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Nigeria's girls just won the world. The Flamingos beat Japan 2-1 to take the U-17 Women's World Cup, Nigeria's first title at this level and the first ever for Africa. They lost their opener to Poland, then won six straight, the defending champions and Brazil included. morebranches.com/nigerias-gi…
Olive Nwosu’s Lady Opens AFRIFF 15
Her debut feature, about a Lagos cab driver who spends her nights ferrying sex workers across the city, opened the 15th Africa International Film Festival, running 1 to 7 November.
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Nigerians Ask Who Is Getting the ₦50,000 NERSI Relief
A week in, people want to know who is actually being paid. Beneficiaries are picked automatically from the NIN database and the National Social Register. No application, no fee.
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Senate Wants Hospitals to See Emergency Patients Within 15 Minutes
Passed second reading Wednesday. Triage within 15 minutes, stabilisation within 30. Hospitals that fail face up to six months in jail or a ₦300,000 fine. Not law yet.
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Gas Shortage and Low Water Cut Nigeria's Power Supply
NISO allocated 2,926MW to the 11 DisCos on Thursday. Abuja got 633MW. Eko and Ikeja, which cover Lagos, got 505MW between them. Generation sits near 3,689MW.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided Atiku's ADC candidacy.
Justice Peter Lifu ruled the David Mark-led caretaker committee illegal and cancelled its decisions, including the primary that made Atiku the 2027 flag bearer.
The ADC says it will appeal.
The IMF puts Nigeria's interest payments at 53.7% of government revenue in 2026, up from 40.8% in 2024.
Benin won four awards at the 2026 Africa Tourism Awards in London: Tourism Destination of the Year, Cultural Destination of the Year, Tourism Video of the Year and the national tourism agency award. ATTA named Benin and Ethiopia the night's biggest winners.
Tinubu has cut his external loan request to $7.7 billion (about ₦10.79 trillion), down from $20.52 billion plus €1.045 billion. Akpabio says the new letter cancels the old one. Nigeria's public debt stood at ₦166.79 trillion on 30 June, from ₦87.38 trillion in June 2023.
Helium Health has won a ₦3.4 billion ($2.5 million) grant from Google.org to roll out AI tools for maternal care, starting in Lagos before Delta, Kano and Oyo. It's the only Nigerian organisation among 15 global winners, and the target is 1.9 million more pregnant women in three years.
Four Nigerian-Americans have won seats in the US midterms. Will Jawando is now Montgomery County Executive in Maryland, Junior Ezeonu won Texas House District 101, Oye Owolewa took an at-large DC Council seat and Carol Kazeem kept her Pennsylvania House seat. Georgia's Segun Adeyina is still waiting on a result. morebranches.com/four-nigeri…
