Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 25 December 2025

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

MDAs underfunded by N15tn in three years

PDP faction affirms Turaki-led NWC as legitimate, accuses INEC of bias

Nigerians knock Primate Ayodele after Lookman defies bad-luck prophecy

I see opportunities, not impediments, says new NUPRC boss

Christmas messages: Tinubu, govs preach unity, NLC rejects unfair taxation

AFCON 2025: Davido wins $96,000 after predicting Super Eagles’ match against Tanzania

AFCON 2025: Davido wins $96,000 after predicting Super Eagles’ victory over Tanzania

Davido joins uncle Adeleke’s Accord party

India arrests Nigerian with N195m cocaine hidden in bread loaves

Two Enugu ex-bankers jailed 12 years for diverting pension funds

Many feared trapped as fire guts Lagos plaza

NLC seeks tax justice, workers’ inclusion in policy formulation

APC national chairman appoints 15 aides

Chimamanda Adichie refutes UNN visiting professor appointment

CAN applying wisdom against insecurity in north during Christmas Chairman

United Nigeria, Max Air lead flight cancellations in Q3 2025 – Report

Lokpobiri urges training for analogue ministers as FG goes paperless

Algeria declares French colonial rule a crime, demands apology, reparations

Christmas crunch: Enugu commuters face 50% fare hike

Wike-backed PDP faction unveils 19-member Lagos caretaker committee

Abia enacts electricity law, unveils regulatory agency

No bank debits for tax defaults without court rulings Oyedele

Reps tax probe c’ttee vows swift report submission, uphold integrity

Ex-AGF Malami decries 14-day detention, media trial by EFCC

Northern CAN hails Adamawa gov for pardon on death sentenced farmer

Ndume urges probe, suspension of tax laws over alteration claims

Christmas: CDS congratulates Nigerians, pledges better welfare for troops

Enforce Supreme Court ruling on LG autonomy, Atiku tells Tinubu

THISDAY

EFCC Files 16-Count Charge Against Ex-AGF Malami, Son Over Alleged N8.7bn Money Laundering

COP30: Nigerias Negotiators Showed Improved Preparedness, Next Step is Translating Agreements Into Action, Says NCF DG, Onoja

TAF Africa Targets Building of One Million Homes Across Africa

Banking Sector Recapillisation, Others Push New Listings on NGX to N6.34trn

Africas Capital Paradox: Why Exporting Our Own Capital Is Costing Us Scale, Power And Prosperity

Super Eagles in AFCON 2025 Flying Start in Morocco

Makinde: Wike Promising to Hold Down PDP for Tinubu Sparked Our Disagreement

Fresh Trouble for PDP as INEC Rejects New National Officers, Cites Court Ruling

Senate Hails Tinubus N58.47trn 2026 Appropriation Bill, Backs Infrastructure, Security Push

FG Recorded N2.66tn Fiscal Deficit Financed Through Domestic Borrowing as Debt Service Gulped N4.44tn in Q2

Umahi to Contractors: N2.13tn Legacy Road Debts Must Undergo Verification Before Payment

GUARDIAN    

Ahead of 2027 Polls, Tinubu Inaugurates Gov Mai Buni-led 15-man APC Committee On Strategy, Conflict Resolution And Mobilisation

Rise in used vehicles imports pushes Tin Can Customs revenue to N1.57tr

FG misses oil revenue target by 64 per cent, records N3 trillion deficit

Expert explains Mile 2-Tin Can port gridlock clearance

Team Uvwie Clinch 5th Oborevwori Invitational Tournament Title

Seafarers seek tax exemption, clarity ahead of 2026

Deadly explosion rips through Maiduguri mosque, at least 7 killed

ASUU accepts FG’s 40% pay rise proposal

Tax reforms: Lagos seeks harmonisation, proposes 9 taxes, levies across board

Calabar Municipal Council chairman presents 13b 2026 budget proposal

External debt service gulps N2.70tr, 45.2% of Q2 2025 revenue

LG autonomy: Tinubus defiance of Supreme Court ruling crippling grassroots governance, says Atiku

Zelensky reveals US-Ukraine plan to end Russian war, key questions remain

Newcastle boss Howe takes no comfort from recent Man Utd record

UN decries industry boom as abductors collect N2.57b in one year

FG orders road contractors to remain on sites during yuletide

Children account for 82% of 9,290 IDPs in 11 states, NHRC reveals

Insecurity: Bickering over timing, safeguards for state police

Weve taken full charge of Osun LG funds, says APC ALGON, promises reform

Tinubu needs eight years to finish restructuring project

Nigeria exports 33.2m barrels of crude to U.S. in eight years

Nigerias security crisis demands collaboration, not ego

VANGUARD

5 killed, 35 injured in Maiduguri blast – Police

NLC calls for total rejection of ‘distorted’ tax law

ADC offers credible path out of Nigeria’s woes — David Mark

Fire guts 25-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House in Lagos

Detty December: We’ll name, shame hotels, vendors who cancel bookings – Sanwo-Olu

Workers will must prevail, TUC warns labour leaders

ASUU, FG agree on 2009 renegotiated agreement

Gov Mbah signs N1.62trn Enugu 2026 budget into law, says N870bn IGR target realisable

2027: Tinubu inaugurates cttee on strategy, conflict resolution, mobilisation for APC

Kaduna Budget: Why N100m was allocated to each ward Commissioner

NUPRC under Komolafe not den of corruption ICPC report

Why FG cant enforce illegally altered tax reform laws SANs

Tragedy as Kano loses two lawmakers at one-hour interval

NCAA, NAMA directorates rejigged under Keyamos oversight drive

Petrol price falls 12.6% YoY in Nov 2025 NBS

Updated: Chimamanda Adichie refutes appointment as UNN visiting professor

Igbo travellers trapped on dilapidated federal roads during Christmas Igbo community

House Adhoc Committee moves to conclude probe into alleged discrepancies in gazetted tax reform acts

Army takes over oil rich Ugborodo community Excravos

Osun Assembly passes 2026s N723.45 billion appropriation bill

Malami still in EFCC detention despite court order Aide

Active individual taxpayers in Nigeria less than 10 million Taiwo Oyedele

LEADERSHIP

Christmas Eve Explosion: Government Has Failed To Protect Nigerians — PDP

‘A New Dawn Is Breaking’, Aso Rock Chaplain Adegbite Urges Hope, Unity At Christmas

Chimamanda Adichie Denies Appointment As UNN Visiting Professor

UPDATED: 5 Die, 35 Injured In Borno Mosque Bomb Blast As Zulum Condemns Suicide Attack

Christmas: Atiku Urges Nigerians To Embrace Peace, Unity, National Renewal

Atiku Accuses Tinubu Of Defying Supreme Court Over Local Government Autonomy

2027: Tinubu Sets Up Committee To Resolve APC Crisises

BREAKING: Several Feared Dead As Bomb Blast Rocks Mosque In Borno

We’ll Conclude Probe Of Tax Law Discrepancies Soon, Says Reps Panel

Katsina Police Arrest 20 Suspects Over Rape, Armed Robbery, Others

Councilor’s Assault: GOCIP Lauds Gombe Governor Over Sack Of Aides, Calls For vigilance

JUST-IN: Shock As 2 Kano Lawmakers Die Within Hour

AFCON 2025: Burkina Faso Secure Late Win Against Equatorial Guinea

UNN Appoints Adichie, AfDB’s Urama, James Robinson As Visiting Professors

Davido Wins $96,000 After Correctly Predicting Super Eagles’ Win Over Tanzania

Tax Law Row: Don’t Make January Sacrosanct, Ndume Tells Tinubu

Katsina Police Arrest 20 Suspects Over Alleged Rape, Other Offences

Mining Not Only Cause Of Violence In North-Central, North-West — Study

‘Sunday Jackson is Free!’, US Congressman Reacts To Release Of Nigerian Farmer Sentenced To Death

NYCN Honours Akpabio, Abbas, Judith Ogbara, Others For Outstanding National Leadership

Accord Has No Faction, Remains United — Mgbudem

‘We’ve Taken Charge Of Osun LG Funds’, Says APC ALGON

NATION         

Nigeria scores global first as WHO names Emeje co-chair on traditional medicine governance

Northern Elders Forum calls for unity, peace in Christmas message

Governor Otti hosts Abia-born Super Falcons after 2024 WAFCON triumph

2027: Tinubu will win Oyo convincingly, Ex-Oyo chief whip slams Makinde

Tinubu names speaker Abbas to chair APC reconciliation committee in Benue

Police arraign man for allegedly defrauding Soun of N39.5m

Christmas: DG ICRC calls for love, renewed commitment to national development

National Orthopedic Hospital retires head of corporate affairs, Onotsojah-Ogedengbe

Christmas: Niger governor urges Christians to renew faith, hope for 2026

Lets forego discord in Rivers, embrace dialogue, says Fubara

Another Police Inspector commits suicide amid investigation into arms supply in Niger

NBA seeks urgent police action over missing lawyer

CDS to frontline troops: We owe you an immeasurable debt of gratitude

Renewed Hope: Jigawa council registers 6,500 vulnerable households under social programme

Lagos health district conducts medical outreach in Ibeshe Riverrine community

Lagos Island, Red Cross launch fire safety awareness

Housing Minister empowers over 100 non-indigenes in Kano

Davido joins Accord party, follows Adelekes footsteps

DAILY TRUST

22-storey building gutted by fire in Lagos

Five killed in fresh attack on Benue community

BREAKING: Suicide bomber attacks mosque in Maiduguri

Kano Assembly members die hours apart

Jos abattoir shut down over unhygienic practices

Efforts underway to rescue 28 travellers abducted in Plateau Police

After Daily Trust Report, warring Adamawa communities Sign Peace Accord

Reps panel to conclude tax laws alterations probe soon

PDP leaders consider Sarakis model for crisis resolution

Reps panel to conclude investigation on gazetted tax laws alterations soon

Atiku: Tinubu playing politics with Supreme Court Judgement on LG autonomy

Soldiers foil kidnap attempt, rescue 24 travellers in Benue

Insecurity: Our troops are brave, but political will is lacking Kwankwaso

Reps seek rescue of 28 abducted travellers; bandits demand N42m ransom

Zamfara gov honours security agencies

12 killed in Plateau, Kogi auto crashes

N/Assembly passes N48.32trn revised 2025 budget

Officers missing as terrorists attack civil defence post in Niger, steal rifle

Court issues ICPC orders for final forfeiture of Jonathan estate land in Abuja

Court grants Malami interim bail, sets Jan 5 for hearing

Kidnappers collected N2.57bn ransom in 1 year Report

Foreign card transactions will boost reserve accretion Analysts

Food prices remain stable in Kano ahead Christmas

Tin-Can Island Customs generates N1.577trn in 12 months

FG, World Bank implement $500m HOPE-governance programme

BUSINESSDAY

UPDATED: At least five worshippers dead, 35 others wounded in Maiduguri suicide attack

Nigeria records N5.7trn deficit as revenue shortfalls persist in H1

Zulum condemns Maiduguri mosque suicide attack, calls for heightened security

Fire hits 22-storey building in Lagos Island

Tinubu urges religious tolerance, says no Nigerian should face persecution

Malami accuses EFCC of defying court order says detention unlawful

Tinubu assures Nigerians of religious freedom, urges love, peace at Christmas

Ndume urges Tinubu to suspend tax law over forgery claims

NEW TELEGRAPH

Tax Laws: Reps Probe Panel Begins Sitting, Vow To Unearth Truth

Recruitment: Dont Go To Kainji For Screening, N-HYPPADEC Warns

Eyesan Assumes Duty As NUPRC Boss, Vows Bold Reset In Oil, Gas Sector

Nigeria Mourns As Authur Mbanefo Passes On 95

Christmas: Tinubu Calls For Peace, Religious Tolerance

Osun Assembly Passes 2026 Appropriation Bill

2027: Ogun Westll Present Yayi For Govship, Oladele Tells Yewa Union

Universal School Of Aviation Holds 14th Convocation In Abuja, Lagos

IDL Backs Nigerias Creative Economy At Maiden WARRIFF In Warri

Yelutide: Tunji-Ojo Distributes Food Items, Cash To Widows In Ondo

2027: Tinubu Support Group To Organize Two Million March Campaign In 36 States

France Condemns U.S. Visa Restrictions On Thierry Breton

Lagos Lawmaker Leads Badagry Fitness Walk To Promote Health, Unity

Yultide: NUJ FCT Shares Over 600 Bags Of Rice To Journalists

Kwara Gov Inaugurates 83 Newly Upgraded Healthcare Centres

Atiku Accuses Tinubu Of Defying SCourt Judgment On LG Autonomy

Gov Aliyu Swears In HoS, Kebbe LG Chairman, 17 Perm Secs, SAs

Anambra Police Honours Ofodeme, Emeakayi, Ahumadu Over Crime Fighting

Aiyedatiwas LGA Tour As Turning Point For Grassroots Devt Aide

SGF Assures Full Digitisation As Office Goes Live On One-Govt Cloud ECMS

EFCC Slams 16-Count Money Laundering Charge Against Malami, Son

Gov Fintiri Grants Pardon To Death Row Inmate, Jackson, Seven Others

No Faction In PDP, Party Leadership Insists

BLUEPRINT     

FG files fresh money laundering charges against ex-AGF Malami, son

FG speaks on nationwide power outage

Father, mother ill, die before Niger schoolchildrens release, parents, priests celebrate freedom

CSO rejects SNG health agreement, backs local mosquito net manufacturers

Analysts assess Access Holdings N40bn Capital Raise impact on shareholders

Court grants interim bail to ex-AGF Malami

Delta: Police deploy personnel for hitch-free Christmas, New Year

Plateau: SELI commissions Community Children Library in Rikkos

Mani LG boss disburses business grants, introduces subsidised transport

Yuletide: Kogi police commissioner deploy personnel alongLokojaAbuja road

Christmas: Hadiza Aliyu Foundation distributes food items to Abuja PWDs

Benue 2027: Aba declares ambition to govern Benue, pledges to tackle poverty

Enugu East council boss completes 10km roads, distributes 10,000 bags of rice

Christmas: Senate leader donates N50m, 8,730 bags of rice, beans to Ekiti residents

Farouk hands over to NMDPRAs new CE Mohammed

First HoldCo shares rally as DMD Ini Ebong buys N533m shares

Festive demand fuels sharp food price surge across Lagos markets

Nigerian Treasury Bills yield drops to 17.72%

                               

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