Nigerian Newspaper Headlines, Naija News for Wednesday 11th February 2026

Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines And Naija News For Wednesday 11th February 2026.

1. The Senate has named 12 of its members to work with the House of Representatives on the proposed Electoral Amendment Act, which has sparked public debate in recent weeks. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the committee members on Tuesday during an emergency plenary session.

2. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed strong optimism that the lingering political crisis in Rivers State is close to a lasting resolution, following what he described as a decisive intervention by President Bola Tinubu. Wike spoke to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday after inspecting several ongoing projects in the FCT.

3. A former Kaduna State Governor and ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed claims of a personal fallout with President Bola Tinubu, stating that he never had a personal relationship with the President in the first place. Speaking during an interview on Trust TV on Monday, El-Rufai said his support for Tinubu’s 2023 presidential bid was driven by party loyalty and political arrangements, not friendship.

4. Benue State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 14 passengers travelling from the Igede axis of Oju and Obi Local Government Areas of the state. The police spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, confirmed the incident, which occurred along the Okpokwu axis of the state on Monday evening, saying investigations were ongoing.

5. Two persons —a commercial bus driver and his passenger—were burnt to death, while eight others sustained injuries after a minibus caught fire along the Okota–Mile 2 corridor in Lagos State. The incident was confirmed on Tuesday by the spokesperson of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, who described it as a “devastating road traffic occurrence.”

6. Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday called on opposition political parties to unite in advocating for transparent and credible elections, stressing the urgent need for a fully electronic transmission system to reduce confusion in Nigeria’s electoral process. He spoke at a press briefing in Minna, Niger State, following a closed-door meeting with former Military President General Ibrahim Babangida.

7. The first sitting of members of the Edo State House of Assembly for 2026 was abruptly halted on Tuesday following the discovery of a bullet and suspected gunshot holes in the Assembly complex. Tension gripped the premises as lawmakers arrived for plenary and were alerted to what appeared to be evidence of a shooting incident within the chamber area.

8. Transparency International, TI, a global coalition against corruption, has again ranked Nigeria as the 36th most corrupt country in the world, retrogressing from 140th in 2024 to 142nd in 2025. While number one represents the cleanest country in the world, which is Denmark, 182 represents the most corrupt country in the world.

9. Seven persons have been killed in two separate attacks in Benue State. In the first attack, five people were killed by suspected armed herdsmen on Entekpa community, Adoka, Otukpo Local Government Area of the state, while gunmen on Monday night along the Utonkon axis of the state, ambushed a commercial bus conveying passengers, killing two persons and abducting 14 others.

10. The Naira on Tuesday depreciated to N1,455 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,440 per dollar on Monday. But the naira appreciated to N1,349.5 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.