Nigeria news today headlines : Tuesday 23rd December 2025
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target=_blank>Elderly Support Scheme: First Lady Disburses Funds To 250 Elderly At Renewed Hope Initiative In Edo
BENIN – The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to the welfare of senior citizens as she presided…
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target=_blank>Nigeria Hits 70% Local Content Milestone As Oil Skills Fuel Economic Boom
ABUJA – Nigeria’s push to capture more value from its oil and gas sector is yielding results, with local participation reaching 61% and poised to achieve the 70% target by…
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target=_blank>Out-Of-Pocket Health Spending In Nigeria Fell To 58.3% In 2024 – Report
Nigeria recorded a modest improvement in health financial risk protection in 2024, as out-of-pocket (OOP) spending fell to 58.3 per cent of total health expenditure, according to the National Health…
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target=_blank>Petrol Import Licenses Drain Forex, Scare Investors – IPMAN
LAGOS – The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has rejected continuous importation of petroleum products into the country. The marketers said issuing import licenses recklessly distorts market dynamics,…
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target=_blank>Trump Threat: US Conducts Surveillance Flights Over Nigeria
The U.S. has been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November after Donald Trump’s intervention threat, according to flight tracking data and current and former U.S.…
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target=_blank>Nigeria Is Only Country In Commonwealth Embracing Very Restrictive Concept Of Locus Standi — Falana
Femi Falana is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights lawyer. In this interview, he speaks on the Supreme Court ruling confirming the powers of the President to…
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target=_blank>Food System Shows Resilience Amid Festive Demand Spikes
LAGOS – As Nigerians prepare for the festive season, stakeholders across the agriculture value chain say the country’s food system is in a better position than last year, but remains…
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target=_blank>Uzodimma Presents N1.43trn Budget Of Economic Breakthrough For 2026
Governor Hope Uzodimma on Monday made another history in Imo State, the first to hit the trillion mark in budgetary presentation, sending a whopping N1.439, 573,590,405.04 budget for 2026 to…
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target=_blank>FG Okays Mandatory Drug Test For Public Service Applicants
ABUJA – The Federal Government has approved the introduction of mandatory pre-employment drug testing as a requirement for prospective applicants into the public service. Secretary to the Government of the…
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target=_blank>Prioritise Local Arms Production, Funding For DICON, IMPI Urges FG
LAGOS – A think tank, Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), has urged the Federal Government to prioritise local arms production with the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) leading…
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