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Monday, 21 September 2026

Today: the NSCDC parades its suspended Niger State commandant and 23 officers over the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners, manufacturers close 2025 with N2.12tn in unsold goods, and federal agencies rack up N50.41bn on foreign trips in two years.

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Politics·NigeriaNG

NSCDC parades detained commandant and 23 officers over deaths of 37 miners

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested and detained 24 of its own personnel, including the suspended Niger State commandant, over the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in Niger State.

Source · Vanguard
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Economy·NigeriaNG

Manufacturers sitting on N2.12tn of goods nobody is buying

Nigerian manufacturers held N2.12tn worth of unsold goods in 2025 as consumer wallets shrank, even after a record N4.54tn investment, according to the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria.

Source · Punch
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Politics·NigeriaNG

Federal agencies spent N50.41bn on foreign trips in two years

Nigerian federal ministries, departments and agencies spent at least N50.41bn on foreign trips, air tickets and allowances between June 2023 and June 2025.

Source · Punch
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Politics·NigeriaNG

APC takes four of five seats in Saturday's bye-elections

The All Progressives Congress won four of the five seats contested in Saturday's bye-elections across Delta, Kano, Bauchi and Gombe, with the Allied People's Movement taking one seat in Bauchi.

Source · Vanguard
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Economy·NigeriaNG

2026 capital budget may see zero implementation this year

There are indications the Federal Government's 2026 capital budget may record zero implementation by the end of the fiscal year, forcing extensions across multiple fiscal years, Vanguard reported.

Source · Vanguard
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Business·NigeriaNG

Dangote buys 4,000 machines for refinery expansion

Dangote Industries has acquired 4,000 new machines for its refinery expansion, taking its construction equipment fleet to 6,500.

Source · Punch
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Business·GhanaRoA

Nigerian onions head back to Ghana, but the row exposed cracks in West African free trade

Cheaper Nigerian onions may again be flowing to Ghana after traders resolved a dispute last month, a row RFI says has exposed what happens when free movement of goods squeezes local producers in West Africa's growing free trade area.

Source · allAfrica
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Africa·SudanRoA

Sudan is being starved deliberately, Justice Africa Sudan says

Justice Africa Sudan said in a statement dated 19 September that Sudan is edging towards a man-made famine, accusing the warring parties of using starvation as a weapon of war after more than three years of conflict.

Source · allAfrica
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World·IranRoW

Tehran warns of retaliation 'without limitations' as it says US may strike again

Iran says it has learned the United States may be planning a new round of strikes and has warned it will retaliate 'without limitations', while fighting continues in Yemen.

Source · Al Jazeera
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Africa·EthiopiaRoW

Ethiopian armed groups form alliance against the government

Armed groups that were previously adversaries in Ethiopia say they will settle their differences and align against the government, as fears grow of an expanding war.

Source · Al Jazeera

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