Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, 4 May 2026

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

LEADERSHIP   

Trump Likely To Reject Iran’s Peace Proposal

PDP Convenes Emergency National Executive Committee Meeting Monday

Nigeria Police Hunt Suspects In Fatal Effurun Shooting

Nigeria Calls For Fair Transition Support In Maritime Net-Zero Push

Suspected Bandits Kill 11 In Katsina Revenge Attack

UN Says 85% Of Crimes Against Journalists Go Unpunished

World Relays: Team Nigeria Secures 2 More World Championship Tickets

Press Freedom: NHRC Demands End To Attacks On Journalists

OPEC+ To Raise June Output Quotas By 188,000 bpd

Egypt Raises Gas Prices For Energy-intensive Industries

Gunmen Kill Edo Businessman Hours Before Newborn Baby’s Dedication

Labour Party Sets Primaries Timetable, Grants Otti Free Nomination Forms

No Litigation In NDC – Dickson

‘Political Nomad On The Move Again,’ Presidency Mocks Peter Obi’s Exit From ADC

Labour Institute’s DG Urges Workers to Support Tinubu’s Re-election

‘Attack Wike Again, Face Expulsion From PDP’, – Doherty Warns Bode George

‘Nigeria Bleeding Reserves Despite ₦5trn Oil Windfall’, Ex-VP Atiku Raises Alarm

JUST-IN: Obi, Kwankwaso Officially Join NDC

Benue APC Peace Deal Under Threat As Alia, Akume Disagree Over Automatic Tickets

‘Evasion Disguised As Principle’, Analyst Slams Peter Obi’s ADC Exit

INEC Portal: NDRA Flags Alleged Dual Party Role Breach By APM, NDC

2027: Dumping ADC Alongside Obi Will Weaken You, Lukman Warns Kwankwaso

PDP Will Never Surrender To Political Brigands – Wabara

ACF: There Are Moves to Engineer Crisis to Destabilise Us

10,000 Jobs Created As Firm Wraps Up Future Forward Programme Pilot

Commodity Prices Jack Presco’s Revenue To N177.9bn In 2025

‎Nigeria’s Industrial Fishing Sector Meets 10% Of 35% Annual Capacity

PUNCH       

Soldiers foil terror attacks in Zamfara, Katsina, kill nine militants

NRC slams repeated attacks on trains, calls for community support

NDLEA nabs octogenarian, 78-year-old in Abia, Ekiti operations

62 Nigerians held in Uganda denied legal access – Lawyer

JAMB to decide UTME cut-off marks May 11

Nigeria’s dollar GDP jumps 22% to $307bn –Report

2027: Obi, Kwankwaso join NDC, demand litigation-free politics

Xenophobia: 130 Nigerians sign up for S’Africa evacuation

States, FCT external debt nears $1bn amid higher FAAC

Dont go to court, Obi urges NDC members against litigation

Pantami rejects Gombe APC consensus, cites lack of inclusivity

LP pegs presidential form at 50m, offers Otti free nomination

Tinubu hails team Nigeria on record 15th African wrestling title

Awujale selection: Ruling house decries silence, seeks Tinubu, Abioduns intervention

Obidient Movement reaffirms support for Obi after dumping ADC

Nwifuru recalls suspended Ebonyi officials

Benue APC: Alia, SGF disagree over automatic ticket

130 Nigerians register for evacuation from South Africa amid xenophobic tensions

Three arrested for spreading false divorce news about Tony Elumelu

Extrajudicial killing: Police hand over slain Delta youths case to AGF

Osun 2026: Opposition intimidated by my action plans Oyebamiji

Reps probe $4.6bn health grants, demand oversight of HIV, malaria funds

Atiku slams FG over declining foreign reserves despite 5tn oil windfall

Sir Alex Ferguson taken to hospital after feeling unwell at Old Trafford

OPEC+ hikes oil production quotas, silent on UAE pull-out

APC mocks Obi over ADC exit, says he wants free presidential ticket

APC wont stampede free, fair election Party official

Tinubu departs Abuja for official three-nation tour

Father, son bag postgraduate degrees at DELSU convocation

Suspected herders kill four in fresh Benue community attack

2027: ZLP not dead in Ondo, Nigeria, says Abbas Mimiko

Atiku to visit US over Nigerias insecurity, governance concerns

Why I ditched physical church services Funke Akindele

Oyoll continue to strengthen security Makinde

THISDAY    

Xenophobic Violence in South Africa Violates Rights of Nigerian Migrants, Says Prof. Emelonye

OPEC Announces 188,000 Bpd Oil Output Increase for June

Banks Deposit with CBN Slumps to N92.32trn on MPR Cut

25 Blue-Chip Firms Account for 89.96% of NGX N155.99tn Market Capitalisation

FG: Kano-Katsina-Maradi 60% Completed Rail Projectll Be Ready By 2027

Tinubu Departs Abuja For A Two-Week Three-Nation Diplomatic Tour

Presidency To Obi: You Are A Political Nomad

UBA Denies Divorce Rumour on Chairman Elumelu, Confirms Arrest of Three Suspects

Sandy Onor Joins Presidential Race, Picks Wike-backed PDPs Nomination Form

Amaechi: Obis Supporters Abuse Me, But for the Sake of Peace, I Dont Reply

SUN   

NGE, SERAP demand press freedom, end to northern Nigeria insecurity on World Press Freedom Day

90% of Nigerias data hosted abroad, NDPC flags sovereignty threat

Don Jazzy says solitude never made him feel lonely

Abia monarchs urge strict adherence to zoning agreement

PRP ex-deputy chairman, NNPP candidate, others join NDC

Nigeria needs system change, not strongmen Adebayo

Sokoto: We will not negotiate with bandits Governor Aliyu

Army arrests blogger over alleged plot to incite troops    

GUARDIAN    

FG summons S. African envoy over rising xenophobic attacks on Nigerians

Peter Obi, Kwankwaso formally join NDC, warn members against litigation

Uyo int’l flights to boost tourism, investment, says Keyamo
PDP Leadership Crisis: Wabara-led BoT convenes NEC to appoint caretaker committee

Ibadan Abduction: Gunmen kidnap 60-year-Old trader

JAMB schedules May 11 policy meeting to determine 2026 UTME cut-Off marks
Benue Ambush: four killed in Agatu attack

Fatal Crash: C’River governor grieves UNICROSS students, staff

Amina Mohammed reiterates gender inequality as Melbourne Declaration sets global agenda

NAF Airstrike destroys terrorist hideout in Katsina forest

Stakeholders push cultural shift to end violence against women, girls

Nigeria’s export earnings jump 38.68% as Customs records strong Q1 growth

VANGUARD     

M-East war: Iran gives US 30 days to end blockade

No Nigerian killed in South Africa protest – FG

Dangote slams false claims on refinery financing, ‘rift’ with Elumelu

Avoid confrontation, Nigeria alerts citizens of xenophobic protests in South Africa today

INEC’s deadline: Obi, Kwankwaso trigger mass defections

Sule Lamido on PDP crisis: Let us forgive each other

New minimum wage: Labour hints at radical shift in negotiations

Bloody Holy Week: 147 killed in Nigeria

Gunmen abduct 60-year-old trader in Ibadan

Effurun Shooting: PSC ratifies dismissal of alleged killer Cop, 4 others

DELTA: Okowa, Nwoko, Omo-Agege, Dafinone, others in rumble for APC senate tickets

Trump says ‘very positive’ Iran talks could lead to breakthrough in crisis

Let us end internal conflicts, unnecessary court cases Peter Obi

This Ship Must Sail Obi after decamping to NDC

OPEC+ increases oil production quota to stabilize market

Troops foil terror plot in Katsina, Zamfara, neutralise nine

No Nigerian killed in South Africa protest FG

130 Nigerians apply for evacuation as Xenophobic tensions rise in South Africa

Oghenemine Case: Activist alleges miscarriage of justice in police probe

PDP: After S-Court blow, leaders fix emergency NEC meeting

U.S. makes U-turn, lifts visa ban for Nigerian, other foreign doctors

Obis exit from ADC an evasion of responsibility, says Analyst

Atiku warns Tinubu against squandering oil windfall, external reserves

PDP BoT assumes leadership after court ruling

Man United beat Liverpool 3-2 to secure Champions League qualification

Effurun Killing: PSC confirms dismissal of five police officers

No diet, sex can prevent prostate cancer Expert

Atiku to visit US over insecurity, bad economy, governance Aide

Soyinka rejects Secret Cult tag on Pyrates

No one assaulted my decorators 70-year-old father in Delta Counter-claim emerges

We Stand with Peter Obi Obidient Movement

 

  DAILY TRUST     

Atiku to visit US over Nigerias insecurity, others Aide

Kwankwaso, Obi obtain NDC membership cards

Gombe APC: Pantami rejects Jamilu Gwamna as Consensus Candidate

Atiku Raises Alarm Over Falling Reserves, 5tn Oil Windfall, Warns Against Economic Mismanagement

NDC leaders host Obi, Kwankwaso ahead defection

3 Arrested Over Malicious Publication Against Elumelu

Abductors of 16 Ekiti worshippers reduce ransom to N150m

Alleged Salary Fraud: Kano Clears Ex-HoS, Orders Loan Firms To Refund Workers

Four killed as attackers ambush travellers in Benue

Petrol price fluctuation sparks fresh hardship in Nigeria

NDLEA arrests grandpas for drug trafficking in Abia, Ekiti

JUST IN: ADC begins sale of N100m presidential forms, others, sets primaries dates

BUSINESSDAY     

Obi, Kwankwaso officially join NDC after ADC exit

Sir Alex Ferguson hospitalised after falling ill at Old Trafford

Atiku cautions Tinubu against oil windfall misuse, reserve depletion

Police dismiss four officers over Delta killing

Nigeria needs system change, not strongmen – Adebayo

INEC’s actions threaten free, fair elections as opposition faces systemic disadvantages – Adebayo

As a woman, if your home suffers, you are the one that is suffering – Rev. Ojo

China’s $56.5m ECOWAS Headquarters ‘diplomacy, not charity’ — NIIA DG

Last minute rush as APC closes sale of forms today

Nigeria summons South African envoy as xenophobic unrest escalates

2027: N/East APC boils as bigwigs battle to install anointed candidates

Insecurity: Silence of the Church no longer golden – Observers

 

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