NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Feb 01 - Feb 07, 2025
06 Feb
- We will support our banks to expand, excel globally – Tinubu
- Alleged sexual harassment: Senate dismisses Natasha’s petition against Akpabio
- Security beefed up at hotel where ex-CG, Parradang was found dead
- Hippo attacks: Gombe farmers keep vigil on farms
07 Feb
- How Army General was abducted in Katsina
- Africa cannot depend on foreign blueprint for devt – Tinubu
- Trump doubles down on Gaza Strip acquisition
- Fire destroys 21 food storage facilities in Kano, kills 78 livestock
07 Feb
- MAN, TUC warn over proposed hike in electricity tariff
- Tinubu sacks UniAbuja VC barely five weeks in office
- FG proposes 12-year basic education mode
- 13 patients from US came to Nigeria for kidney transplant —Shettima
07 Feb
- One-year T-bills attract N3tr n on high yields
- How secr et music codes boost album sales
- Dangote refiner y ramps up PMS production to 33m litres per day
- Niger ia’s FDI averages just 0.5% of GDP, lags peer s - W’Bank Gr oup
07 Feb
- Female Genital Mutilation Violates Rights, We Will End the Menace, Declares First Lady
- Showing Unseriousness, House Targets 67 States, Proposes Creation of Additional 31
- MAN: 2013 Power Sector Privatisation Unfruitful, Operators Lack Technical, Financial Capacity to Deliver Optimally
- Helen Prest-Ajayi's Mother Affirms Daughter's Marriage to Late Tosin Ajayi
07 Feb
- Lawmakers push for 31 new states amid N11.47tr debt by existing ones
- PDP crisis: Disciplinary c’ttee NEWS PAGE 6 invites Anyanwu, Ortom as BoT directs NWC to swear in Ude-Okoye
- Fresh inflation concern as NPA raises port charges by 15 per cent
- FG swaps 6-3-3-4 education system with 12-4 model, scraps JSS, SSS
07 Feb
- Pipeline Rehabilitation Faces Fresh Challenges
- Tinubu Ends UniAbuja VC Crisis, Sacks Maikudi
- Bandits Kidnap ExNYSC DG, Others In Katsina
- We’re Surprised GHL Is Appealing ‘Favourable’ Court Ruling – FirstBank Counsel
07 Feb
- Reps propose Lagoon, New Kaduna, Etiti, Warri, 27 other new states
- Decomposing Anambra lawmaker Azuka’s body found near 2nd Niger Bridge
- B/Haram: 7,790 Nigerian refugees in Chad return 10 years after
- NNPC Ltd/ First E&P JV achieves 96% reduction in gas flaring
07 Feb
- House of Reps proposes creation of 31 new states
- FG scraps Junior, Senior secondary education system
- Maritime: FG raises tariffs by 15% to fix port infrastructure
- LCCI SEEKS SUSPENSION OF 4% CUSTOMS PROCESSING CHARGE
06 Feb
- Tinubu Increases 2025 Budget from N49.7trn to N54.2trn
- History as Dangote Refinery Exports Two Cargoes of Jet Fuel to Saudi Aramco
- PDP Crisis: Party's BoT Urges NWC to Swear in Ude-Okoye as National Secretary
- Shettima: Nigeria Must Utilise Public Debt for Infrastructure Devt
06 Feb
- How 17 children died, 16 injured in Zamfara school fire
- World reacts to Trump’s bid for US to take over Gaza strip
- Tinubu raises 2025 budget to N54.2trn
- CBN restricts BDCs to $25,000 Fx weekly
06 Feb
- Villages Deserted as Hunters, Herdsmen Clash in Benue
- Tinubu Jerks up 2025 Budget from N49.7 to N54.2trn
- Nigeria’s External Reserves Drop by $1.19bn in Three Weeks
- Night fire Kills 17 almajiri, Injure 17 Others in Zamfara Qur`anic school
06 Feb
- Oando Shareholders Get N98bn Additional Shares
- W hat T inubu’s N54.6 tr illion budget means for economy
- Niger ia’s ginger expor t down 74% on low output
- Explainer: W hat to know about Niger ia’s near-air crashes
06 Feb
- Tinubu Returns To NASS, Raises Budget To N54.2trn
- Confusion Trails Toll Operation On Abuja-Keffi-Makurdi Highway
- Counterinsurgency Requires Innovative Responses – CDS
- Oando Shareholders Get N98bn Additional Shares
06 Feb
- Poor funding, capacity hobble Amotekun’s mandate in S/West
- Tinubu okays 65 years retirement age for health workers
- Dangote begins fuel export to Saudi Arabia, pushes capacity to 550,000bpd
- FG, WFP invest N1.2b, $2.5b to tackle hunger, nutrition
06 Feb
- Solid minerals, BoA get increased allocation as Tinubu jacks up 2025 budget to N54.2trn
- PDP scribe war: Anyanwu kicks as BoT adopts Turaki report, recognises Ude-Okoye
- FG approves 65-year retirement age for doctors, other healthcare workers
- We’ll eliminate political interference, judicial delay in anti-graft war – ICPC chair
06 Feb
- Tinubu raises 2025 Budget from N49.7trn to N54.2trn
- N'Secretary:Again, PDP BoT abandons Anyanwu, recognises Ude-Okoye
- Forex: CBN restricts BDCs to one bank for weekly $25,000 purchase
- Repsprobe unauthorised linkage of NIN by telcos
06 Feb
- Like govs, PDP BoT endorses Udeh-Okoye as national secretary
- Fire kills 17 children, injure 16 others in Zamfara Almajiri schoo
- Govt officials paid 100% for same hospital project five times without construction —ICPC boss
- Tinubu writes Senate, seeks increase of 2025 budget to N54.2trn
05 Feb
- Poor Implementation Mars 19-month Exercise
- Tinubu Approves N80bn For Alau Dam Reconstruction
- Bandits Kill 2, Kidnap 5 in kaduna
- Uba Sani, El-Rufai’s Fight Gets Messier Amid Verbal Attacks
05 Feb
- FEC approves N758bn to clear pension liabilities
- 29 states removed speakers in 26 years
- Use criticism against Nigeria to prioritise development —Obi
- Nigeria to experience severe dry spell of over 27 to 40 days in some areas —FG
05 Feb
- FG okays N758bn for pension liabilities, €30m for student housing loan
- World Cancer Day: FG to establish, upgrade 6 federal teaching hospitals
- Stakeholders caution as Uba Sani, El-Rufai feud deepens
- Only 450 staffers, not 900, affected by restructuring – Kaduna Electric
05 Feb
- INEC expresses worry over 'delegates buying' during party primaries
- Foreigners from UK, US now patronising Nigerian health facilities –Minister
- PMS: Price war escalates as marketers increase imports by 80%
- DEBT PRESSURE PUSHES EXTERNAL RESERVES DOWN BY $1.19BN
05 Feb
- Inside Niger ia’s $10bn palm oil export
- Rail r evenue fails to offset mounting debt
- W hy Trump’s oil price cut won’t budge Nigeria, OPEC
- Footprints of Zenith Bank’s go-getter Amazon
05 Feb
- FEC Okays N758bn Bond to Offset Pension Backlog
- CDS Musa Rallies Stakeholders to Achieve Tinubu’s 2.5mbpd Target
- After 18 Years, Court Frees Fani-Kayode of Alleged Forger
- Trump: US Will Take over Gaza, Develop and Own It
04 Feb
- NUPRC Writes Oil Producers, Threatens Sanctions over Non-supply to Local Refineries
- FG Approves N4.2trn for Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road, Other Major Road Projects Nationwide
- Donald Trump, Ramaphosa Bicker over South Africa's Land Expropriation Law
- CBN Report: Banks, Other Financial Institutions Reported Higher Default Rates for Loans in Q4
04 Feb
- Seven policemen shot, scores wounded in Osun obaship crisis
- FEC approves N4.2trn for major infrastructure projects across Nigeria
- Assault: Ogun govt suspends monarch for six months
- PSC didn’t order IGP’s retirement
04 Feb
- Court sacks Ohinoyi of Ebiraland
- N/Assembly resumes today, to accelerate tax reform bills
- Nigeria, others to get €150bn EU fund
- NLC suspends protest over Telcos tariff hike
04 Feb
- Nigeria braces for impact as U.S. tariffs signal fresh inflation concern
- Crude oil import may persist amid permit revocation, naira-for-crude reversa
- Court sentences ex-police inspector to death for murder in Lagos
- FEC approves N4.8b for HIV treatment amid U.S. NEWS PAGE 6 aid suspension
04 Feb
- Treatment Cost Wears Out Patients, Families
- Geregu Makes N137bn, PAT Up By 71%, Declares N21.25bn Dividend
- North West Govs Back Tinubu's Economic Policies
- EFCC Arraigns 57 Foreigners For Romance Scam, Others
04 Feb
- Amid U.S. policy shift, Nigeria votes $1.07bn for health sector reforms
- Tinubu approves environment & tech varsity for Ogoni
- Tinubu approves environment & tech varsity for Ogoni
- 3 to die by hanging in Ogun over murder of ex-CBN staffer, others
04 Feb
- Nigeria may lose multi-billion dollar US aid as Musk threatens USAID shutdown
- FEC okays N4.2trn for Coastal Road, 10 others; $1bn for health, N21bn for Customs
- Fraud Control: Banks boost BVN registration with record 11.58m customers
- Noplan for 65% increase in electricity tariff –Presidency
04 Feb
- Niger ia scrambles as Tr ump cuts healthcar e funding
- Str eaming fuels r ecor d N2.81tr n inter net spend
- Nigerians expect naira stability to ease hardship
- Teleco’s tar iff hike seen spur r ing gr ow th, dr iving investment
03 Feb
- Trump: Nigerians in US go spiritual, send families to mosques, churches for prayers
- NIBSS: More Nigerians go cashless as PoS terminals rise by 127% to 5.56m
- NCDC activates emergency measures as Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak
- 2027: PDP travels familiar path
03 Feb
- Anxiety over oil output, exploration as 55 licences expire this year
- State governors and lustful appetite for more airports
- Obi decries plight of pensioners, calls for humane leadership
- Experts, CDWR fault electricity, telecom tariffs hike
03 Feb
- Nigeria, Others Risk Imported Inflation
- FBN: Why Banks Cannot Comply With Order Lifting Restrictions On GHL’s Accounts
- 2027: El-Rufai, Amaechi, Obi, Others Spreading Hostility – Presidency
- Presidential Assent Delaying Regional Commissions’ Takeoff
03 Feb
- 2027: Northern leaders, coalition proponents write off PDP
- FBN: Why banks cannot comply with order lifting restrictions on GHL’s accounts
- No positive orders made on court processes to bind banks or GHL —GHL
- 30 passengers burnt to death in Ondo crash
03 Feb
- Naira hits eightmonth high as dollar demand eases
- CNG rollout suffers setback on conversion kits shortages
- Why Buhari’s rail investments fell short
- Oando recor ds N65.5bn pr ofit after tax in 2024
03 Feb
- Court Stops Customs from Collecting Excise Duty on Non-alcoholic Carbonated Beverage
- Trade War: Canada, Mexico, China Set to Retaliate Trump's Sweeping Tariffs
- First Bank Admits Defeat in Mareva Case, Seeks Appeal Without Due Process, GHL Sees Desperation
- 2025 Grammy Awards: Tems Wins Best African Music Performance.
03 Feb
- Ignore opposition spreading ill-will against Tinubu
- Nigeria’s economy to experience boom as experts predict $93/b oil price
- Nigeria on red alert as Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak 30 die in Ondo auto crash 2024: Palmpay, Opay, others drive N71.5trn in mobile money P 22 transactions Expect cost-reflective electricity tariff, FG tells Nigerians From left: Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris, Mini
- Fed Constituency: End our 21-year marginalisation, Kajuru indigenes beg Tinubu, Sani
03 Feb
- 28 Passengers Burnt beyond Recognition in Ondo
- Dangote Refinery Reduces Ex-depot Petrol Price to N890
- Access Bank Appoints Ex-NSIA Boss Uche Orji as Director
- 23,673 disengaged Workers Withdrew n33.43bn from rSa in 2024 - PenCom
03 Feb
- FG plans fresh electricity tariff hike
- 30 dead, 2 injured in Ondo auto crash
- NLC nationwide strike against telcos tariff hike an error – Stakeholders
- Oil marketers now loading petrol from PH, Warri refi neries – PETROAN
02 Feb
- The billionaire factor: How business moguls’ election sponsorship undermines democracy
- NAFDAC weeps over 4.3m Nigerians hooked on drugs, seeks early intervention
- Why Covenant University maintains top spot on Times Higher Education ranking
- AT 60: Is Fayemi slowing down or revving up?
02 Feb
- Insecurity Stalls N30bn Bobi Grazing Reserve Project In Niger
- Don’t Venture Into Aircraft Manufacturing, Aviation Experts Caution FG
- Trump Aid Cuts: Stakeholders Advise Nigeria Against Reliance On Foreign Donors
- Security Agencies Profile FCT Pantaker Operators
02 Feb
- Tuggar: Bala Mohammed Creating North-South Divide
- PDP Crises Deepen as Anyanwu Petitions DSS, IG, Says Govs’ Communique an Invitation to Anarchy
- Proof of Strong Liquidity: Commercial, Merchant Banks Deposit N9.39tn with CBN in One Month
- Okonjo-Iweala: Geopolitical Tensions Will Impact on Subsidies, Dispute Settlement Reforms, Others
02 Feb
- NSIB preliminary report reveals how Allied Air plane crashe
- Oyo govt converts 1,591 LG ad hoc workers to permanent staff
- INCREDIBLE! $227,000 SUV hyped as ‘not stealable’ stolen 3 days after purchase
- PLATEAU: Bandits kill family of five in fresh attack
02 Feb
- The Unforgotten Hero Yinka Odumakin
- Nigeria set to begin production of HIV/AIDS test kits, anti-retroviral drugs
- Max Air incident: NANTA seeks enhanced safety measures in air travels
- Ceaseless cases of domestic violence, divorce: Is the marriage institution doomed
02 Feb
- Unanswered questions over Qur’an convention
- Wicked’, bold and unforgetable; Nollywood’s most fearsome women
- Inside Delta community where bicycles are essential commodity
- PSC orders police officers above 60 years to retire
02 Feb
- OICL Plots Strategic Initiatives In Hospitality, Agribusiness, Real Estate
- HOW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CAN AVOID RIGHTS VIOLATION
- APC, Opposition Parties And Rough Road To 2027 Elections
- Shari’ah Imbroglio: MURIC Alleges Plot To Unleash Violence On Southwest Muslims
02 Feb
- FG to Nigerians: Brace up for electricity tariff increase
- NSIB’s report blames structural defects for Allied Air’s incident
- Dangote Refinery reduces exdepot fuel price to N890
- Trump orders US airstrikes in Somalia
01 Feb
- One solder killed, many injured as driver rams into army road march
- Terrorists are focused on S/West because of gold, other solid minerals —Aare Gani Adam
- Northern elders call for release of Yusuf, ex-NHIS boss
- PDP governors endorse Ude-Okoye as National Secretary
01 Feb
- Malaria, HIV, TB, Lassa Fever Remain Endemic In Nigeria
- DHQ Begins Construction Of Invictus Centre In Abuja
- 2027 Presidency: PDP Will Defeat APC, Govs Boast
- Law Programme: How 8 Varsities Incurred Council Of Legal Education Ban
01 Feb
- Stock Market Gains N1.95trn in January, FG Meets JP Morgan to Ramp Up Investment
- PDP Governors Move to Save Party from Crises
- Anxiety Heightens Among Nigerian Immigrants Over Donald Trump’s Deportation Policy
- JAMB Shifts 2025 UTME Registration To Feb 3
01 Feb
- u.S. funding halt, a wake-up call for self-independence – FG
- The scriptwriter is more important than director – Muhammad
- Nigeria set to begin production of HIV/AIDS test kits, anti-retroviral drugs
- Max Air incident: NANTA seeks enhanced safety measures in air travels
01 Feb
- How hypertension is silently wreaking havoc in homes
- ATIKU, EL-RUFAI AMAECHI, OTHERS MULL COALITION
- I cried every night after my move to Europe –Ahmed Musa
- AMB shifts 2025 UTME registration to February 3
01 Feb
- OICL Plots Strategic Initiatives In Hospitality, Agribusiness, Real Estate
- HOW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CAN AVOID RIGHTS VIOLATION
- APC, Opposition Parties And Rough Road To 2027 Elections
- Shari’ah Imbroglio: MURIC Alleges Plot To Unleash Violence On Southwest Muslims
01 Feb
- Unanswered questions over Qur’an convention
- Wicked’, bold and unforgetable; Nollywood’s most fearsome women
- Bandits kill 3, abduct 24 in Zamfara
- PSC orders police officers above 60 years to retire