Latest News in Nigeria Today Sunday 24th May 2026
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Sunday 24th May 2026 .
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target=_blank>US Secret Service kills gunman who opened fire near White House
A gunman opened fire near the White House on Saturday evening, with US Secret Service agents killing the assailant in a shoot-out during which a bystander was also struck, authorities said.
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target=_blank>How Aiyedatiwa weaponised state power against democracy in Ondo North —APC Aspirant, Ajipe
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Chief Alexander Oluremi Ajipe, All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial aspirant in Ondo North, has alleged that the party’s primary results in four of six local government areas in the district were manipulated.
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target=_blank>FUEL SUPPLY SHOWDOWN: AGF, NNPC move to defend energy security
By Nnamdi Ojiego The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) and the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) have launched a vigorous legal challenge against a new lawsuit filed by Dangote Refinery seeking to halt the issuance and renewal of petroleum product import licences across the country, arguing that the move poses
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target=_blank>Student loan is crime – Adebayo
•‘Education should be free because if you don’t invest in your people, you destroy your society. You will turn scientists into taxi drivers’ •Speaks on Tinubu, party crisis, education collapse and Nigeria’s economic future By Olalekan Bilesanmi Fresh from emerging as the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) ahead of the 2027 general elections, Prince
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target=_blank>How Fubara’s miscalculation alters Rivers politics
The nail came down hard and pierced deep into the coffin on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. It was a night that dreams of millions of young men and women who believed in loyalty and followership were dashed by a single unilateral decision.
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target=_blank>SALLAH: Ram price close to N1m, pepper jumps 200% as buyers look for alternatives
By Esther Onyegbula As Muslims across Nigeria prepare for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, popularly known as Sallah, rising food prices, expensive livestock and increasing transportation costs are forcing many families to scale down festivities, abandon travel plans and embrace modest celebrations. From Lagos to Ibadan and Badagry, traders, livestock sellers and residents who spoke with Sunday Vanguard painted
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target=_blank>Tinubu sweeps APC presidential primaries, floors Osifo nationwide
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, coasted to victory in the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primaries for the 2027 general election, overwhelming his lone challenger, Mr. Stanley Osifo, in a nationwide exercise that turned into a massive endorsement of his leadership and administration.
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target=_blank>Inside the groundswell behind Abiodun’s Ogun East victory
By Kayode Akinmade When the results of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogun East Senatorial District primary election were announced on May 18, 2026, the outcome was emphatic and politically instructive. Prince Dapo Abiodun, outgoing Governor of Ogun State, secured 75,550 votes out of 99,503 ballots cast, winning across all nine local government areas of the district.
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target=_blank>2027: Anxiety as Shettima awaits Tinubu’s decision on running mate
President Bola Tinubu had no hurdle picking the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the 2027 presidential election.
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target=_blank>Gowon’s chilling account of how Nigeria slid into military rule
…recalls the fear, bloodshed, betrayals that destroyed the First Republic By Luminous Jannamike The Atlantic waters were calm, but the conversations aboard the Elder Dempster liner MV Apapa were anything but. As the ship sailed from Liverpool toward West Africa in January 1966, a young Nigerian military officer, Yakubu Gowon, found himself surrounded by anxious passengers
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