Naijaonpoint looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today, Monday, 13th October, 2025.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Monday (today) commence a two-week warning strike after the ultimatum issued to the Federal Government elapsed on Sunday. The announcement was made by the National President of the union, Prof. Chris Piwuna, at a press briefing at the University of Abuja on Sunday.
Amid rapid expansion in Nigeria’s non-oil exports, there are indications that local operators in the sector are losing out to their foreign counterparts, especially those from Asian countries, notably, Indians, Chinese, Lebanese and Vietnamese. Also industry operators have indicated that the expected economic benefits of a diversification from oil-dependent to non-oil export are being lost to the business model deployed by the foreign operators.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent pardon of drug traffickers, illegal miners, kidnappers and coup plotters has continued to elicit mixed reactions, ranging from outrage, suspicion of political motivation and commendation from Nigerians. Among those who criticised the gesture was the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, as well as the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), who said the rash approach makes a mockery of the justice system and is tantamount to an abuse of presidential privilege.
The Central Bank Governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, is to lead Nigeria’s delegation to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meeting in Washington DC, which begins today, Monday, October 13, 2025. A release issued last night by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, stated that Cardoso, who is the alternate governor at Bretton Woods Institution, has replaced the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, who was reportedly indisposed and could be flown out of the country.
The Federal Government last night urged university lecturers to embrace constructive consultation instead of confrontation over the issues relating to their declared dispute with the authorities. It said having agreed to most of the terms of the lecturers’ requests, there was no need for their union to abandon talks and declare a two-week warning strike.
The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), threatening to invoke the “no work, no pay” policy if academic activities are disrupted due to the union’s action.
Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.
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