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

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 ...

The former Chairman, Ekiti State Microcredit and Enterprise Development Agency, Akogun Abayomi Olumide, who was recently sacked by Governor Biodun Oyebanji, has alleged that he was removed for ...

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a businessman, Duru Ikechukwu Damian, to three months’ imprisonment for failing to declare the sum of $49,000 to ...

Investment research and advisory firm, Afrinvest, has cast a shadow over President Bola Tinubu’s audacious forecast that Nigeria’s economy would quadruple to $1 trillion by 2030, warning that ...

Nigeria palm oil production output is expected to reach N2.41 trillion ($1.61 billion) before the end of the year as imports slumped by 77 per cent between March and June 2025. Findings revealed that ...

Stanbic IBTC Bank has said that it recognises the vital role women entrepreneurs play in Nigeria’s economy and is committed to supporting them through financial solutions such as its Blue Blossom ...

A group of finance industry bodies is calling for a rethink on looming regulatory standards that they say will make it difficult for banks to participate in crypto markets, Reuters reported on Tuesday ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says inflation expectations are stabilising, though many on the street insist the official numbers fail to capture the pain of rising cost of daily living. The ...

African countries are clamouring to follow the lead of Cote d’Ivoire’s recent Debt-For-Development (DFD) swap, International Financing Review (IFR) has reported citing one of the landmark World ...