The top 10 stories from all Nigerian newspapers, Friday, May 23

Here are the 10 top stories that become headlines throughout the country today.

1. Tinubu handed over ₦ 1.48TRN River Apropriation Bill to Nass in the Middle of the Assembly Suspension

The President of the Tinubu Bola, on Thursday, officially submitted a 2025 APROPRISIA Bill for Rivers State to the National Assembly, after the new suspension from the House of the State Council.

2. Ganduje Confirms Tinubu is the only candidate

The Chairperson of the National Congress of All Progressive (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday urged party members to avoid sabotage and remain focused on national progress. Read more

3. 2027: Adebayo SDP overdraws the step back for Atiku, stating the party ‘not for sale’

When political structuring gets momentum ahead of the 2027 general election, former candidate for the Presidential Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, on Thursday, firmly overrides the possibility to resign to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Read more

4. Netizens to dig up a picture of NwaeBonyi Sen Village after he called on an demolition of an old building near Abuja Airport (photo)

Netizens have explored the dilapidated village photos from the senator representing the North Senatorial District of Ebonyi, Onyebonyi onyebonyi, after he called for the relocation of old buildings in the community around the Abuja International Airport. Read more

5. The Nigerian government has submitted a criminal claim against Natasha

The federal government has submitted a case of Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uuduaghan, for alleged statements of slandering on television in the High Court of the Federal Capital Region (FCT). Read more

Also read: Top 10 Stories from All Nigerian Newspapers, Thursday, May 22

6. The court recognizes Ty Danjuma, a video of Uzodinma as evidence in the Kanu trial

Judge James Omotosho from the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, admitted in the evidence of a video of a former Army Chief of Staff, General Ty Danjuma, in a trial from the leader of the Biafra indigenous community (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, because of the alleged betrayal. Read more Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, because of the alleged betrayal. Read more traitors.

7. Telecommunications operators are committed to $ 1 billion for network improvement because Nigerian eyes increase connectivity by Q3

In a brave step that indicates a new trust in the Nigerian telecommunications sector, telecommunications operators have committed more than $ 1 billion to improve network infrastructure, marking the most substantial investment of the industry in years. Read more

8. ‘Stop squeezing me, I don’t have a fidelity bank’ —obi

Presidential candidate from the Labor Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has shouted about what he described as an effort by several people paid to blackmail. Read more

9. ‘I did not stop to examine the police because my son was late for his test’, the father of the student who was killed during the pursuit of traffic in Ibadan

The father of a teenage boy who was killed by the police during the pursuit of traffic in Ibadan, the state of Oyo, had talked about why he refused to stop when the traffic official stopped him while bringing his deceased to his school for the West African High School Certificate Examination (Wassce). Read more

10. Aruna Nigeria wraps to Calderano in Dohas

Quadri Aruna might have ended her campaign at the ITTF 2025 World Championship in Doha, Qatar, after the loss of the fourth hard round. Read more

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