Homepage News from Tuesday, September 29th, 2026

Veteran actor and filmmaker Richard Mofe-Damijo, popularly known as RMD, has urged Nigerians to move beyond simply criticising the country’s problems and take greater responsibility for fixing them, saying Nigeria’s reputation depends on the actions of its citizens and leaders.

Professor Kayode Soremekun, an international relations scholar and former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, has questioned Nigeria’s push for permanent African representation on the United Nations Security Council, arguing that the country must first strengthen its economic and security foundations.

The House of Representatives has extended the implementation period for the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act from September 30 to December 31, 2026.

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has met with security chiefs in the state ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Lagos and increased activities expected during the end-of-year period.

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has challenged African Democratic Congress, governorship candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour to explain how he plans to tackle the state’s traffic crisis if elected in 2027.

Anambra State says it will prosecute individuals who deny women and girls the right to inherit property because of their gender.

President Bola Tinubu has ended his working vacation in France and departed Paris for Nigeria, with his aircraft expected to arrive at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos later today.

A Kenyan court has ordered parties to maintain the status quo over land earmarked for Dangote Group’s proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Lamu, just a day before the planned groundbreaking ceremony.

Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun says construction of the over $7 billion Gateway Deep Sea Port and Ogun State Blue Marine Special Economic Zone will begin in November.

OpenAI has cancelled the planned release of its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-6.1 Astra, after internal testing showed that it did not meet the company’s safety standards.

Torrential rainfall has caused flooding in several communities across Osun State, destroying property and damaging a bridge linking Ijaregbe to Ilesa.

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian filmmakers Damilola Osikoya and Nora Awolowo after their film, Black Market, helped set a Guinness World Record in Lagos.

Burkina Faso has inaugurated its first gold refinery as President Ibrahim Traoré’s government seeks to process more of the country’s mineral wealth locally.

The Federal Ministry of Education has released the final list of ranked and approved textbooks for use in Nigerian schools from 2026 to 2028.

A police sergeant, Johnson Okediji, has died after he was knocked down and dragged underneath a vehicle during a stop-and-search operation in Egbeda, Lagos.

The Sokoto State High Court has sentenced Ibrahim Usman, also known as Dan Iyali, to death for his involvement in the kidnapping and killing of three people in Sokoto State in September 2023.

The Nigerian Consulate General in Johannesburg has called for investigations into the deaths of three more Nigerians in separate incidents in South Africa between 18th and 21st September amid growing concerns over xenophobic violence.

The African Action Congress has sued President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly over the President’s prolonged absence from Nigeria and alleged failure to transfer presidential powers to Vice President Kashim Shettima.

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has promised to restore petroleum subsidy if elected in the 2027 general elections, saying his administration would first tackle corruption.

Several communities in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, have been flooded after a downpour that lasted about 12 hours from Sunday night into Monday.

A Lagos State High Court has reserved 12th of October to rule on an application by Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital seeking to stop a coroner’s inquest into the death of Nkanu, son of Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie.