NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Jan 22 - Jan 28, 2024
28 Jan

- EFCC dusts Yahaya Bello’s files, may be arrested this week
- HRM Eberechukwu Oji: Facts about Eze Aro IX of Arochukwu Kingdom
- $170m bribery: Naval spokesman weighs in on allegations
- EFCC dusts Yahaya Bello’s files, may be arrested this week
28 Jan

- Bribery Allegations against Naval Chief Baseless, Says Navy, Matawalle Promises Investigation
- Shettima: Those Opposing Relocation of CBN, FAAN Depts Acting as Mischief Makers
- Go Hard on Terrorists in Plateau, Other States, Lagbaja Orders Troops
- Super Eagles Beat Cameroon to Set up Q’final Clash with Angola
28 Jan

- A tribe called Dangote
- CBN, FAAN’s relocation to Lagos still breeds rancour
- Nigeria’s debt burden: Soaring repayment amid dysfunctional education, health sectors
- Deregulation crisis: Nigeria has moved from monopoly to another monopoly - Bobmanue
28 Jan

- New Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo (left) receiving handover notes from his predecessor, Yahaya Bello at the swearing in of Ododoo in Lokoja… yesterday.
- Our Abuja, Tinubu And Northern Elite/INSIDESTUFF/BACK
- Plateau Killings: COAS In Mangu, Orders More Aggressive Onslaught On Terrorists
- Transparency: EITI Rates NNPC Ltd High In Compliance
28 Jan

- Ododo takes over as Kogi gov, reappoints Bello’s SSG, commissioners
- I‘ll be your leader once you join APC, Ganduje tells Kwankwaso, other
- Corrupt governance responsible for insecurity —Shettima, northern gov
- Israel Ignores ICJ Ruling, Kills 174 Palestinians In Fresh Attacks
28 Jan

- Again, private jet overshoots Ibadan runway
- FCT: Police kill bandits’ leader Mai Gemu, 2 others
- Intense hostilities beckon as AFCON 2023 enters last 16 stage
- I feel pain being tagged ‘home wrecker’ – Ivy Ifeoma
28 Jan

- Shettima expresses confidence in Ododo, as new Kogi gov is sworn in
- PLANNED RELOCATION OF CBN OFFICE, FAAN HQs: Real reasons North is fighting Tinubu revealed
- Security structure under Tinubu has collapsed —PDP
- Prices of staple food items skyrocket
28 Jan

- Forex Inflow: NNPC Under Pressure Over Naira Depreciation
- Many Feared Dead As Troops, Gunmen Clash In Plateau
- Woman Dies As Police, Kidnappers Of Lagos PDP Chairman Engage In Gun Duel
- Tobi Amusan Breaks 25-year African Record In 60m Hurdles
28 Jan

- Ododo sworn in as Kogi gov
- CRISIS BREWS IN PDP OVER NEC MEETING
- Investigation: How Mattini Airline operated illegal charter flights
- 2024 Budget: FG begins verification of N2.9trn capital projects
27 Jan

- Money laundering: EFCC beams light on churches, betting coys, NGOs
- Farouk Lawan weeps as S'Court upholds his 5-year jail sentence
- Anambra’s axis of horror: Violent crimes take centre-stage at Umunya Junction
- AFCON 2023: Facts to note as competition advance
27 Jan

- End Wanton Killings in Nigeria, Peter Obi Tells FG, Security Agencies
- NNPCL Announces N2.52tn Profit, N8.8tn Revenue in 2022
- CBN Seeks to Replace External MPC Members Ahead of February Meeting
- Senior Lawyers Push for Elevation of Substantial Justice above Technicalities
27 Jan

- ICJ Orders Israel To Prevent Genocidal Acts
- NNPC Rakes In Record N8.8trn Revenue In 2022
- Air Force Admits Killing Civilians In 2023 Nasarawa Airstrik
- Supreme Court Upholds Farouk Lawan’s 5-year Jail Term
27 Jan

- Terrorists Demand N60m Ransom For 31 Abducted Persons In Katsina
- Governor Yusuf Has Not Decided To Join APC, Says Aid
- $500,000 Otedola Bribe: Supreme Court Upholds Farouk Lawan’s Five-year Jail
- One Year After, Air Force Apologises For Killing 27 In Nasarawa Airstrike
27 Jan

- Prevent genocide in Gaza, UN Court tells Israel
- We’ll analyse 2024 budget to ensure there’s no imbalance against North – Sen Ndume
- We’ll analyse 2024 budget to ensure there’s no imbalance against North – Sen Ndume
- Gaya: Kano businessinclined emirate without a bank
27 Jan

- Kidnappers strike again on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, abduct Lagos PDP chairman
- Yoruba Arewa group supports relocation of CBN, FAAN to Lagos
- 15 escape death at Ibadan airport as private jet suffers brake failure, overshoots runway
- Supreme Court affirms Farouk Lawan’s five-year jail term over $500,000 bribe From left, Mr Julian Ouna, Globacom’s Zonal Head, Enterprise Sales; Mr Shittu Tanko, a winner of Business Class return ticket to Europe (Lagos-Paris-London-Lagos); Chairman, Public Accounts Committee of the House of Represe
27 Jan

- NIGERIA DOES NOT START, END IN THE NORTH
- Why kidnapping has replaced armed robbery, rising
- Tinubu caused rise in exchange rate by paying govs more money – Ogunlewe
- We’re ready for Cameroon challenge – Iwobi, Ekong, Chukwueze, others
26 Jan

- Military deploys special forces as violence persists across states
- NiMet, US firm sign MoU on digital climate intelligence sharing
- Atiku raises posers on FG's $3.3bn loan deal
- Report lists recipes for stronger economy in 2024
26 Jan

- Atiku Seeks Tinubu’s Explanation on NNPCL $3.3bn Emergency Loan
- FG Flags-off Construction of 266.4km Makurdi-Enugu Highway amidst Jubilations
- Senate Finance Committee Appoints Uwaleke Special Adviser
- Okene Agog as New Ohinoyi, Alh. Ahmed Tinaji Anaje Receives Staff of Office
26 Jan

- Masses are losers of Tinubu’s reforms – Labour
- Gaza war: ICJ to deliver order on S/Africa’s application today
- Northern youths demand Keyamo, CBN gov’s sack over ‘relocation’ of agencies
- Attempted cattle rustling, major cause of fresh Plateau crisis – Military
26 Jan

- Military Passes The Buck, Blames Residents
- Exchange Rate: Atiku Demands Explanation On $3.3bn Loan
- Supreme Court Affirms Fubara, Kefas, Aliyu As Governors
- NAIRA HITS NEW LOW OF N1,415/$ AT PARALLEL MARKET
26 Jan

- Dangote, Rabiu, Adenuga gain $15.5bn in three weeks
- Gas-rich Nigeria faces blackouts as supply shortage worsens
- Nollywood leaves money on the table over lack of profit sharing deals
- Plateau communities face double whammy in wake of killings
26 Jan

- Plateau Killings: Enough is enough, says Abbas...to meet Tinubu
- Gas constraints liable for current low power generation –TCN
- IMF: Nigeria avoiding costly debt crisis with significant reforms
- ANXIETY AS NAIRA PLUNGES TO N1,412/$1 ON PARALLEL MARKET
26 Jan

- Gov Bello presents staff of office to Ohinoyi of Egbiraland
- Those against relocation of CBN departments playing dirty politics
- Mangu: We’ve deployed Special Forces to Plateau, Abuja – DHQ
- DPO rejects N1m bribe as Police in Kaduna arrest suspected kidnapper
26 Jan

- After S’Court Verdict, Ganduje Woos Kwankwaso, Yusuf, Shekarau to APC
- Standard Bank Report Predicts Increase in Reserves Buoyed By Domestic Oil Refinery Operation
- Idris: Tinubu Determined to Provide Succour, Revamp Economy
- Atiku to Tinubu: You Owe Nigerians Explanation on $3.3bn NNPC Emergency Loan
26 Jan

- How checkpoints, bad roads block trade, spike inflation
- Ibadan explosion: FG gives security agencies two weeks to review report
- Terrorists kill Imam, two others, abduct 32 in Katsina
- Sanusi backs relocation of CBN departments to Lagos
26 Jan

- Review your policies to reduce hardship, NLC tells Tinubu
- Plateau killings: Police arrest 17, Reps Speaker to meet Tinubu
- South-West PDP now fully united, Makinde, other party leaders say
- Lagos mulls investment in airline operations
24 Jan

- MPC: Why interest rate easing depends on CBN achieving 21.4% inflation target
- Interventions in oil, gas sector will safeguard, enhance value of investments –Tinubu
- Artificial Intelligence to replace humans in few industries Report
- FG re-opens 4 bonds valued at N360bn for auction
24 Jan

- At Bilateral Talks, Blinken Says Tinubu's Reforms Are Bold
- Ndume to Tinubu: There Will Be Consequences for Moving CBN Depts, FAAN to Lagos
- CBN Hinges Monetary Policy Easing on Reduced Inflation
- Wike: We’ll Provide Security Agencies Whatever Will Make FCT Safe, Secure
24 Jan

- Tension as 32 PDP, APC Members Claim 16 Plateau Assembly Seats
- Tinubu: Interventions in Oil & Gas ‘ll Safeguard, Enhance Value of Investments
- Mangu Renewed Attack: Mutfwang Imposes 24-Hour Curfew
- FAAC Shares N 1.1trn Dec Revenue to FG, States, LGCs
24 Jan

- Nigeria’s growing debt handicaps future workforce
- Schools feed students off own farms as prices skyrocket
- The rise and rise of Dangote Cement
- Nigerian insurers pay 43% of premium as claims in 13 years
24 Jan

- 2025 broadband target dicey as 31 states remain underserved
- FG hands over 700MW Zungeru project to MESL, may stabilise national grid
- 12 in police net over NNPP, APC supporters’ clash in Kano
- Govt generates N1.7tr in Dec, shares N1.1tr among federating entities
24 Jan

- Probe Terrorism Financing Now, Northern Elders, CSOs Tell Tinubu
- LEADERSHIP Award A Motivation To Do More For People – Bauchi Emir
- Residents Differ On Planned Review Of Kano Emirates
- We Paid N55m To Free Al-Kadriyah Sisters – Family
24 Jan

- Eight killed as fresh violence erupts in Plateau
- Security agents arrest Fulani leader, Bodejo
- Tinubu receives Blinken, seeks US support for G20 membership
- Police arrest gunrunner with ammunition in Kaduna
24 Jan

- Why Abba Kyari fought me —Femi Adesina
- US Secretary of State pledges $45m to boost coastal West Africa security, meets Tinubu
- Why Oluomo was sacked as Ogun Speaker
- Fruit sellers, carpenters, other artisans may pay between N500 and N50,000 yearly01242024
24 Jan

- Japa: Nigerian youths won't emigrate if things are right –FG
- Insecurity: IGP orders posting of 54 ACPs nationwide
- US entrepreneurs eager to invest in Nigeria's tech sector –Blinken
- Cabotage: Approved banks stall N714bn disbursement over interest rate
24 Jan

- Commotion as 32 members lay claim to 16 vacancies
- Political actors promoting insecurity ahead Feb. 3 reruns – INEC
- My people’ve not been resettled years after – Bakassi paramount rule
- FAAC shares N1.127trn to FG, States, LGs in Dec
23 Jan

- Northern senators reject allocations in 2024 budget, relocation of FAAN, CBN units
- We paid ransom to free Abuja kidnapped sisters
- nugu: Doctors to begin indefinite strike over shortage of personnel, insecurity
- Tinubu restates commitment to fighting corruption
23 Jan

- Court to Fubara: By Withdrawing All Suits, You’ve Admitted Wrong and Liability
- Dangote Remains Africa’s Richest as Forbes Unveils 20 Africa’s Richest Billionaires in 2024
- DHQ: Kinetic Approach to Fighting Terrorism No Longer Realisti
- Tinubu to CAN Leadership: My Govt Fighting Corruption, Other Vices for Prosperity’s Sake
23 Jan

- Anxiety As Sacked Plateau Lawmakers Vow To Resume
- Northern Senators To Engage Tinubu Over Relocation Of Offices
- Court Declares Fubara’s N800bn 2024 Budget Illegal
- 3,478 Repentant Terrorists Reintegrated In 7 Years – CDS
23 Jan

- How Police Extortion, Subsidy Removal, Insecurity Push Prices of Foodstuffs
- FCT Administration Confirms Two Cases of Lassa Fever in Abuja
- Finance Minister to Declare Open FIRS Management Retreat Wednesday
- Lagos Market Fire Impacted 6,700 Traders, 450 Shops – NEMA
23 Jan

- Nigerians further squeezed as food prices rise
- Credit to government six times lower on Ways and Means debt conversion
- Questions trail NNPC $3.3bn crude-for-cash loan
- Security, health top agenda as Blinken meets Tinubu tomorrow
23 Jan

- N28.7trn 2024 Budget skewed against North –Senators from region
- International Payments: FG spends $3.07bn on external debt service
- Canada to reduce admission slots for Nigerian students, others
- MORE PLANT-BASED PROTEIN LINKED TO HEALTHY AGEING –STUDY
23 Jan

- Size of my cabinet to avert a future of non-performance
- Projections in N28.7trn 2024 budget skewed against North - Senators
- Zenith bank leads as NGX Banking Index showcases remarkable growth
- Equipment, operational vehicles hampering war against banditry, kidnappings – Wike
23 Jan

- Varsities, hospitals in darkness as FG’s $105m power project flops
- Northern senators fault ‘lopsided’ 2024 budget, relocation of CBN, FAAN offices
- Constabularies: How not to reform, practise state policing for better security
- Kidnapping: Tinubu okays emergency procurement of tracking equipment
23 Jan

- Tinubu pushes for Kwankwaso, Ganduje reconciliation
- Murdered Nabeeha bagged 1st class – Uncle
- Lacklustre Nigeria reach knock-out stage after beating Guinea-Bissau
- How we are living with threats of bandits – FCT, Niger communities
23 Jan

- Crisis looms in Plateau Assembly
- Tinubu directs student loan expansion
- Ibadan explosion: Govt won’t sit on investigative report —Minister
- 5,081 killed as FRSC reduces crashes by 22 percent in 2023
22 Jan

- Tinubu Seeks Review of Global Tax System, Says It Serves Interest of Rich Nations
- Air Crash That Killed Attahiru Linked to Terror Financiers, Retired General Claims
- The Economist: Kidnappers are Wreaking Havoc in Nigeria
- Oyedele: FG Meeting with State Governors to Suspend ‘Nuisance’ Taxes.
22 Jan

- Diversity Tops Tinubu’s Reasons for Political Appointments - Akume
- Fire Guts 10-storey Building, 50 Houses in Lagos, Benue
- CBN Holds First MPC Meeting under Cardoso Feb 26
- NSCDC Arrests Four Vandals of Petroleum Products in Niger
22 Jan

- Larger deficit looms with N1.6trn electricity subsidy
- What growing number of trillionnaira firms means for the economy
- Lekki Port receives largest container ship on Nigerian waters
- Heirs Energies marks 3 years of operations, says oil output up 48%
22 Jan

- Lagos: Fire guts 10-storey Mandilas building
- Relocation of CBN, FAAN offices to Lagos ploy to underdevelop North –ACF
- Credit to private sector increases by 43% to N59.74trn
- 2027: Opposition intensifies plot against APC
22 Jan

- FG awaits results of forensic investigation
- Allow us bury national flag designer, Pa Akinkunmi, family begs FG, oYSG
- Al-Kadriyar family hails Nigerians, more Abuja victims regain freedom
- NANS, APC vanguard urge Tinubu to restructure W/Bank loans, grants
22 Jan

- Hardship Persists 5 Months After N72bn Palliatives
- NBC Code: Editors Guild Hails Justice OfiliAjumogobia’s Verdict
- 16 Die, 4 Injured In Zaria-Kano Road Accident
- ACF Condemns ‘Relocation’ Of CBN Units, FAAN To Lagos
22 Jan

- Scepticism over inflation, insecurity, economic outlook
- Leadership hurdles for opposition parties’ merger, mega structure
- About N50b properties lost in Ibadan explosion as govt ends rescue operation
- Averting catastrophe of brain drain in the health sector
22 Jan

- ACF rejects relocation of CBN, FAAN offices
- 21st Daily Trust Dialogue: Edun, Ajaero, others to analyse Tinubu’s reforms Thursday
- Nabeeha’s sisters’ freedom: Police, family disagree
- Electricity subsidy: FG pays over N5trn in 10 years
22 Jan

- Ibadan blast: 230 buildings undergoing integrity test
- FCTA demolishes 200 structures to accommodate presidential fleet expansion
- Lekki Port berths largest container vessel on Nigerian waters
- Heirs Energies celebrates anniversary with growth, safety record