Here's everything that happened in Nigeria today. The National Bureau of Statistics reported that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate dropped slightly to fifteen point three nine percent in August compared to the previous month. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrested a Mexican cartel suspect at Lagos airport for allegedly organizing a secret methamphetamine laboratory discovered in Ebonyi State. Petrol pump prices spiked further across Nigeria as state-owned NNPCL filling stations began selling fuel for up to fourteen hundred and thirty naira per single litre. Security forces deployed massive tactical teams into Niger State following a violent mass bandit invasion and abduction of villagers in the Mariga Local Government Area. The National Youth Service Corps officially scheduled the next nationwide batch orientation exercise to commence on September thirtieth, ordering prospective corps members to avoid night travel. The Debt Management Office successfully sold and allotted over seven hundred and forty-eight billion naira in federal government bonds following its latest monthly capital market auction. Vice President Kashim Shettima arrived back in Abuja after concluding high-level bilateral trade and investment negotiations with Indian leaders at the global BRICS summit. The Progressives Governors’ Forum declared that all ruling party governors will exclusively back official candidates to strengthen the president's upcoming twenty-twenty-seven election campaign. Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike clarified that his newly formed political coalition is strictly dedicated to supporting the president rather than the ruling party structure. The federal government distributed over two hundred thousand specialized health kits to vulnerable expectant mothers as part of an ongoing national healthcare intervention scheme. Rivers State authorities successfully rescued a fifteen-year-old girl named Amarachi after her employers allegedly locked her inside a domestic toilet facility for several consecutive months. #NigeriaNews #BreakingNews #newstoday #NewsUpdate - @dailyplug9ja