Breaking News in Nigeria Today : Monday 3rd August 2026

Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 3rd August 2026

Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 3rd August 2026 on some of the nation newspapers .

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target=_blank>UNILAG Law Faculty Gets New Dean As Adejoke Oyewunmi Succeeds Abiola Sanni

The Faculty of Law, University of Lagos (UNILAG), has ushered in a new era of leadership with Professor Adejoke Oyewunmi officially assuming office as the 20th Dean of the Faculty, succeeding Professor Abiola Sanni, SAN, whose two-year tenure ended on August 1, 2026. Professor Oyewunmi’s appointment marks a significant milestone in the history of the…
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target=_blank>NIMASA, MTS Strengthen Partnership On Seafarers

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Mission to Seafarers (MTS) have resolved to advance the welfare of Nigerian seafarers through stronger collaboration with key maritime stakeholders. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, diaclosed this while receiving the Chairman, Management Committee of MTS in Lagos, Chief Adebayo Sarumi, and the…
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target=_blank>Assess Borrowings Based On Economic Capacity, Revenue Performance, Presidency Replies Atiku, Others

The Presidency has urged former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and other critics of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to base their assessment of government borrowings on the nation’s economic capacity and revenue performance. In a statement issued by the Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday in…
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target=_blank>Education Is Foundation Of National Development – Ani

Senator Anthony Ani, APC, Ebonyi South, has posited that the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Safe Schools Initiative was not set up to witch-hunt anyone, but to ensure that abuses in the programme are corrected and its original objectives achieved. Ani stated this during an interactive session of the Senate Committee to investigate the Safe Schools…
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target=_blank>Seun Kuti Walks Out Of Peller, Jarvis’ Wedding Over Joke About Beef With Wizkid

Controversial Nigerian Afrobeats singer Seun Kuti reportedly walked out of TikTok stars Peller and Jarvis’ wedding ceremony in Lagos. Sunday Telegraph reports that Seun Kuti angrily walked out of the wedding venue after an insensitive joke about his beef with Grammy award-winning singer Wizkid. In a video making rounds on social media, Seun could be…
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target=_blank>Putting Nigeria’s 2025 Licensing Round Transparency To Test

On July 21, 2026, Nigeria’s upstream petroleum regulator, the Nigerian National Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), unveiled the 31 companies that emerged as winners of 37 oil and gas blocks after what observers described as a rigorous evaluation process ultimately determined through a computer-based bid evaluation system designed to eliminate human interference. Yet, questions about…
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target=_blank>2027: Kwankwaso Receives APC Defectors Into NDC

The former Kano State Governor and Vice Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabi’u Kwankwaso, on Sunday received defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the party and the Kwankwasiyya Movement. According to the movement, Kwankwaso received Danlami Zakari Unguwar Gertai (Garkuwan Gari) of Gari Local Government Area, Kano State, alongside his…
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target=_blank>Abbas Greets Ex-VP Namadi Sambo At 72

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has extended his felicitations to former Vice President Arc. Namadi Sambo on the occasion of his 72nd birthday. Speaker Abbas, in a congratulatory message conveyed through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi, described the former vice president as a patriotic Nigerian…
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target=_blank>Mbah, Musa, Others Extol Ogalla’s Service, As Enugu Gov’t Honours Ex-Naval Chief

Former Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla (rtd), has been described as a patriot, a man of courageous, and exemplary officer whose career was defined by selfless service to Nigeria and an enduring commitment to national security and human capital development. The encomiums were poured on the ex-service chief during a reception…
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target=_blank>Peller, Jarvis’ Wedding Overrated – Ossai Success

Ossai Success Ovie, former media aide to the Delta State Governor Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has claimed that the wedding ceremony of popular Nigerian TikTok stars, Peller and Jarvis, was overrated and overhyped. Giving a review of the week-long star-studded wedding ceremony which started on July 29, Ossai Success expressed disappointment in the whole arrangement,…
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