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The FCT councils have also reportedly failed to audit and submit their financial accounts for 2023, 2024 and 2025 as required. And this is where the matter transcends the six councils.

US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to revive his dismissed lawsuit accusing former Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director, James Comey, and other political opponents of conspiring to undermine his 2016 presidential campaign by linking it to Russia.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun preparations to mobilise nationwide support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, with the party fixing October 24 for its presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna.

Brent crude futures dropped 92 cents, or 0.9%, to $103.36 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate fell 75 cents, or 0.8%, to $90.74 by 7.32 am WAT, according to Reuters. These were intraday prices.

The closure is tentatively scheduled to begin on October 20, 2026, subject to final confirmation, as the authority moves to address deteriorating sections of the runway and improve the airport's operational capacity ahead of the Christmas travel season.

The opposition leaders questioned the timing, scope and sustainability of the intervention, arguing that the measure would do little to address the high cost of petrol, rising transportation fares, food prices and mounting pressure on household incomes.

The World Bank disclosed this in its latest Nigeria Development Update, which examined how increased public revenues have influenced spending priorities across the federation.

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed this on Thursday, while addressing a press conference in Abuja on the rising cost of petrol and renewed questions over the fuel subsidy regime.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, disclosed this on Thursday when he received the Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nigeria, Miah Md Mainul Kabir, who paid a courtesy visit to Army Headquarters, Abuja.

The World Bank says the naira was among the more resilient African currencies during the second quarter of 2026, weathering a period of heightened exchange-rate pressure triggered by geopolitical tensions, higher energy prices and stronger demand for the US dollar.