Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 5th September 2026
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 5th September 2026 on some of the nation newspapers .
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target=_blank>Abia@35: Chidoka Urges Abia To Turn Otti’s Governance Gains Into Enduring Institutions
…Gov Otti says ideas he wrote in 2014 continue to shape his work Chancellor of the Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, Osita Chidoka, has challenged Abia State to convert the gains of Governor Alex Otti’s administration into enduring institutions, arguing that the true test of the present government will be whether it continues to…
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target=_blank>Nigeria’s External Reserves Climb Past $54bn
The country’s gross external reserves rose to an 18-year high of $54.08 billion as of September 3, 2026, according to the latest data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). New Telegraph‘s analysis of the data shows that the reserves have maintained an upward trend in recent weeks driven by a combination of increased…
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target=_blank>Enugu Youths Unite Against Terror, Declare Support For FG
Residents and youths of Enugu State on Friday marched through popular streets in the state capital in support of the government’s campaign against insecurity, declaring their zero tolerance for terror, criminality and violent extremism. The youths, including undergraduates and members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who ultimately converged at Government House, Enugu, where…
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target=_blank>Int’l Youth Day: Sani Gives Financial Support To Innovators
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has said that youth empowerment is central to his administration’s philosophy and not just a mere slogan which is chanted at events. He also stated that Kaduna State Government recognised ‘’that a society cannot secure prosperity by marginalising the generation that will inherit its institutions, its economy and its responsibilities.’’…
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target=_blank>FG Restores NMEC Autonomy, Moves To Tackle Illiteracy
The Federal Government has restored full institutional autonomy to the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC). This is as the government moves to obtain fresh data on the number of Nigerians still trapped in illiteracy. Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, made the disclosure on Friday in Abuja while…
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target=_blank>EFCC Arraigns Two Over Alleged £110,000, N500m Fraud In Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two men, Ali Bala and Yusuf Umar Anka, over an alleged £110,000 and N500 million fraud in Lagos. The defendants were arraigned on Friday, September 4, 2026, before Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja….
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target=_blank>FG Offers 50 Student Start-Ups N2.5bn Equity-Free Grants
…targets STEM-based ventures nationwide The Federal Government has opened applications for the second cohort of its Student Venture Capital Grant, with 50 outstanding student-led ventures expected to access up to N2.5 billion in aggregate equity-free funding. Under the initiative, also known as the Next Moonshot Initiative, each successful venture would be eligible for a grant…
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target=_blank>Osun Police Arrest Three, Recover Five Bags Of Suspected Indian Hemp
The Osun State Police Command has arrested three suspects and recovered five bags of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp concealed in an abandoned Toyota Sienna Space Bus along the Moro–Ife Road in the Moro Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, identified as 38-year-old Awo Omotayo, 22-year-old Abayomi Suleiman and Oluwatayo Samuel, were…
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target=_blank>Alakija Congratulates Adeleke On Re-Election, Urges Greater Services
Nigerian bsinesswoman and philanthropist, I’ll Folorunso Alakija has congratulated the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on his re-election, describing the renewed mandate as a reflection of the confidence and trust reposed in his leadership by the people of the state. In a congratulatory letter dated September 3, 2026, and addressed to Governor Adeleke, Alakija expressed…
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target=_blank>Ugochinyere Expands Operation Light Up Ideato Initiative
The member representing Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has expanded his Operation Light Up Ideato initiative to Ogwume, Dikenafai and Akpulu communities with the installation of 500KVA transformers and other electricity infrastructure. The latest phase of the intervention brings the number of communities that have benefited…
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