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Beyond the continent, oil prices surged as tensions around Iran intensified, government bond yields climbed, and stronger U.S. jobs data revived expectations of higher interest rates. From Lagos to global markets, investors had plenty to digest.

Baba-Ahmed, who was the running mate to Peter Obi on the Labour Party ticket in the 2023 presidential election, said the major politicians seeking to unseat Tinubu had, at different times, been part of the same political establishment they now claim to oppose.

Former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma, has returned home after spending more than two years in Nigeria, in what the Federal Government described as the successful conclusion of a delicate regional diplomatic process aimed at easing political tensions in the West African country.

The agency, in its weather outlook released on Sunday, said the three days would be characterised by cloudy skies, thunderstorms and varying degrees of rainfall across the northern, North-Central and southern parts of the country.

The maltreatment of pensioners in Nigeria got to an abysmal level last week when policemen in Lagos tear-gassed senior citizens protesting unpaid pension increases, wage awards and other outstanding benefits.

According to him, these measures have helped address distortions that had weakened the foundations of the Nigerian economy, stressing that macroeconomic stability was only the beginning of the work, and that the success of the reforms must ultimately be measured by their impact on ordinary citizens.

Since Wednesday, August 19, 2026, the official kick-off of the presidential and National Assembly campaigns, and with the approaching September 9, 2026, electioneering date for the governorship and assembly candidates, three major political parties continue to dominate the polity in three vital areas: Issues, personality, and mobilisation.

Without a single party as a rallying platform, the G100 coalition proposed a framework of cooperation among the parties and framed their winning model of governance on a single four-year transition term.

Uber has described the decision as the outcome of a review of its evolving business priorities and investment focus across Africa.

It is becoming a fashion, albeit a depravity, among Nigerian Politicians during electioneering to make divisive statements and then claim they were misquoted or that rivals twisted their words to score cheap political points.