Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 19th December 2025
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 19th December 2025 on some of the nation newspapers .
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target=_blank>Pass State Police, Implement LG Autonomy, Tinubu Tells Govs
President Bola Tinubu has urged state governors to pass the State Police Bill into law to strengthen national security. Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus meeting at the Conference Center of the Presidential Villa on Thursday, the President also called on party leaders to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy….
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target=_blank>Lagos, FirstBank, Guinness, Others Lead AFRIMA Sponsorship Line-Up
The Lagos State Government, First Bank of Nigeria, Guinness Nigeria, The Address Homes, and several other organisations are co-sponsoring the 9th edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), scheduled to hold from January 7 to 11, 2026, in Lagos. AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), unveiled its strong list of sponsors…
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target=_blank>Sokoto: Kukah Visits Inmates At Correctional Facility
As part of his annual Christmas outreach, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah on Thursday, 18 December 2025, paid a pastoral visit to inmates at the Nigeria Correctional Facility, Sokoto. A statement issued by Fr. Pascal Salifu, Director of Communications for the Sokoto Diocese, noted that Bishop Kukah was accompanied by priests, religious members, and lay faithful…
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target=_blank>I’ll Declare Total Overhaul In Health Sector if… – Oyebamiji
The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate for the forthcoming Osun State election, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), has pledged to transform the state’s health sector if elected Governor on August 8, 2026. Oyebamiji expressed concern over the moribund state of health facilities in Osun, vowing to revamp critical sectors for the benefit of the…
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target=_blank>Makinde Commissions Omololu Olunloyo Relaxation Park
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday commissioned the newly built Omololu Olunloyo Relaxation Park, a tourism and leisure facility named in honour of a former governor of the state, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Barrister Abdulraheem Bayo Lawal, said the park, located along Airport Road, Alakia, Ibadan,…
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target=_blank>Power: DisCos Shortchanging Nigerians – Reps
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating expenditure in Nigeria’s power sector has accused electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) of failing to meet their obligations and shortchanging Nigerians 13 years after the privatisation of the sector. Chairman and members of the committee made the remarks on Wednesday during a resumed investigative hearing in Abuja, where the Abuja,…
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target=_blank>Reps Okay Electronic Transmission Of Results, Stiffer Penalties For Vote Buying
The House of Representatives on Thursday amended Section 60(3) of the Electoral Act, 2022 to make electronic transmission of election results from polling units to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IREV) mandatory in real time, concurrently with physical collation of results. The House also approved stiffer penalties for vote buying and selling, as part of…
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target=_blank>Tinubu Attends APC Nat’l Caucus Meeting At Presidential Villa
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday evening attended the National Caucus meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, alongside key stakeholders of the party. The President arrived at the venue of the meeting at about 7:41 p.m. in the company of Vice President Kashim Shettima, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’…
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target=_blank>PDP Calls For Probe Into Alleged Alteration Of Tax Laws
…faults Tinubu absence at the ECOWAS meeting Amid the worsening insecurity and unending economic hardships, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday called for a comprehensive investigation into what it described as an alleged fraudulent alteration of Nigeria’s tax laws. This is as the party warned that the development poses a grave threat to legislative…
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target=_blank>PDP Demands Independent Probe Into Alleged Disparity In Tax Law
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for an independent investigation into alleged insertions and substitutions in the gazetted copy of the Tax Act passed by the National Assembly. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ini Emembong, the PDP warned the leadership of the House of Representatives against sweeping the allegations…
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