Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Friday, 27th June, 2025

Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Friday, 27th June, 2025

Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Friday, 27th June, 2025

1. Tinubu Signs Four Tax Bills Into Law

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday gave Presidential Assent to the four Tax Bills to become Law.

 

Naija News reports that this was done at a ceremony held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

 

The tax bills include: Nigeria Tax Bill; The Nigerian Tax Administration bill; National Revenue Service (Establishment) bill; Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill.

 

 

One of the four bills is the Nigeria Tax Bill (Ease of Doing Business), which aims to consolidate Nigeria’s fragmented tax laws into a harmonised statute.

 

By reducing the multiplicity of taxes and eliminating duplication, the bill will enhance the ease of doing business, reduce taxpayer compliance burdens, and create a more predictable fiscal environment.

 

The second bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, will establish a uniform legal and operational framework for tax administration across federal, state, and local governments.

 

 

The Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, the third bill, repeals the current Federal Inland Revenue Service Act and creates a more autonomous and performance-driven national revenue agency— the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS). It defines the NRS’s expanded mandate, including non-tax revenue collection, and lays out transparency, accountability, and efficiency mechanisms.

 

The fourth bill is the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill. It provides for a formal governance structure to facilitate cooperation between revenue authorities at all levels of government. It introduces essential oversight mechanisms, including establishing a Tax Appeal Tribunal and an Office of the Tax Ombudsman.

 

1. We Will Take Over The Street Immediately Tinubu Concludes Inaugurations – NLC Threatens Total Shutdown Of Abuja

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to mobilise its members to shut down the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after President Bola Tinubu concludes his projects’ inauguration on July 3.

 

 

The state Chairman, Stephen Knabayi, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.

 

Knabayi explained that the move was to draw the attention of the FCT Administration to address the area council workers’ lingering strike.

 

Primary health care centres were under lock and key, primary school teachers had been at home, and the six area councils’ secretariats were abandoned by the workers for months.

 

 

The primary school teachers and other area council workers had embarked on strikes over the non-payment of the minimum wage and a 40 per cent peculiar allowance.

 

The NLC chair, who described the development as “very unfortunate”, said that the area council chairmen left the union with no option but to shut down the FCT.

 

He recalled that the union had issued a seven-day ultimatum to the FCT Administration on June 13 to address the demands of the teachers, health workers, and other area council workers.

 

 

He explained that the ultimatum followed the resolution of the executives of the joint unions of the NUT, the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees and the National Association of Health Workers Union.

 

He noted that the ultimatum expired on June 20, and the NLC had yet to take any action.

 

1. PDP Crisis Escalates As BOT Disagrees With National Chairman, Issues Fresh Directives

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the pronouncements made by the party’s National Chairman, Umar Damagum, on happenings within the party, describing it as a gross violation of constitutional order.

 

 

According to a statement on Thursday by the Chairman of the PDP BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara, the directive by Damagum purporting to cancel the 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled to hold on Monday, 30th June, 2025 and directing Senator Samuel Anyanwu to resume as National Secretary of the Party are null and void.

 

Wabara insisted that the National Chairman can not override the decisions of the National Executive Committee (NEC) at its 99th NEC meeting held on Tuesday, 27th May, 2025, and any attempt by Damagum to do so contrary to what the NEC agreed is a gross abuse of office.

 

The PDP BoT chairman, therefore, directed that the NEC meeting scheduled for Monday, 30th June, would proceed as planned, and that the Deputy National Secretary, Arc. Setonji Koshoedo remains the Acting National Secretary of the PDP.

 

 

He warned party members to resist any attempt to drag the party into an avoidable crisis.

 

1. ‘The Govt Is Afraid Of Placards More Than Guns’ – Sowore

The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has asserted that the government is more afraid of unarmed protesters than violent threats.

 

Naija News reports that Sowore made this known during an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday, while condemning the government’s ongoing persecution of peaceful protesters.

 

 

Asked whether he believed the government feared demonstrators, Sowore said, “I do. I do completely. They are afraid of placards more than they are afraid of guns, because they have the capacity to respond to people who are shooting at the government, but they have no capacity, they have no ability, and they have no strategy to stop the majority.

 

“People in their light numbers carrying placards are more dangerous than people in their light numbers carrying guns.”

 

1. Court Sentences ‘Gospel Singer’ Timilehin Ajayi To Death For Killing NYSC Member, Salome Adaidu

The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, the suspected killer of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Salome Adaidu, to death by hanging.

 

 

Naija News reports that the order was given in a ruling on Friday by Justice Simon Aboki.

 

Ajayi faced trial on one count of culpable homicide contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria and punishable by death, and he was found guilty of killing and dismembering Adaidu.

 

It would be recalled that Ajayi was arrested in January 2025 and remanded at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Nasarawa State Police Command in Lafia, the Nasarawa State Capital, for the alleged murder of a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), serving at Nicon Insurance in the Nation’s capital, Abuja.

 

 

Adaidu was murdered when she visited the suspect at his house in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

 

The suspect was nabbed Sunday, January 12, while trying to dispose of the head of the deceased after killing her and dismembering her body parts when she visited him at his house.

 

Ajayi stated that he did not plan to kill Adaidu, but that he carried out the act because they do not have time for each other.

 

 

1. ‘Wike Does Not Own PDP, Decisive Action Will Be Taken On Those Working Against Party’ – Bode George

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Bode George, said the party will, during the next National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, take action on all those found to be working against it.

 

Naija News reports that George’s statement comes amid confusion in the PDP regarding its 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Monday, June 30, 2025.

 

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP had dismissed claims that the NEC meeting was postponed and also denied reports that Senator Samuel Anyanwu had been reinstated as the party’s National Secretary, following a press briefing on Wednesday by the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum.

 

 

While fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme on Thursday, Bode George said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, does not own the PDP.

 

George denied that Wike was having so much influence in the crisis bedevilling the PDP, stressing that the party is unlike the All Progressives Congress (APC), which, according to him, is owned by one individual.

 

1. Portable Dares Bobrisky To A Fight, Demands ₦100 Million, Ferrari

Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Olalomi Badmus, known as Portable, has dared cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, to a physical fight.

 

 

Naija News reports that Bobrisky recently changed his name to ‘Afolashade’.

 

The socialite, known for his controversial lifestyle, shared that he has undergone surgical procedures to modify his gender, stating that no amount of criticism would stop him from achieving his desires.

 

Reacting to the cross-dresser’s declaration via Instagram, Portable stated that money was used to change what is on Bobrisky’s chest

 

 

He further issued a challenge for a physical fight, demanding a Ferrari and ₦100 million as a condition to show up.

 

The controversial singer also called on Bobrisky’s mother, urging her to caution her son. He boasted that he would disfigure his face with a single blow and dared him to a face-off.

 

Taking things further, Portable challenged the cross-dresser to return to Nigeria for a one-on-one confrontation, stating that he is ready for a showdown.

 

 

1. My Family Has Done Enough For Nigeria – Made Kuti

Grammy-nominated Afrobeat musician, Made Kuti, has stated that he would not fight for a better Nigeria at the expense of his loved ones.

 

Kuti made reference to the activism and sacrifices of his family members, including his great-grandmother Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, grandfather Fela Kuti, his dad Femi Kuti, and his uncle Seun Kuti, which have failed to yield any expected results.

 

He asserted that he was willing to be on the right side of history, but maintained that his family had done enough for Nigeria.

 

 

Kuti argued that change can only happen through collective efforts, not individual struggle.

 

1. Liverpool Sign Milos Kerkez As Summer Spending Hits £170 Million

Liverpool have continued their ambitious summer rebuild with the £40 million signing of Hungarian left-back Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth, taking their total spending this transfer window to approximately £170 million.

 

Milos Kerkez, 21, who featured in every Premier League match for the Cherries last season, has penned a five-year contract at Anfield. His move follows an impressive 2024–2025 campaign in which he helped Bournemouth to a record 56 points in the English top flight.

 

 

Kerkez becomes the Reds’ third high-profile acquisition of the summer, joining attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz and right-back Jeremie Frimpong, both signed from Bayer Leverkusen.

 

Liverpool broke their club transfer record for Wirtz, paying an initial £100 million, with a further £16 million in potential add-ons, while Frimpong cost £29.5 million.

 

1. Cristiano Ronaldo Reacts To New Contract With Al Nassr

Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo has expressed delight after signing a new contract with Al Nassr, pledging to “make history” with the Saudi Arabian club as he extends his stay until 2027.

 

 

Cristiano Ronaldo, 40, who joined Al Nassr following his departure from Manchester United, announced the extension on Thursday. “A new chapter begins,” Ronaldo wrote on 𝕏. “Same passion, same dream. Let’s make history together.”

 

Ronaldo’s on-field brilliance has remained undiminished, as he recently clinched the Saudi Pro League Golden Boot after finishing the season as top scorer. His leadership and goal-scoring prowess have made him a central figure in Al Nassr’s ambitions.

 

The new two-year deal not only cements Ronaldo’s commitment to the club but also keeps him as the highest-paid footballer in the world.

 

 

According to a Spanish publication, Marca, the contract is worth a staggering €185 million annually.

 

That’s the top Nigerian newspaper headlines for today. Read more Nigerian news on GOSSIP UNION. See you again tomorrow.