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Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News October 23

23.10.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today, Thursday, October 23rd, 2025. N’Convention: Jonathan’s Ex-Minister Emerges Consensus PDP Chairman Former Minister of Special Duties in Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has emerged as the consensus Chairmanship candidate in next month’s National Convention of the Peoples Democratic...

INEC 4-Member Team Arrives Anambra For Pre-Election Readiness Assessment

23.10.2025

A four-member delegation from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Headquarters has arrived in Anambra State to assess the Commission’s preparedness ahead of the November 8, 2025 governorship election. The team, led by Prof. Rhoda Gumus, National Commissioner in charge of Election Planning and Monitoring, includes Mr. Sam Olumekun (INEC National Commissioner), Dr. Kenneth Ukeagu...

Anambra Police Set To Deploy Drones For 2025 Governorship Election

23.10.2025

Ahead of the November 8, 2025 governorship election in Anambra State, the State Police Command has announced plans to deploy drones and other advanced surveillance tools to monitor activities during the polls. The Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, disclosed this during an Election Sensitization Tour of police formations under the Nnewi Area Command. He emphasized...

Jonathan’s Ex-Minister Emerge Consensus PDP Chairman

23.10.2025

Former Minister of Special Duties in Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has emerged as the consensus Chairmanship candidate in next month’s National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). New Telegraph reports that Turaki was adopted on Wednesday night, October 22, by PDP Northern stakeholders who met in Abuja. PDP had retained its...

Jonathan’s Ex-Minister Emerges Consensus PDP Chairman

23.10.2025

Sanwo-Olu Lauds Oyebanji On Purposeful Governance In Ekiti

23.10.2025

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared that his Ekiti State counterpart, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, had in three years of his administration succeeded in entrenching the culture of purposeful governance that has benefitted all the strata of the state. Sanwo-Olu therefore canvassed for Governor Oyebanji’s reelection for continuing dividends of democracy in Ekiti The...

Probe: Okpebolo Warns MOWAA Over Alleged Land Encroachment

23.10.2025

…Wows To Protect All Public Property Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has issued a strong warning to the management of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), cautioning against encroachment on land belonging to Edo State Specialist Hospital. The governor vowed that his administration would not tolerate the erosion of public property. Recall that the...

Tinubu Requests Senate To Confirm Doro’s Nomination As Minister

22.10.2025

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, wrote to the Senate, requesting the apex legislative Assembly to confirm the nomination of Dr Bernard Doro from Plateau State as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. President Tinubu had announced the nomination of Doro on Tuesday, which is barely 24 hours before asking the Red Chamber to...

Obidient Movement Debunks Fake Soludo

22.10.2025

The Obidient Movement, a citizens-driven platform championing the vision of Peter Obi for a new and accountable Nigeria, has debunked as false and mischievous the claims that it has endorsed Governor Chukwuma Soludo for a second term in office. In a statement signed by Dr Yunusa Tanko, the National Coordinator, the Movement described the report...

KOSIEC Proposes October 2026 For Local Council Poll

22.10.2025

The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) has proposed October 17th 2026, for the election into the 21 Local Government Councils. The State Chairman of KOSIEC, Mr Mamman Nda Ari, while declaring the proposed date on Wednesday at a stakeholders meeting in Lokoja, said both Chairmanship and Councillorship elections will hold on the 17th of...