Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 5th August 2026
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 5th August 2026 on some of the nation newspapers .
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target=_blank>2027: Opposition’s Disunity Leeway For Tinubu’s Re-Election – Amaechi
Vice presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi has called on opposition political parties to be united so as to be able to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 general election. Amaechi who spoke on Tuesday when he received a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru…
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target=_blank>Economic Summit: Oborevwori Reinforces Delta’s Commitment To Diversification
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, Tuesday declared that the state can no longer rely solely on oil revenue, urging local and foreign investors to take advantage of the vast opportunities across critical sectors of the economy as his administration intensifies efforts to diversify the state’s economic base. Speaking at the close of the second day…
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target=_blank>PFIPC Probe: ‘I Paid Adeyemi N400m For ‘fake’ N2bn Contract’ – Contractor
More revelations emerged Tuesday at the ongoing investigation into the activities of the unestablished Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PEAC/PFIPC), as the Managing Director of Divine Dopacy Limited, Mr Gbenga Collins, told the Hon. Yusuf Gagdi led probe panel that he paid ₦400 million to the ‘fake’ director general of the controversial…
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target=_blank>Terrorism: Musa Seeks ECOWAS, SAHEL States’ Alliance
The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Rtd), has proposed a unified security alliance between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) , as part of measures to defeat terrorism, dismantle cross-border criminal networks, and restore regional stability. General Musa made the call shortly after arriving in…
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target=_blank>2027 Elections: The Systemic Collapse Of The Opposition In Sokoto
The political decimation of the Sokoto State chapters of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which, by the way, are one and the same, is now virtually complete. It is not just the consequence of their inability to conduct credible primaries, the leadership crises that have reduced both parties to…
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target=_blank>Digital Economy Boost: NCC Leases Digital Industrial Park, Learning Centre To Enugu Gov’t
In a major boost to President Bola Tinubu’s digital economy agenda, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Enugu State Government, on Tuesday, sealed a strategic 15-year lease of the agency’s Digital Industrial Park and Learning Centre to the Enugu State Government. The move would see the Enugu State Government take over and optimise the…
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target=_blank>N1.08trn College Budget Undermines Tinubu’s Fiscal Discipline Claim – Atiku
Former Vice President of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said the ₦1.08 trillion allegedly allocated to the Federal Cooperative College, Oji River, Enugu State, in the 2026 Appropriation Act, to execute 2,791 capital projects across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, undermines President Bola Tinubu’s claim of fiscal discipline. Atiku in a statement by…
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target=_blank>Gunmen Kill Two Security Operatives, Cart Away Rifles In Plateau Ambush
Two security operatives have been confirmed dead following an ambush by gunmen along the Ganawuri-Sabon Gida road in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, has sparked tension in the area as security forces intensified efforts to track down the attackers. Local sources informed New…
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target=_blank>NSITF Pays Over N31m Compensation To Families Of 5 Federal Workers
15 years after the Employees’ Compensation Act was signed into law, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) on Tuesday presented the first compensation cheques worth N31,720,570.5 million directly to five beneficiaries from treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The maiden presentation held in Abuja, brought together families who lost loved ones or suffered workplace…
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target=_blank>FG’s $1trn Economy: NACCIMA To Champion Business, Investment Forum 3.0 To Deepen Nigeria-China Economic Partnership
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), has announced the third edition of its Business and Investment Forum, as a key strategy of NACCIMA to attract valuable and sustainable economic opportunities that will accelerate the actualisation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda of taking Nigeria’s economy to One…
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