Nigerian newspapers review: Nigeria's oil output drops by 20.8% in 10 years

August 24, 2026

In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with Nigeria’s oil output dropping by 20.8 per cent in 10 years.

Another headline features the Secretary General of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, keeping mum as the fake agency boss fires back.

Vanguard also reports that the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, tasked the Federal Government to end insecurity once and for all.

Moving to another newspaper, The Guardian reports that about 14 years after the Stephen Oronsaye Committee’s Report on the streamlining of federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), the lack of implementation has cost the nation N1 trillion in 2026.