Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Friday, 13th March, 2026

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today, Friday, 13th March, 2025.

State governments have called for a forensic audit of Nigeria’s crude oil-backed borrowing arrangements, warning that opaque crude-for-loan and swap deals may be undermining inflows into the Federation Account. The PUNCH earlier reported that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited pledged 272,500 barrels per day of crude oil through a series of crude-for-loan deals totalling $8.86bn, according to an analysis of a report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the NNPC’s financial statements.

As medical errors continue to rank among the leading causes of preventable harm globally, Nigeria’s health system is facing renewed scrutiny over failures that have left families grieving and patients permanently scarred. From omitted medications and wrong clinical judgments to delayed emergency care, these lapses, often unknown to the public, have become a recurring feature of hospital encounters. While high-profile deaths have triggered public anger, the less privileged are left to mourn in silence.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the acquisition of additional military equipment to strengthen ongoing operations against terrorists and bandits. Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (rtd), confirmed this yesterday after a security meeting between the President and security chiefs at the State House, Abuja.

The power shortage across Nigeria may worsen as suppliers have reduced the amount of gas they supply to thermal power plants. It would be recalled that the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) had stated that thermal power plants require an estimated 1,629.75 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to operate at optimal capacity.

Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.