Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 9 July 2026

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

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Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Over As US Stock Futures Tumble, Oil Prices Surge

Trump Threatens Fresh Iran Strikes, Says US May Take Over Kharg Island

Fake Drugs: Senate Proposes 15-Year Jail Term, Bans Drug Hawking

Gas Demand To Overtake Supply By 2030

Tinubus Policies Improved Benue Finances, Infrastructure Alia

Don Urges Nigerians To Embrace Use Of Agric Waste For Construction Materials

Ekiti: Tinubu Approves Reconstruction Of Ado-Ijan-Ilumoba-Ikole Road

Xenergi Launches Mandatory Takeover Bid For Remaining Premier Paint Minority Shareholders

Insecurity: Northern Govs Inaugurate Security Trust Fund

Obi Seeks Fair Trial, Due Process In El-Rufai Case

Nigerias Judiciary Must Be Financially Independent From Executive Mato

Shun Harmful Foreign Influence, Put Nigeria First, Tinubu Urges CSOs

Stakeholders Converge At APMT Forum To Tackle NSW Operational Bottlenecks

Osun 2026: Oyebamiji Visits Family Of APC Loyalist killed In Motor Accident

CBN Upholds Legal Tender Status Of N100 Banknotes

PFIPC Scandal: ADC Rejects ICPC, Insists Independent Panel

Court Remands Intermediate Investment Executive Over Fraud

Warri Pikin Claps Back At Troll Over Insensitive Comment On Her Children

PUNCH   

 Companies with incomplete business letters face sanctions August 1 CAC

Borno subsidises fertiliser by 50%, distributes free farm inputs to 120,000 farmers

PFIPC scandal: I never met Gbajabiamila physically Fake DG

Court awards ex-Power Minister Agunloye N10m against EFCC

FULL LIST: Mbappe overtakes Messi in World Cup power rankings

Oyo confirms four dead, others injured in Ibadan clash, vows justice

AU appoints humanitarian minister Doro to AfHA governing board

FG rolls out rehabilitation services at PHCs nationwide

Senate backs bill proposing 15-year jail term for fake drug dealers

PFIPC scandal: Kano senator insists presidents ICPC probe not enough, demands Senate inquest

N1.3bn fraud: Ex-Port Harcourt refinery MD gets N150m bail

Peter Obi moved by El-Rufais wifes plea to Tinubu

VIDEO: Woman gives birth while shopping for baby items in Ibadan market

NCC, stakeholders move to end repeated road digging for fibre

FIFA probes alleged racist abuse targeting IShowSpeed

World Cup: France lose appeal against Olises yellow card

ADC bars state chapters from handling court cases

Insecurity: Reps probe 2.23tn ransom economy fueling terrorism

Higher prices may worsen Nigerias poverty, IMF warns

Araraume disowns statement on Imo APC primary, denies rift with Uzodimma

Northern govs appoint ex-CDS, ex-defence minister Security Trust Fund co-chairs

Senate approves Customs N1.3tn budget, backs N11.07tn revenue target

Kano APC counters Kwankwasiyya over defection claims, insists members remain intact

Dont wait for order before shooting terrorists, Defence minister tells soldiers

Northern govs unveil security trust fund board, commit 1bn monthly to tackle insecurity

INEC recognises Agbo as NNPP national chairman

Sokoto assembly summons GSM, internet service providers over poor network

VIDEO: Police arrest one chance kidnapping syndicate, recover N8.8m ransom in Abuja

Woman gives birth while asleep, finds newborn under blanket

THISDAY    

EFCC Arraigns Ex-Port Harcourt Refinery MD over Money-laundering Allegations

Nigeria Mourns 21 Killed in China Landslide, Reaffirms Strategic Partnership

Defamation: Court Orders EFCC to Pay Ex-Power Minister, Agunloye, N10m

Kwara APC Reconciliation Committee Begins Peace Moves

Senate Backs 15-Year Jail Term, Asset Forfeiture for Fake Drug Offenders

Constituency Projects: House in Rowdy Session Over Motion to Summon Tinubu

Fake Agency: Senate Backs Tinubus Probe, Suspends Investigation into N1.3bn PFIPC Budget

FG to Stem Human Trafficking, Irregular Migration as Over 1,000 Nigerians Return from Crisis Routes

Tompolo: Tinubus Reforms Yielding Results, Support His Re-election

NNPC: $3.4bn Saved Through Contract Restructuring, N19.5tn Remitted to Federation in 14 Months

Tinubu Inaugurates Gbajabiamila-led 7-man Presidential Working Group for Implementation of State Police Nationwide

CJN to New Judges: Shun Unsolicited Gifts, Throwing Unnecessary Birthday Parties

FG: Universities Must Become Hubs for Enterprise Development

Flooding: HYPPADEC Lauds FGs N80bn Intervention, Seeks More Funding for at-risk Communities

Report: Africa Attracted $70 Billion as Global FDI Rose 6% to $1.6tn in 2025

NIMC Enrols Over 136m Nigerians as New Identity Law Takes Effect

Umahi: Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Mitigating Flooding, Not Causing It

Nigeria Targets 2M MT Sugar Output as NSDC Graduates Specialists

FMDA: July Liquidity Inflows to Hit N12.39tn as OMO Maturities Dominate

MPC Warns Pre-2027 Election Spending Could Reverse Nigerias Inflation Gains

SUN       

 Nigeria loses up to N25tn to corruption as EFCC, ICPC, CCB, BPP join forces

Wanted bandit kingpin captured in Delta forest

EFCC arraigns ex-Port Harcourt Refinery MD over alleged N1.32bn money laundering

Bill to modernise healthcare through digital technology scales second reading in Senate

Northern governors back state police, renew push against insecurity

Senate passes Customs N1.295tr 2026 budget

Peter Obi moved by El Rufais wifes tears, demands fair treatment.

PFIPC scandal: Atiku kicks against govt probe, calls for independent investigation

ICPC: El-Rufai turned medical session into political visit

Fake presidential council: Police cannot arrest relatives in place of criminal suspects Falana

Court grants Peller bail after four days in police detention

Egypt coach says team were cheated in World Cup exit against Argentina

ADC accuses ICPC of assaulting El-Rufais wife, arresting physician

CVR: INEC introduces self-service voter registration platform

Voter registration: Nigerians lament glitches, other challenges

PFIPC: Suspend Gbajabiamila before ordering ICPC probe Atikus aide tells Tinubu

APC wont allow regrouping opposition distract Tinubu Nwoye

Ronaldos mentality remains unmatched Rooney

UN: Nigeria facing tougher battle for foreign investments as global uncertainty deepens

Manufacturers strained, BOIs N644.9bn intervention insufficient Oye

 GUARDIAN    

Financial services contributed N1.92 trillion to 2025 CIT, VAT

2027: APC pleads with substituted aspirants to shelve litigation

LP restates Appeal Courts recognition of Nenadi-led NWC as LPs sole authority

Lagos court convicts 16 over environmental offences

Navy dismantles illegal refinery in Rivers, recovers stolen crude, petroleum products

Gas-to-power: Why Nigerias $1.1 billion flaring waste is worrisome

Emirates emerges as the first cargo carrier to deploy B777-300ERSF

Investors reposition for H1 corporate actions, gain N1.86tr

Senate, states seek legal reform as conflicts stall blue economy, growth

NCS gains access to INTERPOL database to enhance border security

Green tax should drive environmental goals, not govt revenue

Nigeria bets on reforms for $38b, rallies indigenous oil firms for 3mbpd output

Oil, gas driving Nigerias FDI recovery, says UNCTAD

Police probe alleged abduction, extortion by tactical squad officers in Lagos

Ibadan varsity confirms release of abducted law student

FG committed to modernising inland waterways infrastructure for safety Shagari

VANGUARD        

 ADC prohibits state chapters from receiving court processes, engaging lawyers

Navy destroys illegal crude oil storage site, recovers 39,500 litres in Rivers

2024 Bid Round: NUPRC hands oil prospecting licences to 12 firms

2027: Dont rob Olawepo-Hashim of Accord ticket, AAM warns

Court orders EFCC to pay N10m fine for defaming ex-Power Minister, Agunloye

Army passes out over 3,000 recruits in Ebonyi to boost national security

El-Rufai didnt violate court order, aide replies ICPC

Zulum launches 50% subsidised fertiliser scheme, free farm inputs for 120,000 Borno farmers

Reps seek crackdown on ransom financing, tighter oversight of BDCs, POS operators

Major-led NNPP says INEC has recognised its NWC, declares readiness for 2027 elections

Naira further depreciates, loses N3.32 against dollar at official market

30 vessels to arrive Lagos ports with petroleum products, other items

Eight Iran military personnel killed in US strikes State media

135 suspected cultists arrested in Lagos police raids

Russia bans diesel exports as Ukrainian strikes intensify fuel crisis

N1.32bn Fraud: EFCC arraigns ex-MD of Port Harcourt refinery, Dikko

Lagos targets completion of 812 housing units before May 2027

DIA accredits Defence advisers, attachs from UK, Japan, Italy, Ghana, Mali

Obi reacts to El-Rufais wifes plea, calls for transparent justice

Shoot terrorists first; dont wait for orders, defence minister tells troops

France lose appeal against Olise booking at World Cup

Vessels owners to assist FG fight sea piracy, illegal oil bunkering

Northern governors, traditional rulers back state police

Unity schools: Labour rejects PPP plan, begs Tinubu to halt planned sale

PDP kicks as Plateau Assembly advances Pension Bill for ex-speakers, lawmakers

Senate advances bill to integrate E-Health Services in Nigeria

Reps begin review of South-South Development Commission Act to expand funding

2027: Accord stakeholders back Gbenga Hashim for president

FG: No Nigerian will be left behind in South Africa, says 859 evacuated

Tinubu sends two executive bills to Reps, declines assent to two amendment bills

Senate confirms Zainab Marwa as NDDC board member

Northern governors inaugurate security trust fund, appoint Agwai, Yayale Ahmed as co-chairmen

Saudi Arabia donates 6,403 food baskets to Benue IDPs

Tinubu seeks Senate confirmation of Yuguda as AMCON chairman

IMF: Rising cost of essentials to push more Nigerians into poverty

  LEADERSHIP         

Fake Drugs: Senate Backs 15-Year Jail Term, Asset Forfeiture For Offenders

US To Remove Syria From Terrorism Sanctions List — Trump

US Launches Fresh Strikes On Iran As Strait Of Hormuz Tensions Escalate

Troops Foil Bandits’ Attacks, Neutralise Notorious Commander In Zamfara

Gunmen Abduct 3 Varsity Students In Nasarawa, Police Rescue 1

FG Launches Rehabilitation Services, Targets 34,000 PHCs

Northern Governors Launch Security Trust Fund, Name Agwai, Yayale Co-Chairmen

‎Accord Party Faction Demands INEC Lists Olawepo‑Hashim As 2027 Presidential Candidate

JUST IN: 2024 Bid Round: NUPRC Awards 19 Oil Prospecting Licences To 12 Winners

Ex-Minister Nnaji Faces Civil Suit, Denies Criminal Charges Amid ICPC Case

Court Orders EFCC To Pay Agunloye ₦10m For Defamation

Indigenous Oil Firms Say Nigeria’s Oil Industry Heavily Taxed

DAILY TRUST     

Oil prices soar as Trump says deal with Iran is over

How Phantom Council DG tricked me Deputy Speaker Kalu

PHOTOS: Northern Governors, Traditional Rulers meet in Kaduna

‘Serial liar’, Presidency debunks Obi’s death threat claim

Detention: Bashir Kurfi must not be silenced Amnesty International

Phantom Council: ADC rejects ICPC probe, demands Independent Inquiry

Atiku Calls for Inclusion of ADC, PDP, NDC in PFPIC Probe

PHOTOS: Rainstorm destroys houses, farmlands in Plateau

Niger: Captain, two soldiers feared killed in IED explosion

Okada rider bags life sentence for raping nursing mother

Bandits kill 1, abduct 4 in Bauchi villages

Senate rejects bid to probe Phantom Council budget

Peter Obi: I might be killed before 2027 election

Reps in rowdy session over bid to summon Tinubu

PFIPC scandal: I spoke with Gbaja through late Tanimola, says Adeniyi

Appeal Court orders status quo in ISI hijab case, matter adjourned to Oct. 7

Court remands lecturer who accused Katsina of sponsoring bandits to Hajj

Bandits kill 6, injure 5 in fresh attack on Sokoto community

Police gun down two suspected kidnappers in Ondo

Gunmen abduct three Lafia varsity students

PHOTOS: Zazzau, Gombe emirs seek greater collaboration

Oshiomhole asks FG to Appropriate Profits Of Nigerian-based South African companies to Xenophobia victims

I Deposited Billions In Cash For Emefiele Ex-Banker

Zulum approves N1.65bn scholarship for 300 CJTF orphans, others

Vandalism threatens Nigerias fibre broadband expansion

EFCC hands over 1,452 recovered hostel items to education ministry

Policeman killed, 13 others injured in Taraba attacks

Kidnappers demand fresh N260m from electoral commissioners family

2 top Boko Haram commanders surrender in Yobe

Senate queries N/West commission over N943m board allowances

AUTHORITY     

25 Nigerian Army Personnel Complete Aviation Fuel Handling Course to Improve Air Mission Efficiency
FG intensifies digital identity drive, targets 100million more Nigerians for NIN enrolment

Centre Raises Alarm Over Rising Insecurity, AI Disinformation Ahead of 2027 Polls

Infrastructure unlocks investment, spurs growth Tinubu

From kidnapping for ransom to kidnapping for rights of passage in NWest Nigeria

Gov Soludo gifts 10 judges SUVs

Gully Erosion: Community seeks Gov Soludos intervention

Anambra adopts new transparency model to strengthen public service delivery

Ebonyi police detain officer over alleged assault on civilian

BLUEPRINT       

Data scientist highlights technologys potential to search for missing children

Court awards 10m against EFCC for defaming ex-Power Minister Agunloye

Oyebanji rallies support for Omidirans FCC reform agenda

Reps swear in new member from Kano after by-election

First term APC govs acknowledge sacrificesby Nigerians during economic adjustment

SSDC Act amendment to expand funding sources for agency Reps

Submit Olawepo-Hashims name to INEC as AP presidential candidate, members tell party leaders

Senate mulls e-health services in Nigerian hospitals

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