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Oct 6, 2026, 10:11 AM
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Opening statements in Caleb Flynn's murder trial revealed messages prosecutors say he sent his lover in the days before Ashley Flynn was found fatally shot, including one hours before her death reading "Actions will come tomorrow."
The Commonwealth Secretariat closed out two leadership training programmes in August and September, one for 120 senior Seychelles public servants and another for 30 heads of anti-corruption agencies from across Commonwealth Africa, both aimed at building institutions that can hold up under pressure.
The Lagos State Government has told 341 officers preparing to leave the Unified Local Government Service that their health, not just their finances, should top their retirement checklist.
A recognition scheme that allowed qualified teachers from Nigeria, Ghana and India to enter English classrooms without additional UK training has been closed to new applicants from those countries, after the UK government said it could no longer verify the majority of reference letters submitted. Teachers already established in England are not affected, but the most direct route into the profession has been removed.
A Nigerian surgeon has performed the country's first tele-robotic surgery, removing a cancerous kidney from a patient in Abuja while operating a robotic console from Ogun State, more than 500 kilometres away.
An international arbitration tribunal has ordered Ghana Water Limited to pay $235 million to the Spanish-owned operator of the Teshie-Nungua desalination plant, deepening a financial dispute that has left the facility shut and thousands of residents without reliable water since October 2025.
President Bola Tinubu will miss the UN General Assembly for a third consecutive year, sending Vice President Kashim Shettima in his place, a pattern former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says can no longer be dismissed as routine.
Lagos State has ordered residents in flood-prone areas to relocate immediately after NiHSA issued a flood alert covering 15 states, warning of rising river levels between September 19 and 25.
JAMB has terminated the appointment of a staff member caught extorting candidates, warning that its zero-tolerance policy on corruption applies to workers at every level.
Families in Kwara State say the security officers meant to protect them are instead pointing them toward the terrorists holding their relatives for ransom, as the region's insecurity crisis deepens.
Jehovah's Witnesses have updated their policy on blood transfusions, allowing members to individually decide whether to accept or donate the four main blood components, while maintaining their long-standing religious rejection of whole-blood transfusions rooted in scripture.
Nearly a third of Nigerian adults live with hypertension, often without knowing it. Public health experts break down how sodium, refined carbs, cooking oil, sleep and stress quietly shape blood pressure, and why lifestyle changes work best alongside, not instead of, prescribed treatment.
President Tinubu has given state governments an October 1 deadline to pass CNG and electric vehicle savings on to commuters, citing gains already recorded in states like Oyo, Kaduna and Plateau, as questions persist over whether this promise will hold where others haven't.
The US and Denmark have quietly settled a security pact granting Washington sweeping access across Greenland, closing a months-long standoff sparked by President Trump's push to annex the territory, though the full text remains undisclosed and reactions in Nuuk remain mixed.
Ukrainian and Western defense officials warn that NATO's tactics and hardware risk becoming obsolete as Ukraine rewrites the rules of modern warfare in weeks, exposing deep gaps in air defense, training, and battlefield strategy.
Thousands of Yemenis are crossing the Bab el-Mandeb strait to escape intensifying fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthi forces, as the widening conflict rattles global oil markets and pushes President Trump closer to a decision on renewed strikes against Iran.
Olu Jacobs, one of Nollywood's most recognizable and celebrated actors, has died at 84. His wife, Joke Silva, confirmed his passing, describing him as "The Lion of Lufodo" after a career that spanned theatre, television, and film across five decades.
Donald Trump has dismissed warnings from top AI executives as a sick conspiracy, even as tech stocks slid worldwide and UK lawmakers and Chinese officials raised fresh concerns over the pace of AI development.
New archival research reveals the British monarchy's direct, centuries-long role in the transatlantic slave trade, from royal-backed trafficking companies to enslaved people branded with the crown itself, reviving pressure on King Charles to formally acknowledge the past.
Petrol prices across Nigeria are climbing toward N1,500 per litre, driven by a mix of local depot costs and global crude shocks, leaving motorists, marketers and transporters bracing for the next hike.
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