NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Aug 08 - Aug 14, 2025
14 Aug
- Geopolitics shifts US refiners to Nigeria’s crude
- How indigenous firm turned trailblazer in Nigeria’s competitive business landscape
- Tax reforms to chop off 39 telecom levies
- Chinese-funded $60bn bullet train near s FG’s approval
14 Aug
- LP, SDP, APC, PDP battle INEC over Saturday’s by-elections
- Invasion: Obasanjo Library gives EFCC 7-day ultimatum, demands N3.5bn compensation
- Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson, regains freedom, may get ambassadorial role
- FEC places 7-year embargo on new tertiary institutions
14 Aug
- FG to overhaul public finance as bills for more varsities risk rejection
- Reps probe alleged diversion of N1.06tr COVID-19 recovery funds
- Ukachukwu, stakeholders flay Soludo over visit to Tinubu
- INEC to deploy 2,062 officials, 574 BVAS machines for by-elections in Ibadan
14 Aug
- FG halts establishment of new tertiary institutions for 7 years
- FEC approves N493bn for Kano– Katsina road, Carter Bridge
- NOA deploys 4,000 staff for nationwide campaign on flood, security
- 27 states, FCT accessed N78.6bn UBEC matching fund mid 2025 – Alausa
14 Aug
- 2027:PDP demands absolute loyalty from Wike, Ortom, Fayose, others
- FEC imposes 7-year ban on founding of new federal tertiary institutions
- TINUBU ASSURES ON PRODUCTION OF 10MT LIQUID STEEL BY 2030
- Capital Budget: FG stops MDAs from issuing contract award letters without warrants
14 Aug
- Reactions As Tinubu Orders Review Of Revenue Retention By NNPCL, Others
- I’m Still In Pain, Freed Ibom Air Passenger Emmanson Says
- Tinubu Names Odion, Rabiu As FCCPC Executive Commissioners
- 1,500 Escaped Inmates Recaptured In 15 Years, Over 7,200 Still At Large
14 Aug
- Tinubu Targets 7% Growth By 2027, Orders Review of Deductions By NNPCL, Others
- US Approves Sale of N532 Billion Munitions, Bombs, Rockets to Nigeria
- Court Frees Unruly Ibom Air Passenger as Police Withdraw Charges
- FG: $980m Private Capital Mobilised, 350 CNG Conversion Centres Built in 18 Months
13 Aug
- APGA’s Soludo: No Apology Backing Tinubu’s 2nd Term Bid
- Senate Vows Tough Sanctions as Aviation Crises Escalate, Begins Full Investigation
- EFCC: We Target Corruption in Both Ruling and Opposition Parties
- Dangote Refinery Slashes Ex-depot Petrol Price By N30, NLC Hails Company’s Impact
13 Aug
- Outrage over Ibom Air incident as IG orders KWAM 1’s probe
- Court strikes out N60b criminal suit against ex-AMCON boss
- Troops kill several terrorists in Borno failed ambush
- Gani Adams faults Kwara killings, alerts on fresh crisis in S’West
13 Aug
- Nigeria Records Third Jailbreak In 4 2025 As 16 Inmates Flee Keffi Prison
- EFCC Releases Tambuwal, Says PAGE 4 Investigations Cut Across Party Lines
- FG Issues 12-month Recapitalisation Deadline To Insurance Operators
- Again, Dangote Refinery Slashes Petrol Price To N820/Litre
13 Aug
- NBA, Labour Party, others flay treatment of female passenger
- Tambuwal released on bail as EFCC counters ADC, PDP
- NSA to unfold fresh strategies to end terrorism
- Tinubu is my friend of 22 years, I have no apologies for supporting him —Soludo
13 Aug
- No sacred cow in our investigations of politicians, EFCC tells ADC
- NAF killed 592 terrorists, destroyed 372 assets in 8 months – CAS
- 16 inmates escape in Keffi jailbreak, 5 officers injured
- Bago hails Tinubu over arrest of Mahmuda terror leader Abubakar Abba
13 Aug
- Criminally smart’ politicians now declaring assets before acquiring them –Olukoyede
- 2027:I've not seen anyone better than Tinubu in ADC –Wadada
- NMDPRA: NIGERIANS CONSUMED 1.44BN LITRES OF FUEL IN JUNE
- NIBSS: More Nigerians embrace PoS as deployed terminals up 119.4% to 5.90m
12 Aug
- World Bank Approves N462bn for 1.3m IDPs, Others in Northern Nigeria
- Another Unruly Passenger Attacks Cabin Crew on Ibom Air Flight
- Cocoa Farmers Race to Meet EUDR Deadline on Sustainability by December
- Five Arraigned, Remanded in DSS’ Custody over 2022 Attack on Owo Catholic Church
12 Aug
- Companies pause new debt in rate cut bet
- Consumer s to pay more on Customs’ FOB, licensing fee hike
- Bumper retur ns seen driving foreign investment to six-year high
- Marketer s engage Dangote Refinery ahead August 15 direct supply rollout
12 Aug
- It’s double standard, justice must be fair, equal —Obi
- Tambuwal in EFCC custody over N189bn cash withdrawals
- DSS arraigns five over 2022 Owo church killings
- Reform fatigue sets in as N16trn debt service erodes gains of fuel subsidy removal —Analysts
12 Aug
- Glitches, extortion as Police insist on new tinted permit, shift deadline
- ADC accuses EFCC of witch-hunt as Tambuwal held over alleged N189b breach
- Protests rock Yelewata as gunmen kill three in fresh attack
- NYSC vs Raye: Vengeful act says LP as lawyer threatens lawsuit
12 Aug
- NAF kills over 400 bandits in Zamfara Forest air raid
- Children, aged, vulnerable benefit from UBA Foundation’s Charity Outreach
- Blueprint, Xinhua harp on stronger Nigeria-China bilateral relation
- Customs seizes N10bn contraband, arms, drugs at Lagos Port
12 Aug
- Babachir Lawal: I warned Nigerians Tinubu would sideline non-Yoruba supporters
- H1’25: Improved revenue drive raised collection cost by 41.9% to N657.99bn
- Airline operators impose no-fly life ban on unruly Ibom Air passenger
- Airline operators impose no-fly life ban on unruly Ibom Air passenger
12 Aug
- Northern States Roll Out Flood Control Plans Amid FG Alerts
- ADC Kicks As EFCC Grills Tambuwal Over Alleged N189bn Fraudulent Cash Withdrawals
- 12 Mpox Cases Confirmed In Ondo
- MTN, 3 Varsities, 42 Others Obtain Permits To Build Captive Power Plants
11 Aug
- Local Production Records Less Than 1% Of Annual Vehicle Imports
- FCTA Vows Continuous Illegal Demolition in Abuja
- Nigeria Non-oil Exports Hit $3.225bn in Half-year 2025 – NEPC
- Alia Rallies Stakeholders for Stronger Multi-Sectoral Coordination in Benue
11 Aug
- FG Issues Flood Alerts To 15 Northern States
- Obasanjo Library Threatens Legal Action After EFCC Arrested 93 At Hotel
- Soaring Energy Costs Push Small Businesses Towards Extinction
- Heavy Debt -Servicing Deductions Stifling States, NEITI Warns
11 Aug
- Non-oil expor tear nings hit five-year high on value-addition
- High costs shut real estate operators from $13.5bn opportunity
- Nigeria’s rotational power deal faces 2027 test
- llegal mining will persist because of poverty – Stakeholders say
11 Aug
- Residents flee Kwara villages over attacks
- Presidency dispels Tinubu’s illness rumour
- Israel’s Gaza seizure plan another calamity – UN
- Options for banks as recapitalisation pressure mounts
11 Aug
- Senate: Factors to consider before approving new states
- Obasanjo library condemns invasion of hotel by EFCC
- Release LG fund, Osun govt tells FG again
- Obasanjo library condemns invasion of hotel by EFCC
11 Aug
- Congestion, asset depreciation push HNIs, businesses to Eko Atlantic City
- Cracks widen in ADC coalition as Shekarau, allies consider new platform
- U.S. condemns killing of Christians in Nigeria, vows decisive action
- New Constitution: Senate welcomes recommendations at public hearing
11 Aug
- Lagos Got 58.5% of Electronic Money Transfer Levy in June
- NEPC: Nigeria's Non-oil Exports Rose 19.5%, Hit $3.22 Billion in H1 of 2025
- Zelenskiy Wins EU, NATO Backing, Seeks Place at Proposed Trump-Putin Talks..
- To Cut Cost, FG Launches N100bn Initiative to Power Public Institutions with Solar Energy
11 Aug
- NiMET alerts on flood in Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kebbi, Bauchi in next 3 days
- TETFund deployed over N100bn to improve medical sciences – Masari
- NDLEA nabs General Overseer for cross-border drug trafficking in Lagos
- Aug. 15 fuel distribution: Dangote commences receipt of 4,000 CNG-powered trucks
11 Aug
- Condemned Prisoners: Lawyers split over call for judges to sign death warrants
- FG BEGINS E-INVOICING, ELECTRONIC FISCAL SYSTEM FOR LARGE TAXPAYERS
- Loans: N149.2bn deducted from highest indebted states’ allocations in 2024
- Flood: 140,228 affected, 49,205 displaced in 21 states –NEMA
10 Aug
- 2027:INEC Seeks Voting Rights For Correctional Facilities’ Inmates
- Rivers LG Election: Peterside, Secondus, Others Warn Against Constitutional Breaches
- PDP Threatens To Sanction Prominent Members For Endorsing Tinubu’s Re-election Bid
- Ijaw Deprivation Inspires My Investments In Infrastructure, Says Diri
10 Aug
- The Unforgotable Hero Pa Anthony Enahoro
- The Unforgotable Hero Pa Anthony Enahoro
- 2027: APC not worried about rootless ADC – Gov. Sule
- FG, U.S. envoy clarify visa policy changes
10 Aug
- Steer clear of South-West
- 2027: Coalition of individuals, not parties, will fail, says Shekarau
- Another industrial action looms in public varsities
- Tinubu, OBJ, Atiku, Northern govs, others mourn passage of Audu Ogbeh at 78
10 Aug
- Why Ghanaians protest against Nigerians
- I’m scared of the future – Audu Ogbeh
- Chairman- designate resumes at NERC ahead confirmation
- 62% pass English, Maths as WAEC releases reviewed results
10 Aug
- Listening ear, not outrage: What Badenoch’s Nigerian story demands from us
- Faith In Action: Day Muslim Leaders Worshipped With Christians In Kaduna
- I Suspect Hospital Staff Colluded With Woman Who Stole My Child - Father Of Newborn Baby
- IPOB Sit-AtHome Order Losing Steam In South East
10 Aug
- Difficult year for JAMB, WAEC as glitches raise credibility questions on exam conduct
- Suffering & Smiling: Nigerians cling to life despite worsening socio-economic distress
- Flooding: Why warnings fail to rattle Nigerian
- Listening ear, not outrage: What Badenoch’s Nigerian story demands from us
10 Aug
- Amaechi: I’ll Defeat Tinubu If ADC Gives Me Ticket; I Know His Weaknesses
- Tinubu, Obasanjo, Jonathan, Atiku, Northern Govs, Alia, Akume, Saraki, Mark, Others Mourn Audu Ogbeh
- NNPC Exits Buhari-era Road Tax Credit Scheme after Paying $577m, N822bn in 16 Months
- After Ribadu, NCC’s Intervention, Diesel Suppliers Resume Supply to MTN, Airtel, Globacom, 9mobile
10 Aug
- NORTH PLOTS PDP REJIG AGAINST TINUBU
- Insecurity: 55 towns in Imo, Anambra under siege, deserted –Investigation
- Tinubu, Jonathan, Atiku, Kalu, others pay tribute as Audu Ogbeh dies at 78
- Kano Gov sacks two cabinet members
09 Aug
- Rewane: Populace Getting Uncomfortable with Unintended Reforms’ Consequences
- PDP to Members: Those Endorsing Tinubu for2027 Face Sanctions
- WAEC Releases Corrected Results With 62.96% Pass in English, Maths
- KWAM 1 Apologises over Unruly Behaviour at Abuja Airport
09 Aug
- Why Ghanaians protest against Nigerians
- I’m scared of the future – Audu Ogbeh
- Chairman- designate resumes at NERC ahead confirmation
- 62% pass English, Maths as WAEC releases reviewed results
09 Aug
- Daylight bloody attack in Kwara
- How 1966 coup scared me away from politics
- Abductors of Ondo varsity worker demand N7m ransom
- Osun is in serious pain over seizure of LG funds —Ajisafe, S/West PDP chair
09 Aug
- Farmers Battle To Salvage Crops From Floods, Fear Poor Harvest
- If Nigeria Was Working, I Wouldn’t Have Controlled Diesel Market – Otedola
- I’m Proud To Rise Above Conflict To Global Academic Excellence – English Champion, Nafisa
- No Negotiation With Bandits – Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Others
09 Aug
- The Unforgotable Hero Pa Anthony Enahoro
- 2027: APC not worried about rootless ADC – Gov. Sule
- FG, U.S. envoy clarify visa policy changes
- 2027: Atiku, co-travellers don’t believe in equitable Nigeria – Kachikwu
09 Aug
- Coalition of individuals, rather than parties, will fail –Shekarau
- FATE OF OVER 400,000 NIGERIANS IN U.S. HANGS IN THE BALANCE
- Lagos in tears, as flood wreaks havoc in city
- PDP threatens to sanction Wike, Fayose, others
08 Aug
- Flooding: Lagos, Ogun, Delta, Kogi, 11 others at high risk
- Airport saga: NCAA petitions AGF, IGP to investigate, prosecute KWAM 1
- 2027: Worries over APC congresses
- 155 associations seek INEC’s recognition as parties
08 Aug
- Cancer, fertility risks trail Nigeria’s $429m synthetic hair obsession
- WAEC recalls results, directs candidates to check afresh
- 2027: 151 new parties indicate interest, submit forms, says INEC
- 300 repentant terrorists undergoing rehabilitation, says FG
08 Aug
- Presidency: Tinubu Not Indifferent to Nigerians’ difficulties
- AFC Says Projects It Backed in Nigeria, Others Added $50 Billion to GDP, Created 7m Jobs
- Atedo Peterside, Omehia, Secondus, Others Say Planned Rivers LG Poll Illegal..
- Atedo Peterside, Omehia, Secondus, Others Say Planned Rivers LG Poll Illegal..
08 Aug
- 151 associations now seek registration, INEC set to unveil new political parties
- FG blacklists KWAM1 over Abuja airport row, bans artiste from flying
- Ojulari’s ‘forced abduction’ report: SSS threatens legal action against People’s Gazette
- Amid US tariff bite, UBA CEO pushes for stronger intra-African trade
08 Aug
- Aviation unions begin total shutdown of sector on Monday, issue notice to airlines
- FX FORWARDS: CBN MULLS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST OFFENDERS
- NIIRA: Reluctant insurers to battle 368.97% capital base surge to N680bn
- inubu not indifferent to people's difficulties –Presidency
08 Aug
- Inside Nigeria’s multi-billion naira plantain business
- FG’s N712bn Lagos air port funding model draws criticisms
- Policy, data, welfare gaps stalling health sector reforms
- VFD Group Explores Strategic Expansion Into Southern Africa
08 Aug
- NCAA Moves To Prosecute K1 After 6-month Flight Ban
- 30 ZAMFARA COMMUNITIES PROTEST AGAINST INSECURITY
- FG ORDERS SUSPENSION OF LAND ALLOCATION ALONG LAGOS-LAGOON SHORELINE
- Banks Indiscretion Almost Ruined Power Sector – Experts