Latest News in Nigeria Today Sunday 6th September 2026
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Sunday 6th September 2026 .
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target=_blank>Fawehinmi fought to keep Nigeria’s political space open — Uba Sani
KADUNA — Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has said late human rights lawyer and activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, made significant contributions to Nigeria’s democracy by fighting to keep the country’s political space open. Sani spoke on Saturday in Kaduna at the public presentation of a book titled, Gani Fawehinmi and Uba Sani: A Tale of
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E2%82%A678-8bn-cash-transfer-scandal-serap-tells-tinubu/ target=_blank>Probe ₦78.8bn cash transfer scandal, SERAP tells Tinubu
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) and the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) to urgently account for over ₦78.8 billion in public funds reportedly diverted, unaccounted for or irregularly spent.” The
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target=_blank>El-Rufai’s governance challenges affected all Kaduna — Tinubu loyalist
By Christopher Ameh BAUCHI — A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bauchi State and loyalist of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Khamis Musa Darazo, has said the governance challenges associated with former Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, were felt across the state and not limited to Southern Kaduna. Darazo stated this on Saturday
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target=_blank>Troops dislodge terrorists’ enclave, recover weapons in Sokoto
By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO — Troops of the Nigerian Army’s COAS Special Intervention Battalion 7, Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have dislodged terrorists from an enclave in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, recovering a PKT machine gun, AK-47 rifles, ammunition and motorcycles. The operation was part of the ongoing military offensive aimed
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target=_blank>Iran retaliates after US strikes oil tankers
Iran said Sunday that its forces attacked a US naval drone trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, hours after targeting ships in retaliation for American strikes on three oil tankers.
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target=_blank>Messi returns to MLS action with two assists in Inter Miami draw
Lionel Messi set up both goals for Inter Miami as the Major League Soccer champions drew 2-2 with Atlanta United on Saturday in the Argentina star’s first match since announcing his retirement from international football.
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target=_blank>OBJ, Abdulsalami, Anyaoku, others must break silence on Tinubu’s US probe — Yoruba Ronu
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum has called on Nigeria’s elder statesmen, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and former Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku, to end what it described as their “graveyard silence” over unresolved questions surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s past records, following developments in
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target=_blank>Anambra Police detain new suspect over nursing student’s murder
AWKA — The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a new suspect in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old nursing student, Vivian Chilaka, in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and
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target=_blank>Owena Farm Horror: 3 siblings found dead near riverbank
By Dayo Johnson AKURE — Tragedy has struck a family in Oke Ogba, Akure, after three siblings who went missing on a farm were found dead near a riverbank less than 24 hours later. The deceased were 11-year-old twins, Joshua and Jacob Jonah, and their five-year-old younger sister, Blessing Jonah. The incident occurred on a
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target=_blank>‘Challenge Musa’s facts, don’t replace argument with insults’ — Uba Sani’s aide
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo KADUNA — The Senior Special Adviser to Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani on Public Affairs, Victor Mathew Bobai, has defended the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa (retd.), over his remarks concerning former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Bobai said it was unfair to interpret Musa’s comments during a Channels Television
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