Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, 21 February 2026

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

VANGUARD

Trump slams Supreme Court ruling, announces 10% global tariffs

UK govt considers removing ex-prince Andrew from line of succession

Residents raise alarm over movement of armed herders in Benue

Wike thinks governance is about what he alone wants  —  Kingibe

Tinubu to INEC: Use FCT, Kano, Rivers polls to strengthen voters’ confidence

Lagos enforces 5% withholding tax on gaming winnings

CAN President urges Nigerians not to lose hope amid hardship, insecurity

Nigeria sets global teaching record as Education Minister unveils bold reforms

Gunmen abduct three in fresh attack on Plateau community

Ondo court strikes out assault case against, Osamaye, Women Affairs Commissioner

Ondo Ward Congress Killings: Tinubu summons Aiyedatiwa

Bandits kill 30 in fresh Zamfara attack, abduct several residents

Super Eagles set for Iran, Jordan test in Amman Invitational tournament

UK-based Nigerian sentenced to life in prison for murder

FCT polls: SCourt, Appeal Court defy Wikes public holiday, conduct proceedings

Tinubu calls for orderliness in FCT, Kano, Rivers polls

Ireland-based Nigerian jailed nine years for forcing woman to abort pregnancy

Dont lose hope over hardship, insecurity CAN President tells Nigerians

Gunmen kill 3 herders in Plateau

NASS frowns at lip service treatment of Livestock Industry

FG extradites third Nigerian in sextortion, murder case to US

FCT Council Polls: CSOs identify rigging hotspots, seek real-time results upload

Electoral Act: Hold INEC accountable, Osuntokun urges Nigerians

FG raises alarm over fake veterinary drugs

Nigerian, other foreign students told to carry immigration papers as US crackdown tightens

FG to join global palm oil-producing council as full member

Nigerias public debt grows by N900bn to N153.29trn in Q3 2025 DMO

Trump considers limited strike on Iran to press nuclear deal Report

Oil Revenue: Tinubus Executive Order means more money for FG, States, LG Shehu

Again, fire razes another Kano market

CBN: Oil prices rally brightens naira, foreign reserves prospects

FG unveils Armed Forces Medical College to tackle 340,000 doctor shortfall

Nigerian newspapers review: Edun raises alarm over rising debt service burden

2027: Tinubu, Obi camps brace for showdown as Village Boys Movement unveiled in Abuja

NAFDAC seals 18 warehouses over expired products in Niger

Sit at Home: Hope rises as economic activities rebound in Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu

DSS to arraign El-Rufai Feb 25 over alleged cybercrime, security breach

PUNCH       

Mirabel: How false rape alarm turned into money-making venture

Becoming a king won’t end my showbiz career — Okey Bakassi

Why my people hate Nigerians — South African beauty queen, Ntashabele

Gani Adams urges FG, SWest govs collaboration to tackle banditry

INEC receives sensitive materials for Rivers bye-election

Kebbi pledges stronger security after border attacks

Nigerias public debt rose to N153.29tn in September 2025 DMO

APC screens 540 candidates ahead of Lagos LG congresses

Forensic audit of NNPC ongoing Edun

Cameroon jails three soldiers guilty of 2020 civilian killings

Gunmen kill three herders in Plateau

FCT polls: Upload results in real-time, CSOs challenge INEC

Court convicts, fines firm for illegal BDC operation in Lagos

No plan to introduce mandatory training for youths Defence minister

Trump weighs strike on Iran as 15-day nuclear deadline nears

France returns colonial-era talking drum to Ivory Coast

US Supreme Court strikes down Trump global tariffs

FG begins payments for 2024 capital projects

Ramadan: Police extend motorcycle movement until 11pm in Gombe

NCDC urges states to intensify contact tracing as Lassa fever kills 70

THISDAY

CDS: Nigerian Forests, Ungoverned Spaces, Will No Longer Serve as Safe Havens for Terrorists

Private Sector Pledges Bold Investments to Tackle Nigeria’s Displacement Crisis

FG Flags-off Distribution of 15 Million Learners’ Support Kits Nationwide

Civil Society Coalition Plans Fresh Protest, Insists on Real-time Election Result Transmission

FG, Ogun Reward Nigeria’s Best Teacher with Car, House

Report: Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Policies Driving Drop in Inflation

Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Trump Tariffs, Citing Overreach of Emergency Powers

FG to Arraign El-Rufai on Alleged Cybercrime February 25

Well Track Down Killers of Ondo Monarch, Security Chiefs Vow

 GUARDIAN    

Abasi People Foundation rejects proposed Southern Nigeria Traditional Rulers Council

Allegation of N13b payroll scam is APC fake news – Osun govt

Fire outbreak destroy Kano Industrial Complex

Defence minister urges balanced approach to mandatory military service

Edo govt demolishes building linked to cultists, seals property

FG cautions public on veterinary drug misuse

Suspected terrorists demand N100m from Kebbi community

FAAN boss restates commitment to 100% cashless payment deadline

NCC reads riot act to construction firms over fibre cuts

FCT polls : ADC alleges voter suppression move

CSOs predict apathy as FCT poll tests new Electoral Act, INEC’s 2027 readiness

By-election: Police impose 18-hours restriction in Kano

LEADERSHIP

NHRC Warns Of Deepening Inequality, Urges Urgent Social Protection Reforms

New Electoral Act 2026 Threatens Democracy — Ameh

New DPP, NCoS Controller-General Forge Strategic Alliance To Decongest Custodial Centres

FCT Polls: Senator Ireti Kingibe Raises Concerns Over 22-hour Restriction Of Movements

Censors Board Gives Guidelines On AI Usage In Film Production

INEC, NOA Step Up Radio Sensitisation For FCT Polls

FCT Polls: ADC Says Govt’s Premature Curfew Aims To Suppress Votes

Katsina Relied On FAAC For 87% Of Recurrent Expenditures In 2025 — Commissioner

‘Do Your Part On Saturday, Leave The Rest For Me’, Wike Tells APC Members Ahead FCT Polls

Troops Arrest Terrorists’ Drone Supplier, 43 Others In 1 Week — DHQ

Political Parties Inspect Election Materials As INEC Prepares For Rivers Bye-Polls

FCT Polls: CSO Pushes For Massive Voter Turnout

Governor Diri Urges IOCs To Fund Bayelsa’s Prosperity Cup

Politicians Opposing Real-Time Election Results Fear Credible Polls, Says APC Chieftain

FRSC Hails Army, Police Over Benin City Toll Gate Attack On Personnel, Orders Immediate Probe

e-Transmission: Electoral Act Amendment Was Tinubu’s Bill All Along – Obi

King Charles Makes Unexpected Appearance At Fashion Week Amid Brother’s Arrest

Troops Arrest Suspected Terrorist Collaborators, Recover Drones In Adamawa, Borno

Florida Airport To Be Renamed After Donald Trump

RMAFC Lauds Tinubu’s Order On Oil Revenues Direct Remittance

NATION     

New oil revenue order will boost FAAC allocations FG

UPDATED: El-Rufai for arraignment on February 25 on alleged cybercrime offences

Supreme Court affirms National Industrial Courts jurisdiction on certain defamatory cases

Zulum meets 56 state-sponsored doctors, approves training fund, others

US Supreme Court nullifies Trumps global tariffs

JUST IN: Prof. Biodun Jeyifo to be laid to rest March 4 in Ibadan

Lassa fever kills 15 in early February, death toll hits 51 NCDC

Massive oil spill threatens Bayelsa community

PSC promotes AIG Fayoade Mustapha to DIG

CDS: International collaboration remains critical to collective security

Firms, staff slam N1b suit against IGP, others over alleged rights violation

FCT IDPs get free eye screening, others

Enugu targets 50,000 participants as 2026 tech festival kicks off Feb 24

Navy intercepts 486kg Cannabis in Lagos

2027: Obi supporters launch Village Boys Movement

Lagos council imposes indefinite ban on tricycles over security concerns

Customs seize 1,630 jerrycans of smuggled petrol worth N40.7m in Lagos, Ogun

A call to sacred service: My commitment to Ijebuland

Tinubu mourns Chief of Naval Operations, Rear Admiral Katagum

Don seeks eco-friendly approach to enhance food security, others

Don: Building Nigerias visibility in specialised mathematics imperative

British govt urged to obey 420m judgment on 21 murdered Nigerian coal miners

INEC receives sensitive materials for Rivers bye-election

Police bust gang armoury, arrest two suspects

CDS: Operation Safe Corridor prevents recycling of violence

Mercy Johnson promises to serve after appointment as Okpebholos special adviser

Edo police vow to prosecute man over false kidnap allegations against DPO

FG to stop funding non-performing projects to reach $1tr goal

FRSC orders probe after mob attacks personnel, facilities in Benin

JUST IN: El-Rufai set for arraignment over alleged cybercrime offences

 DAILY TRUST

FCT Poll: Imposing Curfew Day Before Election Attempt To Suppress Voters – ADC

FCT Poll: We didn’t approve stepping down of our candidates – PDP

Gunmen Kill herders in Plateau community

Police restrict movement in 2 Kano LGAs ahead of Saturdays by-election

Alleged phone tapping: DSS to arraign El-Rufai Feb 25

Troops kill terrorist commander, arrest drone supplier in Adamawa

FG shuts mining site in Plateau, orders forensic investigation

Bandit killed as troops destroy terrorists camp in Benue

Boko Haram burn down trucks conveying fish in Borno

Borno Pays N2.5bn Annual Fees for Students at Isaac Balami University

NANS protests alleged maltreatment of Nigerian students in India

Senate grills FGs economic team over budget projections

Gunmen invade palace, kill traditional ruler in Ondo

Court orders INEC to register NDP as new party

Nigeria must resist attempt to impose one-party system Kwankwasiyya Movement

INEC, security agencies ready for Kano Ungogo, Municipal by-elections

Residents throng highway construction site over precious stones

1.6m FCT voters to elect 6 council chairmen, 62 councillors tomorrow

FCT girls urged to see themselves as future scientists

NUJ FCT partners firm on data protection for journalists

Nigeria, others burdened with debt crisis, says G-24 Group

FGs electricity debt will rise to N8.8trn by December

JAMB applicants to secure ePIN payments via Interswitch

Banks fully paid N300b USSD debt Telcos

FERMA to spend N229bn on road maintenance

Gunmen attack Kebbi communities, kill 35

Police arrest ex-presidential aide Obono-Obla in Cross River

Dozens injured in Plateau road crash

CSOs, opposition rise against Electoral Act

Military launches new operation against terrorists in Kwara, Niger

AUTHORITY

Electoral Act assent threatens transparency, Situation Room warns ahead of FCT polls

Life Is A Warfare Not Funfare Komaiya

Troops kill terrorists, arrest dozens, rescue victims across Nigeria DHQ

NAFDAC seals 18 warehouses over expired food products in Niger

Court remands man over alleged defilement of daughter

Police arrest 2 suspects over murder of 62-yr-old woman in Ibadan

Kaduna Govt hands over 204 kidnap victims to families

Omoragbon calls for urgent review of Diaspora Health Impact Initiative 2026, says its provision, exclusionary

NSC Pledges Support For NESI Games

BUSINESSDAY

Terrorists demand N100m from Kebbi Community or face ‘deadly’ attack

33 dead in militants, civilian confrontation in Kebbi community

Lassa fever deaths reach 70 amid rising infections among health workers

Super Eagles to play Iran, Jordan in four-nation tournament in Amman

Trump to impose 10% global tariff on US imports

Election-related liquidity seen as key risk to MPC decision

Dangote Refinery positions as merchant refinery in global trade shift

Flush with oil revenues, Tinubu faces fiscal discipline test

Dedicated rail security service long overdue in Nigeria

Budget controversies: Government versus citizens, who’s to blame?

65% of animals consumed in Nigeria is imported – Minister

FG moves to plug revenue leakages, probes high collection costs

NEW TELEGRAPH

Premature Restrictions On Movement Plot By APC To Rig FCT Elections ADC

Tinubu Sues For Peace As FCT, Kano, Rivers Votes Saturday

CMAN Hails Tinubus Executive Order On Direct Remittance Of Crude Oil Revenue To Federation Account

UNICEF Visits Remi Tinubu, Commends Nigerias Significant Increase In Birth Registration

Customs Seizes N40.7m Smuggled PMS In 1,630 Jerrycans

CP Jimoh Launches 24 Hours Rapid Anti-Crime Patrol On LagosCalabar Coastal Road

Murder: Police Arrest 2 Suspects, Declare Sponsor, Others Wanted

CMAN Hails Tinubus Executive Order On Direct Remittance Of Crude Oil Revenue To Federation Account

Bloody Congress: Tinubu Summons Aiyedatiwa Over Killings

No Plan To Remove My Deputy Aiyedatiwa

NANS Honours CEOAFRICA Boss, IIobanafor For Promoting Developmental Journalism

Nigerias Public Debt Rises To N153.29trn In Q3 2025 DMO

CMAN Hails Tinubus Executive Order On Direct Remittance Of Crude Oil Revenue To Federation Account

FG Injects Fresh N19bn For Completion Of Gwarzo -Barau

Fire Destroys Shops, Properties In Kano Market

Zulum Approves N12.9bn Scholarship To Borno Indigene

Boko Haram Collaborator, Drone Supplier, Arrested In NEast

Audit Firm Alleges N13.7bn Payroll Fraud Under Adelekes Administration

2027: Election Rigging Is Planned Already PDP Spokesman

BLUEPRINT    

BEDC blames grid allocation cut for outage

50 shops razed as fire guts another Kano market

Terror, firearms charges: FCT work-free day stalls re-arraignment of Malami, son

Fasting: City Boy Movement begins distribution of oalliatives to 111,000 households nationwide

2 held in Oyo over 62-yr-old womans murder

Singer Market Kano tragedies:Declare fire disasters as national emergency, experts urge FG

FCT polls: IGP orders redeployment of DPOs

FCT NUJ, NDPC seal data protection deal to shield journalists from cyber threats

NOA boss urges media professionals on depth, accuracy, fact-based reporting in national interest

Alleged rights abuse: Umuocha elders sue IGP, 4 others

Alleged cybercrime: DSS set date to arraign El-Rufai

Residents calls for free, fair polls as FCT area council election holds today

Nigerias Super Eagles to face Iran, Jordan in four-nation tournament

WASH: Adamawa communities move to end open defecation

Adamawa: Experts demand investment in healthcare to guarantee childrens survival

2027 elections: INEC, citizens must rise to the challenge

El-Rufai spends second day in detention as ICPC raids residence

2027: Why NASS must pass women reserved seat bill now- Group

NAF, NIMASA partner to secure Nigerias deep blue economy

NOA DG to media professionals: Return to depth, accuracy, fact-based reporting in national interest

What happened to good upbringing in the North

Advocacy for dispute resolution gains traction as Appeal Court unveils ADR centre at 50

Head of Service hails Justice Ministry, urges commitment to performance, reforms

Merit, service: CSP Ahmed Rasheed awarded outstanding commander of the year

FG to establish Armed Forces College of Medicine , Health Sciences for military

Pastor Komaiya to Christians: Life is warfare, not fun fair

Committee chairman lauds smooth conduct of Sokoto APC ward congresses

Lagos: Police reopen murder cases, arrest 2 suspects, declare alleged sponsor wanted

Renewed Hope: FG set to overhaul Nigerias humanitarian response architecture- Minister

Ramadan/Lent fast: Pray for nations progress, Olubadan charges Muslims, Christians

FG urges Nigerian hospitals to conduct regular audits on medical equipment

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