Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 18th July 2025
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Friday 18th July 2025 .
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target=_blank>Nnamdi Kanu’s detention is the price for speaking truth to power – Lawyer
Prominent human rights lawyer, Barrister Christopher Chidera, has asserted that the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is not legally justified but rather a consequence of his outspoken criticism of the Nigerian government.
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target=_blank>FCT police arrest man over death of 3-year-old boy who drowned in uncovered septic tank
Police operatives from the Durumi Divisional Headquarters under the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command have arrested a man, identified as Philip Jallo, following the tragic death of a 3-year-old boy who drowned in an uncovered septic tank in Durumi 2, Abuja.
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target=_blank>Alleged $9.6bn P&ID fraud: Fleeing Briton’s surety arrested, produced in court
The judge, in the ruling, issued a bench warrant against Nolan and ordered that he should be arrested by security agencies, including Interpol, anywhere he is sighted within or outside Nigeria and be produced in court to stand his trial.
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target=_blank>Effective governance must begin at the grassroot level – Soludo
Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has said that effective governance must begin at the grassroot level to capture the people’s needs.
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target=_blank>Brazil’s Lula calls Trump’s tariff threat ‘unacceptable blackmail’
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday slammed Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America’s largest economy as “unacceptable blackmail.”
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target=_blank>Ex-Ebonyi PDP chairman Silas Onu dumps party, joins ADC coalition
Former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Barrister Silas Onu, has officially resigned his membership of the party and declared his alignment with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), now adopted by a coalition of opposition leaders ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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target=_blank>Police rescue 31 kidnapped victims in Edo, Taraba after fierce gun battles
The Nigeria Police Force has rescued a total of 31 kidnapped victims in coordinated operations in Edo and Taraba states, following intense gunfights with suspected herdsmen.
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target=_blank>Step aside if you won’t accept, practice tradition, Olowo tells monarchs
Chairman of the Ondo State Council of Traditional Rulers and Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye, has kicked against traditional rulers who abandon traditional practices after ascending the throne.
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target=_blank>First Bank: Controversy trails multi-billion Naira shares deal
There seems to be uncertainty around the share sales and purchase deal between Oba Otudeko, Hassan Odukale on one hand and Femi Otedola on the other in First HoldCo, the parent company of First Bank. The deal delivered an unprecedented quantum of the financial group’s shares to Otedola, the current Group Chairman of First Holdco, from the
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target=_blank>Tinubu to visit Kano today on condolence mission
The Kano State Government says President Bola Tinubu will visit Kano to condole with the government, people of Kano, and the family of the late Alhaji Aminu Dantata, a renowned elder statesman, business mogul, and philanthropist. This is contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature, in Kano on Thursday. He said
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