Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Wednesday, January 15

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today.

1. Former PDP scribe claims Wike’s appointment part of APC plot to weaken PDP

Former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbodiyan, has heaped the blame for the crisis rocking the opposition party on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).Read more

2. Unveiling Nigeria’s biggest looters and ‘donors’ from 1999

When the federal government announced on January 10 that the United States of America had returned a whopping $52.88 million to Nigeria from part of the recovered assets linked to a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, she successfully got into the league of Nigeria’s biggest looters and donors.Read more

3. Benue PDP nominates ex-Gov Ortom as BoT member

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has nominated former Governor Samuel Ortom as a member of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT).Read more

4. FG evacuates another batch of 390 stranded Nigerians from Niger

The Federal Government on Tuesday evacuated another batch of 390 Nigerians from the Niger Republic.Read more

5. Nigeria Police demands retraction, apology from Amnesty Int’l over protest allegations

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has issued a formal demand for Amnesty International to retract and apologise for its report titled “Bloody August: Nigeria Government’s Violent Crackdown on End Bad Governance Protests.”Read more

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6. CBN fines First Bank, Union Bank, 7 others N1.35bn for failing to dispense cash via ATMs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has fined First Bank, Union Bank, and seven other lenders for failing to disburse cash via Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.Read more

7. Customs surpassed 2024 target, made N6.1tr – Comptroller-General

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) revenue surged to N6.1 trillion in 2024.Read more

8. Police uncovers gun factories in Benue

Police operatives in Benue have uncovered two gun manufacturing factories in Guma and Kwande local government areas of the state.Read more

9. Mohbad’s wife threatens to carry out DNA test independently

Omawunmi, the wife of late Afrobeat musician Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad has threatened to carry out a DNA test independently if the singer’s father fails to show up for the procedure in new face-off between the pair.Read more

10. Chelle, Eguavoen join CHAN Eagles in camp

Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Coach Augustine Eguavoen, has arrived at the Ikenne-Remo camp of the Super Eagles B alongside new Super Eagles’ Head Coach Éric Sékou Chelle and the latter’s agent, Sidibe Abraham Brehima.Read more

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