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Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News August 27

27.08.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today, Wednesday, August 27th, 2025. APC Has Failed Nigerians, PDP Lawmakers Say The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of failing Nigerians during its 10 years in power. The caucus...

Fraud: Ex-GMD Of Army Properties Ltd Loses N5bn Worth Of Shares To FG

27.08.2025

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of 245,568,137 shares, valued at over N5 billion, linked to Major General Umar Mohammed, former Group Managing Director of Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL), and a business – man, Kayode Oladipupo Filani, to the Federal Government. The order was sequel...

Forum Raises The Alarm Over Attempt To Disturb Peace In Ondo

27.08.2025

The Sunshine Democratic Forum (SDF) has raised alarmed over alleged attempts by some individuals to incite fresh waves of political tension and instability in Ondo State. The Forum in a statement by its Coordinator, Adedeji Obasola, said some local politicians are collaborating with Abujabased allies to incite crisis in the state. It said: “We have...

2027: Dire Consequences Await PDP For Zoning Presidency To South –Northern Youths

27.08.2025

Northern Youths under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations (JACON) has said that they are “shocked and dismayed by the anti-democratic and unjust decision” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to zone its presidential ticket for the 2027 elections to the South. The group noted that the decision has shut...

Modern Cargo Equipment, Tugboats For Delivery By Mid-2026

27.08.2025

In an effort to bridge inadequate port equipment for vessels, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is investing in modern cargo-handling equipment, including larger cranes and tugboats capable of serving bigger vessels, with deliveries scheduled for the first half of 2026. It said the $1 billion reconstruction project of Lagos ports would commence in the next...

ASUU Protests FG’s Failure To Implement 2009 Agreement

26.08.2025

Academic activities were disrupted on Tuesday at the University of Benin’s Ugbowo and Ekheuan campuses as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) staged a nationwide one-day protest over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the renegotiated 2009 agreement. Lecturers and other academic staff marched from the ASUU Secretariat on the Ugbowo main...

Lagos Reaffirms Commitment To UBEC Funding

26.08.2025

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funding obligations and sustaining its flagship Project Zero Initiative, which has returned over 32,400 out-of-school children to classrooms. The pledge was made at the closing ceremony of the 27th Quarterly Meeting of UBEC Management with State Universal Basic Education Boards...

UNICEF, 19 Nigerian Universities Launch BIRDLab To Improve Child Health

26.08.2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with 19 leading Nigerian universities, the Federal Ministry of Health, and the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, has launched the Behavioural Insights Research and Design Lab (BIRDLab) to apply behavioural science to child survival and development. The initiative, described by UNICEF as “the first of...

Full Implementation Of ACJA’ll Improve Speedy Trials – AGF

26.08.2025

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said that the full implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) across all states will strengthen respect for human rights, ensure speedy trials, and reduce prolonged detention. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday at the launch of a project on...

Sen Fadahunsi Urges Constituents To Embrace Farming

26.08.2025

Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, representing Osun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has urged Nigerians, particularly youths in Osun State to embrace farming as a means to achieve food security and economic stability. He warned that the nation must avoid a return to the recent era of widespread hunger and hardship. Speaking during a...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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