Top 10 Stories From Nigerian Newspapers Today — Wednesday, September 3 2025

Below are the top stories from Nigerian Newspapers today — Wednesday, September 3 2025.

Top 10 Stories from Nigerian Newspapers today — Wednesday, September 3 2025

1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the reinstatement of Mr. Salihu Abdullahi Dembos, who is the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). Dembos had briefly stepped down due to some organizational changes at the national broadcaster. As stated by Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Dembos will now return to fulfill the remainder of his three-year term.

2. Senator Bala Mohammed, who chairs the Governors’ Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and serves as the governor of Bauchi State, has expressed that the party has reached its limit with individuals causing discord. In response to a new set of demands from a faction aligned with Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, regarding conditions for a peaceful PDP convention, Mohammed asserted that the party’s leaders are not intimidated.

3. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed its intention to proceed with its National Convention set for November 15th and 16th in Ibadan, Oyo State. During the launch of the National Convention Committee at the party’s Abuja headquarters on Tuesday, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, the National Chairman, labeled those opposing the convention as detractors who would not prevail.

4. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has affirmed that he stands by his decision to select Vice-President Kashim Shettima as his running mate. There have been rumors suggesting that he may not continue on a joint ticket with Shettima. However, in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, Tinubu praised Shettima’s leadership abilities.

5. Nigerian Army troops have successfully eliminated numerous terrorists and apprehended 15 individuals in a coordinated series of operations nationwide. A military source informed The Nation late Monday that during these operations, which took place from August 29 to 31, the troops also rescued 15 victims of kidnapping.

6. Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has provided a 30-day grace period for individuals violating land use regulations in the area to revert to their original land uses while incurring a penalty of N5 million. This penalty is accompanied by an additional charge of 7.5% based on the Assessed Capital Value of properties that have been unlawfully converted.

7. On Tuesday, hundreds of residents including men, women, and children in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State held a massive protest, blocking the Sokoto–Lagos highway in response to escalating bandit attacks in the region. Protesters voiced concerns that criminal gangs now dominate many local government areas, leaving communities devastated, displaced, and filled with despair.

8. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the government led by Bola Tinubu for failing to address rising insecurity, particularly in Kwara State, where bandits have overrun a community in Patigi Local Government Area. In a statement released on Tuesday, Atiku criticized what he termed the administration’s “monumental failure” to safeguard citizens and warned that violence in the North-Central region has reached critical levels.

9. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State has apprehended a 37-year-old suspect and seized 8,000 bottles of Akuskura (a herbal mixture) believed to contain illicit drugs along with 48 blocks of Cannabis sativa. The NDLEA confirmed this arrest in a statement on Tuesday.

10. The Lagos State Police have detained 23 individuals suspected of being involved in cult activities related to the alleged murders of three people in the Lekki-Ajah area. Command spokesperson CSP Benjamin Hundeyin verified this information in a statement released on Tuesday in Lagos.