Nigerian Newspaper Headlines, Naija News for Thursday 12th February 2026

Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines And Naija News For Thursday 12th February 2026.

1. A petroleum tanker carrying Premium Motor Spirit overturned and went up in flames late Wednesday, February 11 at Ikeja Along area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the petrol-laden tanker overturned, spilling its contents on the road and triggering a fire outbreak.

2. Professor Emeritus Biodun Jeyifo, one of Nigeria’s foremost literary scholars and critics, is dead. He was 80 years old. The President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), Professor Andrew Haruna, announced his passing in a statement on Wednesday.

3. The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has kicked against the move to blacklist Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Reacting to the proposal to slam a visa ban on its leader and freeze his assets on account of “severe religious freedom violations,” the party demanded that Kwankwaso should be cleared.

4. Former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government may arrest him. El-Rufai, a chieftain of the opposition African Democratic Congress, ADC, also alleged that political pressure is forcing some politicians to defect to the ruling APC or remain within it.

5. President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf as the new Chairman/CEO of the National Hajj Commission, NAHCON. According to the Special Adviser to the President (Information& Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, the appointment is subject to the Senate’s approval in accordance with the provisions of section 3(2) of the NAHCON Act, 2026.

6. The Naira on Wednesday appreciated to N1,447 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,455 per dollar on Tuesday. But the Naira depreciated to N1,350 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.

7. Senator Seriake Dickson, a member of the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, has said the removal of the words “real time” from the Electoral Act Amendment Bill does not weaken the provision for electronic transmission of results or undermine electoral transparency. He said the Senate’s latest decision still makes electronic transmission of results from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IREV) mandatory.

8. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, on Wednesday, condemned reports of plans by certain individuals to violently subvert Nigeria’s democracy, declaring that perpetrators would face the full wrath of the law. Aneke spoke in Abuja during a meeting with branch chiefs, Air Force commanding officers and unit commanders, held as part of activities marking his first 100 days in office.

9. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has rescued and repatriated 23 Nigerian youths suspected to be victims of human trafficking to Thailand for cyber-enabled criminal activities. The Director-General of NAPTIP, Binta Adamu Bello, disclosed this on Wednesday, warning of a growing trend in which traffickers recruit young Nigerians for online fraud operations in Southeast Asia.

10. Ghanaian police have arrested 12 Nigerians following a sting operation targeting a prostitution ring in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region. It was learnt on Wednesday from a report by Ghanaian news outlet, Modern Ghana, that the suspects were apprehended during a raid on a suspected brothel in Dabiasem, a suburb of New Juaben.