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President Bola Tinubu has appointed a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Attahiru Jega as the Presidential Adviser and Coordinator of Presidential Livestock Reforms. The fresh appointment was confirmed in a statement on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Naija News ...

Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Saturday, 8th March, 2025. 1. Doyin Okupe Missed Opportunity To Become King Due To Sickness – Family Source Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, reportedly missed the opportunity to become the monarch of his hometown, ...

Super Eagles of Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen remains one of the highest goalscorers in the 2024-2025 UEFA Europa League following the end of the Round of 16 first-leg fixtures on Thursday, March 6. Leading the pack is Olympiacos striker Ayoub El Kaabi, who maintains a commanding presence at the top ...

Nigerian musician, Chinedu Okoli, popularly known as Flavour N’abania, has expressed his support for the youth team program initiated by the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions, Rangers International FC. This initiative, which was launched last year, features academies for players aged U-10, U-13, and U-15, with the main goal ...

Emerging reports have indicated that the Senate is not united in the suspension of Kogi Central legislator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over the heated dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. A ranking Senator who spoke anonymously disclosed that some Senators didn’t sign Natasha’s suspension report. Naija News recalls that Natasha was suspended ...

Nigeria experienced widespread blackouts again on Friday following a partial collapse of the national electricity grid, plunging several cities into darkness. Naija News reports that the outage was attributed to a partial system failure from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which has continued to struggle with maintenance issues. Ikeja ...

The General Overseer of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, has revealed how he was gifted a luxury car after he gave Bishop David Oyedepo a car gift. He stated that he and other pastors had previously gotten a car gift for Oyedepo, and he recently received a ...

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has strongly condemned an attack on Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) workers, allegedly carried out by personnel from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Ikeja. The union described the incident as a gross act of intimidation and vowed to withdraw its services ...

Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, reportedly missed the opportunity to become the monarch of his hometown, Alaperu of Iperu Remo, in Ogun State, due to ill health. Naija News reported that Okupe passed away on Friday morning at the age of 72 after a prolonged battle with prostate cancer. The ...

The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, visited ex-President Muhammadu Buhari at his residence in Kaduna State on Friday. Naija News reports that El-Rufai’s meeting comes barely three days after President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, and the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, also visited Buhari. The meeting ...