Nigeria Newspapers: Top 10 Stories Today — October 29, 2025
Good morning! Here are the 10 major stories making headlines across Nigeria today:
1. Baby Trafficking Arrests: Police in Anambra have detained four women over the alleged trafficking of a week-old baby girl in Ifite-Awkuzu. The state PPRO, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the arrests in a statement in Awka.
2. Boat Mishap in Borno: A 35-year-old mother, Habiba Abubakar, and her 9-year-old daughter drowned after a boat accident in Hawul LGA, Borno State, while returning from their farm. The tragic incident occurred on Saturday.
3. Terror Threat to NASS: The Chairman of the House Committee on Internal Security, Garba Muhammad, has disclosed that terrorists threatened to bomb the National Assembly complex, urging immediate reinforcement of legislative security.
4. U.S. Revokes Soyinka’s Visa: Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has had his U.S. B1/B2 visa revoked. He made this known during a press conference at Freedom Park, Lagos, themed “Unending Saga: Idi Amin in Whiteface!”
5. Senate to Screen Service Chiefs: The Senate will today (Wednesday) screen President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s new Service Chiefs following his formal request for their confirmation.
6. INEC Warns Security Agencies: Ahead of the Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election, INEC has cautioned security operatives against aiding vote buying. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), issued the warning in Abuja.
7. Lamido Heads to Court: Former Jigawa Governor Sule Lamido is heading to court to challenge his exclusion from obtaining the PDP chairmanship nomination form, claiming breach of party fairness.
8. Naira Gains Slightly: The naira appreciated to ₦1,487/$ in the parallel market from ₦1,491/$, and ₦1,447/$ at the official market, showing slight strengthening across markets.
9. Court Rejects Kyari’s Plea: The Federal High Court, Abuja, dismissed the no-case submission filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his brothers in their NDLEA drug-related trial.
10. Senate Confirms RMAFC Commissioners: The Senate has confirmed six nominees as commissioners for the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission after screening the committee’s report.
Nigeria’s political and security climate remains tense as reforms, trials, and institutional challenges dominate today’s top stories.
