Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 1st January 2026
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 1st January 2026 on some of the nation newspapers .
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target=_blank>EXCLUSIVE: Moscow And Ankara’s Strike Deal’ On Libya’s Future
According to Informed diplomatic sources, Russia and Turkey have held a series of behind-closed-doors talks, reaching an agreement on a broad blueprint for Libya’s political settlement. The key external players are believed to have hammered out a plan to carve up spheres of influence and preserve the current balance of power between the war-torn country’s…
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target=_blank>Only Mad Man’ll Be Comfortable Handing Over Power To Obi -Presidency
…says no leader can move country forward by copying, pasting models elsewhere The Presidency has said that only a madman would be comfortable handing over power to the former Anambra state governor and the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential election, Peter Obi. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said this on Wednesday…
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target=_blank>We Support Obi’s Defection To ADC – LP
The Labour Party (LP) has said it is in support of the defection of its 2023 presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The party, however, said it is still determined to reclaim the party from the stranglehold of entrenched interests bent on foisting a one-party system in the country. Interim…
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target=_blank>Lalong Lauds Cultural Renaissance At Bit Gamai Festival 2025
Former Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District, Simon Bako Lalong, has commended the impressive displays at the Bit Gamai Festival of Arts and Culture 2025, describing them as clear evidence of a cultural renaissance in Gamailand. Speaking while addressing participants at the festival in Shendam, Senator Lalong said the annual…
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target=_blank>2026: EFCC Chair, Olukoyede Seeks Zero Tolerance For Corruption
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has advocated zero tolerance for economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption in 2026. He gave this charge in Abuja on Wednesday, in a New Year Message signed by the Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Dele Oyewale. According to…
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target=_blank>December 31 Deadline: Civil Service Hits Paperless Milestone As 38 Ministries, Others Go Digital
Nigeria’s Federal Civil Service has hit a historic year-end target, going fully paperless as all 33 Ministries and five Extra-Ministerial Departments (MEMDs) switch to digital operations. The milestone, achieved on the 30th of December 2025, marks a decisive move from paper-based bureaucracy to a modern, accountable, and digitally enabled public service. “Today, all Ministries in…
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target=_blank>CAN, Plateau Youth Allege Genocide, Seek Global Intervention
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Plateau State chapter, in conjunction with a coalition of indigenous youth organisations, has raised the alarm over what it described as a “systematic genocide” against Christian communities in Nigeria’s North and Middle Belt, calling for urgent international intervention. The groups made the allegation on Wednesday at a joint press…
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target=_blank>New Year: Don’t Lose Hope, We’ve Come To Rescue Nigeria – ADC
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on Nigerians not to lose hope due to the challenges in the country and said it has come to rescue Nigeria from the failures of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The ADC National Chairman, Senator David Mark, in his New Year message to Nigerians, said the party is…
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target=_blank>New Year: We’ll Consolidate On Achievements Recorded In 2025 – Gov Aliyu
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has assured that his administration will consolidate on the achievements recorded in the outgoing year, 2025, as the state ushers in 2026. The Governor made this known in a message to the people of the state to mark the beginning of the new year in Sokoto. According to Governor Aliyu,…
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target=_blank>Six Die In Lagos Boat Accident As NIWA, LASWA Rescue Four
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) have said that six passengers have died in a boat mishap on Lagos lagoon, while four were rescued. The two agencies explained on Wednesday in a joint statement by LASWA’s Head, Public Affairs, Wuraola Alake and an official of NIWA’s Corporate Affairs,…
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