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Inside Nigerian newspaper headlines today - Tuesday, 8 April, 2025

Nigeria, April 8 -- Today, reports of security operatives dispersing protesters with tear gas in the Maitama area of Abuja dominated headlines. The protesters who had gathered on Monday peacefully to... Read More


Demographics not poor governance explain Africa's slow development

Nigeria, April 8 -- Africa's disappointing economic performance since independence in the 1960s is often blamed on corruption, poor governance and lack of competition. But structurally, the main reaso... Read More


NUPENG, PENGASSAN reject external appointments at NNPC

Nigeria, April 8 -- The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have rejected the Nigerian Nationa... Read More


Court denies complicity in prolonged detention of former First Lady's ex-domestic workers

Nigeria, April 8 -- The Bayelsa State High Court has denied culpability or external influence in the protracted trial and detention of some domestic aides of former first lady Patience Jonathan. The ... Read More


Pascal Dozie, Diamond Bank founder, dies at 85

Nigeria, April 8 -- Pascal Dozie, a Nigerian entrepreneur who played a defining role in the development of Nigeria's modern banking and telecommunications industries, has died. He was 85. Mr Dozie p... Read More


Health stakeholders say Nigeria risks immunisation crisis as donor funding declines

Nigeria, April 8 -- Stakeholders in Nigeria's health sector have raised concern over the reduction in donor and partner funding for immunisation programmes, warning that the country risks a public hea... Read More


NNPC leadership: Agenda for a faltering oil giant, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, April 8 -- The appointment of a new leadership team at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has sparked fresh hope. However, history teaches us that leadership changes ... Read More


Plateau, Tsiga and Trump, By Reuben Abati

Nigeria, April 8 -- "I am just overwhelmed by everything." "Any personal issues? I hope there is no trouble in paradise and that Madam is still tolerating you." "Does she have an option? After many ... Read More


US tariff not too bad for Nigeria - Minister

Nigeria, April 8 -- Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said the country will not be severely affected by the United States' decision to impose a tar... Read More


The exceptional example of Mohammed Abubakar Rimi, By Adebayo Bodunrin

Nigeria, April 8 -- The news of the sudden death of the late governor of old Kano state, now Kano and Jigawa states, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Rimi, at first, came to me as a fascinating tall tale from... Read More