Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 9 May 2025

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

THISDAY

Breaking: US Cardinal Prevost Elected Pope Leo XIV, Becoming First American Pontiff

Stakeholders Urge Govt to De-risk Business Climate, Fund Young Innovators

St. Gregory’s, Igbobi College, Six Other Pre-independence Schools to Clash in High School Duel 2025

Breaking: White Smoke Emerges from Chimney in the Vatican Signaling Election of New Pope

Again, Kwara Distributes Machineries, Massive Inputs to Farmers As New Planting Season Begins

Osimhen “Too Big” for the Turkish Super Lig, Says Fenerbahce President

Kizz Daniel, Timaya, Others to Perform at Masai Ujiri’s Giants of Africa Festival 2025

Time Magazine Names Pate Among Top 100 Global Health Personalities

250 Communities Partner PINL to Combat Pipeline Vandalism in Niger Delta

Dangote Visits NNPC in Bid to Mend Relationship Soured Under Mele Kyari

PUNCH

Refitting & repainting: Newly acquired presidential jet flown to South Africa

Nigeria taps additional $215m W’Bank loan for palliatives

Wigwe: US helicopter firm may face criminal charges

Marketers warn FG against hasty fuel Import ban

DHQ links foreign herdsmen to Benue, Plateau killings

Concerns mount over disbursement of El-Rufai’s $350m World Bank loan in Kaduna

Ex-NIMASA DG launches book for maritime industry

Meta’s exit may devastate 20m MSMEs – IT firms

Pope Leo XIV expected to uphold predecessor’s legacies – Lagos archdiocese

Yahaya Bello’s name not on $760,910 American school payment – Witness

Kano to reactivate water plant for improved supply

Kano govt bans live political programmes on TV, radio

Tinubu vows to revive S’East gas plant, fix Anambra erosion

S’Court judgment: Otti demands Abure’s arrest as INEC clarifies stance

2027: Al-Makura, Masari mobilise CPC bloc for Tinubu

Nnamdi Kanu ordered Lagos court burning, cops’ beheading – DSS

Alleged rigging: Coalition counters call for Akpabio’s resignation

Reps summon CBN gov, finance minister over contractors’ funds

Customs target two-hour cargo clearance at Tincan Island

Dangote, NNPC pledge collaboration for national growth

Wigwe: US helicopter firm may face criminal charges

FG hails milestones of naira-for-crude deal

GUARDIAN    

Grid collapses, N4tr debt stall Nigeria’s transition to competitive market

Ogun renames Abeokuta Stadium MKO Abiola Sports Complex

LASTMA transitions from traffic to incident management authority

Kaduna orders distribution of 500 trucks of fertilisers to farmers

LGA autonomy: Why Lagos should no longer receive allocation

Akpabio slams Peter Obi for saying Nigerian heroes laboured in vain

APC slams Utomi for likening Nigeria’s democracy to Hitler’s Nazi Germany

Man buried with properties after drowning himself in Osun river

Middle Belt crisis: Coalition urges FG action as violence spreads in North

Again, Reps give Benue, Zamfara governors one week to appear

Akpabio dismisses calls for his resignation over alleged sexual harassment

Cost, limited infrastructure fuel 14% telecoms access gaps in Nigeria, others

NEPC, NBS sign MoU on cross-border informal trade data

Group seeks exclusion of moribund, indebted firms from $700m CVFF

PINL decries failure to prosecute pipeline vandals after arrests

No duly elected PDP LG chairman defected with Edo Speaker, party clarifies

Southeast PDP to nominate replacement for sacked scribe, Anyanwu — Ugochinyere

2027 poll: Pro-Buhari CPC bloc reaffirms loyalty to APC, Tinubu

The Catholic Church elects a new Pope— his holiness, Robert Francis Prevost, takes the name Leo XIV

African unity crucial to ending energy poverty, says Lokpobiri

NELFUND urges student leaders to promote interest-free education loans

We’ve disbursed N54b to 303 schools, 293,000 students, says NELFUND

Akpabio sues Natasha over ‘apology’ video and more

FG urges tech experts to leverage AI for agricultural growth

VANGUARD

Edo community demands investigation into unidentified policemen killing, invasion of community

Iron Rod Distributors’ Union tasks FG to ensure standardisation of commodities in ‘Nigerian First Policy’

Anambra unveils iconic national tourism tower

Confusion trails suspected kidnap of 18 passengers in Kogi

Monarch, another killed as armed herders invade Otukpo again

US court jails Nigerian man over $1.1m wire fraud

10 men remanded over alleged rape, impregnating of disabled teenager

Army nabs 4 terrorists, recover ammunition in Taraba State

Sowore blasts Peter Obi for ‘gaslighting’ Nigerians who protested against Jonathan’s govt

Economic reforms not to punish Nigerians, but to avert collapse, says Tinubu

Meet America’s Robert Francis Prevost, first American chosen as new Pope

APGA adopts Tinubu for 2027 presidential election

Man shot to death ‘resurfaces’ via AI to address killer in court

Bitcoin tops $100,000 for first time since February

Meet Mmesoma Okonkwo, teenager who emerged worldwide best in English Cambridge exam

Stock market gains N240bn

DAILY TRUST

No decision yet on Abure, Anyanwu – INEC

Shehu Sani: If coalition fails, Tinubu’s re-election done deal

Adebayo to Tinubu: Be worried about the anger of Nigerians, not coalition

Bill Gates: I will give away almost all my wealth to people

200,000 Nigerians die annually from food-related diseases – FG

Experts task FG on release of Infection, Prevention and Control budget

2027: You can only offer more pain, CUPP slams Tinubu

Grandfather, 9 others remanded for rape of disabled teenager in Kaduna

Abia Gov asks IGP to arrest Abure for impersonation

Naira weakens to N1608/$

We must boost cocoa production to improve nation’s economy – Ondo gov

Nigeria’s biggest tech conference kicks off in Enugu

‘Stakeholders’ involvement critical in driving Nigeria’s digital transition’

Why small businesses are folding up

SON alerts on fake, substandard electric cables, tyres

SMEDAN creates 90,000 jobs, empowers 116,000 entrepreneurs in Q1

Lack of transparency in TCN worsened grid collapse – COREN

After onshore divestment, ExxonMobil to invest $1.5bn in deepwater exploration

Experts seek strict regulation for Nigeria’s 92 airstrips

Atiku woos youths, reaffirms commitment to restructuring

Lawyers, political analysts differ on Utomi’s shadow govt

Galadima urges Atiku to abandon 2027 presidential ambition

BUSINESSDAY

Donald Trump seeks to increase tax on wealthy Americans

Africa’s solar revolution gathers pace as adoption quickens

ECOWAS targets January 2026 for 25% cut in air travel charges

FG floats $158m agric value chain development for 9 Northern states

Sexual harassment: I won’t step down, Akpabio tells critics

Informal sector seen fuelling Nigeria, Africa’s inclusive growth

Ports, roads, levies hinder Nigeria’s non-oil export drive

Pope Leo XIV eyes unity amid global uncertainty

Banks’ deposits with CBN jump 16 times on CRR

Senate completes passage of tax reform bills

Eight facts about new pope, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost

BLUEPRINT

Yahaya Bello not among parents that paid school fees for children – Witness

Prepare for 2025 floods, ACF warns governments, citizens

NNPC Foundation equips AkwaIbom farmers with modern techniques

Natashagate: I won’t step down, Akpabio insists

Activist seeks to join FCTA in suit seeking to compel Uni-Port to produce academic records of FCDA Director, Anita

‘Police Trust Fund plays critical role in addressing NPF needs’

Group petitions IGP, demands end to Benue killings

NDLEA combating drug abuse through X Spaces

Electoral malpractice threatening Nigeria’s democracy

We’ll continuously work together for progressive Anambra – Tinubu

Alleged sexual scandal: Group urges Akpabio to break silence on Sandra

Seplat Energy committed to Nigeria’s gas revolution – MD

Akpabio slams Obi over insensitive remarks on Nigeria’s past heroes

INEC: We’ve not recognised anybody as LP chair

Lagos: Police nab man for ‘stealing’ N20m hair product from truck

Edo speaker has long operated as covert APC loyalist – PDP

Osun LG crisis: Judge withdraws from NULGE suit against APC, urges reassignment

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