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One person has died and three others have been injured after a building collapsed in Fadeyi, Lagos.
The incident occurred on Akinola Street, off Ikorodu Road, on Friday morning, October 23, 2026.
Emergency responders are searching the site for possible trapped workers,...
Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu has urged Nigeria's defence industry to deepen local arms production and charged the financial sector to block criminal and terrorist financing flows.
The Federal Government says Nigeria is steadily emerging from economic fragility, defending President Tinubu's reforms with GDP growth, over one million student loan beneficiaries and anti-graft gains.
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele says the National Assembly will pass the constitutional amendment bill establishing state police this week, calling the reform long overdue amid worsening insecurity.
Nigeria says it is weighing sanctions against South Africa over renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, warning that a review of bilateral privileges is not off the table.
Presidential adviser Daniel Bwala says Nigeria's large population and infrastructure deficit are slowing the impact of President Tinubu's economic reforms on ordinary citizens.
The US says Mexican cartels are looking to Africa as an alternative route, after Nigeria’s NDLEA dismantled four methamphetamine labs this year linked to the cartels.
Vice President Kashim Shettima urged states to stop waiting for Abuja and build their own electricity markets and regulators under the Electricity Act 2023.