Latest News from Sunday, August 30th, 2026

As the world marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on 30th August, new research has highlighted the growing scale and financial power of kidnapping in Nigeria.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has left Abuja for Europe to begin a three-week vacation as part of his annual leave.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted consignments of captagon, popularly known as the “Jihadi drug,” and millions of opioid tablets worth more than N6.2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

The death toll from massive floods that struck Nepal on Wednesday has risen to 752, according to Nepali authorities, with 2,502 people still missing.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Nigerian Guild of Editors have urged the National Assembly to reject and withdraw the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill, 2026, describing it as unnecessary, unconstitutional and a threat to civic space and media freedom.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has sealed several shops and business premises at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, Lagos State, over suspected dealings in unregistered cosmetic products.

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre has called for an independent investigation into allegations of police complicity in kidnapping made by Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, at the Nigerian Bar Association conference in Port Harcourt.

Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, says the country retains ownership and sovereignty over its oil resources under a new agreement giving the United States significant access to its oil industry.