Morning Roundup: 10 Key Headlines from TheMatrix Newspapers – June 23, 2026

Good morning. Here are today’s top ten headlines from TheMatrix Newspapers. A fierce war of words erupted as Peter Obi urged President Tinubu to resign amid rising hardship. The Presidency called Obi’s remarks childish and unwarranted. The FG held an emergency LPG stakeholders’ meeting to curb soaring gas prices. Ondo State set up a technical committee to revive the Olokola Free Trade Zone. Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju testified against former Governor El-Rufai in a phone-tapping trial. Security alerts hit Kwara and Lagos. An OPC leader and two others were abducted while delivering ransom. An IED blast at Mushin’s Shoe Materials Market injured one person. In lighter news, actor Yul Edochie denied wife-snatching allegations. And Lionel Messi became the World Cup’s all-time top scorer.

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