Here is today’s edition of our daily newspaper summary you can’t afford to miss.
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Former Kano State Governor and leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said his party will only consider rejoining the All Progressives Congress (APC) if certain conditions are met.
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No fewer than 7,646 Nigerians applied for asylum in Sweden between 2000 and 2024, according to figures from the Swedish Migration Agency.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated iconic Afrobeats legend, Innocent Idibia, well known as 2Baba on the occasion of his 50th birthday.
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Armed bandits suspected to be Lakurawa insurgents have killed the village head of Sayinna in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
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Angry youths on Saturday blocked the Makurdi-Lafia-Abuja highway with the bodies of three farmers reportedly killed by suspected armed herdsmen.
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A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Mathew Eya, has been brutally murdered by unidentified gunmen in Nsukka, Enugu State.
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has announced the recovery of 18 stolen vehicles, including two trucks, in a major crackdown on auto theft and robbery in Abuja.
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria is preparing for a landmark hearing on September 25 in the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a young Sufi musician from Kano State who has been on death row for alleged blasphemy since 2020.
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The Lagos State Police Command said it has restored peace and normalcy to Tejuosho Market Phase II, Surulere, following violent disturbances allegedly caused by hoodlums who mobilised under the guise of protesting a power outage.
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Mrs Osawaru, mother-in-law of music icon, Innocent “Tuface” Idibia, has given the singer an ultimatum, urging him and his new wife, Natasha, to make plans for a baby as soon as possible.