Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, 9 February 2026

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

NEW TELEGRAPH

Trump Meets New Honduras President, Asfura In US

30 Killed In Road Crash As Gov Yusuf Orders Quick Medical Intervention

Electoral Bill: Senate Schedules Emergency Session On Tuesday

FG Inspects N40bn Bauchi-Dindima Road, Records Significant Progress

Cancellation Of Mondays Sit-At-Home Path To Progress For SEast COSEYL

Tinubu, Wife To Meet King Charles III On State Visit To UK

Bandits Attack Another Kwara Community, Kill One Person

Again, Ladipo Spare Parts Market Sealed Over Environmental Breaches

IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu Orders Cancellation Of Sit-At-Home In SEast

Abande Killings: Benue Police Repel Bandits Fresh Attack

Tinubu, Eno 2027: Akpabio Adopts ARISE With Renewed Hope Initiative

LG Crisis: Osun ALGON Orders Release Of Vouchers For Workers Salaries, Pensions

Insecurity: Borgu Emirate, CAN, Muslim Community Beg Tinubu, Bago To End Attacks, Killings

Enugu Govt Records N406.7bn IGR In 2025, Targets N870bn In 2026

Umahi Urges SEast Region To Support Tinubu Administration

Kanu Places Final Ban On Sit-At-Home Orders

AMAC Election: APC, ADC Campaign Councils Not Threat SDP

Tinubu Charges Nigerian Youth On Accountability

Creative Economy: British Council Provides Showcase Spaces For Nigerian Creatives

HEDA Petitions CJN Over Kwankwasos Comment

Insecurity: Borgu Emirate, CAN, Muslim Community Beg Tinubu, Bago To End Attacks, Killings

FG Re-Opens Tsamiya Corridor To Boost Legitimate Trade

How Nigerias Railways Can Succeed Daramola

Adebayo Blasts Senate Over E-Transmission Of Results

I Have No Rifts With Sen Oshiomhole, Says Edo APC Chairman

Sen Ashiru Advocates Ministry Of Religious Affairs

Instict Launches Partnership To Expand Access To AI-Driven Career Coaching

UniAbuja Governing Council Promotes 21 To Professorial Rank

BREAKING: NLC Threatens Election Boycott Over E-Transmission Confusion

Insecurity: Borgu Emirate, CAN, Muslim Community Beg Tinubu, Bago To End Attacks, Killings

PUNCH       

Makinde, Wike camps set for showdown at PDP HQ today

Canada-based Nigerian faces trial over alleged hate-motivated harassment

Tinubu, US AFRICOM chief hold security talks in Abuja

Not all electricity meters are free, NERC clarifies

Schools, markets open as IPOB ends Monday sit-at-home

IPOB orders total cancellation of sit-at-home in South East

Reckless driving blamed as trailer crash kills over 30 in Kano

Ex-NDA registrar hails Edos strategic leadership retreat

NNPCLs $1.5bn refinery failure proves my privatisation call right Atiku

Obasanjo seeks recognition of Iwe Iroyin House, others as heritage sites

Petrol tanker explosion kills two, injures one in Anambra

Man hangs self after attempting to kill daughter in Ekiti

Pope mourns victims of attacks in Nigeria, urges authorities to protect lives

Edo APC chair dismisses one-party state fears

FRSC averts disaster as fuel tanker crashes in Kaduna

Enugu hits record 406bn IGR in 2025, eyes 870bn in 2026

Ramadan: Kaduna gov rallies clerics, media for peace campaign

Activists plan ‘Occupy NASS’ protest over Senates rejection of e-transmission of results

2027: Coalition against Tinubus re-election dead on arrival, says PCC commissioner

Gunmen abduct three children in Ebonyi

Sultan, Ooni, Kukah receive honorary doctorates at FUOYE 10th convocation

NLC threatens protests over Electoral Act amendment

Abia gov okays salary adjustments for teachers

IPOB orders total cancellation of sit-at-home in South East

Yobe teacher wins North-East best, bags N25m national award

Govt plans N1bn digital classroom for Ogun school

Senate to hold emergency sitting Tuesday

Troop deployment in troubled Ebonyi community to protect residents Army

NDLEA arrests businessman with 95 cocaine pellets at Kano airport

Probe Senate over Electoral Act, tax laws, SERAP urges CCB

Police arrest kidnap suspect in Edo forest raid

THISDAY

Nigeria, China Mark 55 Years of Diplomatic Relations

Pipeline Surveillance: Activist Flays Campaign Against Tantita

FG To Hold NEC Conference To Drive Inclusive Economic Growth Monday

Arise News Anchor, Ojy Okpe, Loses Father

UK: Weve Not Been Notified of Judgment Awarding 420m to Families of Nigerian Coal Miners

Bauchi Govt to Payfor Medical Treatment of Injured Correspondents of ARISE NEWS, Channels, AIT, 11 Others

Mark: APC Has Failed on Its Campaign Promises, ADC Will Offer Nigeria Better Political Future

Afenifere Condemns Senates Rejection of Electronic Transmission of Election Results

Bandits Kill 13 Benue, Kaduna, Abduct Catholic Priest, 10 Others in Kaduna

Kwara Killings: Lift Ban on Amotekun to Combat Spread of Banditry to Osun, Adeleke Tells Police

Stop Mass Killings, Abductions, Other Forms of Violence, Catholic Church Tells FG

Insurgency Denying Children Immunisation in North-east, Former Lawmaker Cries Out

FMDQ Debt Market Hits N99.3tn as T-Bills, Bond Yields Ease on Improved Liquidity

US Court Jails Nigerian for Defrauding over 400 Americans in $6m Inheritance Scam

NIS Clarifies Non-issuance of Passport in South-east Italy, Four Other International Stations

GUARDIAN    

Gov Yusuf mourns as seven die, 70 injured in Kano road mishap

2Baba names Burna Boy as the current king of Afrobeats

Kanu scraps IPOB’s five-year Monday sit-at-home order

MDCN debunk claims of 2, 000 stranded house officers annually

Enugu Summit petition: Iyere writes NJC, fixes protest deadline

Kogi closes markets, parks in seven LGs to cripple terrorists’ supplies

Electoral Act amendment: SERAP petitions Code of Conduct Bureau

Woro killings expose rural security failure, says Hashim

E-Transmission row: NLC threatens mass action, election boycott

Senate to hold emergency plenary sitting Tuesday

Nigeria connects 10.3m users to networks as teledensity hits 82.8%

VANGUARD

Tinubu receives US military delegation at Aso Rock

Nnamdi Kanu orders total cancellation of Monday Sit-at-Home in South-East – IPOB

Tinubu receives US military delegation at Aso Rock

Electoral Bill: Senate to hold emergency sitting on Tuesday

Bandits kill one during gun battle with Forest Guards in Kwara

Black Sunday in Kano: Over 30 killed in road accident

Tension in Kebbi as Customs allegedly shot dead car dealer

Tanker explosion claims lives of driver, conductor in Anambra

Gov Yusuf mourns road accident victims, orders free medical care

Osimhen fires Galatasaray past Rizespor with 15th goal of season

Man City beat Liverpool 2-1 to rekindle title hopes

Senates rejection of electronic transmission of results setback Okei-Odumakin

2027: Aggrieved Anambra APC stakeholders demand leadership change

Ebonyi boundary Killings: Amasiri community demand withdrawal of military, calls for investigation

Senate hails FG on launch of Nigerias national Halal economy Strategy

Coalition of Niger Delta CSOs suspends planned February 9 protest over new tax law

El-Rufai warns against Regime Security, calls for people-centred national security framework

Atiku slams refinery spending, says NNPCs admission validates call for privatisation

Woro Massacre: Explain intelligence, air response failure Olawepo-Hashim tells FG

FRSC averts tanker disaster in Kaduna

2027: Akpabio adopts ARISE With Renewed Hope Initiative as APC political structure for Tinubu, Eno

10 African countries with the largest oil reserves in 2026

Abia Govt blames formatting error for N250m allegedly budgeted for photocopier

Sanwo-Olu seeks stakeholders collaboration to position Lagos as global financial hub

Ejiofor slams persistent killings, says failure to prosecute terrorists equals negotiating with terror

How Gov. Mbah grew Enugu IGR from N26.8bn to N406.7bn through non-tax revenue

Wike factor will not stop me SDP AMAC chairman candidate

Insecurity: Kogi Govt shuts down markets, motor parks

Three children kidnapped in Ebonyi

450 Pensions: Govs treating pensioners like ghosts NUP President

Market leader warns criminals to stay away from Ogbaru Main Market

Cash-and-Carry Judgments: SANs divided over allegations against Judges

Tinubu to commission projects in Kebbi, attend Argungu fishing festival Gov Idris

Electoral Bill: Senate to hold emergency sitting on Tuesday

Gov Sani tasks clerics, media on peace drive ahead of Ramadan

MOSOP makes case for pipeline security amid rising oil spills

Just in: Nnamdi Kanu orders total cancellation of Monday Sit-at-Home in South-East IPOB

Insecurity: CAN urges Tinubu to establish military base in Agwara LG, Niger

Police bust drug stockpiling syndicate in Ibadan

Nigerias democracy lacks values, principles Bishop Kukah

INEC begins 50-day rotational voter registration across Anambras 326 wards

UK to raise minimum stipend for PhD students to N40m

Ex-Enugu Assembly members endorse Gov Mbah for second term, cite performance, equity

One suspect in custody over Ajah studio deaths Lagos Police

All eyes on Argungu as journalists flood Kebbi for historic fishing festival

I have no rift with Oshiomhole; Okpebholo remains APC leader in Edo Tenebe

2027: APC Lagos4Lagos inaugurates street captains in Otto-Awori to boost grassroots mobilisation

NEC: Shettima to convene conference to strengthen Nigerias economic coordination

BOI breaks new ground as CBN approves non-interest banking window

EPL: Guardiola eyes double over Liverpool as Man City plot Anfield strategy

How small-screen star Aunty Ajara passed after liver disease battle

Kaduna Gov defends tough reforms, says results emerging

Ramadan: Tomato farmers allay fears of price hike

Nigeria Police promote 74,352 officers nationwide, dismiss favouritism, irregularity claims

Terrorism: Ohanaeze PG did not advocate gun ownership Igbo Youths

2027: NLC threatens mass boycott, mass action over electoral ambiguity

LEADERSHIP

King Charles III Invites Tinubu On State Visit To UK

Itodo: Why Politicians Fear Real-time Transmission Of Election Results

NNPCL’s $1.5bn Refinery Failure Validates My Call For Privatisation — Atiku

JUST-IN: Tinubu Meets AFRICOM Chief As Security Talks Deepen

Osimhen Seals Dominant Galatasaray Victory At Rizespor

Governor Yusuf Mourns As 30 Perish In Kano Road Crash

Pope Mourns Victims Of Attacks In Nigeria, Urges Government To Protect Citizens

There Can’t Be Lasting Peace Unless Security Agencies Return To Proper Roles — El-Rufai

IPOB Cancels ‘Monday Sit-at-Home’ In South-East

Senate Proceedings Unclear On Election Result Transmission, Says Abaribe

Dafinone Hails Tonlagha At 50, Praises Celebrant’s Patriotism, Philanthropy

NDLEA Arrests China-bound Auto Parts Dealer With 95 Wraps Of Cocaine

Kano Assembly Denies Rumours Of Deputy Governor’s Impeachment

Tinubu’s Horse Ramadan Emerges Winner At Renewed Hope International Race

Federal, Kebbi Gov’t Lauded For Reopening Of Kebbi–Niger Border

Stakeholders Seek Sustained Commitment To End Female Genital Mutilation
  

NATION   

Top military officers patronising Apapa drug dealers, Council boss alleges

Fed Govt reopens Tsamiya border in Kebbi to strengthen regional trade

EPL: Haaland scores late penalty as Man City stun Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield

Press freedom advocate seeks protection for Nigerian journalists

Niger Delta Digital Museum unveiled in Abuja as stakeholders call for history centre

Nigeria police announces promotion of 74,352 officers across ranks

UniAbuja governing council promotes 21 to rank of professor

Edo police arrest two suspected kidnappers in Auchi hospital

Otus Chief of Protocol gets, dedicates Miracle son after 14 years

Senate holds emergency session Tuesday

Obidient Movement declares alignment with ADC in Delta

Akpabio endorses ARISE with renewed hope initiative ahead of 2027 elections

Why musical artistes must take responsibility for poor sound at concerts Peter David

CAC delisted over 400,000 inactive companies in 2025 Registrar General

NLC warns of mass action over failure to add electronic transmission of election results

Nigeria among 11 African nations in 15m ITU digital infrastructure programme

Senate committee commends Tinubu on launch of National Halal Economy strategy

Police probe alleged defilement of six-year-old girl by 65-year-old man in Ibadan

Edo APC chair dismisses rift with Oshiomhole ahead of party congresses

APM urges Adeleke to allow reinstated council executives operate freely

Police recover suspected illicit drugs from hideout in Ibadan

Uzodinma urges APC in Abia to intensify grassroots membership drive

China-bound auto parts dealer arrested at Kano airport for ingesting 95 wraps of cocaine

  DAILY TRUST

UK State visit: Nigeria has become a Toast of Global Leaders, says Nwabufo

Tinubu hosts US security officials at Aso Rock

Killings: Pope asks FG to Protect Nigerians

Electoral Act: David Mark urges NASS to pass bill, allow INEC decide on electronic transmission

Senate to hold emergency plenary Tuesday

Knocks for Tinubu For Attending Wedding Without Visiting Kwara Massacre Victims

NEC holds Conference Monday to generate Policy direction for States

Ex-Enugu Assembly members endorse Gov Mbah for second term

El-Rufai: Misuse of security institutions leads to collapse of public trust

Insecurity: ADC spokesman taunts Tinubu, says Nigeria has no govt

Insecurity: Kogi shuts markets, motor parks in 7 LGAs

Kwankwasiyya commends Kano Dep Govs loyalty amid pressure

AUTHORITY

NDLEA busts colorado lab, seizes drugs nationwide

Tinubu becomes first Nigerian leader to officially visit the UK in 37 years

UniAbuja approves professorial promotion for 21 academics

Bandits Kill Seven, Abduct Catholic Priest, Ten Others In Southern Kaduna

FUOYE holds 10th convocation ceremony as outgoing VC recounts major achievements

UniAbuja promotes 21 academics to professorial cadre

Radda increases salaries of Umaru Musa Yaradua varsitys workers

Nigerian Army troops battle terrorists in Katsina, recover 529 rustled livestock

BUSINESSDAY

Nnamdi Kanu orders IPOB to end Monday sit-at-home

BoI gets CBN’s nod to launch non-interest banking window

Tragedy: Nigerian footballer Saburi Adeniji dies in UK after severe brain injury

Nigeria reopens Tsamiya border with Benin after 7-year closure

E-transmission of election results: NLC threatens mass boycott of 2027 elections

Nigeria lags Ghana, Senegal in election management

Paying for darkness: How estimated billing, banding deepen power inequality in Nigeria

BLUEPRINT     

Catholic church confirms abduction of priest, 10 others, calls for prayers

Nursing, Midwifery Council inducts 206 foreign-trained Nurses

Ndarani Foundation donates N100m scholarship to indigent students in Niger South

Police nab 23 suspects, recover hard drugs in Akwa Ibom

NGO, alumni donate e-library to Ogun school

Full details of how terrorists attacked Woro, Nuku communities in Kwara state

British government to pay 420m to 21 coal miners killed by colonial masters Enugu court

CBN, ABUs bids to stop N2.5bn payments to 110 illegally sacked workers thrown out

LP, PDP chairmen plan defection to APC in Edo

2027: Women back Tinubu, Akpabio, Eno as APC intensifies sensitisation in Akwa Ibom

Niger: 50 still in captivity 5 weeks after Agwara, Kansuwa Daji terrorists attacks Community leaders

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