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Brent crude oil rose above $111 per barrel on Tuesday before retreating to around $109, as the International Energy Agency warned that global energy markets might not return to normal in 2027 amid persistent Middle East tensions.

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, says Nigeria could have faced inflation of up to 1,000 percent without the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

The PBAT/APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council has reorganised key sections of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election machinery, adjusting the leadership of its women and youth mobilisation teams and creating a new directorate as preparations intensify for the 2027 presidential election.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has tightened surveillance across Nigerian airports following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, announced the death of the revered elder statesman in a statement personally issued on Tuesday.

The Federal Government confirmed the case on Tuesday, October 20, saying the patient, a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda, had been admitted to a private hospital in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where she received treatment for several days before laboratory tests confirmed Ebola.

Police operatives, on Tuesday, fired teargas and dispersed residents, journalists and political figures gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos for a memorial procession in honour of victims of the October 2020 #EndSARS protests.

Nigeria’s inflation rate has continued to decline, but the improvement has yet to translate into widespread financial relief as households contend with elevated food prices, expensive transportation, weak purchasing power and the cost of essential services.

Nigeria’s passport has reportedly fallen to 181st position out of 196 countries in the latest IziVisa Passport Ranking Index, with the number of destinations Nigerians can visit without obtaining a visa in advance dropping to 24.

Former Anambra State governor and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has fired back at his political opponents over what he described as the deliberate distortion of his message concerning Nigerians living abroad and their financial support for families at home.