Naijaonpoint looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today, Friday, 14th November, 2025.
Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, is abuzz with last-minute preparations for the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party amid a potential showdown between factional camps in the opposition party. Billed to take place on Saturday and Sunday, the convention is perhaps the most controversial in the PDP’s history, as a faction of the party pulled out.
Eight years after the Anti-Torture Act of 2017 was enacted to end police brutality, the law remains largely unenforced. Across police cells and detention centres, citizens are routinely dehumanised by unscrupulous state agents without adequate rebuke from the authorities. As the use of torture to extract confessional statements proliferates, there is a compelling need to end the brazen violation of human rights and impunity, which looms larger by the day.
The Federal Government has rejected claims of Christian genocide in Nigeria, describing the allegation as false and damaging to the country’s image. While the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, demanded the full and unedited airing of his recent interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, saying selective editing could distort Nigeria’s image and fuel “misleading narratives and allegations of religious persecution.,’’ his counterpart in Information and National Orientation Ministry, Mohammed Idris, said there was guaranteed religious freedom in Nigeria.
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to set up a national caretaker committee instead of organising a controversial National Convention that will compound the division in the party. He said the proposed caretaker committee should instantly embark on reconciliation and unite the platform.
A 75-year-old man, Julius Ekundayo Omololu, who has lived with diabetes for 20 years, has shared his pain, resilience, and the lessons he has learned while managing his condition as the global community marks World Diabetes Day today. The theme for this year is; “Diabetes Across Life Stages.” In an interview with Daily Trust, the septuagenarian said he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2005.
Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.
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