Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 29 August 2025

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

LEADERSHIP

Burden Of Ukraine War May Shift To Europe – Report

Nigeria’s Top Oil Boss Walking into A Trap

Herders Ask Security Agencies, Others To Disregard Alleged Killings In Bokkos

Nigeria, Team Europe Chart New Course For Data Exchange

Again, 4 Killed In Benue Attack

AIG Hails Dangote Cement CSR Initiatives

Experts Task Schools To Integrate AI Into Curriculum

FG Urged To Provide Mentorship, Harness Youths’ Digital Skills For Security

Cyberattacks, Fake News Threatening African Polls –IDEA International

ActionAid Launches ₦11bn Renewed Women’s Project In Nigeria

2027: APC Support Groups Want Gov’ship Ticket For Nasarawa LGA

Users Seek Reversal Of Passport Fees Hike

NEC Endorses Renewed Hope Plan To Hit $1trn Economy Target

Governors Back $100bn Creative Economy Plan

Cholera Kills 8, 200 Infected In Zamfara

Electoral, Judicial Reforms Needed To Make CVR Meaningful – Atiku

NGE Condemns Killing Of Journalists In Gaza, Harassment Of Reporters

Nigerians Have Made Up Their Minds Ahead Of 2027 Elections–Kwankwaso

‘Paramilitary Agencies’ Heads To Earn Salaries For Life’

ACF Expresses Concern Over Alaba Rago Demolition

FG, ASUU Dispute Lingers As Minister Denies ‘Past Agreements’

FG Awards 17-year-Old Nafisa N200,000 For Clinching World Title In English

NNPCL Planning Joint Operations With Private Refiners To Rescue Refineries – Ojulari

2027: Why PDP Must Present Southern Christian Candidate — Bauchi Gov

Federal Gov’t To End Police Escort Misuse By VIPs, Says Hadiza Bala-Usman

INEC Allays ADC’s Fears Over Voter Registration Figures

Benue, Plateau Killings: DSS Files Criminal Charge Against 9 Suspects

Federal Gov’t Hails Ex-Perm Secs’ Council For Bolstering Governance

ACF Expresses Concern Over Demolition Of Lagos Livestock Market

JUST-IN: ‘I Am Under Attacks,’ Says NNPCL GCEO Ojulari

JUST-IN: Suspected Herders Kill 2 Farmers In Fresh Attack On Benue Community

Tinubu Okays Lifetime Salary For Retiring Senior Officers – Interior Minister

PDP To Inaugurate 2025 National Convention C’ttee Tuesday

Tobi Amusan Withdraws From Diamond League Final

ADC Queries INEC’s First Week Continuous Voter Registration Report

NiMet Launches Centralised Platform To Enhance Aviation Safety

ActionAid Launches N11bn Project To Empower Women, Girls In Nigeria

Federal Gov’t Honours 17-yr-old Nafisa For Winning World Title In English Skills

Every Trip, Deal Is For Your Benefit, Tinubu Tells Nigerians

Oyo APC Raises Alarm Over Fresh N300bn Loan By Gov Makinde

PenCom Says Pension Funds Safe Amid NLC Criticism

Oyo Assembly Defends Makinde’s N300bn Fresh Loan Request

Customs Generate N161bn From B’Odogwu In 3 Weeks

Bauchi Gov’t Approves N32,000 Minimum Pension For Retirees

2027: Igbos Free To Contest Presidential Election, Says Ohanaeze

BBNaija10: Housemates Panic As Imisi Discovers ‘Human Head’ Inside Fridge

PUNCH  

Deserter, four others in police net for suspected robbery in Anambra

Inspector killed as police, NSCDC clash in Ebonyi

NEC unveils road map for $1tn economy by 2030

INEC pushes back as opposition rejects SWest voter figures

FG eyes 21% GDP boost with e-governance bill

How N8,000 dispute led to Lagos market killing Traders

Peter Obi slams passport fee hike, calls it burden on Nigerians

Court dismisses order seeking to stop Rivers LG poll

Abia insists on merit-based recruitment for 771 health worker vacancies

UNIBEN bans use of facilities for politics, union events

FG moves to end misuse of police escorts by VIPs Bala-Usman

Ojulari reveals NNPC under attack, defends refinery revivalplans

Chinese envoy urges global unity, stronger China-Nigeria ties

LG funds: Osun managing state funds with transparency, prudence Adeleke

THISDAY

FG Denies Signing Agreement With ASUU, Describes Document As Draft

Domestic Air Travellers Lament overProhibitiveCost of Flight Ticket

NEC Moves to Fast-track $1trn Economy, Endorses Renewed Hope Five-Year Economic Plan

GDP:Govs Back FGs $100 Billion Creative Economy Target By 2030

Ojulari Pledges Renewed Transparency in NNPC, Says Oil Company Under Attack

Access Holdings Appoints Innocent Ike Group CEO, CommendsAgbedesLeadership in Transition

NIS Announces Upward Review of Passport Application Fees

INC Decries Double Standard in Nigerias Solid Minerals, Crude Oil Laws

FG Inaugurates 21-man Advisory Team to End Building Collapse, Quackery, Others

Canada Commits $15.75m to Empower Nigerian Women Through ActionAids Renewed Leadership Project

AfDBInvests $55bn in Trade Infrastructure as FG Seeks to Deepen Trade Ties with Benin, Cameroun

FG Flags off Landmark Agro-value Chain Initiative to Empower 10m Women

Foundation Empowers 150 Indigent Students With Scholarship on Health Education in Kwara

Again, FG Raises Passport Application Fees

Tinubus Visit to Brazil, Waste of Nigerias Scarce Resources, Says Adebayo

SUN  

PDP considering Jonathan, Obi for 2027 presidential ticket Bauchi governor

Why Abuja needs own State Assembly Ajiya

APC, PDP trade words over Edos N2.5bn UBTH support

2027: Im not leaving NNPP but open for discussion Kwankwaso

CVR: ADC raises alarm over INEC pre-registration report

2027: PDP courting Jonathan, Obi for presidential ticket Bala Mohammed

Tinubus Brazil trip waste of resources Adebayo

LP NASS Caucus condemns suspension of Anambra Lawmaker

COAS assures Kastina residents of improved security, commiserateswith residents over bandits attacks

Aviation Minister, NCAA DG for NAAPEs 40th anniversary celebrations

Anambra massacre: 11 laid to rest in Ebonyi

Without data privacy, Nigerias e-government dream will fail NDPC boss

NEC okays new 20262030 devt. plan, orders states to step up polio immunisation

Nigeria Immigration Service hikes passport cost

2027: We dont need zoning to produce competent president Olawepo-Hashim

Governors resolve to establish creative economy desks in states to boost culture and tourism

El-rufai: Why I involved myself in 2027 politics

 GUARDIAN     

Prince Harry to visit UK on anniversary of Queens death

Im not leaving NNPP, but open to discussions, says Kwankwaso

Things may fall apart as PDP plans to inaugurate convention panel

Rivers:CSOs bicker as court dismisses motion to halt LG polls

Why SWest governors must tackle insecurity, embrace restructuring

I am ready to Vice Seyi Makinde in 2027 Bala Mohammed

Rivers community protests alleged land grabbing, accuses police of complicity

Police recover 21 AK-47s, 115 vehicles, explosives after crackdown in Rivers

Owode Onirin clash: Chief executive declared wanted over death of three in Lagos

EFCC arrests 12 over illegal BDC operations in Lagos

UK govt seeks to overturn ban on housing migrants in hotel

NOA to stop extreme sign-out practices among graduating students

Police announces 18-hour curfew for Rivers LG election

ASUU rejects TISSF, demands payment of withheld entitlements

E-hailing drivers elect Oluwatosin as national president

Dangote to build $2.5bn fertilizer plant in Ethiopia

Step down if you cant stop insecurity, Labour Party tells Tinubu

FG clears backlog of promotions in paramilitary agencies

FG promises one-week passport delivery after reforms

PDP chairmanship should return to North Central, says Jang

VANGUARD

FG raises passport fees to N100,000, N200,000 effective Sept 1

Troops kill 50 bandits in Niger, rescue

Family, RULAAC demand probe of policemen over alleged abduction, extortion

Police smash NIN fraud syndicate, 8 arrested, 14 fake domains shut

Ebonyi govt organises state burial for 11 indigenes slain in Anambra

Igbo free to contest 2027 Presidency Ohanaeze Ndigbo

INEC dismisses claims of irregularities in Osun voter pre-registration figures

Food insecurity: Showunmi calls for empowerment of real farmers

Were ready to help INEC address voter registration disparities Forensic experts

Terrorism: DSS files charges against 9 suspects over Benue, Plateau killings

Atiku demands probe into contrived voter figures in Osun

Gov Alia has undertaken 390km of roads in Benue CPS

2027: Im not leaving NNPP, but open to discussions Kwankwaso

Troops kill 50 bandits in Niger, rescue abducted victims

FG inaugurates building code advisory committee

Gov Mbah revamps, upgrades Nigergas after 30-year dormancy

NEC endorses Renewed Hope Economic plan to fast-track $1trn economy

DAILY TIMES

Tobi Amusan pulls out of Diamond League final over fitness concerns

Report: Nigerians give more than anyone else in the world

32-page now N100,000, 64-page N200,000 as FG raises passport fees from September 1

Obi is a fraud parading as a messiah, lawyer Adeyanju hits back at legal threat

NCoS dismisses claims of N350,000 personnel training certificate fees as baseless

Police rescue three minors, nab abductors in Kaduna

We aim to achieve 70 percent national digital literacy by 2027-Tinubu

NLC To FG: Inaugurate PenCom Board Immediately

Edo APC chieftain hails Okpebholos 2.5 Billion UBTH intervention

Rivers LG Polls: Fubara urges massive turnout to Bonny voters

5 die, properties destroyed, as fracas over bisexual love affairs tears community apart

Battle for Mining Site: Officer gunned down as Police, Civil Defence clash in Ebonyi

FG must stop police protection for VIPs Usman

FG intensifies battle against polio as variant threatens North-West

COAS Raises Concerns Over Drug Abuse Among Soldiers in Conflict Zones

NATION    

 Akpabio lauds Tinubu over approval, release of funds for constituency projects

Obasa urges Lagos LG chairmen to deliver democracy dividends to grassroots

Passports, visa, correctional reforms taking Nigeria to new level, says minister

Why we are under attack, by NNPCL boss Ojulari

NNPCL considering NLNG model to revive moribund refineries Ojulari

JUST IN: Court okays Rivers LGA poll

FG rewards Nafisa with N200,000 for topping English championship in London

Polytechnic workers threaten strike over non-payment of promotion arrears, others

Cross-border crimes threatening Abuja, neighbouring states Wike

Crisis in Edo NLC deepens as Ajaero inaugurates caretaker committee

DAILY TRUST

CVR: ADC demands forensic audit as INEC defends figures

Atiku calls for electoral, judicial reforms amidst ongoing voter registration

NEC approves new development plan, tasks partners on polio eradication

Universities head for strike

420,000 Nigerian children at risk of malnutrition this year

Town planners urge rethink of Abuja satellite towns development

DSS files charges against 9 suspects over Benue, Plateau killings

Kwankwaso, ACF decry Alaba Rago Market demolition

Four herders killed, one injured in Plateau

FG hikes passport fees second time in 1yr

NGE condemns killings of journalists in Gaza, decries harassment in Nigeria

Hundreds of farmlands flooded in Taraba

Nigeria targets 15 million out-of-school children by 2027

Army foils bandits infiltration in Niger/Kwara axis, kills 2

Police arrest 2 over display of weapons on social media

FG to domesticate building codes in states

NNPCL seeks $60bn investment for 500,000bpd refining

FG seek risk-based approach for economic stability

CVR: ADC demands forensic audit as INEC defends figures

Atiku calls for electoral, judicial reforms amidst ongoing voter registration

NEC approves new development plan, tasks partners on polio eradication

Oil sector reform: We are under attack NNPC GMD

ACF Condemns Demolition of Alaba Rago Market

Some of our communities under bandits grip Katsina title holder

Plateau killings: Weve been unjustly labeled as aggressors Herders

PVC: Explain extraordinary registration in Southwest, ADC tells INEC

BUSINESSDAY

FG defends new passport fees, says hike will curb corruption and end delays

Rwanda confirms arrival of first set of migrants deported from US

Advisory Board unveils shortlist of three for Nigeria Prize for Literature 2025

Pregnancy has become a nightmare in Nigeria’s conflict-hit north

NNPC targets $60bn investment to boost gas, refining capacity by 2030

What to know about FG amnesty for visa ‘overstayers’

Non-oil sector powers Nigeria’s tax revenue to N17.4trn

Tradeoffs of Nigeria-Brazil direct flight deal

PDP considering Jonathan, Obi for 2027 ticket – Bala Mohammed

Tinubu defends foreign trips, says “every handshake translates to prosperity for Nigerians”

FG approves new 2026-2030 developments plan

NEW TELEGRAPH

CVR: Osuns Lead In Online Registration Not Unprecedented INEC

NAWOJ, Partners Launch 15m Dollars Women Leadership Project

Sokoto ASUU Rejects FG Loan Scheme, Warns Of Possible Strike

CVR: Nigerians Deserve Explanation On SWest Figures, ADC Tells INEC

IGP Links Cattle Rustling To Terrorism, Community Destabilisation

Voter Registration Meaningless Without Electoral, Judicial Reforms Atiku

Tinubu: Diplomatic Visits Aim To Boost Growth, Jobs

Akpabio Hails Tinubu For Swift Approval Of Lawmakers Constituency Projects

Oba Of Benin Suspends Two Palace Chiefs Over Prolonged Absence

Were Under Attack, Ojulari Tells PENGASSAN

Abbas Mourns Former Customs CG Ahmed Mustapha

Obasa Charges LG Chairmen On Performance, Grassroots Devt

FG Denies Signing Agreement With ASUU, Describes Document As Draft

BLUEPRINT

FRSC, NANS partner to tackle recurrent truck accidents

Bauchi govt screens 2,834 civil servants for promotion exam

Nomadic education: NCNE releases out-of-school children survey in FCT, geo-political zones

Berger champions sustainability in facility management at IFMA Africa conference

Falz surprises fans with first of all, Introduction wedding photoshoot

NNPCL under attack GCEO Bayo Ojulari

Troops neutralise 50 bandits, rescue many kidnap victims in Niger

Ex-APC guber aspirant Kente laments NEDCs poor performance in Taraba

Minister Idris cuts short Brazil trip, attends late Bashir Chedis funeral prayer

Leadership crisis fueling insecurity, poverty in north-west Experts

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