Oshodi Airport road reconstruction work to begin in September

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (HSA) says more flooding is expected in September. Meanwhile, emergency agencies have called for more funding from the government to face the challenges ahead. To discuss this development, Timothy Iwuagwu, Chairman of the Lagos State Branch (LSB) at the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPN) joins CNBC Africa for more.

This month has seen a record number of bond sales by blue-chip companies, incentivized by low interest rates and supercharged investor demand to refinance debt. The market priced 127 deals, surpassing September 2017’s 110 offerings as the busiest month, based on Bloomberg records began going back 20 years. The surge in supply came as a growing pile of bonds offer negative yields overseas, driving investors desperate for higher returns into the U.S. corporate credit market. Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro sat down with PGIM's Michael Collins, Aberdeen's Luke Hickmore and George Rusnak of Wells Fargo to discuss whether credit markets were starting to look a little frothy.

The Nigeria Customs Service said the temporary border closure has improved revenue generation.

Here are a few reasons to pick up a copy of The Guardian on Thursday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Thursday.⁣

This week we're exploring "la rentrée", the back-to-work period that takes place after France's summer shutdown. This year's traditional September reset is quite different given the ongoing coronavirus crisis. What are the new health and hygiene rules as children return to school and adults go back to their offices? We take a closer look.

Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Market joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to highlights how Nigeria’s financial markets are reacting to Nigeria’s September inflation data.

British telecom companies will not be allowed to install new Huawei 5G equipment after September 2021, the UK government announced ahead of a debate on new telecom legislation.

The US military is set to leave Afghanistan in September after two decades of fighting militants. Observers fear that the Taliban could return to power.

The FBI has released 16 heavily redacted pages that describe contacts some of the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the US. However, it offers no evidence of the government in Riyadh being complicit in the plot.

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, were planned to a considerable extent in Hamburg. Three of the four suicide pilots had previously lived and studied in the northern German city for years. Their leader was Mohammed Atta.

Some 11 candidates are vying to replace Boris Johnson but that number will be whittled down to two candidates who will be voted for by party members across the country.

September 24th is the new viral date on TikTok, as some users believe there will be a global blackout on this date. The prediction comes from a speech given by the CDU party leader in Germany, Friedrich Merz. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.