News update, Wednesday, 27/09/2023

**Senate confirms Cardoso CBN gov, four others as deputies

**Eid-El-Maulud: Tinubu urges Muslims to pray for Nigeria, his administration

**NLC, TUC to commence indefinite nationwide strike next week

**FG to end multiple identity registration via NIMC

**Sanwo-Olu opens modern school built by COWLSO

**Tension over inauguration of committees, others as Senate resumes

**National Security remains precarious in face of numerous successes – Abbas

**Ministerial appointments: Speaker Abbas declares two Reps seats vacant

**Sanwo-Olu felicitates Muslims on Eid-el-Maulud

**How FG will lift 133 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030 – Betta Edu

**Tinubu approves payment for 12 attack helicopters for army aviation  – COAS

**FG sets up think tank on poverty alleviation, humanitarian response

**FG to introduce SGBV mobile courts

**Another Tinubu’s Chicago varsity classmate testifies in US court

**Fee Hike: OAU slashes tuition by 50%, allows payment in installments

**Alleged misconduct: Court stops impeachment of Ondo deputy gov

**2023 Independence Day: Ogun opts for low-key, cancels ceremony

**Zamfara abduction: Defence ministers insist FG not negotiating with bandits

**Gombe Tribunal dismisses ADC’s petition against Gov Yahaya’s victory

**Pay rise: CONUA hails FG, demands more

**Election petitions overwhelming, hurting economy, says A’Court president

**Subsidy removal: 26,852 students receive N10,000 each as palliatives in Kwara

**Road traffic crashes kill faster than HIV, AIDS – Governor Mohammed

**A’Ibom women protest amended Traditional Rulers Law

**Imo PDP women fete Owerri Correctional Centre inmates

**One kidnapped as gunmen shoot 3 Poly students in Nasarawa

**Tonto Dikeh tackles Bakare over ‘loose’ comment on MohBad’s demise

**Canadians protest at Indian consulate over murder of Sikh member

**Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, Zoleka, dies of cancer at 43

**Ethiopian opposition party leader arrested

**Don’t tell women what to wear, UN says after France bans hijab at Olympics

**Russian villages lose power after Ukraine drone strike

**Captain gets 5 years in prison for deadly Hungary boat disaster

**Bologna 0-0 Napoli: Osimhen settles rift with Garcia after outburst

**Orban gets two-match ban, fined €5k

**Ancelotti defends his tactics after Madrid derby defeat

**New NPFL  season begins September 30

Happy Eid el Maulud celebration