Nigeria Today:
• President Tinubu orders forensic audit of federal agencies and ministries
• CNG politics: ADC tackles Tinubu's CNG transport plan as election-season politics; Atiku calls it "another Animal Farm promise"
• Osun reconciliation: Gov. Adeleke reaches out to Akande, Aregbesola, Oyinlola as Oyetola, Oyebamiji shun calls
• NBA: Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya inaugurated as 33rd NBA President
• Security: Tinubu orders rescue after mass kidnapping exposes security failings, as gunmen abduct over 60 worshippers from a mosque in Niger State during Friday prayers. SBM Intelligence reports 7,825 kidnapped in the last year, up 66%
• Economy: Moody's revises Nigeria's outlook to 'positive' — World Bank projects 4.2% growth in 2026 on oil revenue and fiscal discipline. CBN to sell N700bn Treasury Bills today in second August auction
• Football crisis: NFF President Musa Gusau and executive committee resigned Thursday, accounts frozen
World & Africa — Breaking overnight:
• Niger: Sustained gunfire and blasts heard across Niamey early Saturday around Diori Hamani International Airport and the presidential palace • Iran: Supreme leader acknowledges economic toll as war hits 6-month mark, US pushes "economic D-Day" sanctions
• Haiti: Nearly 200,000 forced deportees returned in first 8 months of 2026, UN says after brutal gang killing of nearly 50 near Port-au-Prince
• South Sudan: At least 49 killed, 33 wounded in armed cattle raid in Warrap State
• Uganda/Congo: Africa CDC and WHO announce end of Ebola outbreak in Uganda after 42 days with no case, but cases rising in DRC
• Norway: King Harald, reform-minded head of state, dies at 89 •
Germany: Gas storage injections pick up, now 51.64% full as LNG conditions improve
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