Top 10 Nigeria news stories you must read today

Here is today’s edition of our daily newspaper summary you can’t avoid to miss.

1. The Ibadan Zone of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of at least 39 internet fraudsters.

2. ⁠Nigerian Afropop singer, Seun Kuti has revealed his admiration for VeryDarkMan, highlighting what he particularly appreciates about the social media commentator and activist.

3. ⁠2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has on Tuesday, announced the appointment of Dr. Yunusa Tanko as the Interim National Coordinator of his Obidient Movement worldwide.

4. ⁠Popular talent manager, Paulo Okoye has announced that he is now a grandfather following the birth of his daughter, Vanessa’s first child, a baby girl.

5. ⁠No fewer than six Lagosians have been arrested by the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences over alleged illegal sales of petroleum products by the roadside.

6. ⁠United States billionaire philanthropist and Chairman Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has announced a $2.8 billion investment aimed at enhancing the country’s healthcare, nutrition, and agricultural sectors.

7. ⁠The anti-graft agency, EFCC, has on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, rejected the medical intervention by the State House Clinic.

8. ⁠Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has reportedly suspended the sale of Premium Motor Spirit – popularly called petrol – to independent marketers after it hiked the product’s price on Tuesday.

9. ⁠The Blue Line of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit has transported about two million passengers in the past one year.

10. ⁠Effective September 15, 2024, a widespread closure of all major cities in Nigeria is scheduled, according to a notification released by the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS.