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- [NCC Confirms 75 Million Subscribers Paid Compensation as MTN Credits Accounts and New Data Rules Loom](https://naijacommonground.com/ncc-telecom-compensation-nigeria/): The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed that 75 million telecommunications subscribers across Nigeria received direct compensation from network operators for poor service delivery, as the regulator signals it will no longer tolerate chronic failures by the country's telecoms giants.
- [Olamide Drops Tinubu's Voice Into New Track "Burukutu" — And Nigerians Have Opinions](https://naijacommonground.com/olamide-burukutu-tinubu/): Nigerian rap heavyweight Olamide has never been one to play it safe, and his latest release proves the point.
- [Canada Tells Its Citizens to Avoid 24 Nigerian States — Here Is What the Advisory Actually Says](https://naijacommonground.com/canada-nigeria-travel-advisory/): Canada has issued a blunt warning to its citizens about travelling to Nigeria, and the scope of it is striking.
- [Sudan Stands Alone: The Only African Nation Shielding Its Citizens from US Deportation](https://naijacommonground.com/sudan-temporary-protected-status/): Of all the countries on the African continent, only one currently protects its nationals from deportation in the United States: Sudan.
- [Senate Confirms Tinubu's Diplomatic Appointment as Nigeria Expands Foreign Mission Corps](https://naijacommonground.com/tinubu-ambassador-appointment/): Nigeria's Senate has confirmed Engr. Sani Mohammed Ndanusa as a Non-Career Ambassador/High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
- [Harry Kane's 73 Goals Make Him the Deserved Ballon d'Or Winner, Says Gnabry](https://naijacommonground.com/harry-kane-ballon-dor/): Serge Gnabry has made his pick for the 2026 Ballon d'Or — and it is not Lamine Yamal or Kylian Mbappé.
- [BUA's 200,000-Barrel Refinery: What Nigeria Needs to Know About Rabiu's Akwa Ibom Bet](https://naijacommonground.com/bua-refinery-nigeria/): Nigeria's refining sector has long been a national embarrassment — decades of underperforming state refineries, crippling fuel import bills and a dependency on foreign petroleum that drains foreign exchange reserves.
- [Victor Osimhen Is Not Yet Himself, and Turkish Football Knows It](https://naijacommonground.com/victor-osimhen-form-injury/): It began in September, during what looked like a routine Süper Lig fixture.
- [Buhari Couldn't Fix It Either — So Why Are We Surprised Tinubu Hasn't?](https://naijacommonground.com/tinubu-insecurity-buhari/): Senator Abdulaziz Yari has made a claim that will irritate many Nigerians but deserves serious examination.
- [2027 Race: YPP's Peter Agada Says He Will Not Reverse Tinubu's Petrol Subsidy Removal](https://naijacommonground.com/petrol-subsidy-removal-nigeria/): Peter Agada, the Young Progressives Party's presidential candidate and one of the declared contenders for the 2027 election, has stated plainly that he will not restore Nigeria's petrol subsidy if he wins power.
- [Naira Edges Higher as Dollar Supply Improves and Parallel Market Gap Shrinks Below 3%](https://naijacommonground.com/naira-dollar-exchange-rate-2/): The naira has quietly been making its case for stability, and the latest trading data from the Central Bank of Nigeria gives it some ground to stand on.
- [Inter Milan Eye €20 Million Move for Super Eagles Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye](https://naijacommonground.com/maduka-okoye-inter-milan/): Serie A champions Inter Milan have identified Udinese's Maduka Okoye as a serious transfer target, with the Italian giants weighing up a €20 million move for the Super Eagles goalkeeper ahead of the January transfer window.
- [The 14 Most In-Demand Jobs of 2026 — And What They Pay](https://naijacommonground.com/in-demand-jobs-2026/): The US Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) has done the legwork so job seekers do not have to.
- [Qatar Bans Recruitment Fees: What Nigerian Workers Heading There Must Know](https://naijacommonground.com/qatar-recruitment-fees-ban/): Qatar has made it illegal for any employer, recruiter, or agency operating within the country to charge workers any fee connected to securing employment.
- [Tinubu Converts Kaduna Polytechnic Into University of Technology — But Will It Deliver?](https://naijacommonground.com/kaduna-polytechnic-university-conversion/): Nigeria's federal government has, once again, reached for the conversion bill as its instrument of educational reform.
- [Kaduna Family With Six-Month-Old Baby Freed After Ten Days in Captivity](https://naijacommonground.com/kaduna-kidnapping-family-released/): Ahmed Abubakar Zakka, his wife and their infant daughter Fatima are free.
- [Nigeria's Passport Climbs to 92nd in Global Rankings — What It Means for Nigerian Travellers](https://naijacommonground.com/nigeria-passport-ranking/): Picture a Nigerian traveller at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, passport in hand, scanning the departure board for a flight to Mauritius or Rwanda — two of the 45 destinations now accessible without the familiar scramble for a prior visa.
- [Galatasaray Pay the Price for Lost Focus as Barcelona Run Riot 4–1](https://naijacommonground.com/galatasaray-barcelona-champions-league/): Victor Osimhen was back on the pitch, Galatasaray had taken an early lead, and for a brief moment it looked as though the Turkish champions might cause a genuine upset against one of Europe's most formidable sides.
- [DSS Witness Tells Court El-Rufai Allegedly Set Aside $600,000 to Buy Off EFCC Officials](https://naijacommonground.com/el-rufai-efcc-bribery/): A forensic investigator has told a Kaduna court that former Governor Nasir El-Rufai and associates allegedly earmarked $600,000 to pay off Economic and Financial Crimes Commission officials and intermediaries.
- [INEC Opens a Fresh Window for Candidates Dropped From the 2027 Governorship List](https://naijacommonground.com/inec-2027-governorship-candidates/): The Independent National Electoral Commission has issued a formal public clarification explaining why certain candidates are absent from the final list for the 2027 governorship elections — and it has given affected political parties until 24 October 2026 to formally contest those exclusions.
- [US to Reroute Visa Processing for 25 African Countries Through Regional Hubs From August 2026](https://naijacommonground.com/us-visa-processing-africa/): The United States Department of State has announced a sweeping restructuring of how it handles visa applications across Africa, with 25 missions set to lose their routine visa processing functions from 1 August 2026.
- [inDrive Cuts Commission to 1% in South Africa — But Nigerian Drivers Are Getting Something Different](https://naijacommonground.com/indrive-commission-south-africa/): The announcement sounded generous. It was — just not for Nigeria.
- [INEC Recognises Defector Senator Mustapha as PDP Candidate for Kwara Central](https://naijacommonground.com/mustapha-pdp-kwara-central/): The Independent National Electoral Commission has formally recognised Senator Saliu Mustapha as the Peoples Democratic Party's senatorial candidate for Kwara Central, confirming the validity of his substitution onto the PDP ticket after he abandoned the All Progressives Congress.
- [Anambra Building Collapse Kills Mother and Teenage Daughter After Warnings Were Ignored](https://naijacommonground.com/anambra-building-collapse/): It was nearly ten o'clock on a Tuesday night in Okpoko when a three-storey building under construction gave way and crashed onto the house next door.
- [APC Founding Father Apologises for Tinubu's Rise to Power — and Means Every Word](https://naijacommonground.com/oyegun-apology-tinubu-apc/): There are moments in Nigerian politics that cut through the noise and demand to be taken seriously.
- [Plateau State Bleeds On: Gunmen Kill Police Officer in Ambush as Curfew Fails to Hold](https://naijacommonground.com/plateau-state-security-violence/): There is something deeply unsettling about a society in which the men sent to provide security cannot themselves be kept safe.
- [Nollywood Actress Habibat Jinad Speaks Plainly About Her Bleaching Past — and Why She Walked Away](https://naijacommonground.com/skin-bleaching-nollywood/): For a long time, Nollywood actress Habibat Jinad said nothing publicly about what she had been putting her skin — and herself — through.
- [ABU Fee Hike Triples Student Costs — and the NDC Wants You to Remember It in 2027](https://naijacommonground.com/abu-fee-increase/): Ahmadu Bello University has more than doubled its undergraduate registration charges for the 2026/2027 academic session, and the political fallout has been immediate.
- [Federal Government Cuts Petrol Prices at NNPC Stations and Targets Landing Cost Ceiling](https://naijacommonground.com/petrol-price-discount-nnpc/): The Federal Government has announced a 30-day petrol discount at Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) filling stations, with public transport operators given first priority under the scheme.
- [Karpin Blames His Own Defence, Not Chelle's Tactics, After Nigeria Snatch 3-3 Draw with Russia](https://naijacommonground.com/nigeria-russia-3-3-draw/): Russia head coach Valery Karpin has flatly rejected Eric Chelle's claim that tactical adjustments from the Nigeria bench drove the Super Eagles' dramatic comeback in their 3-3 international friendly draw.
- [MTN Airtime Compensation: What Nigerian Subscribers Need to Know About Who Qualifies and How Much They Can Receive](https://naijacommonground.com/mtn-airtime-compensation/): MTN Nigeria has begun crediting eligible subscribers with airtime compensation following confirmed network failures across several states.
- [Nigeria Puts Ebola Defences on Alert After Kenya Confirms Imported Bundibugyo Case](https://naijacommonground.com/nigeria-ebola-alert-kenya/): Nigeria's disease control authorities have reviewed the country's Ebola readiness after Kenya confirmed an imported case of the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola, raising fresh concerns about the risk of the disease reaching Nigerian soil through international travel.
- [Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 Crashes Into Ondo Swamp With 32 on Board — All Lives Lost](https://naijacommonground.com/nigerian-air-force-crash/): A military transport aircraft vanished from radar, plunged into a swampy creek, and killed everyone on board. Nigeria is now asking how.
- [ABU Zaria Raises Undergraduate Fees: What Every Student Needs to Know for 2026/2027](https://naijacommonground.com/abu-zaria-undergraduate-fees/): Ahmadu Bello University has officially raised its undergraduate registration charges, effective from the 2026/2027 academic session.
- [Included But Not Secure: How Nigeria's Financial Access Boom Is Leaving Millions Behind](https://naijacommonground.com/financial-inclusion-nigeria/): Nigeria has been celebrating a milestone in financial inclusion. On paper, the numbers look impressive.
- [South Africa's Criminal Justice System Abandoned a Disabled Child — and the Courts Have Finally Said So](https://naijacommonground.com/south-africa-criminal-justice-disabled-child/): A court has confirmed what should have been obvious from the start: the South African state failed a mentally disabled 17-year-old at every turn, locking him in an adult prison for nearly three months and leaving him exposed to assault and rape.
- [CAF Apologises to Nigeria and Bans Guinea-Bissau's Stadium After Super Eagles' 3-0 Defeat](https://naijacommonground.com/caf-nigeria-guinea-bissau-stadium/): The Confederation of African Football has issued a formal apology to the Nigeria Football Federation and is set to bar the Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro in Guinea-Bissau from hosting any further 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches — a significant admission that the Super Eagles were made to compete on a surface unfit for professional football.
- [Nigeria's Insurance Overhaul Is Law — Now Comes the Hard Part](https://naijacommonground.com/nigeria-insurance-reform/): Legislation is only ever as good as the will to enforce it, and Nigeria's insurance sector has seen enough promising reforms dissolve into bureaucratic inertia to know the difference.
- [Ikeja Electric Admits Five Band A Feeders Failed the 20-Hour Test — and Some Managed Zero Hours](https://naijacommonground.com/ikeja-electric-band-a-feeders/): Ikeja Electric has issued a public apology after five of its Band A feeders in Lagos failed to deliver the minimum 20 hours of daily electricity supply on 30 September and 1 October 2026, with one feeder recording no supply whatsoever on the first of those two days.
- [Tony Elumelu Tightens His Grip on Seplat with £53.2m Share Purchase](https://naijacommonground.com/tony-elumelu-seplat-shares/): There is a particular kind of confidence that speaks louder than any press release, and Tony Elumelu demonstrated it plainly on the last day of September 2026.
- [From Lagos Polytechnic to Dangote Refinery: One Graduate's Achievement That Matters](https://naijacommonground.com/dangote-refinery-graduate-jobs/): There is a version of Nigeria's story that rarely makes the front page — not the corruption scandals or the fuel queues, but the quiet, determined young people who study hard, earn their qualifications and then go on to contribute to the very infrastructure their country desperately needs.
- [Nigeria's CNG and Electric Bus Push Delivers Cheaper Fares — But Only on Certain Routes](https://naijacommonground.com/cng-electric-buses-nigeria-fares/): The Federal Government has announced lower transport fares on selected routes across Nigeria following the deployment of compressed natural gas (CNG) and electric vehicles, with the Presidential Initiative on CNG and Electric Vehicles (Pi-CNG & EV) confirming that commuters in the FCT, Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Borno and several other states are already paying less — though the relief is far from universal.
- [Ice King Ochacho Hits One Million Spotify Streams — But Not Everyone Is Convinced](https://naijacommonground.com/ice-king-ochacho-spotify-streams/): Ice King Ochacho, the son of Nigerian billionaire Ochacho, has announced that his debut single "No Competition" surpassed one million streams on Spotify on Friday, 2 October.
- [Gunmen Kill Two Miners During Night Shift at Plateau State Site Under Curfew](https://naijacommonground.com/plateau-state-miners-killed/): Two workers are dead after gunmen struck a mining site on the Plateau State boundary late on Friday night — while a government curfew was already in force.
- [Guinea Stay Alive, But Bafana Bafana Hold All the Cards in Group D](https://naijacommonground.com/afcon-2027-qualifying-group-d/): At the Stade du 28 Septembre in Conakry on Thursday evening, Serhou Guirassy did what he does best.
- [NNPC Offers N66 Fuel Discount and N30,000 Cash Prizes to Mark Nigeria's 66th Independence Day](https://naijacommonground.com/nnpc-fuel-discount/): At the pump, something unusual is happening.
- [Gunmen Attack PDP Meetings in Calabar, Three Injured as 2027 Election Tensions Rise](https://naijacommonground.com/pdp-calabar-attack-2027/): Gunmen opened fire on two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) consultative meetings in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State on Friday, 2 October 2026, injuring three people and destroying several vehicles belonging to party supporters.
- [Obidient Movement Says Last-Minute Police Ban on Uyo March Cost Them Over ₦20 Million](https://naijacommonground.com/obidient-movement-police-ban-uyo/): There is something deeply telling about a political movement spending over ₦20 million to mobilise supporters across 31 local government areas, only to be told — hours before the event — that permission has been revoked.
- [US and Saudi Arabia Mark Nigeria's 66th Independence Day With Congratulatory Messages](https://naijacommonground.com/nigeria-independence-day/): Saudi Arabia and the United States both issued formal congratulatory messages to Nigeria on Thursday, 1 October 2026, as the country marked 66 years since it gained independence from Britain — a milestone celebrated by Nigerians at home and across the diaspora.
- [Nigerian Public Workers Launch Three-Day Strike as Government Sits on Its Hands](https://naijacommonground.com/nigerian-public-workers-strike/): The patience of Nigeria's public servants has finally run out.
- [Nigerian Firm Opens Lagos LPG Terminal in Bid to Drive Down Cooking Gas Prices](https://naijacommonground.com/lpg-terminal-lagos-cooking-gas/): Asiko Energy Holdings Limited has completed a 5,000-metric-tonne liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal in Ijora, Lagos, with the company saying the facility will enable it to source cheaper cooking gas and pass the savings on to Nigerian consumers.
- [UK, Canada and Australia Are Closing the Door — and Nigeria Needs to Pay Attention](https://naijacommonground.com/nigeria-immigration-policy-changes/): Picture a young Nigerian nurse who spent months gathering documents, paying visa fees and planning her future around a Health and Care Worker visa to the United Kingdom.
- [NiMet Warns 27 States and FCT of Thunderstorms on 1 October — Here Is What You Need to Know](https://naijacommonground.com/nimet-thunderstorm-warning/): The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) issued a sweeping weather forecast on Wednesday evening, 30 September, warning that at least 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory face a significant risk of thunderstorms throughout Thursday, 1 October 2026.
- [Chelle Names His XI: Three Changes as Super Eagles Prepare for Guinea-Bissau Showdown](https://naijacommonground.com/super-eagles-guinea-bissau/): Nigeria head coach Eric Chelle has confirmed his starting lineup for the Super Eagles’ AFCON 2027 qualifier against Guinea-Bissau, making three changes to the team that began the campaign.
- [Pro-Tinubu Group Launches with 10-Million-Vote Target for 2027 Presidential Race](https://naijacommonground.com/tinubu-2027-election/): A newly formed political support group, Bichi's Ward Wide Ambassadors for Tinubu 2027, launched in Abuja on Monday, 28 September 2026, setting itself the ambitious target of delivering 10 million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's re-election bid at the 2027 general elections.
- [DStv's Free Sports Trial and Package Overhaul: What Nigerian Subscribers Need to Know](https://naijacommonground.com/dstv-sports-package-nigeria/): MultiChoice has launched a significant restructuring of its DStv packages, introducing free content upgrades and a dedicated sports bouquet — though Nigerian subscribers should be clear-eyed about one thing: the most generous offers are currently reserved for South Africa.
- [Nigerian Troops Neutralise 1,487 Terrorists in Two Months as Military Pressure Intensifies](https://naijacommonground.com/nigerian-military-terrorists-neutralised/): For years, criticism of Nigeria's military response to terrorism centred on a familiar complaint: the rhetoric outpaced the results.
- [Fidelity Bank Promotes 433 Staff as Nigeria's Top Lenders Push Wages Past ₦1 Trillion](https://naijacommonground.com/nigerian-banks-wage-bill/): Nigerian banks are spending more money keeping hold of their best people, and the numbers now confirm it.
- [Three African Countries Whose Visitors Could Cost You US Visa-Free Travel Rights](https://naijacommonground.com/us-visa-free-travel-restrictions/): Citizens of countries in the US Visa Waiver Programme who have visited Libya, Somalia or Sudan since March 2011 may no longer be entitled to enter the United States without a full visa, according to guidance from the US Department of State.
- [Onion Prices Have Tripled in Four Months — Here Is Why Nigerians Are Paying the Price](https://naijacommonground.com/onion-prices-nigeria/): Something as ordinary as an onion has become a measure of how badly supply chains can break down.
- [America Names and Shames 176 Nigerians and Ghanaians Facing Deportation](https://naijacommonground.com/nigerians-ghanaians-deportation-us/): The United States government has gone public — names, faces and all.
- [Okoye vs Nwabali: Chelle Faces Goalkeeping Dilemma as Super Eagles Prepare for Guinea-Bissau](https://naijacommonground.com/super-eagles-goalkeeper/): Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle faces a significant goalkeeping decision as Nigeria prepare to take on Guinea-Bissau in their second 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture on Tuesday, 29 September.
- [George Ilenikhena Scores on Super Eagles Debut and Responds with Quiet Confidence](https://naijacommonground.com/george-ilenikhena-super-eagles-debut/): George Ilenikhena needed just one match to announce himself on the international stage.
- [A Missing Phone Cracked the Case: How Abuja Police Linked Three Suspects to a Body Under Katampe Bridge](https://naijacommonground.com/abuja-murder-case-phone/): When a man's body turned up under the Katampe Bridge along the Kubwa Expressway in Abuja on 26 August, public speculation quickly settled on the usual suspects — kidnapping gangs and "one chance" robbers.
- [From Fuel Pump to Dangote Refinery: The Graduate Who Refused to Wait for the Perfect Job](https://naijacommonground.com/graduate-job-success-nigeria/): Abdulkadir Garba Yusuf had a Political Science degree from Bayero University Kano and, like thousands of Nigerian graduates before him, no immediate path forward.
- [The Nigerian Cyber Fraud Ring That Stole $6 Million From America — And How the Net Is Closing](https://naijacommonground.com/nigerian-cyber-fraud/): A sprawling business email compromise scheme, six Nigerians on the FBI's Cyber Most Wanted list, and a cross-continental manhunt that is not yet finished.
- [Super Eagles Come From Behind to Beat Madagascar 2-1 in AFCON 2027 Qualifier Opener](https://naijacommonground.com/super-eagles-madagascar-afcon-2027/): Nigeria's Super Eagles launched their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a hard-fought comeback victory over Madagascar on Thursday, winning 2-1 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, with two debutants supplying the goals that turned the match around.
- [Court Nullifies Pantami's Primary Win — Gombe PDP Sets 29 September for Fresh Governorship Vote](https://naijacommonground.com/gombe-pdp-governorship-primary/): The Peoples Democratic Party in Gombe State is scrambling to hold a fresh governorship primary after a Federal High Court struck down the result of its earlier exercise and ordered a rerun within one month.
- [Air Peace Offers Discount After NCAA Forces Its Hand Over Lagos-Enugu Delay Scandal](https://naijacommonground.com/air-peace-flight-delay-compensation/): It began, as so many Nigerian aviation grievances do, in the early hours of a Monday morning.
- [Super Eagles vs Madagascar: Who Starts in Uyo as Chelle Faces Osimhen and Okoye Headaches?](https://naijacommonground.com/super-eagles-madagascar-lineup/): Nigeria kick off their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign on Friday, and already the team news is complicated.
- [Mining Marshals Move on Nasarawa: Why Treating Illegal Mining as a Security Threat Is the Right Call](https://naijacommonground.com/illegal-mining-nigeria-security/): Nigeria has long treated illegal mining as a regulatory nuisance — a matter for bureaucrats armed with paperwork rather than for security agencies with the authority to act.
- [Boucher Trains With Madagascar Despite Calls for His Axe — What It Means for Nigeria Clash](https://naijacommonground.com/boucher-madagascar-nigeria/): Madagascar's controversial goalkeeper Zacharie Boucher has trained with the national squad in Nigeria, putting to rest reports that he would be dropped before the Super Eagles qualifier.
- [Kebbi Mourns District Head of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Rasheed](https://naijacommonground.com/district-head-gwandu-dies/): The District Head of Gwandu in Kebbi State, Alhaji Muhammadu Rasheed — widely known by his title Sarkin Gabas — died on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, leaving the state's traditional institutions and wider community in mourning.
- [Africa's IMF Debt Burden: Which Ten Countries Owe the Most — and What It Means](https://naijacommonground.com/africa-imf-debt/): Egypt remains Africa's single largest borrower from the International Monetary Fund, carrying outstanding credit of approximately SDR 7.86 billion — equivalent to $10.76 billion, or roughly ₦14.30 trillion — as of 15 September 2026.
- [Nigerian Stock Market Gains N297bn as CBN Slashes MPR to 23%](https://naijacommonground.com/ngx-stock-market-cbn-mpr/): Nigeria's equities market added N297.21 billion to investors' wealth on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, as buying pressure across blue-chip and mid-cap stocks pushed the NGX All-Share Index up 0.18% to close at 250,614.66 points — lifting the market's year-to-date return to an impressive 61.05%.
- [Kwankwaso Outlines How an NDC Government Would Bring Petrol Prices Down](https://naijacommonground.com/ndc-petrol-prices-plan/): On a Tuesday morning in late September, Rabiu Kwankwaso sat before the cameras at Arise TV and said something that will resonate across petrol queues from Kano to Lagos: "We are bringing subsidy in our own way."
- [Madagascar's Raveloson Tells Super Eagles: "We're Not Scared" Ahead of AFCON 2027 Qualifier in Uyo](https://naijacommonground.com/afcon-2027-qualifier-nigeria-madagascar/): When the Madagascar squad touched down at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, they arrived not as tourists but as a side with a point to prove.
- [Why Cement Prices Stay High in Nigeria — and What HBM Says About It](https://naijacommonground.com/cement-prices-nigeria/): Walk into any building materials market in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, and the price of a 50kg bag of cement will still make you wince.
- [Super Eagles' Striker Crisis: Arokodare Admits Fitness Doubts as Osimhen Withdrawal Deepens Chelle's Headache](https://naijacommonground.com/super-eagles-striker-crisis/): Nigeria's attacking options for the 2027 AFCON qualifiers are looking decidedly thin.
- [Tinubu's 2027 Campaign Takes Shape — And Wike Is Being Kept Outside the Tent](https://naijacommonground.com/tinubu-2027-campaign-wike/): President Bola Tinubu is manoeuvring to give FCT Minister Nyesom Wike a defined role in his 2027 re-election campaign — one that keeps the former Rivers State governor useful without granting him formal standing inside the All Progressives Congress.
- [Thirty-Two African Countries Now Require a UK Airport Transit Visa — Nigeria Included](https://naijacommonground.com/uk-transit-visa-african-countries/): The United Kingdom government has published official guidance confirming that citizens of 32 African nations must hold a valid visa before transiting through any UK airport, even when their final destination lies elsewhere entirely.
- [Petrol at N1,450 Per Litre: Why Abuja's Keke Riders Have Raised Fares — and What It Means for Commuters](https://naijacommonground.com/keke-fares-abuja-petrol-prices/): Commercial tricycle operators — known widely as keke riders — across the Federal Capital Territory have raised their fares by between N100 and N200 on multiple routes.
- [37 Dead in NSCDC Custody: Why Civil Society Is Defending the Corps Boss — and Questioning the Critics](https://naijacommonground.com/nscdc-custody-deaths-minna/): A civil society coalition has firmly rejected demands for the dismissal of the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Professor Ahmed Abubakar Audi, following the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners held in custody in Minna, Niger State.
- [37 Dead in Government Custody: Atiku Names Tinubu and Two Ministers Who Must Answer for Niger Deaths](https://naijacommonground.com/custodial-deaths-niger/): Thirty-seven Nigerians entered government custody alive. None came out. Now someone must explain why.
- [Anambra Debt Row: Peter Obi's Former SSG Steps Forward With Handover Documents](https://naijacommonground.com/anambra-debt-peter-obi/): The dispute over Anambra State's finances has been running for years, but it sharpened considerably in September 2025 when the state's Commissioner for Finance, Izuchukwu Okafor, declared that Governor Charles Soludo's administration was still servicing debts linked to Peter Obi and previous governors.
- [Only Three African Nations Qualify for the US E-1 Treaty Trader Visa — and Nigeria Is Not One of Them](https://naijacommonground.com/e-1-visa-africa-nigeria/): Of the 55 countries worldwide whose nationals are eligible to apply for the United States E-1 Treaty Trader nonimmigrant visa, only three are African — Ethiopia, Liberia, and Togo — leaving the vast majority of the continent's 1.4 billion people without access to one of America's most commercially focused visa pathways, according to information published on the US Department of State's official travel portal.
- [CAC Annual Returns: What Every Nigerian Business Owner Must Know Right Now](https://naijacommonground.com/cac-annual-returns-nigeria/): Paying your taxes does not mean your business is fully compliant with Nigerian law.
- [Wike's Rainbow Coalition Is Already Showing Cracks — and the 2027 Election Is Still a Year Away](https://naijacommonground.com/rainbow-coalition-nigeria-2027/): Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, launched his so-called Rainbow Coalition with considerable fanfare, presenting it as a broad, multi-party front to secure President Bola Tinubu's re-election in 2027.
- [Fifteen Nigerian Lawyers Named on US Immigration Court Sanctions List](https://naijacommonground.com/nigerian-lawyers-us-immigration-sanctions/): The United States Department of Justice has published an updated register of immigration practitioners currently under disciplinary action, and the names of fifteen lawyers of Nigerian origin appear among those sanctioned.
- [UNILAG Sets 2026/2027 UTME Cut-Off Marks for Computer Science and Ten Engineering Courses](https://naijacommonground.com/unilag-utme-cut-off-marks/): The University of Lagos has published its UTME merit admission cut-off marks for the 2026/2027 academic session, covering programmes in the Faculty of Computing and Informatics and the Faculty of Engineering.
- [Australia's Free eVisitor Visa: What It Offers, What It Forbids, and Who Qualifies](https://naijacommonground.com/australia-evisitor-visa/): Australia is offering eligible foreign nationals a free multiple-entry visa — and the details are worth knowing.
- [Mr Eazi Calls Billionaire Femi Otedola His Chauffeur — and the Internet Cannot Get Enough](https://naijacommonground.com/mr-eazi-femi-otedola-chauffeur/): It was one short caption, four words, and it set Nigerian social media alight.
- [Stop the TV Wars: Tinubu's Campaign Spokesman Tells Wike and APC Governors to Prove Their Worth on the Ground](https://naijacommonground.com/wike-apc-governors-dispute/): Ima Niboro, the spokesperson for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, has had enough of the noise.
- [UAE Opens Its Doors to Remote Workers With a One-Year Residence Visa — Here Is What You Need to Qualify](https://naijacommonground.com/uae-remote-worker-visa/): The UAE is offering remote workers a legal route to live on its soil while drawing a salary from abroad.
- [Naira Under Pressure at Official Window — But Nigeria's Reserves Hit a 17-Year High](https://naijacommonground.com/naira-depreciation-official-rate/): The naira edged lower against the US dollar at the official foreign exchange market, closing at N1,329.15 per dollar — a drop of N2.85, or roughly 0.21%, from the previous session's close of N1,326.30/$.
- [Nigeria Dominates 2026 AFRIMMA Awards: Davido, Tems, Phyno and 14 Others Claim Top Honours in Dallas](https://naijacommonground.com/afrimma-awards-2026-nigeria/): Nigerian music did not merely show up at the 2026 African Muzik Magazine Awards — it took over.
- ["Mother of All Stocks": Ooni of Ife Backs Dangote Refinery IPO as a Landmark Moment for Ordinary Nigerians](https://naijacommonground.com/dangote-refinery-ipo-2/): When the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, walked into the Nigerian Exchange Group headquarters in Lagos on Monday, 14 September 2026, he did not come merely to observe.
- [ADP's Chinazam Ike Rules Out Atiku Alliance and Sets Out the Party's 2027 Vision](https://naijacommonground.com/adp-2027-election-strategy/): The African Democratic Party's Vice-Presidential Candidate, Hon.
- [Petrol at ₦1,470 a Litre: Atiku Demands Full Public Reckoning of Subsidy Savings and Oil Revenues](https://naijacommonground.com/petrol-price-nigeria-subsidy/): Atiku Abubakar, the African Democratic Congress presidential candidate and former Vice President, has launched a sharp attack on the Tinubu administration over petrol prices that have now reached ₦1,470 per litre, demanding a comprehensive public account of every naira saved or earned from oil revenues and Federation Account deductions since the fuel subsidy was removed in 2023.
- [NiMet Puts 26 States on Thunderstorm Alert — Here Is What Nigerians Need to Know](https://naijacommonground.com/nimet-thunderstorm-alert-nigeria/): Nigeria is in the path of a fast-moving storm system. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency issued a severe thunderstorm alert at 4:00 p.m.

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