Latest News in Nigeria Today Saturday 15th August 2026
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Saturday 15th August 2026 .
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target=_blank>Osun election will be peaceful, I will win – Adeleke
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun on Saturday expressed confidence that the ongoing governorship election in the state would be peaceful and that he would emerge victorious. Adeleke spoke shortly after casting his vote at Sagba Agbogunde Ward 2, Unit 9, in Ede North Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
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target=_blank>Taliban authorities mark five years ruling Afghanistan
Hundreds of Afghans gathered around a square beside the former US embassy, with men, boys and young girls packed into pickup trucks and waving white Taliban government flags.
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target=_blank>Iran fires back at Trump’s threat to declare Hormuz a US territory
“The Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on X.
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target=_blank>Atletico complete €40m Romero signing from Tottenham
Romero arrives days after compatriot and fellow World Cup-winning defender Nahuel Molina left Atletico for Serie A side AS Roma, for a fee reported to be 17 million euros.
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target=_blank>Video: Police arrest Accord Party lawmaker with over 200 PVCs, 146 mercenaries
By Shina Abubakar Osogbo The Osun State Police Command has arrested a serving member of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Abiola Ibrahim Inaolaji, alongside 146 suspected electoral mercenaries camped at his residence in Ikire. The lawmaker, who represents Irewole/Isokan State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, was arrested on Friday night during
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target=_blank>Over 20 killed in Niger community, households flee as violence escalates
More than 20 people have reportedly been killed in Kokoli community, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, in a fresh outbreak of violence between rival local groups.
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target=_blank>Updated: Gov Adeleke casts vote in Ede
In Ede, some voters were at their polling units as early as 6:40 a.m., while vehicles were seen conveying voters and National Youth Service Corps members to different locations from about 6:30 a.m.
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target=_blank>Osun Election: Ede voters troop to polling units
Residents of Ede in Osun State on Saturday trooped out to various polling units to exercise their civic rights in the ongoing governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as early as 6:30 a.m., vehicles were seen conveying voters and some National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to different polling units ahead
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target=_blank>Troops repel bandits’ attack on construction workers in Kebbi
Troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled an attack by suspected bandits on construction workers at Tsatsunbe village in Southern Kebbi State, rescuing the workers and recovering three motorcycles abandoned by the attackers.
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target=_blank>Osun election: Early turnout of voters, heavy security presence in Osogbo, Ede, Ilesa
At Ward D1, Unit 8 in Ilesa West council area, INEC officials were on the ground, while voters were seen checking their names on the pasted voters’ list.
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