NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Jan 08 - Jan 14, 2025
14 Jan
- Indiscriminate Waivers: NASS Raises Panel to Probe N4trn Revenue Loss
- Vandalism: FCT Bans Scavengers, Sellers of Used Goods for Two Weeks
- First Bank Eyes Expansion to Ethiopia, Angola, Cameroon
- Anyanwu Defies Court Order, Resumes as PDP National Secretary
14 Jan
- USSD codes may become inactive in 14 days over banks’ N250b debts
- FG okays N1,125 daily feeding allowance for correctional inmates
- ISWAP kills 40 farmers in Borno, despite paying levies
- Ohanaeze:Ikwerre groups threaten protest over Mbata’s emergence
14 Jan
- CDS: Terrorists Getting Foreign Funding to Continue Destabilisation of Nigeria
- In Clinically Plotted Coup, Lagos Speaker Impeached While Returning Home from US
- Bagudu Upbeat on N36.35tn Revenue Target in 2025 Appropriation Bill
- Police Strategic Managers Must Be Proactive, IGP Charges
14 Jan
- Naira defies dollar as emerging market currencies slide
- Oil hits fourmonth high in boost for budge
- Why Obasa was impeached as Lagos Assembly speaker
- Healthcare costs push Nigerians into poverty
14 Jan
- No guarantee yet there will be no more grid collapse —Power minister
- N36.35trn revenue target: How we will realise our projection—Minister of Budge
- Makinde presents new Alaafin staff of office, certificate
- Police arrest gospel singer caught with girlfriend’s head in Nasarawa
14 Jan
- Knocks Over Planned NASS Zonal Offices
- FG Mum Over Lagos-Calabar Highway Budgetary Allocation
- Real Reason Mudashiru Obasa Was Impeached As Lagos Speaker
- Real Reason Mudashiru Obasa Was Impeached As Lagos Speaker
14 Jan
- How Lagos assembly ousted Nigeria’s longest serving speaker Obasa
- Coast now clear for Tax Reform Bills in Senate – Abba Moro, Adedeji
- PDP back to trenches, Anyanwu resumes as secretary amid protests
- After Makinde’s alarm, suspected 100 ISWAP members arrested in Osun
14 Jan
- Over 60,000 surrendered B'Haram members're children –CDS
- 2027: Cracks in Tinubu’s camp as Lagos Assembly removes Speaker Obasa
- 'FG CONFIDENT IN REALISING N36.35TRN REVENUE TARGET'
- Sustained reforms boost FDI inflows by 30.7% to $252.83m
14 Jan
- How Boko Haram killed 40 farmers in Borno – Survivors
- Tax reform bills top agenda as N/Assembly resumes today
- ‘Sins’ that cost Lagos speaker his seat
- Single-use textbooks: Parents allege racketeering in private schools
13 Jan
- FG probes rise in religious tension in South-West
- Home builders groan under challenge of inadequate artisans, craftsmen
- 5 years after, Nigerian vehicle financing scheme may commence this month
- CBN woos diaspora investment with launch of two new products
13 Jan
- Mass withdrawals hit private schools over 50% tuition fee hike
- 2025 Budget: EFCC, others to spend N4.86bn on bank charges, insurance
- Zamfara: Troops dismantle Turji's enclave, kill over 25 bandits
- Food Stampede: Partner churches to help poor citizens, Kaigama tells FG
13 Jan
- Air, ground assault devastates Turji’s stronghold, kills scores
- Jigawa sanctions 3 Shari’a court judges, sacks 3 judicial officers
- Jimmy Carter saved me from Abacha’s gulag – Obasanjo
- Ikwerre son Azuta Mbata’s emergence as Ohanaeze President’ll ensure Igbo unity’
13 Jan
- Lagos-Calabar road project missing in 2025 budget
- Shake-up in army: Oluyede moves to bolster anti-terrorism fight
- Minister, Jega commend Zulum over ranches for herders
- Carter sought my release from Abacha’s detention – Obasanjo
13 Jan
- Nigeria toes EU’s path, integrates $146b shadow economy in GDP plan
- Bayero heads to Supreme Court over emirship tussle
- Airstrike: Zamfara govt, APC applaud NAF as military denies civilian casualtie
- States honour fallen heroes, harp on peace, security
13 Jan
- Banks, FIRS in tango over windfall tax
- CBN loans to banks hit 5-year high on liquidity squeeze
- Jimmy Carter sought my release from prison under Abacha – Obasanjo
- Nigeria secures $7.6bn investment pledge at Africa forum
13 Jan
- 5 Governors May Dump Parties Ahead Of 2027
- Troops Neutralise 25 Terrorists, Destroy Bello Turji's Camp
- Jimmy Carter Saved Me From Abacha’s Gulag – Obasanjo
- Rent Default Cases Rise Over Hardship, Cost Of Living
13 Jan
- $225M Debt: GHL Disputes FBN’s Claims, Insists It’s Not Indebted to the Bank
- Archbishop Kaigama: Tinubu Needs to Match Message of Hope with Actions
- Obasanjo: How Abacha Rebuffed Efforts By Carter, Others to Secure My Freedom
- Govs, Nigerian Leaders Honour Servicemen at Armed Forces Remembrance Day Salute.
12 Jan
- Atiku, Mbah, South-East senators congratulate new Ohanaeze leadership
- FG plotting to kill tertiary institutions
- Why I am not thinking about 2027 elections —Makinde
- Police bust robbers who specialised in killing Uber, Bolt, Lagride drivers in Lagos
12 Jan
- Tinubu departs Abuja to Abu Dhabi for sustainability summit Saturday
- FG, U.S. sign asset return accord for repatriation of $52.88m
- Local equity market closes in bearish run, sheds N49bn
- Women in leadership roles crucial for promoting diversity – Nwosuagwu
12 Jan
- Emir Sanusi Sues for Peace, Says Fire Will Consume Whoever Seeks to Ignite Chaos in Kano
- Closing 2024 at 160.01%, Oil & Gas Leads Others as Best Performing Stocks on Nigerian Exchange
- Jega: American, Chinese Investors Interested in Nigeria’s Livestock Sector
- Shake-up in Army with Appointments of GOCs, PSOs
12 Jan
- North-South cattle trade declines by 50%
- Female MCs are the future – Khadija Sanusi Bashir
- Emirship tussle: A/Court sets aside order nullifying Emir Sanusi’s appointment
- 2024 budget: Questions over 25% capital component performance
12 Jan
- U.S. Returns $52.88m Stolen Funds Linked To Diezani Alison-Madueke
- 2027: MY FOCUS IS TO DELIVER ON THE MANDATE GIVEN TO ME BY OYO STATE PEOPLE – MAKINDE
- Fresh Communal Clash Looms In Osun Communities Over Buffer Zone
- Senator Azuta-Mbata Emerges New President-General Of Ohanaeze
12 Jan
- Nat’l Secretary: Tension in PDP as NWC resumes
- Sanusi: A’Court affirmed state’s powers on Emirates, says Gov Yusuf
- Ohanaeze Leadership: APC, Atiku, Mbah, Fubara, others pledge support
- NAF expanding operational capacity for effectiveness –CAS
12 Jan
- Economic activities return to Aba, Onitsha, Nnewi, Enugu, others
- Nigerians hinge hope for rosy 2025 on affordable energy, people-oriented policies
- Nigerian undergraduates waste productive years in school
- A smokefree Nigeria is possible: Learning from Sweden’s public health revolution
12 Jan
- Emirate Crisis: Respect Appeal Court Ruling, Kano Govt Tells Parties
- Fresh Criticisms Trail Unresolved Cases Against 23 Ex-Governors, Others
- Kingmakers Reject New Alaafin Of Oyo Emirate Crisis: Respect Appeal Court Ruling, Kano Govt Tells Parties
- 5 Governors Sack 62 Appointees In 5 Months
11 Jan
- GHL: We Rescued First Bank from Abyss, Won’t Throw Away Baby with Bathwater
- CBN Unveils Non-resident Accounts to Boost Diaspora Investments, Remittances
- Makinde Approves Owoade as New Alaafin of Oyo
- A'Court Nullifies Judgements on Kano Emirship Tussle
11 Jan
- Fear of terrorism grips South West
- 10 die in Kaduna road accident
- FG, US sign agreement on return of Diezani’s $52.88m loot
- Internet fraud: EFCC nabs four Chinese nationals, 101 others
11 Jan
- 27 States Yet To Implement New Electricity Act
- Fire Outbreaks Claim 100 Lives, N1.94trn Assets Saved In 2024
- 2025: INEC Wants N40bn Allocation Increased To N126bn
- Emirship Tussle: Jubilation In Kano As Sanusi II Wins At Appeal Court
11 Jan
- FG, U.S. sign asset return accord for repatriation of $52.88m
- Tinubu departs Abuja to Abu Dhabi for sustainability summit Saturday
- Women in leadership roles crucial for promoting diversity – Nwosuagwu
- Local equity market closes in bearish run, sheds N49bn
11 Jan
- North-South cattle trade declines by 50%
- Trump sentenced to ‘unconditional discharge’ over hush money
- Hardship, teenage pregnancies forcing A/Ibom girls out of schools
- Emirship tussle: A/Court sets aside order nullifying Emir Sanusi’s appointment
11 Jan
- Mbata is President General Ohanaeze Ndigbo
- KINGMAKERS REJECT MAKINDE’S CHOICE
- Nigeria receives $52.88m assets recovered from Diezani
- Trump sentenced in New York hush money case days to inauguration
11 Jan
- What Tinubu Needs To Do To Reset Governance— Adebayo
- 2027: MY FOCUS IS TO DELIVER ON THE MANDATE GIVEN TO ME BY OYO STATE PEOPLE – MAKINDE
- Makinde Approves Selection Of New Alaafin
- U.S. Returns $52.88m Stolen Funds Linked To Diezani Alison-Madueke
10 Jan
- Northern stakeholders demand VAT reduction to 3 percent
- Northern stakeholders demand VAT reduction to 3 percent
- How security operatives burst ISWAP’s plan to establish camps in Oyo
- FG rejects foreign mercenaries in tackling insecurity
10 Jan
- Real estate overtakes oil & gas as Nigeria’s third largest sector
- Why First Bank shareholders seek to stop ‘strange’ N350bn private placement
- First telecoms tariff hike in 10 years to fuel investments
- Foreign policy and the path to peace in a dangerous neighbourhood
10 Jan
- Health concerns over affordability, safety, quality of infant meals
- Insecurity:Afenifere alerts S’West govs as experts tackle FG on terrorism funding
- Court summons minister, AGF over expatriate levy implementation
- BudgIT faults 2025 budget, demands breakdown of TETFund, NJC allocations
10 Jan
- Kano Senator Stops Trafficking Probe
- LEADERSHIP Award Is Very Important To Me – Environment Minister
- CBN Suspends Extension Of Export Proceeds Repatriation
- 19 KILLED AS TERRORISTS ATTACK CHAD PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
10 Jan
- Tinubu seeks increase in $2bn China, Nigeria currency swap
- Court summons interior minister, AGF over proposed expatriates’ tax regime
- NASS tackles ministers, MDAs at 2025 Budget defence
- 2025: Nigerians want FG to priorities Agric, economy, security – Poll
10 Jan
- Tinubu seeks China's support for Nigeria's Permanent Security Council bid
- Senate grills ministers, heads of agencies
- Funds Repatriation: CBN moves to bar extension for export proceeds
- TARIFF HIKE: TELCOS SEEK IMPLEMENTATION IN FIRST QUARTER
10 Jan
- Court Restrains First Bank over GHL: Otedola, Others Face Arrest
- Concerns Mount over Geregu, FirstBank Share Prices, Financial Statements
- Sanwo-Olu Signs N3.36 Trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill into Law
- 2025 Budget: Drama in Senate as Finance Minister Demands Closed Session with Lawmakers
10 Jan
- Many killed as gunmen attack Katsina villages
- Edun, Bagudu grilled as Senate opens 2025 budget defence
- Address bandits’ influx, Afenifere urges S/West govs
- Northern groups demand VAT reduction to 3%
09 Jan
- Nigeria to UN: Probe Boko Haram’s funding, training
- Federal govt hints at new national carrier
- Expect tariff hike from telcos soon – Minister
- 11 killed, 31 houses razed in Jigawa ethnic crisis
09 Jan
- FG: Why telecom tariff will go up, but won’t be by 100 percent
- Gadam, Showunmi shed light as el-Rufai, Atiku’s ally, Abacha’s aide meet
- NASS criticises FG over poor performance of 2024 capital budge
- EFCC detains 10 operators over theft of operational items
09 Jan
- FG says call, data tariff hike imminent, rules out 100% increase
- Why we’re at 25% implementation of 2024 capital budget – Ministers
- Allegation of plotting with Nigeria to destabilise Niger baseless – France
- JAMB generated N22bn, remitted N6bn 2024 – Official
09 Jan
- Telecoms tariff to rise, but not 100%, says Minister
- Japa,agbero, eba, 17 other Nigerian words added to Oxford Dictionary
- FINANCIAL EXPERTS PROJECT SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 2025
- Chinese bank advances $254.76m to Nigeria for railway project
09 Jan
- Global appetite for seafood opens opportunity for Nigerian exporters
- Oil output surpasses 1.5mbpd, first time in 4 years
- Security, tax, budget top Tinubu’s 2025 to-do list
- Investors pick Kenya over Nigeria as startup funding falls to $2.2bn
09 Jan
- Anxiety as execution of FG’s free caesarean section initiative stalls
- FG criticised over jumbo perks for military, politicians, others
- National Assembly condemns poor 2024 budget execution, demands urgent reforms
- No plan to revive Nigeria Air deal with Ethiopian Airlines, FG clarifies
09 Jan
- Medical Doctors Turn To Artificial lntelligence For Diagnosis
- Japa, Agbero, Eba, 419, 16 Other Nigerian Words Included In Oxford Dictionary
- Call, Data Rate Increase Imminent As FG Agrees To Tariff Raise
- Tax Reform: Northern Governors Not Fighting Tinubu – Sule
09 Jan
- FirstBank: Shareholders Demand EGM, Want Otedola, Omodayo-Owotuga Ousted
- NGX Recorded N12.17 Trillion Worth of FGN Bonds, Corporate Listings in 2024
- N'Assembly Faults 2024 Budget's Poor Implementation
- China Development Bank Releases $255m for Nigeria's Kaduna-Kano Rail Project
08 Jan
- Borno attack: Many soldiers missing as death toll rises
- Abuja school bombing, case of int’l interest – Police
- Atiku’s men, El-Rufai, Al-Mustapha, others meet SDP leaders P 1
- Insurgency: Macron under attacks for saying Africa ‘forgot to say thank you’
08 Jan
- Governors Shake Up Cabinets To Assert Control
- FG Issues Advisory On HMPV Infection, Preventio
- Stop Suffocating Opposition Voices, Atiku Tells Tinubu
- Military Veterans Occupy Finance Ministry Over Unpaid Benefits
08 Jan
- Atiku knocks APC over alleged threat to Obi
- UNIABUJA VC appointment crisis: 43 aggrieved senate members protest, demand dissolution of governing council
- ICPC takes El-Rufai’s aide to court over alleged money laundering
- Africa will lift itself out of poverty, build resilient economies —Tinubu
08 Jan
- Tinubu rallies African leaders on shared hope
- COAS to troops: Nigeria depends on you to eradicate insecurity
- Police arrest 2 for killing, burying sibling in shallow grave
- Man allegedly sells family home, exhumes parents' corpses in Osun
08 Jan
- We shall lift our nations out of poverty, build resilient economies –Tinubu
- 18 Edo LG chairmen remitted N12bn to PDP leaders in 15 months –Okpebholo
- MAN: Nigeria's debt moved from N87.38trn to N134.3trn without growth
- UNEMPLOYMENT: OVER 500,000 APPLY FOR 3,927 CUSTOMS JOBS
08 Jan
- Naira gains 125/$ one month after EFEMS
- NBS website down ahead crucial inflation data
- Nigeria Eurobond yields dip as investor optimism rises
- Kyari’s NNPC tenure sparks legal debate
08 Jan
- Tinubu Leads Obasanjo, Jonathan, Others to Mahama’s Inauguration
- In 2024, Police Dismantled 5,049 Malicious Domains, Cybercrime Syndicates in Nigeria
- Adeola: Tax Reforms Bills Presentation Altered Jan. to Dec. Budget Cycle Tradition
- Seplat to Revive 400 Idle Oil Wells, Set to Hit over 120,000 bpd after Buying Mobil Assets