Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 29th January 2026
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 29th January 2026 on some of the nation newspapers .
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target=_blank>Enugu Police Arraign Man Over Alleged Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl
…as State Gov’t vows more crackdown The Enugu State Police Command have arraigned a 42-year-old man, Edwin Eze, before a magistrate’s court for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl at Mburubu, Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. This was even as the Enugu State Government vowed more crackdown on child molesters, reiterating…
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target=_blank>FG, World Bank, NGF Collaborate On Basic Education, Primary Healthcare Reform
The World Bank–assisted Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity Governance (HOPE-GOV) Program of the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning has engaged the Nigeria Governors‘ Forum (NGF) to support the implementation of governance reforms in the management of basic education and primary healthcare across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal…
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target=_blank>FHQ: Police Nabs Suspects Over Alleged N7.7bn Airtime Diversion
The Force Headquarters (FHQ) on Wednesday announced that operatives of the National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) dismantled a sophisticated cyber fraud syndicate allegedly involved in the illegal diversion of a telecommunications company’s airtime and data resources valued at over ₦7.7 billion. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, who made this disclosure in a…
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target=_blank>Abiodun Commissions Afon Township Road, Orders Reconstruction Of Olorunda–Imeko Road
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday commissioned the Afon Township Road in Imeko-Afon Local Government and ordered the immediate reconstruction of the Olorunda–Imeko Road. The Afon Township Road, originally constructed in 1959 by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was commissioned at a ceremony held in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area. Speaking at the…
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target=_blank>NLC, TUC Reject Court Order, Declare FCT Workers’ Strike Ongoing
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have condemned what they described as a “One-sided” ruling of the National Industrial Court in Abuja on the ongoing strike by workers in the Federal Capital Territory, vowing to stand firmly with the workers until their demands were met. In a joint…
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target=_blank>Senate Urges FG To Fix Collapsed Bridge, Onitsha-Owerri Road In Anambra
The Senate, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Ministry of Works and the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, (FERMA), to undertake an immediate engineering inspection of the collapsed old bridge and all failed sections of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, including Okija section. The Senate also mandated its Committee on Works to oversee all intervention activities concerning the Okija…
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target=_blank>Insecurity: 24-Hour Curfew Imposed On Kwara Community
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on the entire Oro-Ago District in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State to enable the troops rout out bandits and kidnappers from the area. The Local Government Chairman, Hadji Abdulrasheed, Femi Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. It would be recalled that Kwara South Senatorial District,…
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target=_blank>Senate Considers Electoral Matters C’ttee Report On Electoral Bill
…As electronic transmission tops recommendations The Senate will, on Thursday during plenary session, carry out clause-by-clause consideration of the report of its Committee on Electoral Matters on the recommendations made on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. This is even as the electronic transmission of election results formed a major recommendation in the report of the…
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target=_blank>Tinubu Move To Raise Appeal Court Judges To 110, Federal High Court 90
…To Introduce Virtual Court, ARDC President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday forwarded two bills to the House of Representatives seeking to increase the number of Appeal Court Judges from 70 to 110 and that of the Federal High Court from 70 to 90. Both letters conveying the bills were read at plenary by the Speaker of…
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target=_blank>PS Engages NIWA Management On Waterways Safety, Service Delivery
The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy (FMM&BE), Hajiya Fatima Sugra Tabi’a Mahmood, has engaged the management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on strengthening safety and improving service delivery across Nigeria’s inland waterways. The meeting, held in Abuja, was focused on familiarising the permanent secretary with NIWA’s operations…
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