NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Jul 22 - Jul 28, 2025
28 Jul

- Senate receives fresh demands for state creation from North-West constitution review hearing
- Gov Mbah lauds Bishop Obodo, Prof Anieke for selfless service
- FG grants amnesty to foreigners with expired visas
- Atiku, PDP, Kaduna NUJ mourn Abuja Bureau Chief of ANN Plc, Usigbe, condole family, organisation
28 Jul

- Refineries, Ajaokuta Steel fail revival efforts despite N6.5tr spent in 10yrs
- NMA suspends planned strike, gives FG fresh 21-day ultimatum
- Five dead, 55 injured as flood ravages Adamawa settlements
- ADC demands audit of Tinubu’s N200tr debt trajectory, slams fiscal record
28 Jul

- LCCI To FG: Ensure Food Security, Curb Inflation, Stabilise Naira To Drive Inclusive Economy
- 5 Die In Adamawa Flood
- Motorists Raise Alarm As FG Abandons Damaged Lagos Lotto Bridge
- Ecological Disaster Looms In 3 Delta Communities
28 Jul

- MAN to FG: Rebased Nominal GDP Expansion of 18.3% Not Evidence of Economic Progress
- Dangote: Tinubu is a Listening President, His Policies Reviving Private Sector
- ADC Laments APC’s ‘Fiscal Vandalism’, Demands Full Audit of Loans in Last 10 Years
- Jerry Gana: There Are Plans to Woo Peter Obi Back to PDP Ahead 2027 General Poll.
28 Jul

- Niger boat mishap: 26 rescued, 13 bodies recovered as search for others continues
- Tinubu’s economic policies reviving private sector – Dangote
- Sokoto: Troops neutralise 3 bandits, recover motorcycle, rifle
- Kebbi to take care of families of troops killed in combat – Idris
28 Jul

- 2027:Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso, others gearing up for epic battle
- 20yrs after, FCTA probes govt houses, others' sales in Abuja
- POWER SECTOR DEBT STIFLING COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT’
- POWER SECTOR DEBT STIFLING COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT’
27 Jul

- DECADES AFTER, NIGERIA WOBBLES TO PRODUCE PHYSICAL ID CARDS FOR CITIZENS
- Presidency Debunks Kwankwaso’s Claim North Is Marginalised Under Tinubu
- Editors Plot Fact-Check Desks In Newsroom To Fight Fake News
- Editors Plot Fact-Check Desks In Newsroom To Fight Fake News
27 Jul

- 2027: ADC Leaders Mull Plan B, Pursue ADA Registration
- Without Vision And Character, Nigeria Will Keep Spinning In Circles – Ex-Minister Adelusi-Adeluy
- Why I Wrote A Book On Mathematics At 10 – Young Author
- Victorious Super Falcons Stun Morocco To Clinch 10th WAFCON Title
27 Jul

- Coalition on tenterhooks, gasps for breath
- Summer holidays boom despite harsh economy
- Abandoned hotel projects liter Nigerian cities
- Nigerians raise concerns over NBS data
27 Jul

- ADC woos North, strategises for 2027
- You’re a betrayer, leave our party, PDP leaders in Ekiti tell Fayose
- Tinubu, minister, ANN Plc management, staff mourn as Tribune loses Abuja Bureau Chief, Leon Usigbe
- Tribune’s Abuja Bureau Chief dies, Tinubu, minister mourn
27 Jul

- ADC woos North, strategises for 2027
- You’re a betrayer, leave our party, PDP leaders in Ekiti tell Fayose
- Tinubu, minister, ANN Plc management, staff mourn as Tribune loses Abuja Bureau Chief, Leon Usigbe
- Tribune’s Abuja Bureau Chief dies, Tinubu, minister mourn
27 Jul

- Wike to Nigerians: Resist Political Coalition Seeking to Destroy Our Country
- Citing Current Economic Realities, FG Pegs Ministers’ Imprest at N700,000 With Effect from August 1
- Tinubu, First Lady, Sanwo-Olu, Mbah Hail Super Falcons for Winning 10th WAFCON Cup
- Umahi: Kwankwaso’s Desperation Won’t Earn Him Buhari’s Impeccable Legacy
27 Jul

- The Unforgotable Hero Pa Sunday Awoniyi
- 2027: Ensure discipline, unity in APC, France chapter tasks Yilwatda
- Understanding the mystery behind Tiv's obsession with bush meat
- Tinubu meets GenCos’ chairs, pledges to resolve long-standing claims
27 Jul

- Fresh $21.5bn Loan: OPS frets over sustainability, rising debt service
- 774 Councils receive N4.6trn FAAC allocation
- APC Nat'l Chair: Party members decry absence of Convention
- Many feared dead in Niger boat mishap, Anambra truck crash
26 Jul

- Presidency tackles Kwankwaso: Says all parts of Nigeria fairly treated
- Awujale: Our burial law is not against traditional rites —Ogun Attorney-General
- ADC tells new APC chairman: Don’t use your INEC experience to manipulate elections
- Ekiti recruits 400 new Amotekun, Agro Marshall operatives
26 Jul

- Delay In LG Autonomy Injurious To Workers, Development – NLC
- Falcons Face Morocco In Women AFCON Final, Eye $1m Prize Money
- Tinubu, Govs Mourn As Emir Of Gusau Dies At 71
- Over 40 Major Projects Ongoing In North, Presidency Replies Kwankwas
26 Jul

- With N11trn FAAC Allocation in One Year, Governors Urged to Deliver Results
- Naira Bonds Beat 23 Emerging Markets' Peers as FG’s Reforms Take Shape
- Yilwatda's Emergence as APC Chairman Strengthens Tinubu’s Strategy for 2027 Presidential Race.
- Aliko Dangote Retires from Dangote Cement, Ikazoboh Now Chairman
26 Jul

- The Unforgotable Hero Pa Sunday Awoniyi
- 2027: Ensure discipline, unity in APC, France chapter tasks Yilwatda
- Understanding the mystery behind Tiv's obsession with bush meat
- Victims rescued as security forces nab 12 kidnap suspects in Kogi, Kwara
26 Jul

- Burial:Monarchs rail against disregard of tradition
- Burial:Monarchs rail against disregard of tradition
- My players focused on bringing cup home –Madugu
- Nigerian equities cross N85trn mark as investors pocket N1.8trn weekly gain
25 Jul

- APC Ready for 2027 Poll, Declares Yilwatda, New National Chairman
- Herders Launch Fresh Attack on Benue Community
- Niger Cholera Outbreak: UNICEF Steps in as Cases Rise to 297
- DAILY ASSET Bureau Chief Heads Niger NUJ Revalidation C’ttee
25 Jul

- Yilwatda’s emergence alters zoning structure
- ADC to Tinubu: Diplomacy not a side hustle
- PDP holds national convention Nov 15, 16 in Ibadan
- More than 1300 died globally from contaminated medicines —WHO, UNODC Report
25 Jul

- How unchecked dietary supplements turn toxic, lure many to early grave
- ADC, CUPP kick as Tinubu labels opposition ‘coalition of confusion
- We're not against coalition to unseat Tinubu in 2027’
- Makinde unveils Oyo’s tourism blueprint at summit
25 Jul

- How Yilwatda Emerged As APC Chairman
- Tariff: NERC Rules Against Enugu
- 34-year-old Oyewole, Umar, Ubanyionwu, 54 Others Get SAN Rank grid can’t have separate prici
- EU, EDITORS COLLABORATE TO FIGHT FAKE NEWS
25 Jul

- Tinubu: It’s Not Easy Navigating Stormy Economic Instability, But We’re Stable Now
- Bala Mohammed: Only Transparent Convention Will Turn PDP Around
- After 3 Deferments, $2.8bn AKK Pipeline Set for Mechanical Completion in November
- To Boost Cancer Care, FG Inaugurates Oncology Centres in Katsina, Enugu, Edo.
25 Jul

- Two years after, N/Central gets justice, Yilwatda emerges APC nat’l chair
- Road crashes claimed 2,838 in H1 2025, 40,000 rescued - FRSC FRIday 25 July, 2025 30 Muharram, 1447 No. 3, 632 www.blueprint.ng N250
- Nigerians are suffering, wet the grass, Tinubu tells govs
- We are working with Mali, Niger, B/Faso on cross-border security – CDS
25 Jul

- Tinubu, other African leaders facing one of world's sharpest minds –Experts
- Stocks: Domestic investors sustain market dominance with N2.42trn surge
- FOREX: CBN’S RESTRICTIONS CUT VESSEL IMPORTATION BY 97% TO $3.45BN
- APC restructures as Yilwatda emerges 8th Nat’l Chair in party's 13yrs
25 Jul

- Enugu electricity tariff sparks nationwide call for lower rates
- 2027: El-Rufai, Obi may dump ADC over Atiku’s ambition
- Nigeria’s tour ism industry powers growth across multiple sectors
- Why Nigeria’s streaming platforms struggle to stay afloa
24 Jul

- FG’s Half-year Tax Revenues Jump 43% to N14.27 Trillion
- Bagudu: Tinubu’s Ambition is to See Nigeria Refine All Its Crude Oil In-country
- Damagum: PDP’s Problems Self-inflicted, Defectors Should Return or Leave in Peace
- World Bank, Development Partners Okay Nigeria’s 90,000km Fibre Optic Network Drive
24 Jul

- PDP Loses 17 Senators, 22 Reps In 2 Years
- Zamfara Communities Protest Over Killings
- Poverty, Inflation Persist Despite GDP Growth – LCCI
- APC Governors Meet Tinubu Over New Party Chair
24 Jul

- How Enugu DisCo’s data audit led to tariff cuts
- Business leaders hail tax refor ms as catalyst for growth
- I’m vindicated, says Onasanya, as court dismisses loan controversy case
- Political will requir ed to rever se $1b annual medical tourism – AN PMP
24 Jul

- 43% spike in tax revenue spurs hope for fiscal recovery, deficit cuts
- Port inefficiencies, corruption spike inflation, logistics costs by 40%
- Tinubu, APC leaders converge on Villa as NEC tackles crucial issues
- BRICS alignment, tariff hike worsening Nigeria’s economy, LCCI laments
24 Jul

- APC moves NEC meeting to Presidential Villa
- Four more PDP senators defect to APC as party Senate majority grows to 70
- Ogun, Rivers top death row inmates list
- EU unveils €1.5m support for victims of Benue crisis, others
24 Jul

- We've paid dearly for our negligence, it's time to truly reconcile –PDP
- LCCI: OVER 3000 NIGERIAN PRODUCTS NOW TO ENTER UK EASILY
- H1’25: FG’s tax earning up 43% to N14.3trn, exceeds projection
- H1’25: FG’s tax earning up 43% to N14.3trn, exceeds projection
23 Jul

- Senate Approves Tinubu’s $21.5 Billion Global Loan Request
- P&ID: I Have Struggled to Accept What Happened, Says UK Judge Who Overturned $11bn Award
- Amid Efforts to Contain Price Pressures, CBN Retains All Monetary Policy Parameters
- Aligning with THISDAY’s Story, SEC Seeks More Information About FirstHoldCo’s Shares Transaction
23 Jul

- DisCos’ high electr icity bills under scr utiny after Enugu’s tar iff cut
- Attor ney-Gener al’s off ice denies gover nment stake in Fir st Holdco Plc
- Afr ica loses $90bn annually to impor ted substandar d fuel -Dangote
- Niger ia scraps excess dividend tax as overhaul ends loopholes’ era
23 Jul

- Suspense as Tinubu, APC NEC meet over zoning, new chairman
- Stakeholders warn of setback for Nigeria, Africa as U.S. exits UNESCO
- Reps consider restricting politicians, families to public hospitals, schools
- Tension as security operatives deny Natasha access to National Assembly
23 Jul

- Confusion persists over APC NEC meeting
- External reserves hit $40.1bn in July —CBN gov
- FG issues fresh flood alerts for 28 states
- Osun PDP leaders endorse Tinubu, Adeleke for second term
23 Jul

- States Slashing Power Tariff Must 4 Be Ready To Pay Subsidy–Minister
- LG Autonomy Delay Undermines Democracy – ALGON
- Dangote To FG: Enforce Refinery Development Or Revoke Idle Licences
- Attorney-General Fagbemi's Office Denies Government's Stake In FirstHoldco Plc, Calls Thisday/Arise Reports Malicious
23 Jul

- Hardship affecting Nigeria's population growth –UN
- CBN: 8 banks meet recapitalisation threshold
- MTEF: SENATE APPROVES $21.5BN EXTERNAL BORROWING PLAN
- Drama as Natasha refused entry into Red Chamber, amid tight security
22 Jul

- After Rebasing, NBS Puts Nominal GDP at $243bn in 2024
- THISDAY, ARISE Media Groups Respond to Harassment and Attack on Free Speech, Press Freedom By First HoldCo Plc
- FG’s Debt to Gencos Hits N1.2tn in H1, Total Arrears Exceed N5tn
- Abdul Samad Rabiu Predicts Improved Stability in Foreign Exchange Amid N92 Billion Loss
22 Jul

- Nigeria’s rebased GDP numbers disappoint
- Lafarge Africa’s revenue rises 70% as PAT surges to N84.03 bn
- Free Trade Zones face 2028 deadline as Nigeria overhauls tax rules
- Why CBN may hold the line on rates
22 Jul

- Nigeria’s economy expands, records 3.13% growth in Q1
- Speculators panic as $1.31bn FPI inflows, market reforms narrow exchange rate gap
- Obi’s running mate, Datti, offers to resolve LP crisis
- Late Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola Alao speaks —Alh. Yisa Arisekola Alao Advertorial •Experts laud CBN for driving rate convergence •Present at NEC meeting
22 Jul

- Electricity tariff imbalance triggers new subsidy, inefficiency debates
- Nigeria’s GDP hits N373tr, remains 4th biggest in Africa after rebasing
- States, FCT’s unutilised N250b education grants worry UBEC
- Court orders forfeiture of $222,729 recovered from Chinese nationals
22 Jul

- Mixed Reactions As Economy 4 Hits N372.822trn After Rebasing
- Gov Radda In Abuja For Treatment After Accident Involving Convoy
- Niger Community Raises N100m From Land Rent To Repair School, Clinic
- LP Crisis: Baba-Ahmed Reconciles With Abure Faction
22 Jul

- Partial compliance as retired police officers protest poor welfare
- NIGERIA MISSED $1TRN ECONOMY BY A DECADE, SAYS OYEDELE
- PMS: Intense competition crashes import by 76% to N1.64trn
- Rebased GDP:Nigeria's economy grew by 3.13% in Q1 –NBS