Here are the top stories from across the country today.
1. Atiku laments, says Tinubu govt still borrowing despite windfall from crude oil sales
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Nigerian government over what he described as “unprecedented domestic borrowing” despite a significant increase in earnigs from high international crude oil prices.Read more
2. SERAP sues NNPCL over ‘failure to account for ₦211tn oil money’
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) over its “failure to explain and account for ₦211 trillion in oil money recorded in its 2023 audited financial statements as ‘Sundry Receivables’ and ‘Accrued Expenses.’”Read more
3. Women’s AFCON: Super falcons players complain of theft at Morocco hotel
Nigeria’s Super Falcons players at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Morocco have complained of their monies being stolen from their hotel rooms in Casablanca.Read more
4. Nothing wrong with being called ‘gold digger’, actress Bukky Wright tells women
Veteran Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright, has told women not to feel ashamed with being labelled a ‘gold digger’, saying rather, that men ought to go after women “they can afford”.Read more
(Ripples)