The Igbo Union in South Africa has urged Nigerians living in the country to avoid identified high-risk areas amid rising tensions and reported xenophobic incidents in parts of South Africa.

In a strategic move, aimed at unlocking its next phase of growth and complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) revised minimum capital requirements, NASD OTC Exchange Plc has set a N12 billion recapitalisation target to reaffirm its status as a composite exchange.

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Aliyu Abdullahi, has announced that 10 million farmers across Nigeria will receive advisory services based on soil tests as the 2026 rainy season farming approaches.

The Kwara State Police Command has dismissed claims circulating on social media alleging the unlawful detention of a minor in Arandun community, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.

The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has awarded ₦5 million in damages against the Chairman of Onitsha South Local Government Area, Emeka Orji, and other respondents for violating the fundamental rights of Lake Petroleum Limited following the demolition of its property.

The President of the Africa Development Studies Centre (ADSC), Victor Oluwafemi, has called for urgent continental intervention to address rising xenophobic tensions in South Africa.

Hantavirus, the disease which has caused a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship in the southern Atlantic, circulates in rodents and can be deadly when transmitted to humans.

The US military denied on Monday that any of its Navy ships had been hit in the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian state media reported that a US frigate was targeted by two missiles.

A Canada-based Nigerian doctor, Arinze Onwumelu, has advised singer Portable to undergo a brain scan following his celebrity boxing match with skit maker Carter Efe in Lagos over the weekend.

Security operatives have arrested 13 suspected cultists during an initiation ceremony in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers.