Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Friday, February 21

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today.

1. AGF slams Adeleke over planned Osun LG poll, warns of constitutional breach

Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has strongly criticized Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, for insisting on holding local government elections on February 22, 2025, despite a Court of Appeal ruling that reinstated previously elected officials.Read more

2. Tension in Senate as Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan defies Akpabio over seat change

A heated confrontation unfolded in the Senate on Thursday as Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan openly challenged the leadership over a seating arrangement dispute, declaring, “I’m not afraid of you.”Read more

3. IBB admits Abiola won June 12 election, calls annulment his ‘most difficult decision’

Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), has publicly admitted that the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola was the rightful winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election.Read more

4. Court acquits IPOB leader of terrorism charges, orders FG to pay ₦5m compensation

The Federal High Court 1 in Owerri, Imo State, presided over by Justice I.N. Oweibo, has cleared Chika Edoziem, the Head of the Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), of terrorism-related charges.Read more

5. NNPC confirms Rivers oil facility fire successfully contained

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed that the fire outbreak at the Cawthorne Channel 1 oil facility in Rivers State has been successfully brought under control.Read more

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6. Tinubu approves new federal universities in Osun, Ekiti

President Bola Tinubu has signed into law two bills establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State, and the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State.Read more

7. After 6 consecutive hikes in 2024, CBN holds interest rate at 27.50%

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the monetary policy rate (MPR), which benchmarks interest rates in the country, at 27.50 per cent.Read more

8. Nigeria hits record-high power generation, but will it translate to reliable electricity?

In what is being hailed as a significant milestone for Nigeria’s power sector, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced a new peak power generation of 5,543.20 megawatts (MW); the highest in the nation’s history.Read more

9. Hamas transfers bodies of four Israeli hostages amid fragile ceasefire

Hamas handed over the remains of four Israeli hostages on Thursday, including members of the Bibas family, whose abduction became a symbol of Israel’s ongoing ordeal since the war in Gaza began.Read more

10. ALLEGED ASSAULT: Court grants Portable N2m bail, adjourns case till March 5

Controversial streethop singer Habeeb Okikiola, better known by his stage name Portable, was granted bail by the Magistrate Court in Isabo, Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, on Thursday.Read more

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