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NEWS HEADLINES 01 SEP 26

 NATIONAL

Tinubu needs to ‘refuel’ after months of ‘monumental’ decisions – Dare

Shettima Returns From AU Summit

Opposition Summit: We Can Repeat What APC Did In 2015 – Rep Minority Caucus

Presidency Spends N37.6bn On Trips

APM demands Tinubu’s health disclosure, faults three-week leave

Xenophobia: Tinubu drags South Africa to AU

Xenophobic attack: We’ll no longer tolerate dehumanization of our citizens — Shettima

Atiku, Obi, Makinde absent as G100, party chairmen, Reps caucus chart path to 2027

G100: We’ll Fight To Remove This Government – Baba-Ahmed

INEC portal: Initial glitches resolved, says Labour Party

Benin-Asaba highway gridlock gets global attention after Al Jazeera Report

Opposition Summit: G100 proposes single 4-year transition term

David Mark urges governorship candidates to shun hate speech, empty promises

Sylva Quits APC, Asks Nigerians To Vote Out Ruling Party

2027: NANS hails DSS over suspension of Sowore’s prosecution till after polls

Sowore Case: Lawyer faults DSS procedure in suspending prosecution

EFCC recovers N1.233trn in 34 months, secures 10,872 convictions


BUSINESS

FG’s electricity subsidy bill hits N1.92trn in 2025 — NERC

Emzor raises N26.7bn bond to boost local drug manufacturing

Keystone Bank offers financing, savings options to ease back-to-school costs

OPay debunks viral shutdown claim as ‘false, malicious’

Nigeria’s GDP grows 4.43% in Q2’26 — NBS


ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos records 33,009 domestic, sexual violence cases in five years — AG

Ogun moves against unapproved motorcycle associations, illegal revenue collection

Oba-Ile community boils over alleged manipulation of monarch selection process

Oyebanji urges youths to shun shortcut to wealth, build sustainable enterprises

Six shops razed as fire breaks out in Ibadan

Osun election CP Erale assumes duty as 25th Delta Police Commissioner

INEC challenges NDC to provide evidence of “smuggled” candidates in Anambra.

Tension in Awka as gunmen kill popular advertiser, one other

LIFE-ND enrols 1,020 Abia youths, women for agribusiness training

Kogi INEC, security agencies review plans for 2027 polls

Mutfwang declares unauthorised Hisba activities illegal

Diphtheria kills 50 as 1,000 suspected cases recorded in Katsina

Kano Taskforce breaks up illicit drug supply chain, arrests 71 peddlers

Sokoto Factional PDP Chairman Resigns From Party

Taraba Govt dismisses ‘refugee’ claims, defends India scholarship programme

‘It’s figurative expression’; Borno’s commissioner denies threat to cut off opposition members’ fingers


HUMAN ANGLE

Ogun Prison: Mother Nabbed Trying To ‘Sneak In Drug’ For Son On Death Row

How hardship forces homes to shun balanced diets

Lekki Filmhouse attack: We were held hostage for over an hour – Survivor

Gunmen kill APC ward chairman, other in Kano

Three siblings perish in boat mishap

‘Dance of Shame’: How Nigerians turn suspected thieves into social media content

I was excluded from baby showers invite – Mo Bimpe

US singer D4vd's celebrity lawyers withdraw from murder case

Dolly Parton laid to rest alongside husband in Nashville


INTERNATIONAL

Passengers stranded as strike disrupts flights at Kenya's main airport.

US and Iran trade strikes for first time in weeks

One dead and more than a dozen missing after 'terrifying' flash flood hits Grand Canyon

Russian strikes destroy 12 million books ahead of Ukraine's first week back at school.

Controlled explosion at Nepali hydropower tunnel as rescuers look for hundreds of missing workers.


SPORTS

Idowu: ‘Nigeria already has template to reposition football’

Man City sign Brazilian winger Allan Elias for £34m.

Lionel Messi retires from international football

Emery fires warning at Chelsea after transfer spree.

‘Despised every moment’ – Frustrated Djokovic crashes out of US Open first round

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