Here is today’s edition of our daily newspaper summary you can’t afford to miss.
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PSG winger, Ousmane Dembele has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Ballon d’Or, football’s most prestigious individual award.
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Tension has gripped Edo State following the wave of impeachments and resignations of acting local government chairmen across the 18 councils.
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Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has accused Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, of laundering public funds abroad, alleging that international legal moves are already in progress to secure his arrest.
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said the lower chamber of the National Assembly fully supports President Bola Tinubu’s borrowing strategy, insisting it is a necessary tool for driving economic growth and reducing poverty.
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Legal practitioner and African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Kenneth Okonkwo, has advised Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to approach the courts to demand the restoration of the six months he lost while out of office.
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Nigeria’s economy recorded a 4.23 per cent growth in the second quarter of 2025, according to figures released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
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The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has distanced itself from the reported move by its former presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Erika Kirk, widow of assassinated Charlie Kirk has stunned attendees by forgiving the man accused of killing her husband at a memorial service held for him at State Farm Stadium, Arizona.
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Former Kaduna lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has waded into the renewed controversy surrounding former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s alleged third term bid, insisting that only a former Senate President can set the record straight.
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Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas has dismissed the Rivers State House of Assembly’s decision to investigate the finances of the state during the six months he served as sole administrator under emergency rule.