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

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, ...

State governors have decried the infrastructure deficit in the country, and stressed the need for mobilisation of both global and African capital to bridge the gap. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ ...

Women in the Arts (WIA) has announced the launch of F.R.A.M.E. (Female Representation & Advancement in Media), a groundbreaking incubator and accelerator program dedicated to amplifying female voices ...

Action, defining moment for agency, says, MD The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has commenced a comprehensive audit of the entire Kano Flight Information Region (FIR), also known as the ...

Nyesom Wike, has cautioned Nigerians against quickly branding the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigation of former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, as politically ...

The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended former governor alongside one of his allies.

Damilola Olaniyi’s collection of short stories We Have Come Home, x-rays the dilemmatic life of young Nigerians struggling with reconciling their freshly minted dualities acquired by living or ...

The Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria (MASPAN) has called for deeper collaboration with the Nigerian Navy to strengthen efficiency and maritime security operations in the country. The ...

The for mer C h a i r m a n , P r e s i d e n t i a l Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay (SAN), has taken exception to the recent judgment of a Canadian court, which ...

This recognition validates years of dedication to an art form, says Kareem It was double celebration for the Nigerian theatre, and indeed, arts and culture, community, as two of its leading lights, Dr ...

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.