A fresh CBN dollar rate shows the naira losing ground, reportedly despite foreign reserves of around $55 billion. The slide is drawing questions from traders and ordinary Nigerians.
The Lagos State government is said to be working on a much faster driver's licence process that would start in 2027. New licences would reportedly be issued in about 30 minutes, while renewals would take around 10. No further details on cost or locations have been given yet.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reportedly approved a weekly stipend of N100,000 for people being monitored as contacts of the confirmed Ebola case. The payment is said to be meant to help them stay at home for the monitoring period.
Police in Abuja have arrested a tiler in connection with the death of a hotel staff member in the Utako area after a violent confrontation. The suspect reportedly told officers the man fell and hit his head.
The anti-narcotics agency has reportedly detained two travellers at the Lagos airport, one of them a South African woman said to have been carrying about 36 kilograms of cocaine. The second is a Nigerian-American grandmother. Further details on the second case were not immediately available.