NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Aug 01 - Aug 07, 2025
07 Aug
- Insecurity: 24,000 Nigerians Missing Since 2015 says ICRC
- Ghanaian Defense, Environment Ministers, Others Perish in Helicopter Crash
- Operation Sweep Impounds 20 Vehicles, Recovers Dangerous Weapons in Abuja
- Afreximbank Facilitates $4bn Refinancing Loan for Dangote Refinery
07 Aug
- Shettima: We Are Investing in MSME to Create Jobs, Reduce Poverty, Increase GDP
- Tinubu: Doyin Abiola Was Icon of Nigerian Journalism, Amazon, Soldier of Democracy
- NUPRC Publishes Concession Status of 243 Oil Blocks, Says No Asset Abandoned
- Two Ghana Ministers, Six Others Killed in Helicopter Crash
07 Aug
- Taraba: 8 months without deputy gov
- Civil servants used stolen money to build estates – EFCC
- Birnin Gwari: Motorcycle, phone theft replace abductions
- What to know about new insurance law
07 Aug
- NGX nears N100trn as 35 stocks turbocharge market
- UBA’s LEO Chatbot to drive Africa’s trade, cross-border payments
- Aging trees, farmers dim Nigeria’s palm oil prospects
- High food costs, aid cuts push 3.5m childr en into malnutr ition
07 Aug
- Jonathan Chickened Out Of4 Reforming PDP– New Book
- NCAA Suspends 2 Pilots Over Incident Involving K1
- Police Detain Sowore Over Alleged Criminal Defamation
- Global Competition: Our Students Made Us Proud, Say Yobe Parents, School
07 Aug
- Many abandoned estates funded by corrupt civil servants —EFCC
- Motorists, commuters groan over deplorable federal roads in South-West
- Uncertainty in APC, PDP, LP, others ahead of Anambra, Osun, Ekiti guber polls
- Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, NPAN, NGE, others pay tributes as Doyin Abiola dies at 82
07 Aug
- First Lady’s humanitarian donations hit N12.9b in two years
- ADC, APC chieftain warn Tinubu to shelve re-election, focus on governance
- Insurance stocks jump 10% after Tinubu signed law to recapitalise industry
- Six FMCG firms’ cost of sales surge by 24% to N562 billion in Q2
07 Aug
- Olukoyede: Many abandoned estates in Abuja owned by civil servants
- Tinubu endorses pension increase for retirees
- Wedon’t have democracy–Secondus fearsfor Nigeria’s future
- NIGERIA RETAINS HIGH YIELDS ON ONE-YEAR BILLS TO LURE INVESTORS
07 Aug
- Police can’t question Anambra AG’s power to discontinue criminal matter – NBA
- Court remands Enugu native doctor for allegedly burying victims alive
- Ghanaian ministers, 6 others die in helicopter crash
- Doyin Abiola embodied integrity, championed women empowerment – Tinubu
06 Aug
- Cement maker s’ FX gains hit six-year high on naira rally
- Palm oil imports shrink as local output rises
- New Act mandates compulsory insurance, zero delays in claims settlement
- New Act mandates compulsory insurance, zero delays in claims settlement
06 Aug
- Concerns over new customs levy, weak import as car ownership turns luxury
- Investors raise stake in Nigeria with $5.6 billion capital inflows in Q
- Recapitalisation looms as Tinubu signs Insurance Reform Bill
- RMRDC laments poor local sourcing of raw materials in manufacturing
06 Aug
- Abuja overtakes Lagos as top investment destination in Q1
- Tinubu signs Insurance Industry Reform Bill into law, targets $1trn economy
- Flood: 191 killed, 134,435 affected in 20 states —NEMA
- How medical, health workers, others can avoid sad life after retirement —NMA
06 Aug
- 2027:Early campaign breaches electoral law, INEC warns politicians
- Nigerian aviation fuel export surges by 62% to N1.09trn
- Tinubu signs insurance reform bill into law, targets $1trn economy
- 2027: PDP’s political gerrymandering has ended –Bode George
06 Aug
- APC govs, SWAGA, Obi unveil strategies amid INEC caution
- 2025 WASSCE: Our strategy to check malpractices accounted for poor performance
- 2025 WASSCE: Our strategy to check malpractices accounted for poor performance
- On clerics’ intervention, Bello Turji releases 32 captives
06 Aug
- Dangiwa: Tinubu Building 6,112 Homes, Upgraded 150 Slums, Created over 152,000 Jobs in North
- uoyed By Portfolio Investments, Capital Importation Improves to $5.64 Billion in Q1
- Ecobank’s Biggest Shareholder, S’Africa’s Nedbank, Set to Sell Stake in Major Reset
- Tinubu‘s Govt a Total Disaster, Worse Than Buhari’s, Declares Ex-minister Waziri
06 Aug
- Oil Workers Want Govt 4 Refineries Fixed Before Sale
- Reject Mark-led Leadership, 2 ADC State Chairmen Tell INEC
- Abuja Overtakes Lagos As Nigeria Records $5.64bn Capital Importation In Q1
- Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With Church Of Wales Over Gay Archbishop Election
05 Aug
- WAEC records worst results in 5 years
- Again, Tinubu rewards athletes with N150m each, national honour
- Residents, motorists stranded as fl ood hits Lagos
- Ex-soldiers protest over unpaid entitlements
05 Aug
- APC: ADC, El-Rufai Confused and Clueless Abdulahi: Ruling Party Weaponising Personal Attacks
- With over 1.8m Bpd Peak Oil Output in July, Nigeria Inches Towards Meeting 2025 Budget Benchmark
- Wike Gives Fresh Conditions for PDP Convention
- Tinubu Rewards Each D’Tigress Player $100,000, Flat, and OON National Honour
05 Aug
- Like Super Facons, Tinubu Gives D’Tigress $100,000 Each, Flats
- Police Eliminate 78 Terrorists, Rescue 175 Kidnap Victims in One Month
- Nigeria’s Hospitality Sector Revenue Rises to $2.61bn by 2029
- Don’t Sell Beer in Bida, Niger Liquor Board Warns Vendors, Others
05 Aug
- Parties Vow To Mobilise Citizens, CSOs Demand More Centres
- FirstHoldCo Demonstrates Resilience With Robust Half-Year Performance, Grows Gross Earnings By 18.1% To ₦1.7trillion
- Nigeria's Oil Production Surpassed 1.8mbpd In July– NUPRC
- 4 In Police Net Over Theft Of Day-old Baby At Ekiti PHC
05 Aug
- Crisis in PDP over for now —Wike
- Olubadan-in-Council endorses Ladoja as 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland
- Lagos residents cry out as flood sacks communities
- Women’s rights group decries attack on female police officers
05 Aug
- FIBA WOMEN’S AFROBASKET: Like S/Falcons, Tinubu gifts D’Tigress $100,000 each, houses, national honours
- Again, Wike reads riot act to property owners over unpaid ground rent
- Our borders transformed to strongholds against human trafficking – NOA
- 4 suspects nabbed over missing new born baby in Ekiti hospital
05 Aug
- S’West’ll suffer withdrawal syndrome if Tinubu leaves office in 2027 –Osuntokun
- Like Falcons, Tinubu gives D’Tigress $100,000, nat'l honour, flat each
- H1’25: Banks sustain cheque transactions to N1.70trn despite e-payment growth
- Zamfara: Bandits kidnap 114 across 3 LGAs in fresh attacks
05 Aug
- Palm oil maker s’ sustained gains pull N2.13trn investments
- Nigeria’s gas waste earns second spot globally
- Rental crisis for cesurban exodus to insecure areas
- Nigeria’s 2025 WASSCE scores worst in 10 years
04 Aug
- Rumpus over N712bn Lagos airport renovation contract
- IPI, NGE, others slam Niger gov over order on radio station
- Flood destroys houses, schools, farms in Plateau, Bauchi, Niger
- Uncertainty over Bayo Ojulari’s job as NNPCL boss
04 Aug
- ACF Rejects Peter Obi’s 4 Reiterated One-term Pledge
- FG Extends Deadline For NIS, NSCDC, Prisons Recruitment
- Goodluck PAGE 7 Jonathan Visits IBB In Minna
- ₦712bn Lagos Airport Renovation To Be Funded Without Loans, Says Keyamo
04 Aug
- Flood Submerges Farmlands, 18 Communities in Niger
- Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird New CEO
- Nigeria, Benin Forge Unified Trade Path on New Framework
- Constitution Amendment: Kogi Community Demands Creation of Oworo West LG
04 Aug
- Slow digital integration, rivalry mar NSW’s odds ahead of Q1 take-off
- NUC worries over professional bodies’ overreach, seeks harmonised accreditation system
- Again, Nigeria rules as D’Tigress clinch fifth AfroBasket crown
- 2027: Mahdi Shehu warns as Arewa group rally for Northern candidate
04 Aug
- Despite Applause, ADC Says N712 Billion Lagos Airport Project Wasteful
- Nigeria Produced 1.37 Trillion SCF of Gas in H1, Flared 101 Billion SCF
- I’ll Serve Only One Term of Four Years If Voted President, Obi Reaffirms
- Tinubu, First Lady Rejoice With D'Tigress for Emerging 5th Consecutive Time AfroBasket Winner
04 Aug
- Experts question FEC’s approval of N712bn for airport upgrade
- Common sweeteners may be accelerating puberty in kids
- Find a job to do ahead of 2027, APC tells El-Rufai
- My vow to serve one term sacrosanct —Obi
04 Aug
- Motorists queue 10 hours for CNG, want infrastructure expansion
- Agora Policy verdict on Yobe budgetary performance inspiring – Buni
- 4 suspects arraigned over N5m theft, burglary at Ikeja Police College
- 2027: Why Tinubu can’t be unseated by any politician – PDP chieftain Olujimi
04 Aug
- Trump’s Tariffs: Nigeria, others get AU's nod to sanction US businesses
- North not marginalised under Tinubu –Kaduna gov
- Insecurity: Zamfara partners NSA, Colombia to counter violent extremism
- ULTRA-PROCESSED BABY FOODS MAY CAUSE CHILDHOOD OBESITY –STUDY
03 Aug
- EL-RUFAI’S BOMBSHELL: APC dangerous for 2027
- LP accuses INEC of power abuse, faults exclusion from August 16 by-elections
- New FG’s industrial policy plans to make going on strike criminal, NLC alleges
- LASU suspends activities over workers’ strike, orders students to vacate hostels
03 Aug
- 2027: How Kaduna forum missed target
- Nurses, FG disagree over strike suspension
- 2027: Voter registration to commence August 18
- 29 years after: Pfizer vaccine victims speak
03 Aug
- The Unforgotable Heroine Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
- Tinubu to new media influencers: Use your influence to foster unity, not division
- Abuja set to host 20 African nations
- Yelewata killings: Northern CAN leaders visit Benue, pledge sustained advocacy
03 Aug
- NIGERIA LOSES BILLIONS TO UNENDING AMENDMENTS SINCE 2006
- NGE, ADC flay Bago over Radio Station closure
- NEC excludes LP from August byeelections
- NLC frets over new industrial relations policy
03 Aug
- Lingering insecurity dims hope for economic rebound
- Resurgent tension tests NigeriaGhana brotherhood, neighbourliness
- Why Nigeria’s conversion of polytechnics to varsities is dangerous
- Another probe, same doubts: Nigerians eye senate’s NNPCL audit with skepticism
03 Aug
- RICE REVOLUTION: LEAN HARVEST DIMINISHES ROBUST POLICIES
- owards Eliminating Trade Barriers, Enhancing Economic Integration In West Africa
- Super Falcons, Super Reward Without Super Future
- From ANI Foundation’s Off-grid Electricity, Rays Of Light Illuminate Mayo Selbe After Decades In Darkness
03 Aug
- Gbajabiamila Mobilises Former Legislators in Support of Tinubu’s Second Term Bid
- NEC Derecognises Abure-led Labour Party, Rejects SDP’s Candidates for By-elections
- NUPRC Links 66% of 732 Cases of Oil Spill in Niger Delta to Asset Sabotage, Investigates 175 Incidents
- CDS to Community Leaders: Identify, Isolate Criminal Elements to Prevent Widespread Unrest
02 Aug
- ISWAP makes $191m annually taxing locals in Lake Chad region—Report
- We will support any candidate that will give us our set priorities in the North
- 2027:North East APC youths rally support for VP Shettima
- Akarigbo, Awolowo Dosumu, Dabiri-Erewa, others harp on legacy preservation at Soile Foundation launch
02 Aug
- Multi-billion Naira State Liaison Offices Rot Away In Lagos
- Nigeria WAFCON 2024 Heroes: Key Actors Behind Falcons’ Victory
- Don’t Misuse USA Visa, FG Warns Nigerians
- Benue Killings Beyond FarmersHerders Crisis – Northern CAN
02 Aug
- The Unforgotable Heroine Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
- Tinubu to new media influencers: Use your influence to foster unity, not division
- Abuja set to host 20 African nations
- Yelewata killings: Northern CAN leaders visit Benue, pledge sustained advocacy
02 Aug
- 2027:President pushes back, woos Class of '99 govs to promote regime
- HOW TRUMP'S HARDLINE TACTICS STOPPED TINUBU FROM NEGOTIATING
- Controversy as Minister, nurses differ on suspension of warning strike
- Nigeria needs parties that can subordinate presidents, govs to control –Lukman
01 Aug
- Uncertainty for FIFA, soccer fans over Trump’s ‘America First’ policies
- More defections, leadership crises unsettle PDP, ADC ahead of 2027 polls
- Medical accidents kill one in every 24 patients in Nigeria
- Call off strike for negotiation, Presidency, Reps tell health workers
01 Aug
- FG Approves N712 Billion for Full Rehabilitation of Lagos Airport Terminal One
- With Eye on 6.8bn Reserves, NUPRC Rallies Oil Producers to Raise Deepwater Output to 810,000bpd
- NEC Targets Economic Stimulus for over 8.8m People in 8,809 Wards Across Nigeria
- Babangida Aliyu: Let’s Leave Tinubu Till 2031
01 Aug
- FG Approves N712 Billion for Full Rehabilitation of Lagos Airport Terminal One
- With Eye on 6.8bn Reserves, NUPRC Rallies Oil Producers to Raise Deepwater Output to 810,000bpd
- NEC Targets Economic Stimulus for over 8.8m People in 8,809 Wards Across Nigeria
- Babangida Aliyu: Let’s Leave Tinubu Till 2031
01 Aug
- 34 million Nigerians at risk of hunger as UN food aid ends
- #EndBadGovernance protest: One year after, nothing has changed – Conveners
- Canada to join UK, France to recognise Palestinian state in Sept
- Niger takes FG to court over 13% derivation
01 Aug
- Exhausted, under paid health worker s near breaking point
- Nigerian scientist sends egusi to space in Africa first
- Inside Nigeria’s profitable goat farming business
- Nigeria influential nation of unlimited possibilities – U.S. Govt
01 Aug
- Many Critically Ill Patients Are Being Rejected, Says UUTH CMD
- ADC Dismisses Nafi’u Bala’s Claim To Party’s Chairmanship
- ONDO GOV: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS AIYEDATIWA’S VICTORY
- ARMED FORCES RADIO HAS BLOCKED TERRORISTS’ PROPAGANDA, MISINFORMATION –CDS
01 Aug
- FEC approves N145bn electrification projects for UNILAG, UI, UNN, others
- Appeal Court affirms Aiyedatiwa’s election as gov
- FEC approves N145bn electrification projects for UNILAG, UNN, UI, others
- PDP faults ‘arbitrary’ street renaming in Lagos, threatens legal action
01 Aug
- Amid legal tussle, ADC crisis deepens, dep chair Nafiu declares self chairman
- 13% derivation: Niger drags AGF to S’ Court, seeks interpretation of Section 232
- FG, States, LGs mull 8.8m jobs across 8,809 electoral wards
- NOA advises Nigerians on responsible use of US visa
01 Aug
- Tinubu plans financial support for 8.8m persons at grassroots level
- Nigerian stock market delivers record N12.5trn gain in July
- Strikes:FG approves policy to regulate trade unions
- Niger State sues FG, demands inclusion in 13% derivation