NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Jan 29 - Feb 04, 2024
31 Jan

- Atiku Calls for Tinubu’s Resignation, Cites Worsening Insecurity
- APC Battles Plateau Speaker over ‘Refusal’ to Inaugurate 16 Lawmakers
- Alia Says Benue Humanitarian Crisis Deserves Global Attention, Commends US Team
- CBN Concludes Payment of All Verified FOREX Claims by Airlines
31 Jan

- Mali, Burkina Faso Send ‘Formal Notice’ of Withdrawal from ECOWAS
- Official I&E Rate Hits N1,482/$1, Surpasses Parallel Market FX Price at N1,460/$1
- Minimum Wage Review: FG Urges C'ttee to Be Guided By Social Justice, Timely Completion of Task
- Atiku Knocks Tinubu over Insecurity, Says Nigeria Doesn’t Need Tourist-in-Chief
31 Jan

- As naira continues freefall, CBN offers promises
- Nigeria wastes $1bn of gas despite shortages for power plants
- Miners must sign host community development agreements or lose licences – Alake
- Nigeria does not need another ‘tourist-in-chief ’, Atiku hits Tinubu
31 Jan

- Price of 12.5kg of gas rose by N1,000 within a month –Investigation
- IMF reverses Nigeria’s 2024 growth projection to 3%
- FG GRANTS 499 LICENCES FOR BUYING, SELLING OF SOLID MINERALS IN NIGERIA
- Airlines claim $700m still with banks as CBN clears $64.4m verified backlog
31 Jan

- Be tough on decisions over insecurity, Abbas tells Tinubu
- CBN pays off $136.73m verified claims of airlines
- Atiku still nursing hangover of electoral defeat – Presidency
- Ondo: Court remands 35-year-old man for raping woman to death
31 Jan

- Outrage over killing of Ekiti monarchs, kidnap of pupils
- Labour proposes $300 living wage for Nigerian workers
- Ifon/Ilobu crisis: Two killed, many injured as battle spreads to Oyo/Osun boundary
- Betta Edu: Opposition targeting Tinubu’s best hands –Sanusi
31 Jan

- 26 states fail to implement new pension scheme
- Abductors place N100m on Ekiti pupils, 4 others
- Airlines diff er as CBN claims forex backlog cleared with $64m
- Step aside if shoes are too big for you, Atiku tells Tinubu
31 Jan

- CBN cautions FX dealers against market manipulation as naira slides to N1,500
- Nigeria ranks 145 on graft index, scores 25 out of 100 points
- Sign executive order on unexplained wealth, Ndume tells Tinubu
- Police officers, murder suspects, cultists, others nabbed over crimes in Ogun
31 Jan

- Pressure Mounts On Service Chiefs Over Rising Insecurity
- Committee Asked To Give Nigerian Workers Living Wage
- Rerun Elections: Court Dismisses Sacked Lawmakers' Suit Against INEC
- Wike Approves PAGE 9 N30.9bn For FCT Schools’ Rehabilitation
30 Jan

- Kaduna: NAF Airstrike Kills 30 Terrorists on 15 Motorcycles
- Atiku’s Former Spokesman Daniel Bwala Meets Tinubu in Paris
- WASSCE: 8,285 Candidates to Sit for First-ever Computer Based Exam
- CBN Releases Fresh $500m to Clear Verified Forex Liabilities
30 Jan

- To Stem Naira's Continuing Decline, CBN Clears Another $500m FX Backlog
- Security, Constitution Amendment, Electoral Reforms Top Agenda as Lawmakers Resume Today
- Tinubu, Buhari Congratulate Cardinal Onaiyekan on His 80th Birthday
- Gunmen Kill Two Ekiti First Class Traditional Rulers, One Escapes
30 Jan

- CBN injects $500m to clear FX backlog as Naira sinks to N1455/$
- EFCC arraigns impeached Ogun Speaker, two others for alleged N2.5bn fraud
- Poor visibility: NCAA cautions pilots, airlines
- Nigeria records 18 per cent national identity attacks in 2023 –Report
30 Jan

- Union, Polaris, Keystone banks’ investors contest takeover
- ECOWAS crisis: ‘Nigeria at receiving end
- UK suspends British Nigerian minister for calling Israel’s actions genocide
- Naira plunges to 1,500/$ at parallel market
30 Jan

- Stock market seen losing steam as fund managers mull sales
- Insecurity: Mangu crisis threatens 24,000 trucks of maize supply
- BusinessDay’s Solid Minerals Conference holds today
- Naira continues freefall despite CBN’s $3.82bn backlog clearance
30 Jan

- Dominant operatives kill 30 bandits, rescue 40 abductees
- Minimum wage: Federal workers kick, Tinubu inaugurates c’ttee today
- VON, NIPR partner to change negative perception about Nigeria
- We’ll continue to drive Nigeria’s digital transformation – Galaxy Backbone
30 Jan

- Declare state of emergency on insecurity to restore law, order
- INEC: 4.6m to vote in Feb 3 by-elections
- Sanwo-Olu, Mbah, Diri, others bag New Telegraph Award
- Don’t create problems for my govt, Fubara warns pro-Wike appointees
30 Jan

- Declare state of emergency on insecurity to restore law, order
- INEC: 4.6m to vote in Feb 3 by-elections
- Sanwo-Olu, Mbah, Diri, others bag New Telegraph Award
- Don’t create problems for my govt, Fubara warns pro-Wike appointees
30 Jan

- Shettima seeks more support for FG’s job creation, agric, others
- NNPP chieftain condemns Ganduje’s call on Kano governor to join APC
- Kano governor denies signing any agreement with presidency
- FG to strengthen bilateral education ties with Bulgaria
30 Jan

- Bank, Insurance Chiefs Dodge Regulatory Axe
- CBN Warns Forex Traders Against Misreporting Transactions
- Supreme Court Verdict: No Deal With Presidency – Kano Governor
- Shettima Seeks Help On Job Creation, Food Security
29 Jan

- Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Announce Withdrawal from ECOWAS
- lia, Kefas, Confirm Attendance at 7th DAILY ASSET Annual Awards
- India Approves $7bn Investment for Nigeria - Envoy
- Ododo Promises Consolidation, Inclusive Governance
29 Jan

- Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Quit ECOWAS, Say Regional Bloc Under Foreign Control
- FG: Indian $14bn Pledges on New Investments Already Yielding Fruit
- PwC: Collapse of Forex Market into Single Window Led to 98% Devaluation of Naira in 2023
- FCT: Police Arrest Terrorist Who Killed Kidnap Victim, Nabeeha, in Bwari
29 Jan

- Tinubu rules out Edu's reinstatement
- Syringe importation killing local manufacturers – NAFDAC
- We're taking decisive steps to tackle inflation, insecurity
- AFCON 2024: Abbas charges S/Eagles to get the trophy
29 Jan

- Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso Call ECOWAS' Bluff, Quit Bloc
- Police Arrest Kidnapper Who Killed Nabeeha
- Ondo 2024: Akeredolu Wanted Me To Succeed Him – Akinterinwa
- Minimum Wage Committee For Inauguration Tomorrow
29 Jan

- NNPC cash-for-oil deal mortgages 30% of output
- Africa’s free-trade area under threat as ECOWAS shrinks
- Onions, plantain, sweet potato prices surge most in one year
- NSIP failure exposes gaps in govt accounting
29 Jan

- Trade, security concerns as Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso exit ECOWAS
- U.S.-based professor shot dead in Osun after party, mob kills gunman
- Petrol trading lifts NNPC’s profit to $2.7b, Saudi Aramco declares $161b
- Palestinian envoy seeks immediate end to Israel-Hamas crisis
29 Jan

- ECOWAS opts for negotiation as Niger, Mali, B/Faso quit
- War on Gaza: ‘Children paying highest price
- Tinubu to inaugurate minimum wage c’ttee Tuesday
- How security operatives nabbed Nabeena’s killer – Police
29 Jan

- Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso quit ECOWAS over suspension
- Levy: FG's earnings from e-transfer rise by 44.16% to N181.17bn
- Do more to secure communities, S'Kaduna Christian leaders tell Army
- NAIRA: EXPERTS FORESEE SIGNIFICANT RECOVERY BEFORE YEAR END
29 Jan

- We’re confronting bandits, taking fight to criminals’ dens – FG
- ECOWAS yet to receive Mali, Niger, B/Faso’s withdrawal notification
- NDLEA nabs Brazil returnee with cocaine, declares ex-beauty queen wanted
- Row in NBMA as FCSC reverses director’s promotion 3 years after
29 Jan

- ECOWAS shaky as Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso quit
- How NASS has been violating constitution since 1999
- Govs can’t fund state police —Uzodimma
- Committee on national minimum wage to be inaugurated on Tuesday