Nigerian News Top Stories: 7 September 2023

Nigerian News Top Stories: 7 September 2023

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you.

1. Tinubu celebrates success at tribunal, rallies Atiku, Obi’s support for govt

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night expressed happiness on his success at the presidential election tribunal.

2. Tribunal upholds Tinubu’s election

The presidential election petition tribunal on Wednesday upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election.

3. Presidential poll: Atiku to challenge tribunal’s verdict in Supreme Court

The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has resolved to challenge the verdict of the presidential election petition tribunal which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election at the Supreme Court.

4. ‘Don’t embark on another wild goose chase,’ LP faction urges Obi after tribunal’s verdict

A faction of the Labour Party led by Lamidi Apapa on Wednesday accepted the verdict of the presidential election petition tribunal on the petition of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

5. NLC ends warning strike, commends Nigerians

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday asked Nigerians to resume work following the conclusion of the two-day warning strike.

6. APC’s Abubakar Ohere to appeal tribunal’s ruling on Kogi central election

The senator representing Kogi central, Abubakar Ohere, said on Wednesday night he would appeal the judgment of the election petition tribunal that voided his victory in the February 25 election in the constituency.

7. Single-phase now N81K as NERC approves price increase for prepaid meters

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved an increase in the price of prepaid electricity meters in the country.

8. CBN lists international students, importers, others as beneficiaries of $10bn forex clearance

In the next two weeks, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intends to inject $10 billion into the foreign exchange market to clear the forex backlog as scarcity persists.

9. Section of Lagos Airport, reportedly gutted by fire

There was chaos and panic in the early hours of Wednesday following a fire outbreak at the international wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.

10. Full house in Eagles camp as preparation heightens for Sao Tome game

Ahead of Sunday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Sao Tome & Principe, all 23 of the invited players have arrived at the Super Eagles’ camp in Uyo.

This article originally appeared in Ripples Nigeria.

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