May 25, 2026
In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with President Bola Tinubu securing the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2027 general elections, polling a commanding 10,999,162 votes in the party’s first nationwide direct primary.
Another headline features the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, placing the country on heightened Ebola alert, warning that Nigeria faces a high risk of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, importation, amid worsening outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, and Uganda.
Vanguard also reports that indications have emerged that the Federal Government may shoulder the full financial burden arising from the recent fire incident at the international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, following the apparent absence of insurance cover for Nigerian airports.
Moving to the next paper, The Guardian leads with the chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, Dele Oye, lamenting the unprecedented rise in public debt under President Bola Tinubu, noting that the N65.9 trillion borrowed by the administration in the last 24 months is more than five times the total debt Nigeria incurred in the first 55 years of its independence.
