Road Safety: Socialite Sam Larry was hospitalised after a fatal Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road crash; his bouncer died at the scene. Transport & Death Toll: Two separate auto crashes killed 25 people along the Kwara and Ibadan-Lagos routes, with dozens injured as FRSC cited driver fatigue. Urban Sanitation: Abuja hosted calls for urgent reforms and more funding to fix Nigeria’s urban sanitation crisis, with stakeholders unveiling a diagnostic study. Education & Digital IDs: Private schools want a national digital validation system for birth/admission documents, while FG pushes full NIMC Act 2026 rollout with NIN as the single identity and enrolment hitting 136 million. Security & Justice: US officials urged stronger information sharing with EFCC to tackle sextortion; police also detained officers over alleged brutality in Ebonyi. Lagos Coastal Highway: FG convenes stakeholders over environmental concerns and flood management along the Lagos-Calabar coastal corridor, with Works Minister Umahi rejecting claims the project caused flooding. Diplomacy: Fani-Kayode received letters of credence as Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini. Health: A sickle cell survival gap report highlights Nigeria’s blood shortage and the harm caused by delays in transfusions. Politics: NDC senatorial candidate Orette criticised leaders seeking treatment abroad, arguing it exposes healthcare failures.