Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 13 February 2026

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

VANGUARD

Trump announces end to immigration raids in Minnesota

Anthony Joshua honours late friends with tattoos after Ogun crash

El-Rufai: Security operatives didn’t have arrest warrant, seized passport – Lawyer

No plans to stop Kwankwaso from entering Kano – Govt

Army exposes man parading as retired Major General

How FG can end Nigerians’ hardship — Experts

China denies US claims of illegal mining, terror funding in Nigeria

Real-time transmission of election results doesn’t translate to e-voting – Senate

Breaking: Gov Fubara sacks commissioners, dissolves cabinet

Kaduna Assembly dismisses report on abduction of Kajuru lawmaker

Nigerians to be affected as US expands effort to revoke citizenship

ADC cautions Lagosians against sharing PVC data with partisan groups

LPPC dismisses blue silk title, confirms SAN as highest rank

Two babies found dead in familys freezer, woman arrested

Kano Deputy Gov tells U.S. Congress: Exclude Kwankwaso from Religious Freedom Bill

C/River: Civil servants demand January salaries

Under-50s fit for president, not 100-year-olds Jonathan

Amaechi urges ADC to field southern candidate for 2027 presidency

Senate questions NBET over 3trn power sector debt, funding gaps

Oyebamiji ll redress Adelekes poor governance Sen. Fadahunsi

Insecurity: Dont romance President Trump Oluwo warns Tinubu

Leadership should shift to under-50s Jonathan

Obasanjo faults 1979 rice import policy reversal, says it set Nigeria back

Intra-Africa trade set for a boost as Access Bank sustains initiative

FG pledges food sufficiency, tourism growth at Argungu Festival

Abujas mega bus terminals awaiting FECs nod for operations Wike

NNPC declares N60.5trn revenue for 2025, posts N5.7trn profit

Ndume protests omission of Borno roads from 2026 Legacy budget

Tanker accident caused Thursday gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway FRSC

Budget: Senate grills AGF over zero capital allocation to MDAs, unpaid contracts

2027: Makindes former chief of staff, Bisi Ilaka, dumps PDP for ADC

Bandits demand N100m ransom for widow of slain Forest Guard in Kwara

Tinubus support for Argungu festival boosts tourism, investment Bagudu

CBN reforms driving economic stability, digital finance growth Official

Labour party crisis deepens as thugs vandalize party secretariat

IKEDC to customers: Submit tax details by Feb 20 to avoid service suspension

Nigeria must outgrow executive overreach, deliberate disregard for rule of law El-Rufai

Rivers Community on fire as suspected herders kill youth leader, injure others

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un chooses 13-yr-old daughter as heir

VIDEO: 2Baba, Natasha dedicate first child in church ceremony

INEC seeks N873bn for 2027 polls, proposes N171bn 2026 budget

Attempted arrest: He is our leader, nothing will happen El-Rufai supporters say

El-Rufais lawyers condemn arrest attempt at Abuja airport

Army university Professor dies in Boko Haram captivity

Court declares EFCCs publication on Immanuel unlawful, orders retraction

INEC seeks N873bn for 2027 elections, proposes N171bn 2026 budget

Trump ends immigration crackdown in Minnesota

APC chieftain questions Enugus 406.77bn IGR claim

Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital criticises nurses strike, vows uninterrupted services

5 countries with the fastest visa approvals in 2026

Abia Govt seals Globacom offices

Top 10 most viewed YouTube videos ever

Reps threaten zero allocation for NACETEM

Obi describes Nigeria as rich country politicians have turned to crime scene

FG clarifies stance on sachet alcohol ban enforcement

PUNCH       

Appeal Court reserves judgement in PDP leadership dispute

Nigeria must outgrow executive overreach, El-Rufai speaks on airport incident

UPDATED: Security agents attempted to arrest El-Rufai at Abuja airport — Aide

Atiku camp denies Fayose’s political negotiations claim

Security agents tried to arrest El-Rufai without warrant, seized passport — Lawyer

Police hunt abductors of 12-year-old Oyo schoolgirl

Four bag death sentence for killing Rivers DPO

Brothers kill sibling over inheritance dispute in Anambra

Plateau rescues five trafficked children bound for C’River, arrests three

Protest rocks Rivers community as suspected herders kill youth leader

My sister went missing after visiting male friend at hotel – Lagos woman

N2bn NECO debt: States have no excuses

Character matters more than credentials — LCCI Director General, Almona

THISDAY

Judge Withdraws from Alleged Corruption, Money-laundering Case Against Malami

INEC Needs N873.7bn to Deliver Credible 2027 Poll, Amupitan Tells NAssembly

LPPC Warns Lawyers against Use of Blue Silk Title

Again, Trial of Alleged Killers of Arise News Anchor Stalls

Alleged N4.2bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Ex-Aviation Ministers Trial Until March 5

NEMA Seeks UBECs Partnership on Effective Operation of Schools Established At Conflict Sites

Tinubu Hails BoI Over N636bn Loans to 7,000 Firms in 2025

FMN Calls for Entries for 5th Edition of Prize for Innovation with Focus on Cassava Industrialisation

NACCIMA Commends FG for Reopening Samiya International Border

NCS Urges NASS, INEC to Implement Real-time Electronic Transmission of Election Results

Report: MTN Leads in Network Connectivity as 5G Offers Best Consumer Experience in Download Speed

MTN, MoC Sign Landmark Three-year Deal for MTN CHAMPS Until 2028 Olympics

NNPP Expresses Shock over US Proposed Visa Ban, Asset Seizure Against Kwankwaso, Others

As CBN Opens Official FX Market to BDCs, Dollar Crashes to N1,348/$

Bank of Industry Disbursed Record N636bn to 7,000 Businesses in 2025

Engine Rupture Forces Arik Air to Divert Flight to Benin Airport

NIMC to Launch Nationwide Ward-Level NIN Enrollment February 16

Germany: Buharis $2.3bn Siemens Power Deal Dormant Until Tinubu Revived It

GUARDIAN    

Varsity don demands action on research funding, national policy

2027 Presidency: Amaechi urges ADC to field southerner

Reps seeks budget freeze for 22 MDAs over accountability breaches

FG decries vandalism of roads, bridges across Nigeria

Bandits demand N100m to free wife of slain Kwara forest guard

ADC denies alleged membership drive, faults Atiku’s zoning comment

Bandits kill resident, kidnap imam in Plateau

Dangote urges Ogun to boost value chain, exports to West Africa

Dependence on foreign ships may cost Nigeria IMO Council seats, says Ogbeifun

Senate threatens Accountant-General over budget mismanagement

How Tinubu revived Buhari’s $2.3bn Siemens power deal – Envoy

‘How high operating costs, insecurity shrank oil profits to $7/barrel’

Dangote makes history as world’s first refinery to hit 650,000bpd capacity for CDU, MS block

How botched broadband plans ruin e-transmission of election results

Aregbesola accuses APC, others of inflating membership numbers

UNIABUJA admits 8,000 from 30,000 applicants

LEADERSHIP

Makinde: Retract Your Denial Or I Will Spill More Beans, Fayose Tells Atiku

Firefighters Recover Unidentified Man’s Body From River In Kwara

I Would Have Invested In Flutterwave If Given The Chance — Maduka

Fubara Dissolves Rivers State Executive Council

NNPC Records N5.76trn Profit After Tax In 2025

Kogi To Sanction Churches Violating Security Protocol As Troops Overrun Terrorists’ Enclave

Nurses’ Strike Grounds Activities At Kaduna Psychiatric Hospital

El-Rufai Speaks On Failed Airport Arrest, Decries Executive Overreach

Seplat’s Plant Maintenance to Cut Gas, Power For 4 Days—NNPC

2026 Budget: Reps Endorse Tinubu’s ₦203.6bn Allocation For Sports

El-Rufai’s Lawyers Condemn ‘Unlawful Attempted Arrest’ Of Ex-Kaduna Governor

Ukrainian Skeleton Athlete Disqualified From Milano Cortina 2026 Over ‘Helmet Of Memory’

No Negotiations Over Vice-Presidential Tickets, Fayose Trends In Falsehood — Atiku

Woro Attack: Kwara Governor Inaugurates Intervention Committee

Adamawa Approves N19.6bn Mother And Child Specialist Hospital

NDIC Raises Deposit Insurance To N5m, Safeguards 99% Of Depositors

Reps Back N20bn Rights Commission’s Budget, Hail Performance In 2025

NATION        

NBA kicks against mandatory death penalty for terrorism, kidnapping

BEDC receives 75,000 FGs free meters

Murtala Mohammed: Obasanjo, Jonathan, Osinbajo discuss leadership challenges in Africa

Shettima arrives Ethiopia to represent Tinubu at 39th AU Summit

How Murtalas assassination forced Nigeria to rejig security architecture Obasanjo

APC spokesman commends security crackdown on bandits in Kogi

NANS partners Nigerian Conservation Foundation on leadership program

NSW: Customs agents, freight forwarders endorse project

Court jails ex-convict two years for stealing N1.4m electrical wires in Ondo

NANS partners Nigerian Conservation Foundation on leadership program

Group knocks critics, says Ribadus focus is squarely on securing Nigeria

Budget: Senate grills AGF over zero capital allocation to MDAs, non-payment of executed contracts

Tinubu celebrates Matawalle on birthday, hails role in anti-banditry fight

FCT council poll: Presidential aide rallies students for APC candidates

Pete Edochie will live beyond 100 years Yul Edochie dismisses death rumours

NANS hails Osun lawmakers free UTME form for students

Lagos Free Zone gets Customs nod for Green Channel with Lekki Deep Sea Port

Otuaro hails Tinubu as 32 PAP scholarship beneficiaries bag First Class

One injured as diesel tanker bursts into flames on Abeokuta Expressway

Id have invested in Flutterwave if invited Maduka

Tinubu celebrates ex-Lagos deputy governor, Sosan, at 70

Sen. Katung seals over 8bn medical equipment deal for Kaduna hospitals

Novarick Homes partners Kolanut Africa to strengthen buyer protection

Goodluck Jane to mark IWD 2026 with Color for Change project

Gas constraints affecting generating firms, NISO cries out

Oduntan donates 2,000 capacity model broiler poultry to ABU

RULAAC urges Akpabio to expedite police pension reform bill, warns delay threatens national security

2027: Governors should not contest primaries, APC Forum says

CRFFN partners Fortune Global to professionalise freight sector

Kukah urges INEC to guarantee credible elections amid Electoral Act debate

30 million Nigerian women face AI-generated deepfake attacks by 2030, warns Gatefield

NNPCL issues notice on maintenance of gas production facility

     

DAILY TRUST

Don’t mistake my simplicity for weakness, new FULafia VC warns

Fela’s Ioyi Prison Narratives: Power, Class, and Negotiation Behind the Walls

Ukraine unveils identities two Nigerians Kazeem Kolawole and Mbah Stephen Udoka killed in war against Russia

Attempted arrest: Nigeria must outgrow disregard for rule of law El-Rufai

Trumps America and labelling of Kwankwaso, Fulani, and Nigerian Muslims

LEADERSHIP names Dauda Lawal Governor of The Year

NNPC: We recorded $4.2bn after-tax profit in 2025

Coup: FG fails to produce court order on detention of Zaria cleric

E-transmission: Dickson asks conference cttee to consider reps version

Jonathan: Africa needs leaders under 50 to achieve greatness

Abducted Army Varsity Prof dies in captivity

Truck crushes rider to death in Jos

Kwankwasiyya Movement asks US congress to reject recommendations against Kwankwaso

El-Rufai to appear before EFCC on Monday

Ordinary Nigerians stood against DSS operatives attempting to arrest El-Rufai Lawyer

Flutterwave pledges more support for Nigerian businesses

Security operatives seize El-Rufais passport after botched arrest attempt aide

JUST IN: INEC proposes N873.78bn for 2027 elections

Judge withdraws from Malamis trial

National grid to experience drop in electricity as gas facilities undergo maintenance

Niger: Miners allegedly kill police officer, burn NSCDC patrol van

Shettima departs Abuja for AU Summit in Addis Ababa

PHOTOS: Obasanjo, Jonathan, Sanusi, others grace Murtala Muhammeds 50th memorial

Many injured in Lagos tanker explosion

Husband dies, wife injured in Lagos auto crash

No Woman Should Die of Cervical Cancer

Ramadan: Muslims Warned Against Online Immorality, Neglect Of Zakat

Troops kill 16 terrorists, rescue 11 kidnapped victims in Borno

Coup plotters will face justice Air chief

Insecurity worsening in North, ACF warns

MACBAN denies links to criminality, expresses shock over proposed US sanctions

Blue Economy Key to Nigerias Food security, sustainable development, Varsity Don

N14.83bn earmarked to feed over 91,000 inmates in 2026

Time to rein in rising bad debts in Nigerian banks

FG probes Arik Air engine failure

4 passengers burnt to death on Abuja-Lokoja road

Bwari council earmarks N30.6bn for 2026 appropriation

Digital infrastructure critical to Nigerias economy

Over 60,000 schools lack security FG

Khuraira Cosmetics relaunches Abuja affiliate program to empower women, youth through digital innovation

Jakandes legacy still shapes Lagos, says Sanwo-Olu

Bomb explosion rocks Bayelsa State secretariat

Insecurity: FRSC calls for nationwide database of tricycle, motorcycle riders

Technology crucial to success of new tax laws NRS chair

Questions trail deployment of 200 US troops to Nigeria

Challenges before new NAHCON chairman

US terror tag on Kwankwaso, Fulani groups draw scrutiny

FCT water crisis bites harder

The sovereignty tightrope: Securing the Republic without ceding its soul

Escalation of security crisis in Nigeria: A heavy price for the Muslim community

55 years of China-Nigeria diplomatic relations, forging new chapter of a shared future

6 rescued as suspected human trafficker arrested at Seme border

3 suspected armed robbers arrested in Niger

Reps dep minority leader under fire over APC meeting

Communities protest absence of crossing, turning points on Abuja-Kaduna highway

AirportKuje road ready for commissioning June Wike

FCT natives with disabilities allege marginalisation

Emir Sanusi urges strategic shift in Nigeria-China relations

Bauchi Gov seeks stronger NigeriaIran ties, highlights Bauchis lead, zinc potential

Korea, Kaduna International Film Festival host screening, workshop

Constitutional coup underway in Zimbabwe

N1.5tn yet to be recovered from 50 failed banks, 100 MFBs NDIC

AUTHORITY

Fubara dissolves Rivers Executive Council

Group urges unity, non-partisan drive for development of Nsukka zone

2027: Dont Compromise Electoral Integrity, Group Tells INEC

House divided cannot stand: Remi Tinubu, Amina Mohammed, rally Nigeria on unity, reform and credible polls

By whatever means, give us credible polls Kukah fires strong warning to INEC ahead of 2027

National recognition for MORE Agenda: Oborevwori dedicates LEADERSHIP Governor of the year award to Deltans

Nigeria champions youth, women empowerment in agric as IFADS 49th session wraps up

Nigeria commissions school, MRI centre, roads, bridges in Adamawa

BUSINESSDAY

Anthony Joshua gets tattoo tribute to friends killed in Ogun car crash

CBN tightens cheque rules, imposes tougher sanctions on banks, printers

Nigerian youths face new nicotine wave as 573 emerging products exploit legal gaps

Cheque violations by banks, printers now attract up to N20m fine – CBN

FX market gap narrows as BDCs expect dollar sales from banks

El-Rufai condemns attempted arrest at Abuja Airport

Security agents attempt to arrest El-Rufai at Abuja airport, seize passport

Dangote refinery capacity may push naira below N1,000/$ – Otedola

Booming creative sector pushes Nigeria’s soft power ranking to 4-year high

CBN reopens dollar tap for BDCs to curb naira gap

NEW TELEGRAPH

Campaign To End APC Misrule Begins With FCT Election Atiku

Senate Queries NBET Survival Despite Zero Funding In 2025

Tell Us, O Wise One Will Encourage Healthier Planet Says Onadele

Well Ensure Full Implementation Of 2026 Budget, Rep Ogah

Real-Time Transmission Of Election Results Doesnt Translate To E-Voting Senate

Nigeria Bleeds $3bn Yearly On Imported Seeds As Industry Moves To Reverse Forex Drain

Tobacco Giants Target Nigerias Youth Population With Deadly E-Cigarettes CAPPA Report

Judiciary Backs FG In Renewed War On Insecurity

FG Targets 20,000 Households In Sokoto For Food, Nutrition Initiative

TETFund, VON Seal Pact To Project Nigerias Education Achievements Globally

IGP Partners Body Of Bankers To Boost Investors Confidence

NSITF Sets 2026 Targets To Deepen Trust, Expand Coverage

LP: Nenadi Accuses Abure Of Breaking Into LP Secretariat

Tinubu: BOI N636bn Disbursement Evidence Of Macroeconomic Reforms Strengthening Devt Finance Institutions

Mega Dairy, Cattle Ranches Head To Ogun As Tinubu Backs Abioduns Agricultural Drive

Tinubu: BOI N636bn Disbursement Evidence Of Macroeconomic Reforms Strengthening Devt Finance Institutions

INEC Wants N873.7bn For 2027 Elections

FG Assures Youth, Women In Agric Of More Empowerment

Nigeria, Global Academic Community Lost Towering Figure In Jeyifo Tinubu

APC To Makinde: Your plan To hand over Oyos Vault To Atiku Will Be Resisted

BLUEPRINT     

ADC disowns alleged membership drive, cautions Atiku over zoning comments

Uduma: New NOUN VC takes over, outlines priorities

INEC budgets N873.78 billion for 2027 general elections

Umahi: Works minister raises alarm over vandalisation of road infrastructure, demands protection

Budget: AGF under fire in Senate over zero capital allocation to MDAs

Bauchi 2027: X-raying the pretenders, contenders as succession battle begins

Alias second year: A season of trials, faith, reform in Benue

Insecuritys effects on education in North

Registration: ADC laying solid foundation, Mark tells members, Nigerians

Coscharis boss Maduka regrets investment in Flutterwave

Presidency pledges economic inclusion, housing, for displaced women, IDPs make crucial demands

AGF Fagbemi restates need to tackle bureaucratic inefficiency, recalibrate machinery of justice

SWAN partners publishing agency, to unveil Nigeria sports year book

NDIC to bank customers: Link your BVN, identity records properly

Kaduna State Resumes Major Road Construction Projects in Rigasa After Compensation Settlement

Sachet alcohol ban: Coalition accuses NAFDAC DG of illegal enforcement

Nigeria: Tinubu hails Bank of Industry for N636 billion disbursement to businesses in 2015

SEEDAN unveils 5-year plan to enhance food security, improve seed quality

Minister hands over NEDC completed projects to Adamawa

Liquidation: NDIC urges bank customers to link their BVN, identity records

2027: Atiku urges public to ignore Fayoses beer parlour gossip over VP tickets

                           

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