Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday 26th August, 2024

Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday 26th August 2024 can be accessed below

1. At least six people have been reported killed by gunmen suspected to be armed herders in a series of attacks on two communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.

   The attacks occurred on Friday in the Iwari and Olegagbane communities. A resident, identified only as Adayi, reported that one person was killed in Iwari and five others in Olegagbane.

2. Archbishop of Living Christ Mission, Most Rev. Prof Daddy Hezekiah, has called on the federal government to address the severe economic challenges currently plaguing Nigerians.

   Speaking during a church service held in honor of Father’s Day and the International Pastors Conference at the church’s Administrative Headquarters in Onitsha, Anambra State, Hezekiah emphasized the urgent need for decisive action.

3. Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) and a chieftain  the All Progressives Congress (APC), has responded sharply to Tony Okocha, the Chairman of the ousted Committee of the Rivers APC.

   Eze dismissed Okocha’s claims that former Minister Chibuike Amaechi would play a role in removing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from office in 2027.

4. The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a move to suspend Senator Dino Melaye, labeling him a liability to the party.

   Led by Ibrahim Dansofo, PDP elders in the state have urged the local executive committee in Ijumu to begin immediate suspension proceedings against Melaye. According to them, this step is crucial to restoring the party’s integrity and ensuring it focuses on effective leadership.

5. An investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

   IDOMA VOICE reports that Soyinka, the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was detained on Sunday.

6. Fresh facts have emerged regarding the successful rescue of 20 medical students and seven others who were kidnapped in Benue State.

   The students, from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos, were abducted by bandits while en route to Enugu for the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students’ annual convention.

7. Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board granted asylum to at least 1,467 Nigerians who applied for refugee protection between January 2023 and March 2024.

   This raises the total number of successful asylum claims by Nigerians to 11,370 from 2012 to the first quarter of 2024, according to data from the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.

8. Nollywood actress and film producer Sharon Okpamen has sadly passed away just days after giving birth to her second child. The news was first announced by Okpamen herself on Instagram, celebrating the arrival of her new baby. However, fellow movie producer Stanely Ontop later confirmed her death.

   On social media, Ontop expressed his grief, stating, “Nollywood actress and producer Sharon Okpamen has unfortunately passed away. It’s a tragic loss for Nollywood and the Edo entertainment industry. Sharon, a talented filmmaker, actress, entrepreneur, and humanitarian, has left a significant void in the industry. May her soul rest in perfect peace, Amen @sharonokpamen. It can only get better.”

9. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on Sunday, said underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for secondary school leaving examinations.

   Mamman stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme

10. The legal team representing the family of the late Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has expressed concern over what it described as sensitive information on the death of the deceased being released to the public.

    One of the heads of the team, Taiwo Odumosu, in a statement obtained on Sunday said such information should be made available to the police instead of the public.