{"id":31093,"date":"2025-02-16T05:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T05:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=31093"},"modified":"2025-02-16T05:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T05:08:16","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-sunday-16-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=31093","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Sunday, 16 February 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hamas Releases Three Israeli Hostages in Latest Deal<\/p>\n<p>South African Police Detain Chidimma Adetshinas Mother<\/p>\n<p>New Twist to PDP Crisis as Court Orders Probe of Alleged Forgery of Election Guidelines<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan to African Leaders: Tackle Political Instability<\/p>\n<p>2Baba Spotted Shopping with Natasha after Mothers Viral Video<\/p>\n<p>Akpabio, Mbah, Ooni, NADECO, Others Mourn Adebanjo, Say His Passing End of an Era<\/p>\n<p>Shell Outlines Strategies to Boost Local Content in Nigerian Oil and Gas Operations<\/p>\n<p>Matawalle: Canadas Decision to Deny Military Officers Visa a Serious Affront to Nigerias Dignity<\/p>\n<p>NNPC Refutes Viral Video Claiming Its Petrol is Inferior to Dangote Refinerys Product<\/p>\n<p>House Kicks as Binances Gambaryan Insists $150m Bribery Allegation against Lawmakers True<\/p>\n<p>Ondo PDP, APC Disagree on Admissibility of Appeal Court Verdict in Election Tribunal<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky Rejects Trump-led Deal with US on Minerals<\/p>\n<p>CBN Defends New Policy on ATM Cash Withdrawals, Says Its Mutually Beneficial to Banks, Customers<\/p>\n<p>LG Polls: Police Restrict Movement, Beep Up Security in Katsina<\/p>\n<p>Lokpobiri Urged to Complete Abandoned Oil, Gas Projects in Bayelsa<\/p>\n<p>Rivers Crisis: Falanas Interpretation of Supreme Court Judgement Misleading, House Member Declares<\/p>\n<p>Alleged Marginalisation: Protest Rocks Ondo as Stakeholders Want Tinubu to Split Benin-Owena River Basin<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NNPCL, Dangote refinery trade words over alleged substandard fuel<\/p>\n<p>109-day darkness: How UCH doctors attend to patients with torchlight<\/p>\n<p>USAID: Calls for probe spread over alleged B\u2019Haram funding<\/p>\n<p>Kwara cleric dismembers 25-year-old Facebook girlfriend<\/p>\n<p>North divided over Tinubu re-election as leaders take sides<\/p>\n<p>Nasarawa varsity should\u2019ve arrested man mobilised for NYSC with my JAMB registration number \u2013 Graduate<\/p>\n<p>No politician with conscience will join APC \u2013 Ex-Sokoto gov, Tambuwal<\/p>\n<p>NNPCL deducted $525m as tax credit for road infrastructure in 2024 \u2013 Report<\/p>\n<p>NEC: APC intensifies consultation, shops for new date<\/p>\n<p>FX market turnover drops by 32% amid reforms<\/p>\n<p>Miss Universe Nigeria, Adetshina&#8217;s\u00a0 mother arrested in South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Police undergoing tactical transformation &#8211; A&#8217;Ibom CP<\/p>\n<p>Soludo pledges justice as slain Anambra lawmaker buried amid tears<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s prosperity tied to raw materials utilisation, says RMRDC DG<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu approves expansion of 12 river basins to boost food security<\/p>\n<p>NANS threatens to disrupt NELFUND board meeting over exclusion<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 1,000 killed, 2,000 villages sacked in Sankera, Benue group laments<\/p>\n<p>Group demands probe into alleged police extortion in Enugu<\/p>\n<p>CAN urges further action to reduce hunger in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Catholic priest kidnapped in Onitsha<\/p>\n<p>Theres no crack in APC Morka, partys spokesman<\/p>\n<p>PDP lambasts Osun APC elders over threat to hijack LG<\/p>\n<p>Your govt is rudderless, lacks direction, Tambuwal slams Tinubu<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>GUARDIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sweden snowstorm sparks mass pile-ups involving dozens of cars<\/p>\n<p>Tambuwal slams Shehu Sani, others for dumping PDP for APC<\/p>\n<p>Chidimma Adetshinas mother arrested over illegal residence in Cape Town<\/p>\n<p>Shehu Sani returns to APC as Kaduna governor promises fairness<\/p>\n<p>Binance: House of Reps absolves self from bribery allegations<\/p>\n<p>German election favourite Merz sets out foreign policy plans<\/p>\n<p>EU partners with private sector to boost local vaccine production<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of pro-Palestinians march in UK against Trump&#8217;s Gaza plan<\/p>\n<p>BRICS summit planned for July in Rio: Brazil<\/p>\n<p>Flanked by gunmen, Israeli hostages face last minute ordeal<\/p>\n<p>Turkey removes another pro-Kurdish mayor for alleged &#8216;terrorism<\/p>\n<p><strong>VANGUARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hamas releases 3 Israeli hostages in Gaza<\/p>\n<p>Concerns as no provision for Tinubu\u2019s \u2018Youth Confab\u2019 in 2025 Budget<\/p>\n<p>2027: Ganduje, El-Rufai spark fresh row over North\u2019s position on Tinubu<\/p>\n<p>Lagos: Obasa drags Meranda, lawmakers to court over removal as speaker<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu seeks Senate&#8217;s approval to sack 3 RECs<\/p>\n<p>Horror in Our Hospitals: How chronic lack of beds kills patients<\/p>\n<p>Didn&#8217;t know I would live to be 90 \u2014 Soyinka<\/p>\n<p>How I wrote The King and Horseman in two and half days -Wole Soyinka<\/p>\n<p>Poly students oppose conversion of YABATECH to varsity<\/p>\n<p>NANS demands students representation in NELFUND board<\/p>\n<p>Missing Kwara student found dismembered in Ilorin home of Facebook friend<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s cyberspace needs experienced strategic risk advisors \u2013 Adeniyan<\/p>\n<p>ASITU drags Lagos govt to UN, ECOWAS over alleged demolition of Igbo properties<\/p>\n<p>Flood: Again, Seyi Tinubu donates relief items worth N100m to Borno students<\/p>\n<p>My $150m bribery allegation against Nigerian lawmakers true, Binances Gambaryan insists<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PDP Suspends Zonal Secretary Over Alleged Misconduct<\/p>\n<p>LG Poll: Low Turnout Amidst Tight Security In Katsina<\/p>\n<p>Man Allegedly Kills Facebook Girlfriend, Dismembers Body In Kwara<\/p>\n<p>$150m Binance&#8217;s Bribe Allegation Directed At Individual Lawmakers Not Reps &#8216; Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>LP Mourns Adebanjo, Says Late Yoruba Leader Stood For Justice<\/p>\n<p>915 Oyo Varsity Students Benefit From NELFUND Loan<\/p>\n<p>Students Demand Inclusion In NELFUND&#8217;s Decision-making<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Security expert calls for oversight in foreign aid amid USAID aid freeze<\/p>\n<p>Niger govt to distribute 1,000 trucks of grains at subsidised rates for Ramadan<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu will commission many FCTA projects in May &#8216; Wike<\/p>\n<p>Pa Adebanjo never compromised his principles &#8216; Gani Adams<\/p>\n<p>Adebanjo: I&#8217;ve directed SSG to work with family for befitting burial&#8217; GovAbiodun<\/p>\n<p>No record of national grid collapse in 2025 &#8216; TCN<\/p>\n<p>NNPC refutes &#8216;misleading claims&#8217; on petrol standard<\/p>\n<p>Gov Diri demands 30% derivation fund for oil-producing states<\/p>\n<p>Alaafin: &#8216;Significant moment in Yoruba history&#8217;,Eze Ndigbo hails Owoade&#8217;s emergence<\/p>\n<p>NHRC receives 169,850 complaints in January<\/p>\n<p>Ekiti stakeholders protest sealing of BORBDA headquarters in Benin<\/p>\n<p>Protesters allege marginalisation in BORBDA, back Adekanmbi&#8217;s MD appointment<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mother Land Summit 2025: The Strategic Nexus of Africas Global Youth and Stakeholders<\/p>\n<p>IPU: Deputy Speaker Advocates for Effective Aid Coordination to Achieve SDGs<\/p>\n<p>How insecurity stopped us from farming Plateau farmers narrates<\/p>\n<p>Plateau Governor Mutfwang, partners UNDP for youths development<\/p>\n<p>CSOs urge Tinubu To Implement Uwais Reports<\/p>\n<p>Adebanjo strengthened tiers between South West, South South PANDEF<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian lawmaker cautions United Nations Global Parliament on global taxation<\/p>\n<p>INEC losses office to fire in Sokoto<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATION\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leadership: Fayemi charts new course for Nigerias brighter future<\/p>\n<p>Why the devil is after Nigerian churches<\/p>\n<p>NNPCL purchases 500 CNG-powered trucks<\/p>\n<p>EPL: Omar Marmoush hits hat-trick in City win over Newcastle<\/p>\n<p>Defections from PDP driven by stomach infrastructure Tambuwal<\/p>\n<p>Alleged bribery: House remains committed to protecting democratic institutions<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu will commission several FCT projects in May Wike<\/p>\n<p>2Baba, Natasha spotted shopping amid family concerns<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TRUST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kwara cleric kills final year student met on Facebook<\/p>\n<p>Hamas releases 3 Israeli hostages in latest deal<\/p>\n<p>Binance Executive Dismisses FGs Denial, insists Nigerian Officials Demanded Bribe<\/p>\n<p>INEC Seeks Law to criminalise Possession of huge Cash at Polling Units<\/p>\n<p>EU engages private sector to increase investments in local production of vaccines, medicines, other health products<\/p>\n<p>Osun LG Poll: CSOs ask Tinubu, Ribadu to Call Oyetola to Order<\/p>\n<p>2Baba Spotted shopping with Natasha after mothers viral video<\/p>\n<p>Kano: Gov Yusuf, 11 others bag NIM awards<\/p>\n<p><strong>BUSINESSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s first direct ship from China arrives in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>NNPC acquires 15% stake in a $7m CNG plant in Delta<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s economy expands for second consecutive month &#8216; 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