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The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has entered into a strategic collaboration with the International Fertilizer Development Center to boost fertilizer availability, improve soil health, and advance food and nutrition security in Nigeria.

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The National Youth Service Corps resumed payments for arrears on Wednesday, marking the first disbursement since the last payment on June 3, following a two-month break.

3 SEPTEMBER 2025

The Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, has assured that the Federal Government will ensure Nigerian children remain in school, dismissing concerns about potential strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

3 SEPTEMBER 2025

The Minister of State for Finance, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, has reaffirmed President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to pension reforms, highlighting his understanding of the challenges faced by pensioners

3 SEPTEMBER 2025

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐣𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐱-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐬𝐮𝐧

A 28-year-old auto mechanic, Akeem Jimoh, has bagged a three-year jail term for stealing some tubers of yams worth N35,000.

3 SEPTEMBER 2025

FIFA will kick off a multi-phase ticket sale process for the 2026 World Cup this month with initial single-seat prices as low as $60 for group-stage matches and as high as $6,710 for the final.

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Local contractors under the All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria, on Wednesday, staged a protest at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Finance in Abuja, to demand payment for capital projects executed in 2024, amounting to about N4 trillion.

President Bola Tinubu is expected to visit Nasarawa State to commission a new 6,000-metric-ton lithium processing plant built by Chinese investors, Governor Abdullahi Sule said on Wednesday.

𝐅𝐂𝐓𝐀 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has withdrawn all park licences in Abuja, directing operators to resubmit their documents for a fresh screening exercise, with a possibility of reallocation.

A Nigerian, Olayinka Babalola, has been elected to serve as President of Rotary International for the 2026–2027 term, pledging to support communities and lead the club in unlocking opportunities.

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has launched a major crackdown on rogue digital lenders with the introduction of tough new regulations aimed at cleaning up Nigeria’s fast-growing online credit market

Rivers State Administrator, Ibokette Ibas, said his administration is investing heavily in building human capital, in addition to infrastructural development.

𝐃𝐒𝐒 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

The Department of State Services on Wednesday arraigned nine individuals at the Federal High Court in Abuja over their alleged roles in the recent wave of killings in Benue and Plateau states

𝐍𝐀𝐇𝐂𝐎𝐍 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐣 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has formally opened applications for travel agencies seeking licensing and slot allocations for the 2026 Hajj exercise, calling on interested firms to begin registration before the 15th of September, 2025, deadline.

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old mother of two, identified simply as Lilian, for allegedly stabbing her partner to death during a domestic dispute at Ijanpa Road axis of the state.

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝟐𝟗 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫

29 persons have been confirmed dead in a boat accident that occurred on Tuesday in Niger State.

A total of 300 youths from the Niger Delta region have graduated from the Niger Delta Development Commission Technical Skills Training Programme in various areas of specialisation

𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝- 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥

An official at a Jordanian government-affiliated charity said on Wednesday that aid airdrops over the Gaza Strip had stopped, without providing a reason for the change.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has unveiled the reforms being proposed in the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution to stakeholders in the southern region of Nigeria.

𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐮 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐕𝐂𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐨

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday named Prof. Yahaya Bunkure as the new Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State.

𝐔𝐒 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 $𝟑𝟐.𝟓𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚

The United States Government has committed $32.5m to the United Nations World Food Programme to support food and nutrition assistance for hundreds of thousands of people affected by conflict in Nigeria.

𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟓,𝟗𝟑𝟔 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝟓,𝟗𝟓𝟐 𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞

The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested 5,936 suspects for various crimes across the country, and recovered 360 firearms and 5,952 rounds of live ammunition, in an intensified clampdown on gunrunning and illegal possession of arms.

𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝟓𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟎

Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for concrete and collaborative efforts to reduce road crash fatalities and injuries in Nigeria by 50 per cent by the year 2030.

𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐂, 𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐂 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The Independent National Electoral Commission and the National Identity Management Commission are set to deepen their collaboration in a move aimed at harmonising identity and voter registration processes across Nigeria.

𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟐-𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥

A resident doctor at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Oluwafemi Rotifa, has died after reportedly working a gruelling 72-hour non-stop shift in the hospital’s emergency unit.

𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐮 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬

President Bola Tinubu has directed the compulsory implementation of health insurance across all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, in line with the National Health Insurance Authority Act, 2022.

𝐄𝐱-𝐎𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐋𝐆 𝐏𝐃𝐏 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲

A former chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Yewa North Local Government during the 2021 council elections, Kehinde Akinde, has resigned from the party.

4 SEPTEMBER 2025

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐲𝐨

A residential building was, on Thursday morning, gutted by fire at Olugbile House, Iyalamu area of Oyo town in Oyo State.

4 SEPTEMBER 2025

𝐍𝐇𝐈𝐀 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐮’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

The Governing Council of the National Health Insurance Authority on Thursday hailed President Bola Tinubu for mandating the implementation of compulsory health insurance across all Ministries, Extra-Ministerial Departments, and Agencies.

4 SEPTEMBER 2025

𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐣𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the loss of four lives in a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at about 1:30 p.m., along the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway by Mabushi Underbridge.

4 SEPTEMBER 2025

𝐌𝐈𝐏𝐂𝐎𝐌 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫

A Nigerian producer and economist, Dr. Sherif Adekunle, will represent Nigeria at MIPCOM Cannes 2025.

4 SEPTEMBER 2025

𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟐𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚

The World Health Organisation has called on Nigeria to increase public health spending to at least 20 per cent of total health expenditure.

4 SEPTEMBER 2025

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