Homepage News from Sunday, October 11th, 2026

Flash floods swept through central Nepal on Sunday, washing away about 45 houses, damaging bridges and hydropower projects, and leaving at least five people missing, according to disaster management officials.

Members of the ‘Tinubu Must Go’ movement protested in Kano on Sunday after alleging that police officers blocked access to their planned meeting venue, prompting a dispute over the group’s right to peaceful assembly.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) responded to 1,409 road crashes and rescued 670 victims across the state between January and September 2026, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Ukraine to get a new president, accusing Volodymyr Zelenskyy of failing to reach a peace agreement with Russia.

At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, have died and 116 remain missing after a boat carrying about 350 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti while travelling to Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Sunday.

The Federal Government has introduced new performance targets for ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to improve service delivery, reduce regulatory bottlenecks and create a more business-friendly environment.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an 83-year-old woman previously convicted of drug offences and a South African national in separate operations involving large consignments of illicit drugs.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), seeking an order compelling it to account for $6.23 million in allegedly unaccounted-for election funds and more than ₦1.63 trillion in other public funds flagged in the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2023 report.

Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a small growth in his lung, after doctors discovered it during a recent medical examination.

Nigeria Info 99.3 FM presenter Kofi Bartels has won the Best Radio Presenter (Morning Show), Lagos, award at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards (NBMA).

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu says President Bola Tinubu will move Nigeria from economic reforms to prosperity if re-elected for a second term in 2027.

The Allied People’s Movement (APM) presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, has pledged inclusive governance and reforms to address insecurity, poverty and other national challenges if elected president in 2027.

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, is leading Nigeria’s delegation to the 2026 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 8,787 cases and 4,242 confirmed deaths as of October 7, 2026.