Good morning, Nigeria! You’re welcome to the Lagos Post Online News Roundup of today’s top newspaper headlines for Friday, November 14th, 2025.
Despite the conflicting court rulings regarding the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) upcoming national convention, delegates and party leaders are continuing their arrival in Ibadan, Oyo State, in preparation for the exercise scheduled for Saturday.
The National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the PDP, Kamorudeen Ajisafe, told THE PUNC on Thursday that the party had “secured the attendance of delegates from at least two-thirds of the 36 states,” meeting the constitutional threshold for a valid convention.
He said, “As of Wednesday afternoon, delegates had already begun arriving. People have started arriving, delegates, stakeholders, state chairmen. We have secured two-thirds of the attendance of states, apart from one or two that we are doubting. Even if you don’t have all 36 states, you are still good to go with two-thirds.”
- FG’s Suspension of 15% Fuel Import Duty: A Holistic Step Toward Economic Relief and Market Stability
In a welcome display of policy sensitivity and economic rationality, the Federal Government has suspended the planned 15 percent ad-valorem import duty on petrol and diesel. This move, announced by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), is more than a technical adjustment; it is a timely intervention that reflects empathy for the prevailing economic realities confronting citizens and businesses alike.
Just weeks ago, in my earlier article titled, “Tinubu’s 15% Fuel Duty: Taxing Pain in a Broken Economy,” I had argued that the proposed import duty, though designed with reformist intentions, was ill-timed and risked compounding Nigeria’s inflationary crisis. The central message was simple, which is reform must not inflict further hardship on already struggling citizens. It is therefore commendable that the Federal Government heeded that call, demonstrating a rare responsiveness to constructive public criticism. The decision to suspend the 15 percent duty shows that this administration is willing to listen, to adjust, and to prioritise the welfare of Nigerians above bureaucratic rigidity.
Nigeria’s economy is still recovering from the inflationary aftershocks of subsidy removal, exchange rate harmonization, and fiscal tightening. Against that backdrop, any additional import tariff on fuel which is the single most critical commodity in the nation’s cost structure would have triggered a cascade of price increases across transportation, food, manufacturing, and logistics. The government’s decision to halt the policy therefore represents a holistic step toward economic relief and market stability.
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Education and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to suspend the planned introduction of Computer-Based Testing for the 2026 school examinations.
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Ministry of Education and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to put on hold the scheduled implementation of Computer-Based Testing for school examinations starting in 2026.
The lawmakers’ directive followed concerns that most schools, especially in rural areas, lack the infrastructure and manpower to support a full CBT transition.
President Bola Tinubu has been called upon by human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) to instruct the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to issue a public apology. This demand stems from Wike’s use of abusive language directed at a serving naval officer during an argument in Abuja concerning a contentious land parcel.
Falana made the call on Thursday at the opening of the Legal Year of the Faculty of Law, University of Abuja, an event organised by the Law Students Association of Nigeria.
Speaking at the event, Falana condemned Wike’s remarks toward Navy Lieutenant A. M. Yerima, describing the clash as an avoidable breakdown of order.
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, continued on Wednesday, November 13, 2025, with the defence counsel cross-examining the sixth prosecution witness, Mashelia Arhyel Bata, a compliance officer with Zenith Bank.
Bello is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu on a 16-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of ₦110.4 billion.
At the resumed sitting on Thursday, defence counsel, Yahaya Abdullahi, SAN, representing the first and second defendants, cross-examined Bata, who had on Tuesday detailed before the court a series of multiple and persistent cash withdrawals from the Kogi State Government accounts domiciled in Zenith Bank.
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, November 13, 2025, dismissed a “no-case submission” filed by a former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, and held that he has a case to answer and should enter his defence in the charges of fraud, levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Nwabuoku is being prosecuted by the EFCC on amended nine-count charges, bordering on money laundering and diversion to the tune of N868,465,000 (Eight Hundred and Sixty-eight Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-five Thousand Naira).
Prosecuting counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, had in his written address opposed the no-case submission, arguing that the offences for which he is standing trial fall under Section 15 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended).
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have extended their lead to 4-1 against Gabon in the Africa 2026 World Cup Playoff semifinal, with Victor Osimhen scoring twice in the game.
Osimhen scored the goal in the second half of extra time after he had scored one earlier in the first half of the extra time.
Jude Ejuke had scored in the 97th minute after the full time ended one goal apiece.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is facing harsh criticism from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which has condemned the Federal Government’s recent approval of ₦1.15 trillion in domestic borrowing. The ADC has accused the President of both policy inconsistency and fiscal recklessness over this decision.
In a statement on Thursday signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC noted that despite Tinubu’s public claim that Nigeria had met its non-oil revenue targets, reportedly N20.59 trillion by August 2025, the administration continues to deepen the country’s debt crisis.
Citing a report that Nigeria’s total public debt could rise to N193 trillion if all of Tinubu’s 2025 loan requests are approved, the party said the government was “borrowing against its own words” and failing to deliver meaningful relief to Nigerians still burdened by inflation and rising living costs.
A former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has responded to claims circulating online that he presented a new Toyota SUV to Lieutenant Ahmad Yerima. Yerima is the Naval Officer known for confronting Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, regarding a land dispute in Abuja.
The former vice president spoke on Thursday in a statement released to the public through his X handle by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe.
The statement by Ibe, who heads the Atiku Media Office in Abuja, said: “His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, Vice President of Nigeria (1999–2007), did not gift Lt. Ahmed Yerima — or any other individual — a brand new Toyota SUV, contrary to the false reports currently circulating on social media.
The former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has announced his opposition to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) upcoming National Convention. He stated that he does not support the plan for the convention to proceed on November 15-16 in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Saraki said conflicting court orders on the proposed convention leave a doubt as to whether the outcome of the convention will stand.
He therefore withdrew his support for the convention and urged the PDP leaders to instead set up a caretaker committee to manage the affairs of the party until all issues are resolved.
Following a record 43-day closure, the United States government has reopened. This comes after President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill late on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
The measure, which passed the House of Representatives by a 222–209 vote after a narrow Senate approval, restores funding to major federal agencies and allows more than 1.4 million federal workers to return to full duty with the guarantee of retroactive pay.
Speaking shortly after signing the bill, Trump insisted the prolonged standoff was the fault of the Democrats, saying they rejected earlier compromises and dragged the country through an avoidable crisis.
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