Here are the top 10 stories across the country.
1. Boko Haram now part of our national life, Obasanjo laments
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to confront the Boko Haram insurgency with critical reflection and probing questions, warning that the menace has grown into a “monster” in the country.Read more
2. Oshiomhole faults PENGASSAN over nationwide strike, says Dangote dispute shouldn’t punish Nigerians
Former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president and serving senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has faulted the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) for escalating its dispute with the Dangote Refinery into a nationwide shutdown of oil facilities, warning that the move was hasty, misdirected, and unfair to millions of Nigerians.Read more
3. ‘Look for another story to tell Nigerians,’ Garba Shehu slams Jonathan over attempt to link Buhari with Boko Haram
Garba Shehu, a media aide to the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to a statement credited to former President Goodluck Jonathan on his principal’s connection with the Boko Haram sect.Read more
4. Afenifere says terrorist infiltration in Kwara, Kogi part of territorial expansion plot
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has raised alarm over the recent attacks on communities in Kwara and Kogi states, describing them as deliberate attempts by territorial expansionists, terrorists, and destabilising forces to create parallel chiefdoms and endanger national stability.Read more
5. Sultan: Islam seeks good governance, not political power
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has dismissed claims that Islam is driven by a quest to capture political power in Nigeria, stressing instead that the faith promotes principles of good governance.Read more
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6. PDP slams Tinubu’s Independence Day speech, even as party tears itself apart ahead of Ibadan convention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday lashed out at President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address, calling it “pathetic, boring and uninspiring.”Read more
7. UK on high alert after deadly Manchester synagogue terror attack
The United Kingdom was placed on heightened security alert Friday following a deadly terror attack outside a Manchester synagogue during Yom Kippur, leaving two people dead and three others seriously injured.Read more
8. US senators seek re-classification of Nigeria as ‘country of particular concern’ over alleged killing of Christians
Five United States Republican Senators, Ted Budd, Josh Hawley, Pete Ricketts, Ted Cruz, and James Lankford, have written to the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, urging him to consider a re-classification of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), over continued acts of “violence and terrorism against religious minorities” in the country.Read more
9. EFCC arraigns FBI suspect for alleged cryptocurrency account takeover
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Godslove Munachiso Obiwuru, a 26-year old Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) suspect before Justice M. T. Segun-Bello of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State.Read more
10. Eagles camp opens Monday as Chelle reveals 23-man squad for crucial W’CupQ
Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, has called up 23 players for Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho’s Crocodiles and Benin Republic’s Squirrels.Read more
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