → CAD CAD 1.42
USD USD 1.00 → AUD AUD 1.45
USD USD 1.00 → CHF CHF 0.83
USD USD 1.00 → CNY CNY 6.70
USD USD 1.00 → INR INR 95.10
USD USD 1.00 → NGN NGN 1,331.19
USD USD 1.00 → EUR EUR 0.89
USD USD 1.00 → GBP GBP 0.75
USD USD 1.00 → JPY JPY 158.09
USD USD 1.00 → CAD CAD 1.42
USD USD 1.00 → AUD AUD 1.45
USD USD 1.00 → CHF CHF 0.83
USD USD 1.00 → CNY CNY 6.70
USD USD 1.00 → INR INR 95.10
USD USD 1.00 → NGN NGN 1,331.19



Essential Nigeria News

Friday, October 16, 2026 Volume XXIII Breaking News & Latest Updates
Love or Lies? Fake Genotype Results Fuel Surge in Sickle Cell Births, Marital Crises Health

Love Or Lies? Fake Genotype Results Fuel Surge In Sickle Cell Births, Marital Crises

Despite increasing public awareness and existing legislation requiring genotype screening before marriage, cases of falsified genotype results are on the rise in Nigeria. Investigations by The PUNCH reporters UMAR SANI and VICTOR AYENI uncover a troubling trend: some couples, determined to wed despi...

By Joshua-Ale June 10, 2025
Lagos Teen Scores 351 in UTME After Initial Setback Education

Lagos Teen Scores 351 In UTME After Initial Setback

Sixteen-year-old Oyindamola Apampa has made an impressive comeback in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scoring a remarkable...

258 0
1 year ago
Experts Predict Naira Stabilisation Between N1,600 and N1,650 in Near Term Business

Experts Predict Naira Stabilisation Between N1,600 And N1,650 In Near Term

Economic analysts have projected that the Nigerian naira is likely to stabilise within the range of N1,600 to N1,650 per dollar in the short term, as...

305 0
1 year ago
Lecturers' Pressure Almost Made Me Quit My PhD – Patience Jonathan Education

Lecturers' Pressure Almost Made Me Quit My PhD – Patience Jonathan

Former First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, has opened up about the struggles she faced while pursuing her Doctorate, revealing that she came clo...

342 0
1 year ago
Fayose: Why Nigeria Under Buhari Cannot Be Compared to Tinubu’s Era Politics

Fayose: Why Nigeria Under Buhari Cannot Be Compared To Tinubu’s Era

Former Ekiti State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Ayodele Fayose, has stated that the current state of the nation under Presid...

300 0
1 year ago