Saturday, November 14, 2026

Nigeria

November 10, 2026

Dry Season: FCT residents raise concerns over fire hazards, heat

Mr Clement advised farmers and other residents to adopt safer methods of clearing farmlands.

Omodo fire outbreak
November 10, 2026

81-year-old Briton emerges oldest, first science fiction author to win Booker Prize

The 198-page novel, which was the shortest book on the shortlist, is the first work of science fiction to clinch the prestigious £50,000 pound ($67,000) literary award.

M. John Harrison
November 10, 2026

FG plans assessment tests for foreign graduates before NYSC mobilisation

The FG said the move aimed at preventing certificate fraud and protecting academic standards.

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
November 10, 2026

56 migrants died in shipwrecks off Senegal, Greece, says IOM

In one incident, Greek authorities rescued 28 Sudanese migrants and recovered eight bodies.

International Organisation for Migration
November 10, 2026

Türkiye envoy targets bilateral trade with Nigeria from $2 billion to $5 billion 

Mr Poroy noted that the current trade between both countries stood at about $two billion, including oil and gas.

Nigerian and Turkiye flags
November 10, 2026
World Food Programme (WFP)
November 10, 2026

Suspected terrorist killed, four motorcycles recovered in Plateau military onslaught

This information is in an operational report released on Tuesday in Abuja.

Nigerian troops
November 10, 2026

OAU students’ association presidents reject N15,000 portal charge, threaten protest

The league said the charge was introduced without proper consultation with the students expected to pay it.

OAU
November 10, 2026
FRSC
November 10, 2026

USAID worker Simeon Bakare sentenced to prison for COVID-19 fraud

According to his guilty plea, from April 2020 through November 2021, Mr Bakare knowingly and willfully engaged in a scheme to defraud the SBA.

Hand in cuffs