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The Commissioners for Agriculture, Dr Offiong Offor, and Environment and Mineral Resources, Rt. Hon. Nsikak Ekong, disclosed this yesterday at the fifth Ministerial Media Briefing instituted by the administration to provide the public with verifiable information on government policies, programmes and achievements.

The visit was confirmed by Dangote Group, which said its President, Aliko Dangote, would host the Kenyan leader at the Lagos refinery.

The European aircraft manufacturer said on Thursday that it had identified and contained a “deviation” involving the surface protection or coating applied to structural components known as stringers, which run lengthways along the fuselage.

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivered the warning to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi during a meeting on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday.

Guterres stated this in his message ahead of World Tourism Day 2026, scheduled for September 27, under the theme, “Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism.”

Interswitch, an integrated payments and digital commerce company, has launched the sixth edition of its TechConnect industry engagement series in Owerri, Imo State, as it seeks to promote more adaptive and connected financial technology infrastructure.

The appointments, announced in a statement by Atiku's Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication and Director of Strategic Communications for the campaign council, Phrank Shaibu, are part of an organisational framework the former Vice-President said was deliberately designed to be lean and results-driven.

El-Rufai, in a statement titled “My Relationships and the Aftermath”, posted on X, said he had received concerns over the silence of some people with whom he had been closely associated or whom he had supported publicly in the past.

Dangote supplied approximately 35.87 million litres daily in August, accounting for 71% of petrol receipts, according to NMDPRA figures reported by Punch on September 24. These are supply figures, rather than motorists’ purchases.

Tinubu made the declaration in his address to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday, which was delivered on his behalf by Vice President Kashim Shettima, who is leading Nigeria’s delegation to the global gathering.