NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Dec 15 - Dec 21, 2025
21 Dec
- NJC’s planned reforms cause panic among judges
- Nigerians seek protection from states, LGs, other ‘enforcers’ operating on roads
- NCAA increases number of international airports with aerodrome certificates to fou
- Let your voices be heard, rise for true federalism, Makinde tells Nigerians
21 Dec
- Labour, Analysts Doubt Feasibility Of N58.1trn 2026 Budget
- Quest For 4th Title: Super Eagles Seek Redemption In Morocco
- TINUBU RENAMES HEALTH VARSITY AFTER SHEIKH DAHIRU BAUCHI
- Trump Should Support Nigeria To Solve Security Challenges – Tambuwal
21 Dec
- We’re Watching INEC Closely,Says Kwankwaso, APC Holds National Convention March 2026
- To Ensure Seamless Use of Foreign Cards, CBN Directs Banks to Configure ATMs, POS Terminals
- Tinubu’s 2026 Appropriation Bill Signals Fiscal Drift, Says PDP, Obi Alleges Forgery
- In Bid to Expand Access to Finance, World Bank Approves $500m for Nigeria’s Small Businesses
21 Dec
- Insecurity:Security agencies don’t maximise Intels–Experts
- Alleged Alteration: League of Northern Democrats seeks probe of Tax Laws
- Debt service to gulp 27% of 2026 N58.18trn budget 1
- Why NASS can’t confront Executive on Constitutional violations –Sen Abaribe
19 Dec
- How $470m police communication network fell into r uins after 2015
- Banditr y, kidnapping, conf licts tax Niger ia’s food systems
- How r egulator y shif ts, big-ticket investments shaped f intech industr y
- 44% of Niger ians opted out of Black Fr iday deals – BD Polls
19 Dec
- In Major Diplomatic Reset, Senate Confirms 64 Ambassadors
- BONI, Investrust Dispute Raises Questions over Investor Protection in Zambia
- Petroleum Marketers Back In-country Refining, Oppose Unbridled Fuel Importation
- At APC Caucus Meeting, Tinubu Assures Nigerians State Police Will Become Reality
19 Dec
- Tinubu insists LGs must receive funds directly, tasks govs on state police
- 4 kidnappers to die by hanging in A/Ibom, abductors demand N500m ransom in Kwara
- We won’t allow saboteurs, misinformation derail tax reforms – Presidency
- FG reopens 47 Unity Schools, recommits to students’ safety
19 Dec
- LGs must get their money, Tinubu tells govs
- Senate confirms Ibas, Ajimobi, Yakubu, Fani-Kayode, Omokri, 59 other ambassadors
- Nigeria’s 200 trillion cubic feet of gas can end darkness —Eyesan, new NUPRC boss
- PDP crisis: Turaki, Wike’s camps in another face-off over state congresses, excos
19 Dec
- Commission: 30,000 Pensioners To Receive Free Healthcare In Q1 2026
- Senate Confirms Yakubu, Ibas, Oke,61 Others As Ambassadors
- Dangote’s Petition: Farouk Ahmed’s Resignation Will Not Affect Investigation, Says Anti-graft Agency
- Free Council Funds, Embrace State Police, President Tells Governors
19 Dec
- Yuletide: Govs promise visible security presence nationwide
- Reps okay MTEF/FSP, peg crude oil benchmark at $64.85, exchange rate N1,512
- CBN Survey: Insecurity, multiple taxes top business constraints in November
- PMS: Marketers in dilemma, face N34bn loss on sudden pump price slash
18 Dec
- Lawmaker s clash over 2026 revenue target as exper ts fl ag debt trap
- U BA par tner s CIG Motor s, LagRide to r oll out $100m car loans
- Tinubu overhauls energ y regulators as NUPRC, NMDPRA CEOs step aside
- Sy stemic neglect in food safet y leaves Niger ians exposed to pr eventable diseases and deaths
18 Dec
- Amid Dangote allegations, NMDPRA, NUPRC CEOs Farouk, Komolafe resign
- FG faces N20.1trn deficit in 2026 amidst 4.6% growth forecast
- Heritage Bank: Why NDIC revoked N7.005bn house sale contract with Senator Bunza – MD
- I contemplated resigning as minister under Buhari – Lai Mohammed
18 Dec
- In Sudden Turn of Events, FG Announces Resignation of NMDPRA, NUPRC CEOs
- Tinubu Seeks N43.56 Trillion Budget Reset to End Multiple Spending Cycles
- ONSA: We’ve Not Provided Arms to Any Socio-cultural Organisation, Claim is False
- TIME Africa Honours Sanwo-Olu for Infrastructure Drive, Urban Transformation in Lagos State
18 Dec
- Reps to probe MoUs, treaties, agreements between Nigeria, foreign companies
- Farouk, Komolafe resign, Tinubu nominates Eyesan, Mohammed as CEOs for NUPRC, NMDPRA
- Our protest for benefit of Nigerians —NLC
- NSA clarifies counter-terrorism operation in Kwara1218292025
18 Dec
- Farouk Ahmed, Gbenga Komolafe Resign As Downstream, Upstream Oil Regulators’ Chiefs
- Reps To Address Alleged Discrepancies Between Bills Passed, Gazetted Tax Laws
- Akpabio Meets US Envoy Amid Trump’s Partial Travel Ban On Nigerians
- Customs Slap 3% Surcharge On Banks Over Delayed Revenue Remittance
18 Dec
- Pipeline Vandalism:Load shedding hits Nigeria as NISO blames drop in gas supply
- Lawmakers claim tax laws altered, warn of constitutional breach
- SLEEP MORE IMPORTANT FOR LONGEVITY THAN DIET, EXERCISE –STUDY
- Nigeria’s 2025 budget faces credibility test as revenue falls to N10.7trn
17 Dec
- Senate reduces N54.4trn 2026 budget oil benchmark to $60pb
- NBA to Tinubu: Call IGP to order over tinted glass permit enforcement
- Dangote petitions ICPC over allegations against NMDPRA boss Farouk
- NPA records 1,085% export container growth in 12 months
17 Dec
- Senate Endorses $60 Oil Benchmark, Crude Price Falls to $59/Barre
- Transcorp Hotels Names Awele Elumelu as Board Chair, Effective January 1
- Trump Adds Nigeria to Travel Restriction List, Expands Number to 39
- I See Tinubu Seeking to Be Nigeria’s Life President, Bishop Adeoye Says in Prophecy
17 Dec
- Dangote Petitions ICPC, Accuses NMDPRA Boss of Corruption, Abuses
- NDIC Liquidates Aso Savings, Union Homes, Pays N2m Deposits
- Reps Launch Nationwide Probe into Drug Abuse, Trafficking Crisis
- Bago Sacks 30 Advisers Five Days after Inaugurating New Commissioners CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 Reps Launch Nationwide Probe into Drug Abuse, Trafficking Crisis CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 Pg. 2 Claims Regulator Frustrates Domestic Refining Pledges Fuel Price Cuts Dangote Petitions ICPC, Accuses NMDPRA Boss of Co
17 Dec
- New tax law coming with good news for the poor, low income earners
- 2026 Budget:Senate cuts oil benchmark to $60/bpd
- NGX delists 8 quoted firms with equities valued at N362bn in 2025
- We're ready to take over power in 2027 –PDP
17 Dec
- Dangote Seeks Arrest, Trial Of Downstream Authority CEO In Petition To Anti-graft Commission
- Bar Association Kicks As Police Prepare To Resume Tinted Glass Permit Enforcemen
- US Expands Travel Restrictions, Includes Nigeria
- Senate Slashes Oil Benchmark To $60, Backs N54.46trn 2026 Spending Plan
17 Dec
- Dangote petitions ICPC, NMDPRA boss fires back
- NLC to hold protest over rising insecurity today
- NBA slams police over tinted glass permit enforcement
- How mafia, relatives held Buhari captive, manipulated him
16 Dec
- Intrigues as dep gov, two senators, Rep members ditch Bayelsa gov
- Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 18.02% as food prices, energy costs decline
- Alleged misconduct: DSS arrests two ex-operatives
- UBA set to unveil white paper on Africa’s financial infrastructure