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NEWS UPDATE, THURSDAY, 20-08-2026 

News Update, Thursday, 20/08/2026

**Tinubu presides over FEC as council mourns former ministers 

**Tinubu to address world leaders at UN Sept 23

**FG demands end to attacks on Nigerians in South Africa

**Tinubu names Abel Enitan new Head of Civil Service

**Why I signed the national peace accord - Peter Obi

**FG releases details of fuel subsidy removal savings in 3 years

**Shettima resumes duties two days early after two-week leave

**2027 poll: N571bn campaign spending limit for presidential, gov candidates

**Tinubu directs EFCC where to channel recovered funds 

 

**30 months after subsidy removal, FG spends N30.6tn, saves N15.8tn

 

**Tinubu charges varsities to prioritise skills over certificates

**Osun Election: Tinubu magnanimous, Ekiti was taken from me in 2018-Fayose

**Osun Election: Adeleke forgives opponent, vows Osun won't return to darkness

**Sanwo-Olu splashes N40m on LASU’s Two Best Graduates

**Adeleke sings, dances as he receives INEC Certificate of Return along his Deputy

**Wike promises to complete 10 Abuja projects before 2027 elections

**Flooding: Wike sets up taskforce,  probes directors over abuse of green areas

**Flood: Wike orders demolition of houses blocking water channels in Abuja

**No security plan can guarantee peaceful 2027 elections, if politicians choose violence — Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa

**Zulum pledges N100m stronger partnerships to revamp UMTH -Borno healthcare

**2027: Presidential, NASS, guber candidates sign peace accord as campaign begins  

**2027 Polls: Atiku and Makinde missing as parties, candidates sign first peace accord  

**NASS Clerk to Legislative Aides: Stop running errands, become professional lawmaking support officers  

**Ogun declares August 20 public holiday to celebrate Isese Day 

**2026 Isese Day: LASG declares Thursday work-free, as 3million residents celebrate Yoruba heritage

**Oyo declares Thursday work-free for 2026 Isese day

**2026 Isese Day Holiday: Ijo Orunmila Adulawo salutes Lagos, Ogun

**APC reconciles, rejuvenates Tinubu’s political base in Lagos ahead of 2027 elections

**FG, states, LGCs share N3.007trn FAAC allocation

**“Bring Ogogo, I will heal him for free” — Traditionalist offers to treat Taiwo Hassan

 **N’Assembly has over 14,000 workers, busiest parliament in world — Clerk

**Lawal Daura: From gov’ship ticket race to VP candidate

**NPA says 21 Ships to berth at 3 Lagos Ports

…NDLEA intercepts 184.5kg cocaine, arrests 2

**Banks redirect ₦3.86tn to agriculture as oil and gas credit contracts

**Food inflation rises to 20.31% in July, highest in 10 months

**Naira appreciates further against dollar

**Heavy security as military retirees protest pension adjustment

**83 Nigerian returnees from S’Africa to arrive in Lagos today

**Protests as 24 Plateau attack victims get mass burial 

**Two robbery suspects nabbed by operatives of Ogun Police, 3 pistols, ammunition recovered

**FCT police arrest 10 traffic robbers, 20 one-way offenders

**Kaycee Luxury Group CEO Afolabi Kazeem Michael arrested

**Trump plans new talks with Kim Jong Un as North Korea tensions shift

**Poco Lee arrested in UK over alleged rape

**Canada invites 1000 candidates to apply for permanent residence through express entry

**Qatar pushes for Strait of Hormuz reopening, return to U.S.-Iran MoU

**EPL: Man United close in on £60m-plus deal for Brighton's Baleba

**Arsenal closing in on deal for Ezri Konsa

News Update,  19-08-2026

**FG inaugurates National Digital cloud policy to boost investment, digital sovereignty

 

 **Jonathan seeks urgent intervention in high-profile interference in off-cycle elections

**Presidential election: Tinubu, Obi, others sign peace pact as 2027 campaign begins today

**FG plans telecoms coverage for riverine communities by 2027 

**FG endorses Bonny Island as tourism destination ‎.

**2027: Tinubu meets Akpabio, Doguwa, others as presidential campaigns begin today

**Ohuabunwa commended for contributions to pharmacy, national dev’t

**Flood: Wike orders demolition of houses built on waterways in Abuja  

**Lawmaker advocates exclusive breastfeeding among mothers 

**Association appeals to Gov. Sani for roads in Kauru LG 

 **Expanded army formations require improved combat service support to function effectively - COAS

 **No alliance: Adeleke denies ADC role in re-election

**Unhygienic conditions at Anagada slaughterhouse worry Gwagwalada residents

 **Commercial lending rates make financing power-sector infrastructure difficult- Expert  

**Nnamdi Kanu writes CJN, Court of Appeal President over delay in pending cases

 

 **What I told Akpabio, Dangote when they called me to delete tweets concerning Osun election – Davido

 

**Wike: I would have delivered Osun for APC If Tinubu asked me 

**CSOS insist on probe, prosecution of Fadahunsi over alleged Osun death threats

**Tegbe Foundation empowers 60 businesses, social enterprises across Oyo

**2 herders arraigned in Court over unlawful grazing

**Awujale: Fusengbuwa Ruling House formally writes Prince Dapo Abiodun

... Asks Ogun Governor to reject breakaway unit

**Ogogo’s daughters seek help as Actor allegedly battles stage 4 cancer 

**Millions of Nigerians facing unemployment, low productivity- NESG

**Nigeria may have escaped fiscal cliff; now build an economy worth the sacrifice 

**Dangote Refinery secures $1 Billion backing ahead Of planned IPO

**Over 200 KASU lecturers resign, ASUU threatens indefinite Strike

**Fleeing celebrity drug kingpin arrested as NDLEA smashes cocaine cartel 

**CNN,Dangote partner for multiyear campaign including sponsorship of new show Africa Inc

**York University students raise concerns over Lord's Chosen Church as they recruit members on campus

**Cement cheaper in Kenya, Togo than Nigeria — FCCPC probe

**EU allocates €2.3m to curb cholera outbreaks in Nigeria, others

 **Fernandez will cost Man City more than £120m

**Guardiola-Walker fallout revealed in new documentary 

**Williams sisters lose on doubles return

**NFF sacks Super Falcons coaches after WAFCON flop

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