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The Onitsha-Asaba bridge is open again after repairs that ran 24 days past schedule, with new CCTV, solar lights, emergency turnarounds and a dredging ban nearby.
The First Niger Bridge between Onitsha in Anambra State and Asaba in Delta State is open to traffic again. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, declared it open on Thursday, 15 October 2026, after 38 days of emergency repairs. The Federal Ministry of Works shut the bridge on Monday, 7 September for what it said would be two weeks of…
“Now I hear something explode. Boom! Like a gun.” Lazarus was near Oluku on the Benin-Lagos Expressway when a fallen petrol tanker went up in flames on Thursday. He told GistMatrix how he got away.
Updated 10:30 WAT, 17 Oct 2026: Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has visited the burnt Oluku market and the injured at UBTH and pledged to rebuild the market; there is still no official death toll. Updated 10:26 WAT, 16 Oct 2026: The Edo State Police Command says eight people suffered burns and were taken to UBTH, and that the fire…
The poet and lawyer beat James Ngwu Eze and Tares Oburumu to the 2026 prize, sponsored by NLNG and devoted to poetry this year, with Why Does God Need a Gun?
Ogaga Ifowodo has won the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature, worth $100,000, for his poetry collection Why Does God Need a Gun? He was named the winner at Nigeria LNG Limited's Grand Award Night in Lagos on Friday, 9 October 2026, Premium Times and Business Post reported. The collection, published by Masobe Books, was chosen from 223 entries, according to…
Lagos says it wants to more than triple its electricity supply, from below 1,000MW to above 3,000MW by March 2027. Here is the plan and what it means for homes and businesses.
The Lagos State Government says it plans to raise electricity supply in Lagos from below 1,000 megawatts (MW) to more than 3,000MW by March 2027. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu set out the target on Saturday, 10 October 2026, at the fourth Lagos Business School Africa Energy Conference in Lekki, in a speech delivered on his behalf by his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat,…
Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri will close for about 25 days from 20 October for runway repairs and an extension, FAAN and Festus Keyamo said.
Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo State, will close for about 25 days from 20 October 2026 so that its runway can be repaired, resurfaced and extended. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) announced the plan in a statement on Thursday, 8 October, and the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, confirmed it on Friday,…
Federal ministries and agencies must now buy vehicles only from licensed local assemblers, with foreign-built ones allowed only with presidential clearance, NADDC and BPP said on Friday.
Federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) must now buy their vehicles only from licensed local assemblers or their authorised retailers, under the Nigeria First Policy. The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) and the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) set out the rules at a joint press conference in Abuja on Friday, 9 October 2026, Channels Television and Vanguard…
As Nigeria turns 66, an opinion piece on how colonial rule, the civil war, military rule and oil still shape national identity, politics and everyday attitudes, and what the past can teach the next generation.
Opinion | Nigeria at 66 Nigeria marks 66 years of independence today, 1 October 2026. From pre-colonial kingdoms to the Fourth Republic, the country's past still shapes how Nigerians see one another, how they vote and what they expect from government. Here is how, and what that history could teach the next generation. Historical Events That Shaped Nigeria Pre-Colonial Foundations…
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