Nigeria threw some jets into the Benin Republic airspace after a military coup knocked out President Patrice Talon over the weekend. Security people told analyst Zagazola Makama the planes left Lagos and started circling around to keep tabs on what was going down across the border. Lt. Pascal Tigri led the takeover and dissolved everything from state institutions to political parties while shutting down all entry points by land, sea, and air.
The whole thing freaked out Nigerian officials because the two countries share a super-long and messy border that creates security headaches for Abuja. Military sources confirmed the jets are just watching and gathering intel rather than gearing up for strikes, and surveillance operations will...
Nigeria's security chief, Nuhu Ribadu, met with a US congressional crew that flew in for some fact-finding work. The delegation had Mario Díaz-Balart running point alongside Norma Torres, Scott Franklin, Juan Ciscomani, and Riley Moore, with Ambassador Richard Mills sitting in on the whole thing.
They spent the session talking about counterterrorism moves and how to keep the region stable while building up security ties between both countries. Ribadu seemed pretty optimistic about the whole exchange, saying it should help build more trust and get everyone working better on peace and security stuff going forward.
A Zimbabwe chrome trader named Precious Mabuza got hit for half a million dollars after scammers pretended to be Kuvimba Mining House executives pitching a fake Great Dyke mineral project. The fraudsters claimed they needed her help on some ministry report and kept up a professional act until she wired the cash to a South African bank account, then ghosted her completely.
Mabuza said the whole setup looked legit because of how official they sounded, and she only caught on when nobody picked up her calls after the transfer went through. The scammers even sent AI-generated voice clips to keep the charade going before vanishing. Kuvimba put out a statement saying they had nothing to do with it and warned people to verify communications...
Omah Lay is headlining the first-ever Motherland Festival in Lagos beside the Oriental Hotel, and it's his only city performance through the rest of the month. The guy just scored a Grammy nomination for his track with Davido called With You, which Spotify says became the most-streamed Nigerian song this year.
The festival runs over three days and pulls in Seyi Vibez, The Cavemen, Odumodu Blvck, Qing Madi, Mavo, and DJ Obi alongside the main act. First Bank is backing the whole thing, and organizers are hyping it as a major cultural event that brings together artists and creative types from all over.
Jennifer Adighije took over the Niger Delta Power Holding Company in August 2024 and managed to bring 625 megawatts back online by fixing dormant turbines at plants like Ihovbor, Alaoji, and Omotosho. The company handles generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure for Nigeria's National Integrated Power Projects, but a bunch of their assets were barely functioning before she showed up.
She pushed through maintenance work, locked down better gas supply deals, and got contractors back on board to restart units that had been sitting idle. Plants that were running in single-digit availability percentages started performing again after overhauls and closer vendor coordination.
The company still owes over 600 billion naira in...
Lafarge Africa fixed up the Independence Memorial Obelisk at Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos using their Ecoplanet Elephant cement, which cuts carbon emissions by at least 30 percent compared to regular stuff. The company's CEO, Lolu Alade-Akinyemi, said the project ties into their sustainability push while keeping a major historical landmark from falling apart. Industry minister Jumoke Oduwole and Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu both showed up to praise the work.
The rehabilitation covered structural repairs, aesthetic touch-ups, accessibility improvements, and restoration of symbolic carvings while keeping the original design intact. Tafawa Balewa Square managing director Lucia Shittu mentioned the obelisk sits on a 14.6-hectare site...
Mohammed Dingyadi from the Labour and Employment ministry dropped the 1Government Enterprise Content Management System in Abuja, claiming it will push the whole department toward full automation and kill off manual approval delays. The platform handles document storage and retrieval while staying compliant with federal data rules, and Galaxy Backbone is hosting everything locally instead of shipping it overseas.
Didi-Esther Walson-Jack said the ministry beat the end-of-year deadline for going digital, and she told everyone to stop using old channels and switch to the registry system. Wumi Oghoetuoma mentioned that nine departments have already moved over with 110 workflows automated and 500 user accounts live, and he thinks paper costs...
Dr Omotola Dayo-Adedapo from HRTalenthub.ng told a Lagos conference that Nigerian workplaces need to fix toxic leadership and burnout problems while helping staff feel connected to company missions. Professor Tayo Arulogun from Miva Open University said the country pumps out over 500,000 grads per year, but companies still cannot find decent hires, and he blamed everyone for hunting talent instead of building it internally. Dr Lare Ayoola from Tranter IT Infrastructure Services said bosses need to actually care about their teams because nobody performs well when they feel ignored.
Arulogun mentioned that skills expire in under five years at this point, so learning has to happen constantly instead of once per year at some training...
The Isale-Eko Descendants Union kicked off a free health screening program at their community house on Iga Idungaran Street with help from Iyewo Health. Chairman Adeniji Kazeem pushed preventive care and handed out clean water while telling residents to actually show up for the checkups. Water Relief NG upgraded five water access points around the area with backing from the Lagos Internal Revenue Service.
Kazeem said the group took a year or two off but came back with the wellness event and a walking tour dropping later this month. Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi from Water Relief mentioned they need cheaper locally made water tanks to scale up their projects, and government support would help manufacturers get there.
