Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today, Wednesday, August 20th, 2025.

The proposed operational licencing fee for customs agents, chandlers and bonded terminal operators by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) scheduled to take effect from January 2026 has sparked ...

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has reinstated Taiwo Olatunbosun, a former Commissioner for Information, to the State Executive Council barely a week after its dissolution.

The Super Eagles B caged Congo’s Red Devils with two goals in the second half in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam yesterday, but their firepower came too late as both teams were eliminated from ...

Nigerian-born retired Benin Republic international, Razak Omotoyossi is dead. His death was confirmed yesterday, by his former Swedish club, Helsingborgs IF. In a post on X (Formerly Twitter), the ...

The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the rescue of 15 more persons in the ongoing operation following Sunday’s tragic boat crash in Kojiyo village, Goronyo Local Government Area of ...

Tragedy struck in the early hours of yesterday as gunmen stormed a mosque in Unguwan Mantau village, Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing 13 worshippers during dawn (Fajr) ...

With his return to the boxing ring after 25 years, Nigerian-born heavyweight boxer, Ike ‘The President’ Ibeabuchi, has promised to knock out his opponent, Idris Afinni, in their 12-round bout ...

Two notorious drug kingpins, 37-year-old Ajetsibo Emami, popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’ and 51-year-old Solomon Akpomuai, have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 10 years imprisonment by a ...

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman has returned to Atalanta’s training ground in Zingonia after several weeks of absence without official permission. The 26-year-old winger, who had gone on strike ...

Troops of 63 Brigade (Section 1) of Operation Delta Safe killed three kidnappers in Otulo Forest, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, and rescued a female victim in the process, the ...

A new study has found that people who lived in areas with high levels of leaded gasoline emissions in the 1960s and ‘70s are more likely to report memory problems today— a finding that researchers say ...