Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY TRUST

Rwanda to accept 250 migrants from US

Sudan hit by worlds worst hunger crisis

Manufacturers patronising local raw materials will pay lower taxes FG

Nigerian stabbed in London apartment

Cargo clearance cost to rise as Customs begins 4% levy collection

Portfolio investment pushed capital import to $5.64bn in Q1

Tinubu signs Nigerian Insurance Bill to boost $1trn economy

FG woos investors for 150,000-hectare sugar production

How Nigeria can tap into $15.7trn global AI economy

Oil prices drop as markets respond to OPECs output hikes

Currency reforms strengthening Nigerias fiscal resilience

Remi Tinubu donates N4.15bn in 7 months

22 killed in Niger road crash

How 3 Yobe teenagers emerged victorious at global competition

Presidential endorsements, opposition activities raise eyebrows

2027: INEC warns political parties against premature campaigns

Barau, minister absent as Kano APC reaffirams loyalty to Ganduje, strategises for 2027

Early campaigns could distract governance Analyst

APC Chieftain: Those saying North will vote against Tinubu have no electoral value

ADC chieftain: Tinubu fought his kinsman in power, opposition against him justified

Tinubu assents to Nigerian insurance industry reform bill

Otedola: How banks sent pretty ladies to woo me for deposits

2027 Presidency: Its not yet our turn, Umahi tells Igbo

PUNCH

Police debunk claims of bandits assaulting 30 Nasarawa female students

Adeleke travels to US for Davidos wedding

Nigerian faces 47 years in jail for $819,000 US fraud

Benue gov orders arrest of newlywed killers

Flooding: Lagos community counts losses, blames abandoned drainage construction

16 motorists escape death in Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway auto crash

60-year-old Nigerian found dead with stab wounds in UK flat

Policeman, eight civilians killed in fresh Benue attack

Suspected serial killer Olori Esho remanded in Lagos prison

22 die in Niger road crash

Armed men kill police officer, eight others in Benue

CBT fears surge after decade-worst WASSCE results

2027 elections: Atiku, Obi reject controversial party registration bill

Presidential jets gulp N26.38bn in 18 months under Tinubu

Israel must ‘complete’ Hamas defeat to free hostages – Benjamin Netanyahu

PHOTOS: Kano Emir pays condolence visit to Buharis family in Kaduna

Amotekun promises adequate security ahead of Osun-Osogbo festival

Mother, five kids die in Katsina building collapse

End strike, Benue urges NUPENG

South Africa urges global recognition of Palestinian state

Seadogs hail IG, Edo CP for punishing officers who extorted members

High-tension wire electrocutes PoS operator in Anambra

Ekiti 2026: APC sets N40m for nomination fee, offers discounts for youths, women

THISDAY

Buoyed By Portfolio Investments, CapitalImportation Improves to $5.64 Billion in Q1

Ahead of 2027, Tinubu Faces Growing Backlash from Arewa Leaders

UACN Reports 33% Surge in Revenue to N110.4bn in H1

Insurance, Pension Stakeholders to Deliberate on Strengthening Sectors Framework

Expert Calls for Tax Reform That Prioritises Citizens Welfare

BVN Enrollment Up 4.3%, Active Accounts Peak at 320m

Buoyed By Portfolio Investments, CapitalImportation Improves to $5.64 Billion in Q1

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MTN, Airtel, Dangote Cement, GTCO, 19 Others Dominate NGX With88.4% of Market Capitalisation

In a Watershed, Tinubu Signs Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Bill Into Law

HYPREP Expresses Commitment to Fulfilling Implementation of UNEP Report in Ogoni

NMDPRA Engages Stakeholders on Downstream Safety, Mulls Exit Guidelines for Filling Stations

FG Approves N4.2bn For 158 TETFund Research Projects

Tinubu Signs Nigerian Industry Reform Bill Into Law

$2.2m Money Laundering Case: FG Appeals Acquittal of Former NHIS Boss

Onuoha Becomes ICAN Fidelity Bank Chapter Chair

Tinubu Holds Traditional Rulers in Highest Esteem, Says Shettima

Gov Otu Rallies Diasporan Cross Riverians At Convention in Birmingham

APC E-registration Will Commence Soon, Says Uzodinma

C River Gov Rallies Diasporan Cross Riverians at Convention in Birmingham

FG: Politicians Using Yahoo boys for Money Laundering

SUN   

2027: PDP mulls retention of zoning formula

2027: Tinubu walks Jonathans northern tightrope

Kano APC pledges to deliver 1.5m votes for president

Norths problem not Tinubu but leaders who wasted power Sani

Ive been vindicated for not choosing Wike as running mate -Atiku

APC, PDP trade word over Adelekes whereabouts

SWest PDPll lead Tinubus defeat in 2027 Gbenga Hashim Movement

Labour faults Nigerias SDG progress, demands stronger social dialogue

Lagos PDP inaugurates screening committee to select party leaders

WAEC withholds Kings College WASSCE results

Tinubus FG disburses 250,000 to Ondo small businesses

Osun APC questions Governor Adelekes whereabouts

Floods displace over 200, cause millions in damages in Cross River

WhatsApp bans 6.8m scam accounts, rolls out new safety tools

Global community must act against nations invading others, says don

Tinubu approves N4.2bn NRF grant, 18 Innovation Hubs for tertiary institutions

GUARDIAN    

US House panel subpoenas Clintons in Epstein probe

UK introduces tougher gun laws following deadly shootings

Tinubu signs insurance reform bill into law, targets $1tr economy

Edo bye-election: APC will win 98% of votes in Ovia party, says Idahosa

Ive never used thugs, snatched ballot boxes, rigged election Peter Obi

Coastal Guard condemns arrest of members by Navy

Trump signals tariffs on pharma, chips as trade war widens

FG disburses 250,000 grants to Ondo small businesses at MSME clinic

Nigerian firm to develop deep-water port, economic zone in St. Kitts

Nigerias sea blindness poses threat to blue economy potential

NSC, Otti to revive Abia dry port as South-East trade hub

Boat operators decry lax waterways safety enforcement

Stakeholders warn of declining logistics capacity, N1.6tr yearly loss

CCMON says contractors deploying fake local PCs

Industry sets for NITRA-ALTON telecom conference

Teenager launches platform to connect African girls to global tech leaders

World Bank claims 23% mobile phones have SIM cards with wrong identities

Arewa leaders squandered power, failed the North, not Tinubu Shehu Sani

Customs intercepts 1,600 smuggled birds bound for Kuwait at Lagos airport

Fela died poor Made Kuti

FCTA plans relocation of 273 destitute persons to states of origin

Church of Nigeria cuts ties with Church in Wales over lesbian archbishop

FG targets 70,000 community health workers by 2029

CSOs urge FG to release 108b for immunisation amid child mortality concerns

VANGUARD

FBI, Ghana seize Shatta Wales Lamborghini linked to $4.7m US fraud case

Residents to Sanwo-Olu: Lagos officials aiding illegal construction

Tariff Slash: Enugu residents suffer blackouts as EEDC reduces supply

Ebonyi communalcrisis: Many feared dead, husband, wife abducted in Ishiagu

Police officer, 8 others killed in renewed attack on Benue communities by herders

Sowore to meet police Wednesday over undisclosed petition

39-year-old Nigerian extradited to US from France over alleged hacking

Police deny reports of mass rape at Nasarawa varsity

Africa needs $3trn to meet climate goals AU

FG approves 30 new ACGs for Prisons

Keyamo, aviation experts on war path over Lagos airport renovation

Edo by-election: APC sure of 98 percent victory says DG

We wont vote for Obi because hell import alcohol into the North -APC chieftain

2027: Too many sprinters in ADC, they need to slow down Lamido

Nigerias capital importation rises 67% to $5.64bn in Q1

Q1 2025: Capital importation rises by 67% to $5.64bn NBS

Naira down to N1,565/$ in parallel market

Trump claims major US banks rejected him over conservative politics

Flooding: Lagos Govt tells Lekki, Ikorodu, Ajegunle residents tomove now

Iyabo Ojos refusal to testify stalling cybercrime cases involving Naira Marley, VeryDarkMan, others Police

Benue Assembly suspends 5 members for 3 sittings

Vandals abandon truckload of stolen Abuja electricity poles NSCDC

Forgery, Impersonation: Court sentences fake lawyer to 5yrs in prison

LEADERSHIP

Dangiwa Lauds ARCON On Summer Skills Acquisition Centre

25,000 Nigerians To Undergo Tech Skills As Airtel Invests $120m In Data Centre

Reject Mark-led Leadership, 2 ADC Chairmen Tell INEC

Delta APC Leaders Split Over Solidarity Walk For Tinubu

PDP Will Lead Move Against Tinubu In South West – Gbenga Hashim Foundation

LG Polls: Protest In Rivers Community Over Outcome Of APC Primaries

Defection: Gov Eno Orders Probe As PDP Moles Invade APC

FG To Complete Critical Infrastructure In Ogoniland

Police Arrest 5 Ritualists, Recover Women’s Menstrual Pads In Coffins

PDP Will Give Tinubu A Good Fight In 2027, Says Bode George

Your View Host, Morayo Afolabi-Brown, Resigns From TVC

Court Remands Man Over Illegal Conversion Of Late Bizman’s Firms

‘North Not Getting More Projects Under Tinubu’s Govt’

Ondo Critical To Nigeria’s Economic Devt, Says Shettima

New Major Projects Won’t Be Initiated In Oyo Beyond September 2025 – Makinde

Court Remands Alleged Notorious Lagos Assassin In Prison

IGP Decorates 2023, 2024 Police Officers Of The Year

APC Group Appoints New Leadership As Ex-head Joins ADC

Developer Launches Housing Scheme In FCT

Foreign Vessels’ Deployment Of Armed Guards In Nigeria’s Waters Alarming – Analysts

NSDC Rallies Investors To Tap Into $2bn Sugar Market

Reduce Foreign Raw Material Imports By 60% In 5 Years, Firms Urge FG

FG To Transit 5m Nigerian Homes To Clean Cooking Fuel By 2030

NEPL/Seplat JV Onboards 650 Teachers In Edo, Delta

Alleged Misconduct: Benue Assembly Recommends 6-month Suspension For SUBEB Chairman

Rotational Presidency Without Restructuring Won’t Work – Ohanaeze

Sokoto To Collaborate With Medical College To Address Health Challenges

FG Presents New Land Compensation Rates To Bauchi Gov’t

Ajadi Alleges Unfair Treatment Of Visa Applicants By U.S. Embassy

CSO Accuses NNPCL Of Plot To Write Off Refineries, Sell Them As Scrap

Army Committed To Affordable Housing For Soldiers – COAS

FG Trains 300 Media Influencers

Lassa Fever: Nigeria Records 6,640 Suspected Cases, Death Toll Rises To 155

Tinubu Approves N4.2bn For 158 TETFund Research Projects

DAILY TIMES

APPLY: UK opens applications for 2025 Chevening Scholarships

FCC seeks legislative support for reforms, warns against growing tensions

Nigerias capital inflows hit $5.6bn in Q1 but 92% came from short-term investment

FG disburses N250,000 grants to Ondo small businesses at MSME clinic

I believe Peter Obi Akeredolus wife backs one-term promise, compares him to Lee Kuan Yew

Tinubu signs insurance reform bill into law as Nigeria targets $1trn economy

Minister hails NSITF for reform strides, backs expansion of social safety net

Kano signs $12.3m deal to deepen farm mechanisation, create 22 rice enterprises

Resign if you cant secure Zamfara, ADC tells Dauda Lawal

Wike warns PDP: Resolve south-south crisis or forget national convention

Chimamanda Adichie: My support for Peter Obi is rooted in my love for Nigeria

2027: INEC warns political parties against premature campaign activities

NATION      

NCAA suspends licences of two ValueJet pilots over safety breach

Group hails Tinubu on infrastructure, urges fix of Ado-Itawure-Aramoko road

First Lady donates 1bn, relief items to Niger flood, fire, banditry victims

Im attending Davidos wedding in US, join me, Adeleke replies APC

Jigawa donates 36 vehicles to NURTW

2025 Flood: 191 dead, 94 missing, 134,435 affected in 20 States NEMA

FG, Kuwait Fund sign $25.35m loan deal to tackle out-of-school crisis in Kaduna

Fed Govt disburses 250,000 grants to MSMEs in Ondo

Five bag first class as UI inducts 29 Physiotherapists

2027: Ogun PDP affirms support for Tinubu

Dangiwa showcases Tinubus Renewed Hope Housing gains in northern Nigeria

Dont blame Tinubu for norths woes, Shehu Sani tells critics

Well not award new projects from September Makinde

Stranded Nigerians in Libyan deportation camp cry out for help

AUTHORITY

Nigerian Army donates health care facility to Abia community

Verydarkman storms Awka for murdered fish magnet

FCTA impounds over 670 vehicles in one month

APC Govslaud e-registration progress during visit to Yilwatda

Fakais resignation wont affect APC National Integrity Movement, leaders assure

BUSINESSDAY

NCAA suspends two ValueJet pilots for violating safety protocol

FG grants special license to Unijos for inventing novel anti-tick vaccine

UK government opens call for Chevening Scholarships application

Who is David Bird, the ex-Shell executive leading Dangote refinery?

Pension eye higher returns from rallying equities

Cement makers’ FX gains hit six-year high on naira rally

Naira remains stable despite declining FX inflows

Network seen improving as telcos pump N824.7bn into expansion

Investor confidence boosts foreign investments into Nigeria by 67%

Palm oil imports shrink as local output rises

NEW TELEGRAPH

Gombe Secures State-Of-The-Art Vet Hospital To Strengthen Livestock Health

FG, Kuwait Govt Boost Kaduna Education With $25.35m Loan

Kwara Artisans Hail AbdulRazaqs Empowerment Initiatives

Were Not Part Of Purported Protest At INEC LP

Bakassi Ceding: Hague, Nigeria Werent Fair To CRiver Akpanke

Road Accident Claims 22 Lives In Niger

Nollywood Talents Becoming Gold Like Nigerian Music Olakunle Oni

WBW: Exclusive Breastfeeding Rate Hits 57.4% In Lagos

IsDB/LLF Project In Nigeria Seals $12.3m Deal

FG Tasks African Govts On Strengthening Community Health Systems

Nigeria Needs Sustainable, Secure Energy To Reshape Its Future Seplat Energy

Shell Showcases Role In Nigerias Energy Sector At SPE Conference

BLUEPRINT

Gunmen abduct Ondo varsity official, wife escapes

Those wishing PDP ill will be disappointed Bode George

MSMEs critical to economic growth Shettima

LP disowns planned protest at INEC headquarters

Tinubu signs Nigerian Insurance Reform Bill 2025 into law

Killings: Declare state of emergency in Plateau now, community leader urges FG

Shehu Sani to Northerners: Blame past leaders, not Tinubu for your woes,

Kaduna: Fresh trouble for El-Rufai as ADC issues stern warning

2027: Fakais exit not a threat, APC group assures Tinubu

2025 governorship poll: Im in the race to win, PDP ready to takeover Anambra Ezenwafor

Healthcare: Why Sokoto government introduced mandatory rural service Commissioner

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