✅ Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines for Thursday, October 23, 2025

Here’s a concise digest of the major breaking news making the front pages today, drawn from across leading newspapers:




🏛 Politics & Governance

  • Tinubu swears in new INEC Chairman, Amupitan — Nation, Punch, Leadership
  • Reps to probe Jonathan-era $460m Abuja CCTV contract — Nation, Punch
  • Senate moves to amend Electoral Act, place burden of proof on INEC — Nation, Vanguard
  • FG seeks UN’s $10bn credit for humanitarian response — Leadership, Nation
  • Tinubu extends Surveyor-General Adebomehin’s tenure by two years — All Papers
  • House probes $850bn unrepatriated crude oil proceeds — Nation
  • FG disburses N32.9bn to boost primary healthcare — Nation, Punch
  • ASUU suspends two-week warning strike — Nation, Punch, Sun, Guardian

⚖️ Security & Legal Affairs

  • Court rejects Tukur Mamu’s third bail bid — Nation, Guardian, Leadership
  • DSS warns of ISWAP plot to attack Ondo, Kogi communities — Blueprint, Guardian
  • Police, DSS, Army meet over terror alert in Ondo — Nation
  • Kanu opens defence, names Wike, Umahi, Buratai, Sanwo-Olu as witnesses — Nation, Leadership, Guardian
  • Reps probe use of harmful chemicals in food preservation — New Telegraph, Premium Times

💰 Economy & Business

  • Stocks gain ₦1.45 trillion amid renewed investor confidence — Vanguard
  • Dangote Refinery’s planned 10% stake sale excites investors — Leadership
  • Senate moves to double Basic Healthcare Fund to 2% of national revenue — Vanguard, Guardian
  • NNPC remits over ₦10tn to Federation in 8 months, earns ₦4.2tn in August — ThisDay
  • Nigeria eyes sustainable blue economy — Oyetola — Vanguard
  • NB Plc marks 65th anniversary with ₦4bn promo — ThisDay

🌍 Global & Diplomatic

  • UK reduces post-study work visa period for Nigerians, others — Punch
  • Tinubu heads to Rome for Aqaba security summit — Sun
  • France’s ex-President Sarkozy gets police guards in prison — Punch, Vanguard
  • China-Africa Expo to deepen trade cooperation — ThisDay

📰 Social Issues & Education

  • ASUU ends warning strike, demands FG action on agreement — Nation, Punch, Sun
  • Edo to recruit 3,000 new teachers — Punch
  • NEMA receives 147 stranded Nigerians from Libya — Punch, New Telegraph
  • 18-year-old becomes youngest Nigerian commercial pilot — Nation, ThisDay
  • FG, EU unveil $220m youth employment initiative — Punch

⚽ Sports

  • UCL:
    • Bayern’s Harry Kane nets 20th goal as they defeat Club Brugge — Nation
    • Liverpool thrash Frankfurt 5–1, end losing streak — Nation
    • Chelsea crush Ajax 5–1 with record-breaking teen trio — Nation
    • Real Madrid edge Juventus; Bellingham scores first of the season — Nation
    • Barcelona hammer Olympiacos — This Day

  • Osimhen, Salah among CAF Player of the Year nominees — Nation, Daily Trust
  • Super Falcons to face Benin in WAFCON qualifier in Togo — Sun
  • Flamingos lose friendly to New Zealand ahead of U-17 WWC — Sun, Premium Times

🕊 Human Interest & Tragedy

  • Niger tanker explosion: 39 dead, FG orders nationwide safety campaigns — Leadership, Daily Trust
  • Pregnant woman, nine others killed in Ondo auto crash — Vanguard
  • Police arrest kidnappers, rescue 20 children from traffickers — Nation
  • 17-year-old plucks sister’s eyes for ritual in Gombe — Daily Trust

💡 Tech & Innovation

  • Sophos detects 106% surge in stolen credentials, launches new security tool — New Telegraph
  • NDLEA launches digital drug integrity test portal — Guardian, Daily Trust
  • WhatsApp may replace phone numbers with usernames — Daily Times
  • NITDA, Cisco open cybersecurity training for Nigerians — Guardian


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