NASA maps a week of Canadian wildfire smoke across North America
A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.
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A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.

Updated Oct. 23: Nigeria’s aviation minister directed authorities to restrict air travel for 46 people identified as contacts of the confirmed Ebola patient for 21 days.
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19 stories in this desk.Benue State Police said all eight people abducted in Ohimini, including a Catholic priest, had been rescued by Oct. 18. Police said two suspects were arrested in connection with the case.
FIFA has approved an interim committee to manage the NFF until fresh elections, with FIFA and CAF to appoint members and a deadline of May 31, 2027.
Nigeria’s NLC and TUC say talks with federal officials produced no concrete commitments; they are preparing for possible nationwide action if next week’s meeting fails.
Two Nigeria-based firms received conditional-release debarments after World Bank investigations found fraudulent practices tied to flood-management projects.
The aviation ministry says federal agencies and Bi-Courtney signed final agreements to settle an 18-year dispute over Lagos’ MMA2 terminal and related airport facilities; implementation now matters.
Two Nigerian newsrooms report INEC had not posted the preliminary register online by the statutory public-scrutiny deadline ahead of the 2027 general election.
A regional workshop in Abuja reviewed the financial model for a fund intended to support water security, ecosystem protection and climate-resilient livelihoods across nine countries.
Federal and state officials, civil society and development partners met in Maiduguri to align Nigeria’s implementation of the 2026–2035 Kampala agriculture agenda.
The Nigerian Air Force says all 25 people aboard an ATR-42 died after the aircraft crashed in Ondo State, revising an earlier government count.
Nigeria’s drug enforcement agency says it dismantled an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory and arrested a Mexican national accused of helping operate it.
Nigeria’s drug enforcement agency says a Lagos arrest followed the interception of cocaine hidden in phone chargers, alongside major seizures across nine states.
Banks and payment providers now face enforcement of Central Bank requirements that link point-of-sale terminals to approved operating locations.
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