NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Aug 22 - Aug 28, 2025
28 Aug
- Despite endorsing Tinubu, APC throws ticket open
- FG to clear retirees’ pension backlogs with N758bn bond
- CBN goes tough on PoS operators, orders geo-tagging of terminals to tackle fraud, increase surveillance
- China boosts Nigeria’s flood relief efforts with $1m
28 Aug
- How waning funding, legal aid keep 53,460 pre-trial inmates in jail
- Igbo leaders demand binding MoU for 2027 support as APGA backs Tinubu
- Falana, Ezekwesili, Sule task lawyers on socio-economic rights, Electoral Act
- Tariff hike cuts 2.4m off Internet amid soaring data consumption
28 Aug
- Residents Fighting Bandits With Stones 4 Made Me Buy Arms– Katsina Lawmaker
- FG, ASUU Meet Today To Avert Strike
- Gov Yusuf Raises PAGE 7 Committee To Investigate Abattoir Sale By Ganduje
- Niger Republic PM, Sultan Of Damagaram, Others Celebrate Hausa Day In Daura
28 Aug
- Residents Fighting Bandits With Stones 4 Made Me Buy Arms– Katsina Lawmaker
- FG, ASUU Meet Today To Avert Strike
- Gov Yusuf Raises PAGE 7 Committee To Investigate Abattoir Sale By Ganduje
- Niger Republic PM, Sultan Of Damagaram, Others Celebrate Hausa Day In Daura
28 Aug
- 2027:Presidential ticket still open to all despite endorsing Tinubu, says APC
- Electoral Reforms:Establish office of Registrar of political parties –Jonathan
- CBN may exceed N13.08trn projected domestic borrowing target
- NNPP writes INEC, demands stoppage of elections
28 Aug
- Bala Mohammed: I Gave Up My Presidential Bid to Allow PDP Zone Ticket to South
- Tinubu Banks on Tech, Food Security to Boost Nigeria’s Economic Growth
- FG Receives 1,653 Solar-Powered Cold-chain Refrigerators
- NCCC Urges Developed Countries, Partners to Honour Commitment on Climate Change
28 Aug
- 2027: APC Declares Open Field for Presidential Ticket
- FG Shuts Down Illegal Gold Mining Sites in Nation’s Capita
- NAICOM Sets 12-month Implementation Timeline for Recapitalization Programme
- Kwara Judiciary Workers Call-Off Strike after Deal with Government
28 Aug
- FG moves to avert ASUU strike
- Police officer arrested as soldier shot dead in Bauchi
- Why ransom business flourishes in Nigeria’
- Jonathan seeks new process for INEC chair emergence
28 Aug
- Coral, Zrosk, Stanbic top mutual funds with over 50% returns
- Nigeria’s economic growth is slowing as spirit of enter prise, entrepreneurship not at right state
- CBN’s aggressive liquidity mop-up eases inflation
- Graduates miss lucrative jobs on recurring ASUU strikes
27 Aug
- IFC Lauds FG’s Economic Reforms, IMF Calls for Marshall Plan for Power Sector
- Ribadu: We’ll Hunt Terrorists, We’ll Find Them and Bring Them to Justice
- To Boost Local Production, Create Jobs, Tinubu Okays Immediate Six-month Ban on Raw Shea Export
- Fitch: Nigerian Banks Better Positioned to Absorb Forbearance Expiry Impact
27 Aug
- IFC Lauds FG’s Economic Reforms, IMF Calls for Marshall Plan for Power Sector
- Ribadu: We’ll Hunt Terrorists, We’ll Find Them and Bring Them to Justice
- To Boost Local Production, Create Jobs, Tinubu Okays Immediate Six-month Ban on Raw Shea Export
- Fitch: Nigerian Banks Better Positioned to Absorb Forbearance Expiry Impact
27 Aug
- ASUU Stages Nationwide Protests over Unpaid Salaries, Stalled 2009 Agreement
- PenCom Recovers N4.57bn from Defaulting Employers
- Suspected Armed Herders Launch Fresh Attacks on Benue Communities, Kill Four
- FULAFIA Lecturer Alleges Threats, Tribal Profiling Over ASUU Strike Comments
27 Aug
- No hiding place for criminals terrorising Nigerian citizens – Ribadu
- 2027: ADC attacks APC, PDP over zoning, silent on Atiku’s ambition
- Nigeria's FDI rises to N1.815trn July on stronger investors’ participation
- 6 injured in Abuja-Kaduna train accident, NSIB begins probe
27 Aug
- Doubts over N2.7tn gas-topower debt offset plan
- Osun dr ags FG to Supr eme Cour t over withheld LG allocations
- States’ coffer s bulge but r oads, schools, hospitals languish
- Inside 16-yr–old ASUU-FG deal that tur ned lectur er s to ‘str iker s’
27 Aug
- Osun takes FG to Supreme Court over withheld LG allocations
- ASUU says patience with FG runs thin, as protests sweep campuses
- Seven injured as Abuja-Kaduna train derails
- Awujale stool: Ogun govt constitutes 11-member administrative body in Ijebu-Od
27 Aug
- Over 5,000 cargoes trapped at ports amid N2tr demurrage losses
- ASUU threatens nationwide strike over unmet demands
- Court orders forfeiture of ex-military officer’s N5b shares to FG
- Insecurity: Tinubu to unveil revised national counter-terrorism strategy
27 Aug
- Varsity Lecturers Protest Across Campuses
- CBN To Curb PoS Fraud, Orders Geo-tagging Of Devices
- FCTA Promotes 49 Deputy Directors
- Tinubu Bans Raw Shea Export For Six Months, Eyes $300m Revenue Boost
27 Aug
- ASUU warning protests ground varsities nationwide
- UNRELIABLE POWER: NIGERIA IS AFRICA’S SECOND-LARGEST SOLAR IMPORTER
- CBN sets deadline for mandatory geo-tagging of payment terminals
- 2027: Existential imbecility ended as PDP zones Presidency to South –Bode George
26 Aug
- Jonathan, Obi Eye PDP as Party’s NEC Zones Presidency to South
- NUPRC: Nigeria’s Crude Oil Production Rose 10% Y-o-Y to 1.71m Bpd in July
- Israel Strikes Kill Reuters, AP, Al-Jazeera, Other Journalists in Gaza
- At Maiden African CDS Summit, Tinubu Pushes for New African Defence Doctrine
26 Aug
- PDP affirms Damagum substantive chair, zones presidential ticket to South
- Ozehkome, other lawyers hail Mbah, gov reduces Enugu crimes by 80%
- Over 1,000 terror groups operate in Africa – Gambar
- CVR: INEC reads riot act as exercise records glitches in Kwara
26 Aug
- PDP's Zoning Of Presidential 4 Ticket To South Sparks Comments
- PremiumTrust Bank Meets N200bn Capital Requirement For National Commercial Banks
- Oil Theft Nearly 100% Eliminated, Says NNPCL GCEO
- FG Issues Fresh Flood Alert To 9 Northern States
26 Aug
- Global banana shortage opens N22trn export opportunity
- PDP zones presidential ticket to South as 2027 battle rages
- Nigeria’s debt-to-GDP hits 52.2% on rising borrowing, FX crunch
- Nigerians go network hopping over reach, price
26 Aug
- 2027: PDP shuts out North
- FG issues fresh fl ood alert to 9 northern states
- ECOWAS to raise 260,000 counterterrorism brigades
- Residents flee as bandits attack Niger, Kwara
26 Aug
- Family laments poor emergency response as woman dies in Lagos lagoon crash
- 795 financial institutions among 1,369 firms facing data breach probe
- S’West leads in new voters’ exercise as S’East records lowest turnout
- ICPC recovers N1.1b from Kano official as state dismisses claim
26 Aug
- Battle for 2027 takes shape as PDP zones presidential ticket to South
- Reintroduction of 4% FOB levy worries MAN
- Insecurity: ECOWAS to deploy 260,000 counter-terrorism brigade
- CVR: 1,379,342 registered in one week
26 Aug
- 2027:Unlike in 2023, PDP zones presidency to South, confirms Damagum as Nat'l Chair
- CBN bullish on recapitalisation of Union, Polaris, Keystone banks
- STUDY LINKS CHRONIC PAIN TO VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES
- H1'25: US RECORDS $576M SURPLUS IN TRADE WITH NIGERIA
25 Aug
- Malema:Africa’s future dependent on political economy in Nigeria, S’Africa
- el-Rufai, opposition leaders collapse Kaduna SDP into ADC
- NLNG seals pact with gas suppliers to aid production, expansion
- Coalition, ADC warn of looming security collapse, urge Tinubu to act
25 Aug
- Mixed Reactions As Sultan Says Justice Becoming Purchasable Commodity
- DMO Projects Single-digit Inflation By 2027
- Nigeria, South Africa Should Forge Economic Partnership – Malema
- NLC Rejects Proposed Pay Rise For Political Office Holders
25 Aug
- Justice increasingly becoming purchasable in Nigeria —Sultan
- How RMAFC’s 2025 revenue review can fix Nigeria’s fiscal imbalance —Experts
- PDP holds make-or-break NEC meeting over national convention, zoning formula
- Six dead, three missing in another Sokoto boat accident
25 Aug
- Markets, naira reap early gains from rising reserves
- Three-year old Premium Trust Bank scales N200bn recapitalization hurdle
- How NNPC’s r emittances to FG jumped 98% in six months
- U.S. soybean exports to Nigeria surge on rising demand
25 Aug
- 2027:Zoning tops agenda as PDP holds crunch NEC meeting
- 2024: RISE IN FX, NEW BORROWINGS, OTHERS PUSHED DEBT-TO-GDP TO 52.25%
- FAAC Allocation: Money transfer levy up 93.2% to N221.4bn
- NLC To RMAFC:Don’t review political office holders’ salaries now
25 Aug
- Atiku Abubakar: ADC Leading Potent Coalition, Will Shock the World in 2027
- FAAC Reconciliation: NNPC, FIRS, Others Remit N1.49 Trillion Arrears to Federation in Six Months
- FATF to Countries: Monitor Digital Assets' Development, Provide Tools to Watch Potential Terrorist Activities
- Alausa Lists Achievements, Says N120bn Approved for Technical Education, N80bn for Unity Schools’ Upgrade
25 Aug
- NLC Slams RMAFC Over Salary Review for Politicians
- Again, Dangote Retains Position as Africa’s Wealthiest Man
- Benue Assembly Speaker Dajoh Resigns, Emberga Emerges as Successor
- PCN Seals 486 Pharmacy Premises for Various Offences in Niger
25 Aug
- Backlash against PDP governors
- Katsina stakeholders seek new strategy to combat banditry
- PDP’s NEC may decide on Wike, others today
- 6 die, 3 missing in fresh Sokoto boat mishap
24 Aug
- PDP govs talk tough: We will resist attempts to derail our convention, they warn
- For electoral sanity, credibility: Next INEC chairman should not be from academia ―Retired Army General
- Man murders brother’s pregnant wife, dismembers her body in Ilorin
- Obasanjo, Malema, over 20,000 lawyers converge on Enugu for NBA confab
24 Aug
- From Arewa to Lagos: A journey of northern enterpris
- 4 Benue lawmakers suspended over plot to impeach speaker
- Why we declared Atiku’s son-in-law wanted – EFCC
- By-elections heighten fears for 2027
24 Aug
- The Unforgotable Hero Ojo Maduekwe
- Japan trip:Tinubu’s love, care for Diaspora Nigerians unprecedented- Arewa Think Tank
- You’ve had your time, allow the South to produce president in 2027, Kachikwu tells Atiku
- FG, states, LGs shared N2trn in July 2025 – FAAC
24 Aug
- CDS Didn’t Call On Citizens To Bear Arms, Defence Headquarters Clarifies
- Tinubu’s Diplomacy At TICAD-9 Silences Cynics, Says Bagudu
- July Federation Revenue Down By N415.108b As FG, States, LGAs Share N2.001trn
- THE HOUSE COCOA FARMERS BUILT SIX DECADES AFTER
24 Aug
- Buhari Presided Over Worst Civil Administration, Tinubu Not Far Behind – Obasanjo
- Unveiled: What President, Vice President, Other Political Office Holders Earn As Salaries
- Past Experiences Raise Concerns Over Timely Delivery Of FG’s Gifts To Falcons, D’Tigress
- Kindergarten Graduation: The New Face Of Exploitation In Private Schools
24 Aug
- Despite Macroeconomic Headwinds, 15 Nigerian Companies Post N12.7tn Revenue in H1 2025
- PDP Govs to Party Faithful: Resist Attempts by Anti-party Forces to Derail Convention
- Atiku Replies Critics, Says He is Not Desperate in His Presidential Ambition
- Obasanjo, Malema, over 20,000 Lawyers Gather in Enugu for 2025 NBA Conference
24 Aug
- NAF kills 35 terrorists, 2 commanders in N'East
- COALITION: ADC MEMBERS GET ULTIMATUM TO EXIT FORMER PARTIES
- US Visa: Nigeria, others risk loss of $91bn Diaspora remittances, says OPS
- 50% Tariff Hike: Telecom consumers lament poor services
23 Aug
- THE HOUSE COCOA FARMERS BUILT SIX DECADES AFTER
- Black Survival: Have Africans Learnt Any Lessons From Japan’s Nuclear Bombing?
- Nigeria’s Satellite Broadband Facility Underutilised As 93% Capacity Remains Idle
- TICAD-9:When Will Mr. President Nominate Nigerian Ambassadors?
23 Aug
- By-elections heighten fears for 2027
- Why we declared Atiku’s son-in-law wanted – EFCC
- 4 Benue lawmakers suspended over plot to impeach speaker
- rom Arewa to Lagos: A journey of northern enterprise 4 Benue lawmakers suspended over plot to impeach speaker
23 Aug
- Removing Electricity Subsidy Will Worsen Poverty Among Nigerians, Labour Tells FG
- When Deals Turn Sour: The Sad Story Of Nigerian Footballers
- Dying In Instalments: Nigerians Suffer Silent Death From Lead Battery Poisoning
- CVR: INEC Excited As 505,000 Register Online In First 5 Days 23.8.25 When Deals Turn Sour: The Sad Story Of Nigerian Footballers Dying In Instalments: Nigerians Suffer Silent Death From Lead Battery Poisoning PAGE 9 PAGE 7 PAGE
23 Aug
- Despite Disharmony, PDP Leaders Seek to Calm Tension Ahead of 2027
- NNPC, Gas Suppliers Sign 1.29bscf/d
- Tinubu Pushes for Local Arms, Ammunition Production to Enhance Insurgency Fight
- INEC: Over 500,000 Nigerians Register Online for CVR in Five Days
23 Aug
- Workers, pensioners will demand living wages —S/West pensioners
- APC dismisses ADC as mere distraction
- chool feeding: We target 20m p6 pupils —FG
- Kano sets up committee to record 10m voters for 2027
23 Aug
- Stakeholders push for Wike, Fayose, others’ expulsion ahead NEC meeting
- FAAC shared N2.1trn as revenue to FG, states, LGs for July
- Banks borrow N360.19bn from CBN in 1 week
- Weird cleansing practices, prophecies, destroying families
22 Aug
- Search continues as over 50 bodies recovered
- 2027: Micro-zoning battle splits southern PDP leaders
- Despite meeting OPEC quota, price drop threatens Nigeria’s capital projects
- Govt deports 102 Chinese nationals, others over cybercrim
22 Aug
- NGX N6trn equities deals highest in 18 years
- How Nolly wood can build steady talent pipeline
- How to profit from catfish farming
- One in three eligible households yet to receive cash transfers
22 Aug
- Nigeria’s External Reserves Hit $41bn, Highest in 44 Months
- NUPRC Sets 2026 Oil Output Target at 2.5m Barrels Daily
- Voter Registration: Northern CAN Mobilises Christians for Turn Out
- Nasarawa Earmarks N1.6bn to Clear 2012 Retirees’ Benefits
22 Aug
- Nigeria’s forex reserves hit record $41bn high
- EU, ECHO provide $1.1m funding for humanitarian efforts in Benue
- Osun Osogbo, beyond a cultural jamboree
- Wike flags off Lot 2 water project, rallies support for Maikalangu, Aduda
22 Aug
- Alaafin vs Ooni: Old warpath for new entrants
- RMAFC defies uproar, reviews remuneration packages for office holders
- bonyi landslide kills two as state govt seals minin
- Rifts deepen in PDP over Lagos gathering ahead of Ibadan convention
22 Aug
- PDP crisis: Makinde talks tough
- Nigeria’s FX reserves hit $41bn, highest since 2021
- We will get our local governments back —Adeleke
- ASUU threatens fresh strike, rejects FG’s loan scheme
22 Aug
- Analysts Forecast Stronger Naira As External Reserves Hit $41bn
- Fresh Crisis Brews In PDP Over Zoning
- ASUU Threatens Strike Over Failed 2009 Agreement
- SULTAN, EMIR OF ILORIN HAIL LADOJA’S EMERGENCE AS NEW OLUBADAN
22 Aug
- 2027:Southern PDP has taken stand on zoning –Makinde
- Makinde: Southern PDP Leaders Have Taken Far-reaching Decision on State of Party
- Mbah Unveils Reconstructed Hotel Presidential, Enugu, Extols Okpara’s Vision
- NUPRC Announces Completion of Marginal Field Licences Review, Says Qualified Firms to Be Published
22 Aug
- 2009 Pact:ASUU threatens fresh strike, says FG ‘destroyed trust
- FUEL PRICE INCREASED BY 33% Y-O-Y IN JULY 2025 –NBS
- Foreign portfolio inflows sink 30.7% in July as outflows surge
- 2027:Southern PDP has taken stand on zoning –Makinde