NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2025
28 Sep
- ACF, Afenifere, Others Disagree On Nigeria's Future, Task President Tinubu
- National Assembly: Boon Or Bane For Nigeria's Democracy?
- Nigeria's Economy: An Adult Still Crawling At Age 65
- Embers Of Tradition: Gombe’s Blacksmiths Fight For Survival
28 Sep
- Why loan apps owners succeed in harassing Nigerians - Investigation
- 2027: APC leaders hail as Bichi rallies Kano stakeholders for Tinubu
- 65th Independence Anniversary: Tinubu tasks Nigerians on unity, peaceful co-existence
- Why we fined Facebook, WhatApp operators, Meta – FG
28 Sep
- Delegates walk out on Netanyahu at UNGA
- 2027: Jonathan’s hat in the ring?
- ‘Sahad built from my savings as messenger’
- Bandits gun down worshippers at Zamfara mosque
28 Sep
- Fears as fuel crisis looms
- Sultan of Sokoto visits Adetona’s family, extols late Awujale’s virtues
- PDP faces fresh trouble over postponed state congresses
- NAHCON fixes N8.1m, N8.5m for 2026 Hajj
28 Sep
- TEARS OF CHILDREN LEADERS CAN’T IGNORE
- UNGA80:Shettima, UN Chief Meet Over Nigeria’s Security Council Bid, UNDP Partnership
- Dangote Refinery Refutes Alleged Sack Of Workers Over Unionism • Coalition Backs Company, Rejects DAPPMAN’s?1.5tn Subsidy Push
- Mbanefo, Nwangwu Deepen ‘Diasporic’ Heritage With Beatification Of Gullah Geechee Ancestors
28 Sep
- PDP Govs Reclaim Control as Party Zones 21 Offices
- Dangote Refinery Faults PENGASSAN's Directive to Members to Halt Crude Loadings to the Plant
- At UNGA 80, Shettima Warns against External Interference, Presence of Foreign Military in Africa
- Komolafe: How Nigeria Reduced Crude Oil Losses from $7m Daily to $700,000
28 Sep
- Conflicts: Tinubu tells AU to focus on diplomacy
- 4.23% GDP Growth: Economy on road to recovery, say Teriba, Rewane
- Insecurity: Survivors, victims recount ordeals in Kwara, Sokoto, Zamfara
- Chinese entry into Nigeria’s used vehicle market’ll kill local manufacturing
28 Sep
- At 65: How independent is Nigeria?
- Kogi acquires 30 mineral titles to boost revenue
- Nigeria’s economy turning the corner, but citizens still trapped in hardship
- Discos’ high tariff, epileptic power supply spark angst
27 Sep
- The Unforgotable Hero Lt.-Col. Abu Ali
- Why loan apps owners succeed in harassing Nigerians - Investigation
- Why I want to re-write Kannywood’s playbook – Dan Hausa
- 65th Independence Anniversary: Tinubu tasks Nigerians on unity, peaceful co-existence
27 Sep
- TEARS OF CHILDREN LEADERS CAN’T IGNORE
- New NDLEA Sniffer Dog Facility Will Boost Fight Against Illicit Drugs In Nigeria, Says Marwa
- I’m Happy To Witness History, Tinubu Declares As Ladoja Ascends Olubadan Throne
- UNGA80:Shettima, UN Chief Meet Over Nigeria’s Security Council Bid, UNDP Partnership
27 Sep
- How foods harm you
- Bandits gun down worshippers at Zamfara mosque
- Sahad built from my savings as messenger
- Dangote Group sacks workers
27 Sep
- Dangote Refinery, PENGASSAN clash over sack of workers
- New INEC chairman must not be partisan—ADC
- Tinubu says hardship will soon be thing of the past
- I will serve Ibadan with all my might —Oba Ladoja
27 Sep
- Oba Ladoja Achieves Lifelong Dream, Crowned 44th Olubadan, Pushes for Ibadan State
- Providus Becomes 9th Largest Bank By Assets as It Combines with Unity Bank
- NNPC Remits N8.86trn to Federation in 7 Months, Records N539bn Profit in August.
- Ikota, Lekki Residents Count Losses, Say Every Rainfall is a Disaster
27 Sep
- You’ve case to answer, court tells Nnamdi Kanu
- I got so scared I told him to abandon activism
- Secondary schools as breeding ground for vices
- Oba Ladoja To Tinubu: Create Ibadan State
27 Sep
- N’West Leads, S’East Trails As 516,137 Students Receive N99.5bn In 16 Months
- How VIP Convoys Endanger Ordinary Nigerians’ Lives
- From Glory To Gloom: The Dwindling Fortune In Sports
- Who’s To Blame For ‘Giant Of Africa’ Long Slumber
26 Sep
- Dollar pension opens to diaspora Nigerians, foreigners
- TA J Bank surpasses CBN’s new capital requirement
- Millions miss Nolly wood’s streaming wave on poor internet
- Katsina Gov t. uncover s 3,488 ghost workers in public sector
26 Sep
- Kwankwaso in talks with Nentawe
- Olubadan: Tinubu, Atiku, others for Ladoja’s coronation today
- Jonathan meets ADC chair, David Mark
- 3 children found dead in father’s car in Borno
26 Sep
- 643 criminals arrested, dozens killed, 41 kidnap victims rescued
- NiMet predicts heavy rainfall, strong winds in Yobe, Katsina, Kebbi, others
- Fintech warns of disruptions as CBN’s PoS geo-tagging deadline nears
- Ganduje, Barau rally Kano stakeholders for Tinubu
26 Sep
- World Bank Backs FG’s Groundbreaking Ward Initiative
- NUPRC Approves TotalEnergies’ $510m Oil Asset Sales Deal with Shell, Agip
- Jonathan Begins Consultations Ahead of 2027, Meets David Mark and Other ADC Leaders
- In Boost for Merger Deal, AMCON Sells 34% Stake in Unity Bank to Providus
26 Sep
- 2027: We will stick to ADC, Mark, Atiku, Amaechi, others resolve
- Tinubu ended career stagnation in paramilitary service —Tunji-Ojo
- Glasgow Investment Summit: Edo govt secures $250m deal
- Nationwide blackout looms as electricity workers get directive for industrial action
26 Sep
- 200% Price Surge Pushes Egg, Chicken Off Nigerians’ Menu
- Arms Deal: Dasuki Opposes DSS’ Request To Represent Exhibits In Trial
- 2027: Ganduje, Jibrin, Bichi Close Ranks To Win Kano For Tinubu
- Atiku, Obi, Amaechi Pledge To Support ADC Presidential Primary Winne
26 Sep
- Nigeria not broke’…but deep fiscal concerns linger
- From politics to palace:Ladoja’s odyssey to Olubadan throne
- New study links poverty, transport woes to worsening health in Lagos
- ADC blasts Shettima for ignoring insecurity, hunger in UNGA speech
26 Sep
- High stakes of INEC’s leadership transition ahead 2027 polls
- World Bank: We're eager to expand projects in Nigeria
- SUBSIDY FRAUD: NO SINGLE ADMINISTRATION SOLELY LIABLE –SANI
- Nationwide blackout averted as minister wades in
25 Sep
- FG moves to restart oil exploration in Ogoniland
- Osun govt tells finance minister not to release LG funds to APC members’ accounts
- 24 hours to coronation: Prominent Nigerians converge on Ibadan at lecture in honour of 44th Olubadan
- UNGA: Reform or risk irrelevance, Tinubu tells UN, world leaders
25 Sep
- CBN records historic bank deposits after rate cut
- MAN warns FG on tax stamp system for excisable products
- Higher visa charges to push more Nigerians into remote work
- W hy TotalEnergies’ $860m deal with Chappal was cancelled
25 Sep
- Row over rights, multiple dormant parties as INEC considers 14 more
- FG honours Ogoni four, to resume oil production in communities
- NSIB links Abuja-Kaduna train derailment to poor maintenance
- LASG deploys survey to manage HIV spread, treatment
25 Sep
- FG moves to restart oil production in Ogoniland
- Vehicle Export: China initiates funding assistance to cut US' dominance in Nigeria
- UNGA 80:Tinubu calls for debt relief, access to trade, financing
- ANALYSTS: RATE CUT TO LIFT EQUITIES ON INVESTORS' REALLOCATION OF FUNDS
25 Sep
- At 80th UNGA, Tinubu Renews Demand for Nigeria’s Permanent Seat on UN Security Council
- 31 Years After Their Murder, Tinubu Honours Ogoni 4 with National Awards
- NUPRC Refutes N8.4tn Oil Theft Report, Says Crude Losses Cut by 90% in 4 years
- Fuel Subsidy Scam: Ex-VP’s Aide Defends Jonathan, Urges Otedola to Name Culprits
25 Sep
- Billionaire Samad Rabiu Forecasts 4 N1400/$ Exchange Rate By Year End
- Oscar Ibru's Death, A Great Loss To Urhobo Nation, Nigeria – Oborevwori
- Govt Issues Flood Alert To 15 States
- PenCom Plans Fresh Reforms To Safeguard Pension Savings ,
24 Sep
- Unions reject sale of oil and gas assets
- Remi Tinubu raises N20bn for library project
- Cut interest rate further, economists tell Central Bank
- Bandits kill pregnant woman, others in Kwara
24 Sep
- Business leaders express hope as CBN cuts interest rate to 27%
- Senate unseals Natasha’s office as she resumes amid tight security
- 44th Olubadan: Tinubu, Atiku, Sultan, Emirs of Kano, Ilorin expected at Ladoja’s coronation
- FirstBank to launch financial services for blind, physically challenged customers
24 Sep
- Employers, Economists Hail Central 4 Bank For Slashing Interest Rate To 27%
- Natasha Returns To Senate, Says She Owes No One Apology
- 3 Soldiers Bag Life Imprisonment, 1 Gets 15 Years For Aiding Terrorists
- 14 Banks Have Cleared Recapitalisation Hurdle – Cardoso
24 Sep
- Wider cracks in world order amid warnings on aid cuts, union’s future
- High blood pressure puts 1.4 billion people at risk, WHO warns
- PENGASSAN, NUPENG warn FG against selling JV stakes
- Tinubu raises N20.4b for national library at birthday anniversary
24 Sep
- Why FG's still borrowing despite 411% revenue increase, by Adedeji
- 14 banks meet new capital thresholds, says Cardoso
- Report: Nigerian doctors may be exempted from Trump’s $100k H-1B Visa fee order
- DELTA’S LAGOS TO ATLANTA AIRCRAFT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN ACCRA OVER GALLEY SMOKE
24 Sep
- Monetary Easing Begins as CBN Cuts MPR to 27%, Cites GDP Growth, Falling Inflation
- Reuters: Approval for TotalEnergies’ $860m Asset Sale to Chappal Revoked by NUPRC
- 2025 FIdELITY INTERNATIONAL TRAdE ANd CREATIVE CONNECT
- FIRS Chair, Zacch Adedeji, Justifies External Borrowing Amid N3.64tn Revenue Boost
24 Sep
- Foreign reserves hit $43.05bn, CBN cuts interest rates to 27%
- Remi Tinubu raises N20.4bn for National Library fund
- CDS hails Nigeria, US military health collaboration
- FCTA impounds 40 vehicles, 52 motorcycles in fresh crackdown on One-Chance
24 Sep
- CBN balances grow th push with cautious rate cut
- Investors reap over 200% return on FMCGs’ bounce back
- Digital divide threatens Nigeria’s share of $15.7trn AI economy
- Defiant Natasha insists she owes no apology after Senate return
23 Sep
- Nigeria Loses $18bn To Financial Crimes Annually, Says Abbas
- Porous Borders Worsen Insecurity, Jerry Gana Cries Out
- Gunmen Assassinate APC Chieftain in Benue
- Nigeria's Gdp Grows By 4.23 Percent In Second Quarter - NBS
23 Sep
- Presidency: Tinubu a Committed Democrat, Has No Plan to Stay in Power Beyond 2031
- NBS: 95.95% Non-oil Sector Contribution Spurs GDP Growth to 4.23% in Q2
- NUPRC Remits N745bn to Federation Account in August, Cumulative Transfers Hit N5.47tn
- Fubara: I’ve Made Peace With Wike
23 Sep
- IGP debunks claims, AIG petitions U.S. Embassy over rape of American citizen
- Nigeria’s GDP grew by 4.23% in Q2 2025 – NBS
- African parliaments move against $587bn annual revenue leakages
- Tinubu has no plan to extend tenure beyond 2031, Presidency replies El-Rufai
23 Sep
- Oil sector lifts Nigeria’s growth to four-year high
- Micro pension surges nine-fold as tech drives adoption
- How Dangote Refinery’s direct supply reshapes petrol marke
- Fubara pledges to abide by agreement after meeting Tinubu
23 Sep
- Benue attack: Corpses of 8 missing policemen recovered
- DSS interrogates Malami over attack on his convoy
- FCTA clears kidnappers’ hideout in Abuja
- Dembele, Bonmatí crowned at 2025 Ballon d’Or awards
23 Sep
- 24 states backpedal on electricity PAGE 6 decentralisation over tariff, debt risks
- Enrol children in schools or serve jail term, Gombe govt tells parents
- Gunmen kill Benue APC chieftain, abduct district head in Plateau
- Rivers: Stakeholders call for probe of Ibas’ six-month administration
23 Sep
- Tinubu, Fubara in ‘father-son discussion’ in Aso Rock
- Senators divided over Natasha’s resumption
- Nigeria’s GDP expands by 4.23% in Q1 2025 as oil, industry drive growth
- US threatens visa ban on corrupt Nigerian leaders
23 Sep
- Disquiet As House Of Reps Reconvenes Today
- Non-oil Contributes 95.95% As Economy Grows To 4.23% In Q2
- Why I’m Against State Police – Governor Fintiri
- Rivers: Kidnappers Who Killed Victim After Collecting N6.9m Ransom Nabbed
23 Sep
- Corrupt high-profile Nigerians risk visa ban, US warns
- Q2'25: Nigeria’s economy sustains growth as GDP expands by 4.2%
- FG WADES INTO DISPUTED GAS FIELDS, OIL WELLS
- Onanuga To El-Rufai: Tinubu has no plan to become life president
22 Sep
- CBN faces balancing act as calls grow for lower interest rate
- Ooni, Ladoja emphasise need for unity among obas in Yorubaland
- Ekiti 2026: 10 APC, PDP, ADC aspirants push for party tickets
- UK, Canada, Australia recognise Palestinian statehood
22 Sep
- 2027: Political divisions deepen over Tinubu’s reforms
- Otedola to DAPPMAN: Adapt to change, innovate or perish
- UN report: 91 Chibok schoolgirls still unaccounted for 10 years on
- Gunmen kill two officers, passer-by at police checkpoints in Kogi
22 Sep
- El-Rufai: Tinubu Planning Life Presidency, Not Genuine Democrat
- Tinubu to Declare 2025 Editors’ Annual Conference Open
- Unreconciled Federation Funds: FAAC Awaits NNPC on $42.37bn, OAGF on N2tn Pending Payments
- UK, Canada, Australia, Others Announce Recognition of State of Palestine, More Israeli Allies to Follow
22 Sep
- Rivers:Controversy over Ibas' N5bn verification savings claim, last-minute appointments
- It won’t happen, says Netanyahu as UK, Australia, Canada recognise Palestinian State
- H1'25: ZENITH BANK SUSTAINS DOMINANCE, GROSSES N2.5TRN IN EARNINGS
- Nigeria's money market poised for more liquidity on fresh N751.2bn inflow
22 Sep
- FG Revokes 1,263 Mineral Licences Over Unpaid Fees
- Fresh Benue Attack Claims Three Police Officers, Seven Missing
- Small Business Owners Decry Rising Costs of doing Business CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 Fresh Benue Attack Claims Three Police Officers, Seven Missing CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 Police Apprehend Six As IGP Deploys More Tactical Assets, Orders Rescue Villagers, Protesters Decry Fresh Killings By Armed Herders Measur
- Zenith Bank Posts N2.5trn Earnings, N625.6bn Profit In H1 2025
22 Sep
- Dangote Refinery Is Nigeria’s Future, Otedola Tells DAPPMAN
- 2 Returnees From Brazil Excrete 116 Wraps Of Heroin, Cocaine
- African Democratic Congress Struggles For Foothold In South-West
- We Won't Have Survived It Without Your Prayers, Fubara Says At First Church Service
22 Sep
- Schools, experts list hurdles to new curriculum implementation
- 53 security men killed in 2 weeks
- 6 gunmen arrested – Police
- 2 more Katsina LGAs sign peace accord with bandits
22 Sep
- Four charts marking Cardoso’s two years in office
- Otedola: DAPPMAN must embrace change, seek new opportunities
- Zenith Bank declares N1.25 dividend, net interest income jumps 90%
- Fubara seeks spiritual backing, rallies for peace