
Thisday Newspaper News Today Thursday 8th October 2026
Top Nigeria news Dailies Update from Thisday Newspaper News Today 08/10/26
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target=_blank>Over 100,000 Eye Renewed Hope Cities Initiative
Kingsley Aliamaka The Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Cities initiative has drawn more than 100,000 expressions of interest from Nigerians across the public, private, and informal sectors, with traders and small
target=_blank>As APC Women’s Mobilisation Machinery Gathers Momentum…
Jonathan Eze writes that political mobilisation becomes substantially more consequential when it is entrusted to people who already possess social relationships within their communities. A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr
target=_blank>Yusuf: A Technocrat as Oyo Gov in 2027
Kamar Adeolu writes that Oyo State deserves a technocrat, policy-strategist bridge-builder, and a governor with leadership competence come February, 2027. Akim Adebola Yusuf towers above all other candidates in the
target=_blank>Military, DSS, Police, Others Rescue 20 Abducted Youth Corps Members
•Uzodimma hails security agencies Amby Uneze in Owerri and Linus Aleke in Abuja The Nigerian military, in collaboration with Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police, and other security agencies,
target=_blank>TUC Tells FG: Implement N800 to $1 Exchange Rate to Reduce Fuel Price
• Says FG should do more to secure citizens Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, has urged the federal government to strengthen the
target=_blank>FG Retrieves 50 Oil Fields from Defaulting Awardees, Insists on ‘Drill-or-Drop’ Policy
• Renaissance to double crude output to 500,000bpd, domestic gas to 1bcf/d •OPEC gov wants $100bn investment opportunity retained locally • Assures Nigeria will get its required OPEC quota next
target=_blank>Dangote Opens $1.6bn Refinery IPO to East Africa, Offers Investors $300m Slice
• Uganda, Kenya clear routes for interested investors • 729 million depository receipts set to be offered Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has opened nearly $300.4 million,
target=_blank>AbdulRazaq Pledges Reduction of Housing Deficit in Kwara, Inaugurates 464-unit of Housing Estate in Ijagbo
Hammed Shittu in Ilorin Kwara State governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday said his administration would leave no stone unturned at addressing the housing deficit in
target=_blank>Shettima: FG to Fast-track Food, Nutrition Bill to Protect Funding, Instill Accountability
• Says country’s $26m nutrition commitment unlocked $52m matching fund •Nigeria, Ethiopia deepen cooperation in security, aviation, trade, investment, food security Deji Elumoye in Abuja Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday
target=_blank>Aiyedatiwa: Pilot Averted Bigger Disaster in Ondo Air Crash as Search Enters Day Two
• Search, recovery efforts in progress, says NAF as Keyamo, air chief meet to end civil-military aviation safety dichotomy •DHQ, DECAN, Buratai Foundation, NDLEA, Bayelsa mourn Michael Olugbode, Linus Aleke
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