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Here are the major headlines for today:

Nigeria’s States Debt Climbs 6.8% To N10.57trn, BudgIT Finds
… Anambra Emerges Most Fiscally Sustainable State In 2025
… Enugu Likeliest State To Survive Independent Of FAAC Allocations

Reforms Focus On Easing Hardship For Ordinary Citizens — Edu
… Nigeria Needs Long-Term Capital, Infrastructure Investment— Oteh
… Sanusi Blames Decades Of Inaction On Fuel Subsidy For Hardship

Nigeria’s Future Depends On Equipping Women To Boldly Lead With Courage, Conviction

Komolafe Meets Bank Of America Rep, Seeks Increased Funding For Oil Production

Renewed Hope Agenda: Energy Commission Records Another Significant Milestone

INEC Confirms Readiness For Anambra Guber Election, Extends PVC Collection Deadline

Borno Belongs To APC, Zulum Affirms Party Supremacy, Says State For Tinubu

Rule Of Law Adherence: Nigeria Ranks 120 Out Of 143 In 2025 WJP Index

Anyim Urges Patriotic Reawakening To Drive Industrial Revival

Reps Panel Moves To Impose Green Tax On Plastic Producers

Kalabash54 Launches Multi-Currency ‘Kalabash Cards’, Offers Cashback On Travel, Lifestyle Spend

NSA Vows Tough Action Against Violence In Anambra Poll

Dangote Cement Reports 165% Surge In Earnings Per Share

Reps Move To Probe NFF Over Misuse Of $25m FIFA, CAF Grants

Don’t Allow Nigeria’s Democracy Die In Your Hands, Tinubu Urged

Billionaire’s Estranged Wife Cries Out Over Alleged Abandonment
… Seeks Intervention. Of Tinubu, Rights Groups

Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Lagos Property Linked To Drug Trafficking

Anambra Election: Amupitan Should Be An Independent Umpire – Epelle

Why Tinubu’s Choice Of Amupitan As INEC Chairman Deserves Commendation

[EDITORIAL] Liberalisation Of Power, Railway Sectors (1)

Betting On Trust: The Future Of iGaming In Africa

Postscripting The Panic Lokoja ‘Endorsement Rally’ (2)

Reports Of Investors Frustration Over Capital Gain Tax Law Not True – Oyedele

Nigeria Records $50bn Cryptocurrency Transactions In One Year — Agama
… Only 4% Of Adult Population Active Investors In The Capital Market

DSS, NASENI Commend President Tinubu Over Production Of Modern Security Equipment

IDAN Reinvents African Identity, Champions Policy-Driven Design Practice At AIDC 2025

Nigeria Set To Dominate Africa’s Digital Advertising Market With 84% Share By 2029 – PwC

FG’s Uniform Housing Prices: Leveling The Field For Affordable Homeownership

NAFDAC Applauds PTML Customs For Winning War Against Unregistered Drugs

ADF Launches National Initiative To Promote Fermented Foods For Nutrition, Food Security

Ashrami Synergy Strengthens Retail Footprint In Lagos

Inntech Summit 2025 To Focus On Africa’s Digital Transformation

We Have Mandate To Produce Nobel Laureates – Prof. Ojediran

Warri Will Be The Envy Of The World In 20 Years To Come — Olori Atuwatse III

Why Niger Delta Activists Demand Deadline For Gas Flaring, PIA Review

ACPN Demands Crackdown On Unlawful Pharmaceutical Violations In Nigeria’s Federal Health Institutions
… Urges President Tinubu’s Intervention In Drug Distribution Crisis

CCSI Coalition, Stakeholders Renew Commitment To RMNCAH Agenda

Abnormal Bleeding And The Fertility Advancement Solutions

Lagos, CSOs, Stakeholders Join Forces For Primary Healthcare Reform
… Rally For Accountability In Health Delivery

The Civil Service’s Self-Inflicted Stagnation

11 killed As Kenyan Plane Carrying Foreign Tourists Crashes

UK ‘Fawlty Towers’ Actress, Prunella Scales, Dies At 93

Nigeria Committed To Strengthening Ties With EU, Akpabio Assures Visiting Parliamentarians

Reps Urge FG To Rehabilitate Kano–Kari Highway To Ease Commuters’ Hardship

Nigeria, EU Deepen Diplomatic, Inter-Parliamentary Relations

Otti Receives Abia-Born Cyclist Who Rode From Lagos To The State

NASS Advances Plans For Diaspora Voting Bill As Nigeria Deepens Engagement

Uphold Public Trust With Integrity, Radda Urges New High Court Judges

Reps Panel Moves To Impose Green Tax On Plastic Producers

Nigeria Wins First Taekwondo Medal In 20 Years

Alozie In FIFPRO World Women’s 11 Shortlist

Sports Federation Elections: Shehu Dikko Praises Olopade’s Role

Inter Milan Aim To Bounce Back

Will Roma Compound Parma’s Woes?

A Legal And Moral Mockery Called ‘Prerogative Of Mercy’

More stories here as it breaks – independent.ng

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