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Nigeria’s equities market returned to FTSE Russell’s Frontier Market classification on Monday, September 21, bringing eligible Nigerian stocks back into the FTSE Frontier Index Series.

Brent crude futures fell $2.16, or 2.08 percent, to $101.71 a barrel by 0213 GMT, after touching their lowest level since September 10. US West Texas Intermediate crude declined $2.15, or 2.14 percent, to $98.15 a barrel.

Few hours after it secured an Appeal Court judgement restoring its registration, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has suffered a set-back as its leadership on Sunday clashed with the Obi-Kwankwaso Movement.

Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee opens its 307th meeting on Monday, September 21, with inflation easing for a second consecutive month, gross external reserves climbing to $54.61 billion and the naira trading around ₦1,329.86 per dollar at the official market.

Nigeria will, on Monday, September 21, return to the FTSE Russell Frontier Market universe, ending a three-year period in which its equities were excluded from the global index provider’s frontier-market classification.

Global investors, policymakers, development finance institutions and agricultural industry leaders are set to converge on Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for the 5th Agribusiness Roundtable International Conference, AGRIC 2026, scheduled for October 25 to 28, 2026.

The decision breaks with a longstanding system under which the major US television networks rotate responsibility for providing pool coverage of the president and distributing the footage to the wider press corps.

Nwabueze made the call at the 36th Anniversary Conference of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria in Lagos, where he spoke on the theme, “Building Taxpayer Confidence and Trust in Nigeria’s Tax Reform Agenda.”

The United States Secret Service, the federal law-enforcement and protective agency under the Department of Homeland Security, has warned members of the public against flying drones in New York City during the 81st United Nations General Assembly.

The alert, covering September 19 to 25, 2026, places Lagos among 15 states considered vulnerable to flooding during the period, prompting the state government to intensify its preparedness measures and urge residents to take early action rather than wait for floodwaters to rise.