Breaking News from Nigerian Evening Newspapers and Evening News Wednesday 31st December 2025
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target=_blank>NBA Anti-Corruption Committee Raises Concern Over Slow Handling of graft Cases
The Nigerian Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee (NBAA-CC) has expressed concern over delays in the handling of corruption cases involving legal practitioners, calling for greater transparency and accountability as Nigeria enters 2026. In a New Year goodwill message signed by its Chairman, Prof. Babafemi Badejo, the committee said while progress was recorded in strengthening anti-corruption structures
target=_blank>2027: After Obi, Atiku woos others to join ADC
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has welcomed the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, into the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing the move as a positive development for Nigeria’s opposition politics. Atiku said Obi’s entry into the ADC would strengthen collaboration among opposition figures and help build a credible alternative capable
target=_blank>Demolition in Gwarinpa Estate: The Facts Based on Years of Official Records to Date
The Management of Tulwu Integrated Ltd is appalled by a press release titled “Demolition at Gwarinpa Estate: The True Position”, published as advertorial in the Leadership newspaper’s edition of Friday, 19 December 2025, by the Management of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). The Press Release merely represents a character defamation as our Managing Director, Hajia
target=_blank>Bandits planning to strike during crossover services – Kwara govt
The Kwara State Government has warned that bandits are planning to launch attacks during crossover services and the New Year holiday. It therefore urged residents to remain vigilant and security conscious. According to the government, the warning followed intelligence reports suggesting that criminal elements intend to target government infrastructure and other soft locations to avenge
target=_blank>Wike vows to reveal agreements reached with Fubara
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says he will soon reveal the peace agreement reached between him and Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State before President Bola Tinubu. Wike stated this during a “Thank You Visit’ to Tai Local Government Area of Rivers on Wednesday. Tinubu had, in June, brokered a peace
target=_blank>Tax law: Court refuses to stop January 1 commencement
An FCT High Court has refused to stop the January 1, 2026, start date for the implementation of the new tax regime recently endorsed by President Bola Tinubu. The Incorporated Trustees of African Initiative for Abuse of Public Trust had brought the suit seeking an interlocutory injunction against the President of the Federal Republic of
target=_blank>Gombe crash: Kefas commiserates with NUJ, bereaved families
Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State has commiserated with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the unfortunate demise of 7 members of the Union who lost their lives in a road crash on Monday. In a statement issued in Jalingo on Wednesday morning and signed by Emmanuel Bello, Special Adviser, Media and Digital Communications
target=_blank>Man stabs friend to death in Kano
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Mustapha Isma’il, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Halifa, to death following an argument. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said the incident occurred on December 26, 2025, at about 8:30pm in the Sheshe area of Kano metropolis. “On receiving an emergency call,
target=_blank>Gov Yusuf signs 2026 budget into law
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has signed into law the N1.477 trillion amended 2026 Appropriation Bill, assuring residents that his administration will ensure full implementation of the budget to improve living standards across the state. Speaking shortly after assenting to the bill, Governor Yusuf urged members of his cabinet to strengthen their support for
target=_blank>NNPP NWC nullifies suspension of Kano Chairman
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has nullified the suspension of its Kano State Chairman, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, describing the action as illegal, undemocratic and of no effect. In a statement issued from the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Monday, December 30, 2025, the NNPP said the move
target=_blank>Delta PDP vows to frustrate one-party state in Nigeria
The Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State has said Nigeria cannot afford to degenerate into a one-party state. Prof. Sylvester Monye, state chairman of the PDP Caretaker Committee in Delta State, stated this in a heartfelt New Year message to the people of the state at home and in the
Delta PDP vows to frustrate one-party state in Nigeria
target=_blank>Gov Abiodun appoints 9 permanent secretaries
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, in a bid to further strengthen the operational capabilities, administrative stability and guarantee the smooth implementation of government policies across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), has approved the appointment of nine new Permanent Secretaries in the Public Service of the State. The appointment was contained in a statement signed
Gov Abiodun appoints 9 permanent secretaries
target=_blank>Residents protest demolition of primary school in Ibadan
Some residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have staged protests against the demolition of Baptist Primary School in the Idi-Ikan area of the city. DAILY POST gathered that the primary school is located in Ward 5 of Ibadan North-West Local Government Area. The school is one of the oldest primary schools in Ibadan and
Residents protest demolition of primary school in Ibadan
target=_blank>New Year: Be vigilant, demand accountability from leaders – YPP urges Nigerians
Ahead of the new tax regime scheduled to commence in 2026, the Young Progressives Party, YPP, has called on Nigerians to remain vigilant and demand accountability from government. YPP made the call in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Egbeola Wale Martins, through which it also extended New Year greetings to Nigerians. The
New Year: Be vigilant, demand accountability from leaders – YPP urges Nigerians
target=_blank>Teachers’ promotion: Otti orders ASUBEB to restore 60% pass mark
Abia State Governor Alex Otti has directed the Abia State Universal Basic Education Board, ASUBEB, and the Abia State Civil Service Commission to adjust the promotion of teachers who scored up to 60 per cent in their promotion examinations and interviews. He made it clear that the education bodies cannot raise the pass mark above
Teachers’ promotion: Otti orders ASUBEB to restore 60% pass mark
target=_blank>AFCON: We’re ready for any team – Osimhen warns Nigeria’s Round of 16 opponents
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has warned Nigeria’s Round of 16 opponents at the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, that he is unconcerned about who they face. The Galatasaray star insisted that Eric Chelle’s men are fully prepared for their last-16 challenge at the tournament. The 27-year-old spoke after captaining Nigeria to a
AFCON: We’re ready for any team – Osimhen warns Nigeria’s Round of 16 opponents
target=_blank>New Year 2026: Niger Speaker urges citizens to unite in tackling security challenges
Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Mohammed Sarkin-Daji, has urged Nigerlites to unite in tackling insecurity and support the New Niger Agenda in the state. In his New Year message, he emphasized the importance of collective effort in building a brighter future for Niger State, while highlighting the government’s efforts to ensure
New Year 2026: Niger Speaker urges citizens to unite in tackling security challenges
target=_blank>Koboless people with no value wants to unseat Tinubu – Joe Igbokwe mocks Peter Obi, allies
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, has mocked former presidential candidate, Peter Obi over his formal defection to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, stressing that he can’t unseat President Bola Tinubu. Mocking Obi’s close allies who were with him during his formal announcement, Igbokwe described them as “koboless” people who can’t
Koboless people with no value wants to unseat Tinubu – Joe Igbokwe mocks Peter Obi, allies
target=_blank>No going back on our decision for Rivers in 2027 – Wike
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that there will be no going back on the decision taken to restore power to Rivers people in the 2027 elections. Wike said this during a “Thank You Visit’” to Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State on Wednesday. The minister disclosed that part
No going back on our decision for Rivers in 2027 – Wike
target=_blank>New tax laws can’t take effect until you resolve issies- Falana to Nigerian govt
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has told the Federal Government why the new tax law cannot take effect. Addressing newsmen at his Ilawe-Ekiti hometown on Wednesday, Falana said until the controversies surrounding the legitimacy of their provisions, occasioned by allegations of insertion, are addressed, the new tax laws cannot take effect According to him,
New tax laws can’t take effect until you resolve issies- Falana to Nigerian govt
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