Breaking News: Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines You Can’t Miss – April 23 2025

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today April 23 2025 being Wednesday.

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines You Can’t Miss – April 23, 2025

1. The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed a special task force to tackle the growing wave of violence across Nigeria. The directive was issued on Tuesday during a meeting with Squadron Commanders in Abuja. The move comes in response to recent attacks by bandits in Kwara, Benue, and Sokoto States, which left 21 people dead.

2. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged West African leaders to intensify efforts in combating poverty and youth unemployment. Speaking on Tuesday in Accra, Ghana, at the official launch of the ECOWAS Golden Jubilee, Tinubu emphasized the need for urgent and collaborative action to address these socio-economic challenges across the region.

3. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it collected ₦1.751 trillion in revenue during the first quarter of 2025. Comptroller General Bashir Adeniyi disclosed this during a press briefing held in Abuja on Tuesday.

4. Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has ordered the revocation of institutional housing and land allocations within Alhuda-huda College, Zaria; Queen Amina College, Kaduna; and Government Commercial College, Zaria. These allocations, made by the previous administration under Malam Nasir El-Rufai, were cancelled in the public interest, according to a Tuesday night statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. AbdulKadir Mu’azu Meyere.

5. Judiciary workers in Benue State, under the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), have called off their indefinite strike and instructed members to return to work immediately. The suspension was announced Tuesday by the state JUSUN chairman, Aba Terlumum, following a directive from the union’s national headquarters.

6. The Niger State Government has imposed a daily curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on commercial motorcyclists (Okada riders) and tricycle operators (Keke NAPEP) in Minna, the state capital. Governor Mohammed Umar Bago announced the decision during a stakeholders’ meeting, citing increased insecurity and loss of lives in the area.

7. Seven people, including a vigilante member, have been killed in coordinated attacks by suspected bandits on Ilesha Baruba and Kemanji communities in Baruten and Kaiama LGAs of Kwara North Senatorial District. The state police spokesperson, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the deadly attacks occurred on Sunday and issued a statement on Tuesday from Ilorin.

8. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has ordered an immediate investigation into alleged extortion by officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The probe was announced in a statement released Tuesday in Abuja by the minister’s media adviser, Babatunde Alao.

9. Protesters stormed the Federal Ministry of Justice Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, demanding an investigation into Mele Kyari, the former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Led by Convener Comrade Kabir Matazu, the group criticized the lack of action since President Bola Tinubu removed Kyari and the entire NNPCL board on April 2, 2025, amid allegations of corruption.

10. Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has alleged that the armed Fulani herders behind violent attacks in the state are Malian nationals, not Nigerians. He made this claim on Tuesday during an interview on Politics Today, a programme aired on Channels Television.