The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to empower the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) to impose heavier fines and intro­duce criminal penalties for viola­tions of environmental laws in the petroleum sector. The bill, titled ‘The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (Establishment) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026’, was passed after the Senate consid­ered and adopted the report of its Committee on Environment during plenary.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged the Nation­al Assembly not to approve the proposed $21.6bn foreign loans for infrastructure for the Feder­al Government until it provided comprehensive documentation detailing the projects, contracts, costs, contractors, loan conditions and repayment obligations. President Bola Tinubu had asked the National Assembly to approve a fresh external borrow­ing plan totalling $20.52 billion and €1.05 billion to finance infra­structure and social development projects across the country.

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has concluded its landmark Initial Public Offering (IPO), attracting investor applica­tions from 120 countries, includ­ing all 54 African nations, in a transaction that seeks to broad­en public ownership of one of the continent’s largest industrial investments. The offer, described as The People’s IPO, achieved partici­pation across all six inhabited continents, underscoring the international reach of the fund­raising exercise and the ambition to give investors across Africa and beyond an opportunity to own stakes in a major African indus­trial enterprise.

The independent investigative committee set up by the Federal Government to probe the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Se­curity and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State has at­tributed their deaths to severe overcrowding, poor ventilation, dehydration and failure of per­sonnel to respond to repeated distress calls from the detainees. The committee recommended the prosecution of officers found responsible, alongside the pay­ment of N1.4 billion in compen­sation to bereaved families and survivors.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is investigating concerns over suspected AI-generated photographs in its preliminary voters’ register, following public outcry about the images ahead of the 2027 elections. The controversy has raised questions about the integrity of voter registration data, with Nigerians demanding explana­tions over how suspicious pho­tographs and alleged duplicate identities found their way into the register ahead of the 2027 general election.

The Federal Government has approved a N70,000 monthly transport allowance for public service workers for six months, starting in November 2026. The government approved the allowance on Tuesday in Abuja after pressure from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over workers’ welfare and the rising cost of living. The intervention is expected to cushion the effects of rising transportation costs on workers during the six-month period.

The Nigeria Democratic Con­gress (NDC) has disclosed that it generated N8.529 billion from the sale of nomination forms, mem­bership dues, levies and contri­butions from supporters within approximately seven months of its establishment, with N2.402 billion spent on party activities during the period. The disclosure, which places the difference between the re­ported inflows and expenditure at N6.127 billion, was made at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Monday, following the presentation of its statement of account by the National Treasur­er, Dr. Peter Onigah.

National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has called for stronger global and regional coop­eration, intelligence sharing and the responsible use of emerging technologies to combat terrorism and violent extremism in Africa. Ribadu made the call on Mon­day in Abuja at the opening of the High-Level African Lessons Learned Forum on Counter-Ter­rorism Cooperation, Intelligence Sharing and Emerging Technol­ogies.

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, said that his administration is rewriting Ni­geria’s decades-long story of economic underperformance. He said the job is being executed through far-reaching reforms designed to dismantle structural barriers, unlock the nation’s enormous potential and deliver jobs, productivity and shared prosperity.