Road Works & Accountability (Edo): Edo State has started palliative repairs on the Okhun junction on Upper Siluko Road in Benin City, with officials saying the contractor is using geotextile methods to tackle water percolation while procurement for full reconstruction begins. Local Governance & Environment (Edo): A civic group, MonITNG, is warning that gully erosion along Ukhun Road in Ekpoma is worsening fast and is threatening homes, while it questions how Edo’s Ecological Fund is being used. Federal Infrastructure (Nigeria): Nigeria’s Ministry of Works pushed back on criticism of the Benin–Onitsha road, saying the corridor’s condition predates the Tinubu administration and that a 25-year concession constrains what the government can do. Regional Business & Tourism (ECOWAS): ECOWAS convened COPITOUR stakeholders to strengthen West African tourism business ties, with Benin among member countries represented. Digital Connectivity (Nigeria–Benin–Sahel): Nigeria is exploring new fibre corridors through Niger and Benin to cut internet costs for landlocked Burkina Faso, with a technical working committee planned. Finance & Pensions (FirstBank): FirstBank will run a nationwide Pensioners Roadshow (Aug 18–Sep 3) in Lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Enugu, Abuja and Kaduna to explain the approved Pension Settlement Framework. Drug Enforcement (NDLEA): NDLEA destroyed illicit drugs worth about N301bn in Lagos and also arrested multiple suspects, including a Lagos businessman caught with 1.55kg of cocaine concealed in luggage bound for India. Energy Oversight (Power Sector): Experts say NERC’s sacking of Kaduna Disco’s board over a N456.5bn debt highlights deeper governance problems in Nigeria’s power privatisation.