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Thunderstorms and rainfall are expected in several parts of Nigeria between Monday and Wednesday, with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) warning that strong winds could come before the storms in some areas. For Monday morning, the agency forecast thunderstorms with light rain over parts of Taraba and Kebbi states. It also predicted scattered thunderstorms and moderate rain over parts of the North-East, Kaduna, Taraba and Kebbi later in the day. In the North-Central, NiMet said parts of Niger State could experience thunderstorms with light rain in the morning, while most parts of the region could have thunderstorms and moderate rain in the afternoon or evening. The agency forecast cloudy weather across the southern states on Monday morning, with isolated thundersto...

The Lagos State Government has ordered residents living in13 flood-prone and low-lying communities to relocate to higher ground following a fresh seven-day flood alert issued by the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA). According to the NiHSA, Lagos is expected to experience heavy rainfall and flooding from September 19 to 25, 2026. The 13 areas residents have been warned to watch include Eti-Osa, Lagos Island, Oke-Ira Nla in Ajah, Kirikiri, Ilaje Waterfront Jetty, Isheri North, Jetty Terminal B, Kara, Itowolo, Ajegunle, Majidun, Ogolonto and parts of Agboyi The state government said communities along the Ogun River and other major waterways face additional risks as heavy rainfall upstream could increase water levels downstream. Commissioner for the Environment and Wat...

Arise Television’s Morning Show anchor, Rufai Oseni, has claimed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is positioning himself for the 2039 presidential election. Oseni made the assertion on Monday while discussing the recent disagreement between Wike and some governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He said President Bola Tinubu would be reluctant to escalate the dispute because of his political interests ahead of the next election. “You see, I know this country too well. President Tinubu will never rock the boat. He will just try to give a gloomier response to settle the matter between Wike and the governors because he wants to win an election,” Oseni said. According to him, Tinubu’s approach was aimed at keepi...

A yet-to-be-identified lady was crushed to de@th by a truck last Saturday, September 19, after falling from the motorcycle at Cashir bus stop along the Agbara-Lusada Expressway in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The accident reportedly happened after the motorcycle attempted to overtake the truck. It was in this process that the motorcycle fell under the truck, sadly crushing the female passenger to de@th. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the vehicles involved were a white Howo truck with registration number T-34611LA and two motorcycles whose registration numbers were not displayed. Akinbiyi said five people were involved in the crash, comprising three males and tw...

Authorities of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have paraded its suspended Niger State Commandant, Commandant Suberu Aniviye, and other officers linked to the de@ths of 37 alleged illegal miners in the Corps’ custody. The 37 detainees lost their lives last Thursday, after they were arrested during anti-illegal mining operations conducted by the NSCDC in the M.I. Wushishi and Lukoto areas of Niger State on September 15 and 16and detained in a cell in the NSCDC premises. The officers are currently being paraded at the NSCDC National Headquarters in Sauka, Abuja, on Sunday, as the Corps’ National Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commandant Babawale Afolabi, briefs journalists on the preliminary findings into the incident. The NSCDC had initially attributed ...

Italy is preparing to ban face coverings in schools and to cap the number of foreign students per class. Prime Minister Giorgia ​Meloni said this on Sunday, September 20, at a youth event organised by her party. Meloni said a package of measures will soon go before the Italian cabinet, including a ban on burqas and niqabs in schools, a requirement for parents of pupils facing “serious difficulties integrating” into the national school system to learn Italian, and a limit on places for foreign pupils. “It is unacceptable that in an Italian classroom the children who end up feeling pushed into a corner are Italian children because they have become the minority. That cannot be allowed,” Meloni said during a rally organised by Gioventù Nazionale, the youth wing of her Brothers o...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not be physically present at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States. The development follows an announcement by the Presidency that the President would return to Nigeria after his three-week vacation in Europe. DownloadInteractive Maps Stanley Nkwocha, spokesman to Vice President Kashim Shettima, announced the development in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, Tinubu had directed the Vice President to lead Nigeria’s delegation to the UNGA. Tinubu’s absence was also confirmed after a provisional list of speakers obtained News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) showed that Shettima would represent Nigeria at the high-level General Debate. Tinubu had been listed as the 10th speaker durin...

A former governor of Kogi State, Ibrahim Idris, has died at the age of 77.Idris died on Sunday, September 20, 2026, in the United Kingdom. Following his death, Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, former Governor Yahaya Bello, and other top government officials visited the Abuja residence of the deceased to commiserate with his family. The visit was disclosed in a condolence message issued on Sunday by Onogwu Muhammed, former Chief Press Secretary to Bello and Special Adviser to the Kogi State Governor on Public Relations. The statement read, “Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Ahmed Usman Ododo; former Governor Yahaya Bello, CON, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Abdullahi Bello, and other top government officials have arrived at the Abuja reside...

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has rejected claims that the ongoing strike by workers in Federal Unity Colleges has been suspended, insisting that only the union’s recognised leadership has the authority to call off the industrial action.The union made this known in a communiqué issued after an emergency virtual meeting of its zonal coordinators in the Federal Unity Colleges with the Federal Ministry of Education on Thursday. ASCSN said the nationwide strike, which affects workers in the 115 Federal Unity Colleges, the Federal Ministry of Education headquarters, the Federal Education Quality Assurance Service (FEQAS) and the Science Equipment Centre, would continue. The union accused the Ministry of Education of acting in bad faith by failing to fulfi...

US President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to the Professional Golfers' Association Tour caddie, Eric Larson over a decades-old federal drug conviction that had prevented him from travelling to the United Kingdom for major golf tournaments.  Larson, who works as a caddie for American golfer Harris English, was pardoned on September 3 over his 1995 conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He was sentenced to 156 months in prison, five years of supervised release and a $25,000 fine. Larson ultimately served about 11 years behind bars. His criminal record later created difficulties travelling to the UK and prevented him from accompanying English at the 2025 British Open. English went on to finish second at the tournament, earning $1.8 million in prize money. Wit...