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Victor Osimhen, the Nigerian striker for Galatasaray, has been named by sports commentator Volkan Demirel as the best centre-forward in the history of the Turkish league. Demirel made the assessment after Galatasaray's 4-1 defeat by Barcelona in the Champions League, according to Daily Post.
Source: Daily Post
Lagos authorities plan three days of diversions on Independence Bridge to allow its asphalt surface to be repaired. The Federal Ministry of Works project is scheduled for 16 to 18 October 2026, with one lane kept open and LASTMA officials deployed, according to the Lagos State Government.
Source: Daily Post
Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has urged voters to prioritise competence, accountability and candidates’ track records over ethnic loyalties. He made the remarks at a ceremony in Abuja held as part of the Idoma centenary celebrations, according to Punch.
Source: Punch
Ahmed Abubakar Zakka, his wife and their six-month-old daughter were released after being kidnapped at their home in Kaduna State on 6 October 2026. The family was returning to Kaduna with the chauffeur of a former security official, according to sources cited by Daily Trust.
Source: Dailytrust
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, says no electricity tariff increase is planned as an interconnected 17.7 MW mini-grid is launched in Oyo State. The project is expected to supply several communities in the Akinyele, Ido, Ibadan North, Egbeda and Lagelu areas, according to the Nigerian Ministry of Power.
Source: Businessday
Former Nigerian lawmaker Taiwo Kolawole says Lagos’s growth is due to the city’s appeal, with services and infrastructure creating a sense that “things work”. The population is estimated to have risen from about six million in 1999 to nearly 20 million today, according to his remarks on Vanguard’s Politics Hub programme.
Source: Vanguard
Nigeria’s Information Minister Mohammed Idris is urging voters to take part in the 2027 general election and reject vote-buying and electoral violence. He was speaking after the launch of a national mobilisation campaign to promote a peaceful election, according to a statement reported by Vanguard.
Source: Vanguard
Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said monetary and foreign exchange market reforms were making the country more resilient to economic shocks and encouraging investment. He spoke during a debate at the IMF annual meetings in Bangkok on the resilience of the global economy, BusinessDay reported.
Source: Businessday
Nigeria’s Senate has ordered an investigation into the death of Etimbuk Daniel, a member of the NYSC national service programme, at an orientation camp in Enugu State. Parliamentary committees will conduct the investigation with the police and security services, and will also examine medical care and emergency response at camps across the country, according to Punch.
Source: Punch
Nigeria’s Senate has passed two bills, one establishing a new employee compensation fund and the other amending the legal framework for federal polytechnics. The texts were reconsidered clause by clause before approval, the Daily Post reports, based on parliamentary debates.
Source: Daily Post
Dangote Cement has appointed Goldman Sachs and UBS to prepare its secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange, potentially as early as November, with a fundraising of up to $1 billion. The Nigerian cement maker, valued at more than $12 billion, has also reported strong growth in its half-year results, according to Businessday.
Source: Businessday
Nigeria’s First Niger Bridge, linking Onitsha to Asaba, has reopened after 38 days of closure for emergency repairs related to vandalised structural components. Public Works Minister Dave Umahi carried out the reopening after delays caused notably by rain, Punch reports.
Source: Punch
Headline inflation in Nigeria fell from 15.39% in August to 14.63% in September 2026, according to the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics. Annual food inflation also fell to 19.59%, while food prices dropped by 1.55% month on month, according to a report published by the institution.
Source: Dailytrust
Former Lagos State deputy speaker Kolawole Taiwo believes Peter Obi’s record as Anambra governor is not enough to challenge the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s dominance in Lagos. He says the party has learned lessons from the 2023 elections and is better prepared for the 2027 vote, according to comments he made to Vanguard.
Source: Vanguard
Several petrol stations in Birnin Kebbi suspended sales after Nigeria’s state oil company, NNPC, announced a 66-naira cut in the price of petrol. The closure of sales outlets reduced supply and disrupted travel, with some motorists and commercial transport drivers leaving their vehicles idle, according to observations in the city and accounts collected by the Daily Post.
Source: Daily Post
Residents of Ndiebor Ishieke in Nigeria’s Ebonyi State are demanding compensation for crops destroyed by laterite excavations linked to a federal expressway project. Their traditional ruler, Eze Hyacinth Awoke Nwiboko, is calling for negotiations with landowners beforehand and for the pits to be restored, according to the Daily Post.
Source: Daily Post
The Nigerian army destroyed camps belonging to the Lakurawa armed group in Waria Forest, in Sokoto State, and neutralised several fighters. The operation, carried out on 15 October 2026, also led to the recovery of weapons and five motorbikes, according to Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, quoted by Punch.
Source: Punch
Nigerian Senate President Godswill Akpabio has received support from several senators to keep his post after the next legislature is inaugurated in 2027. Senate Majority Leader Tahir Monguno and Senator Cyril Fasuyi believe the position is not open, Punch reports.
Source: Punch
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