Good morning! Here are the top 10 stories making headlines in Nigerian newspapers this morning, curated by CDA News Nigeria.
1. Tinubu orders ICPC probe into controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the ICPC to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of the “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” (PFIPC) and all related matters. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said the President directed that the investigation be concluded and a comprehensive report submitted to him within 30 days .
2. El-Rufai’s wife pleads with Tinubu over husband’s treatment
Hajiya Asiya El-Rufai, wife of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that her husband does not deserve the treatment he is currently receiving. Hajiya Asiya, flanked by El-Rufai’s other wife, was reacting to the arrest of her husband’s personal physician, Prof Bello Abubakar, as confirmed by the ICPC on Tuesday .
3. Presidential Working Group on State Police inaugurated
The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill has swung into action. It was inaugurated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who said the operation of the State Police can no longer be delayed. The body would prepare the legal framework for its implementation across the country .
4. Senate urges FG to halt rehabilitation of Boko Haram members
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to halt the policy of rehabilitating and reintegrating former Boko Haram members into society and ensure that perpetrators of terrorism and banditry are arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law. The resolutions followed a motion on escalating attacks, abductions and killings of serving and retired military personnel .
5. Naira depreciates to N1,405 per dollar in parallel market
The Naira on Tuesday depreciated to N1,405 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,400 per dollar on Monday. Likewise, the naira depreciated to N1,379 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) .
6. EFCC hands over 1,452 recovered items to Education Ministry
The Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday handed over 1,452 items recovered from the proceeds of crime to the Federal Ministry of Education to support schools across the country. The recovered items comprised 501 double-step bunk beds, 939 mattresses and 12 wooden beds with mattresses .
7. EFCC to arraign two ex-refinery MDs over money laundering charges
The EFCC is set to arraign the former Managing Director of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd, Jimoh Yisawu, on Friday, and the former Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining Company Ltd, Ahmed Dikko, on Wednesday, over separate money laundering charges bordering on hundreds of millions of naira and thousands of dollars .
8. Protesters storm National Assembly over ambassadorial nominee
Scores of demonstrators stormed the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday, urging the Senate to suspend the confirmation of Prof Abayomi Fasina as a non-career ambassadorial nominee. The protesters based their demand on allegations of sexual harassment, human rights violations and victimisation .
9. Delta Police demote two officers over extortion
The Delta State Police Command has demoted an inspector and a corporal after they were found guilty of extortion and other misconduct following a viral video that showed them receiving money from a motorist through a POS terminal inside a police station. The officers were sanctioned after an orderly room trial .
10. Woman sets lover’s two children ablaze over disagreement in Benue
A middle-aged woman in Ukum LGA of Benue State, identified as Mbayegh, was reported to have set two children of her lover ablaze over a little disagreement. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, July 6, 2026, in the Kaffe area of Zaki-Biam when the suspect visited her lover and suspected he was hiding another woman .
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