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

The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has received a high-level Czech delegation led by the Junior Deputy Minister of Defence, Radka Konderlova. The delegation was accompanied by the ...

Israel is demanding the release of all 50 hostages held in Gaza, an Israeli official has said, casting doubt on whether it will accept a new proposal for a 60-day ceasefire agreed to by Hamas on ...

US President Donald Trump has ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees if a peace deal is reached. Trump hinted at US air support and told Fox News that Russia’s Vladimir ...

Nigerian makeup artist Theresa Emegwara has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest makeup application by an individual. A statement by her media aide Robert Ekat said Emegwara, popularly ...

London Heathrow Airport has congratulated Air Peace on the expansion of its operations in the United Kingdom (UK). New Telegraph reports that Air Peace, on July 20, announced it will begin direct ...

A landmark 113-yearold church at risk from ground subsidence is being relocated in its entirety – in a 5km (3 miles) move along a road in Sweden’s far north. The vast red timber structure in Kiruna ...

Ibadan broadcaster Oriyomi Hamzat apologises to Naira Marley and lifts the ban on Marlian songs at Agidigbo FM.

He alleged that the bye-election in Anambra South was manipulated to suppress the will of the people and compromise electoral credibility ...

Nigerian Afrobeats star Iyanya announces his fifth studio album, dropping September 12, 2025, alongside a major US tour in October and November.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has threatened to sue the Federal Government over the continued withholding of the funds due to local government councils in Osun State. In a strongly worded letter ...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has praised Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, for increasing corps members’ monthly allowances to a minimum of N20,000. NYSC’s Director-General, Olakunle Nafiu, ...