NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Feb 08 - Feb 14, 2024
14 Feb
- Nigeria's banking industry lifts economy by N96.2trn
- Nigeria’s potential can produce 2.2 mln oil bpd – NUPRC boss
- Presidency requests Interpol to apprehend 3 suspects
- Why many State Governments shun capital market financing for key projects
14 Feb
- Tinubu Speaks with Grieving Herbert Wigwe’s Parents, Comforts Couple
- NLC Strike Notice: FG Pushes for Fair, Sustainable Minimum Wage, Begins Talks with Labour
- Stop Playing to Gallery, FG Blasts Opposition Governors
- NUPRC Says Plan to Conduct Closed Bid Round for Oil, Gas Blocks Legal
14 Feb
- CBN sells dollars for first time in 5 months to stabilise naira
- More businesses seen shutting down as uncertainties mount
- Petrol landing cost hits N1,000/ litre on FX crisis
- Four ways Nigeria can halt surging food prices
14 Feb
- Japa: 42,000 nurses, midwives left Nigeria in three years –NIMCN
- Seek God's face, pray for leaders, show love –CAN advises Church
- FG mulls Commodity Board to check rising food prices
- TAX: FG MULLS REGISTRATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATORS WITH CAC
14 Feb
- FG mulls commodity board to tackle price volatility, others
- Venezuela claim: Your conduct belittles your office, FG fires PDP govs
- Election observers: Buhari’s signature was forged to release $6.2m, ex-SGF Mustapha tells court
- Master bakers threaten nationwide strike February 27, Enugu sachet water producers too
14 Feb
- FG knocks PDP govs, says most of them owe workers, pensioners
- Tinubu honours Super Eagles players with MON, lands
- Emefiele: Documents used to pay election observers $6.2m neither from Buhari nor my office, says ex-SGF Mustapha
- 42,000 nurses have left Nigeria in three years —FG
14 Feb
- Don’t Remove Electricity Subsidy, Labour Tells Tinubu
- Access Holdings Appoints Bolaji Agbede Acting GCEO
- 9, 671 Ground Rent Defaulters To Lose Lands – FCTA
- Emefiele: Investigator Writes INTERPOL, Places 3 On Watchlist
14 Feb
- Outrage over N100b constituency projects, push for 20% of budget
- FG considers commodity board to crash food prices as court ultimatum ends
- Oil production drops, leaves 2024 budget with 400,000 bpd deficit
- Three firms lose N140 billion to naira devaluation
14 Feb
- Bandits kill 2 policemen, abduct 40 in Zamfara
- IMF confirms return of petrol subsidy under Tinubu
- Rising production cost: Bakers begin nationwide strike February 27
- Buhari didn’t approve $6.2m for election observers; his signature forged – Ex-SGF
13 Feb
- Farmers’ safety to storage: Food prices in Nigeria under tension
- National Assembly seeks self-serving budget hike as Nigerians suffe
- Naira weakness linked to FAAC disbursements
- Old culprits push up cement price to N8,000/bag
13 Feb
- Families Struggling To Meet Daily Needs
- Wigwe: Nigeria To Investigate Helicopter Crash
- California Suffers 13 Earthquakes In 25 Minutes
- Crisis Rocks Labour Party Over N3bn Campaign Funds
13 Feb
- We want our own police now
- Insecurity, inadequate infrastructure, stalling Nigeria's mining sector growth –Kalu
- No plans to tax online content creators –FIRS
- Nigeria, US to investigate death of Access Bank CEO
13 Feb
- S'Africa’s President, Ramaphosa, Mourns Wigwe, Says He Was His Country’s Continental Partner
- Fresh Crisis Hits Labour Party, Treasurer Accuses National Chairman of Fraud
- Current Hardship Caused By Economic, Security Challenges, PDP Govs Declare
- Electricity Act: Partner Government on Renewable Energy, Akpabio Tasks Investors
13 Feb
- Economic Hardship:Nigeria on the road to Venezuela –PDP govs
- National Security:IGP orders clampdown on fake news peddlers
- E-Payment: 51% surge in money supply boosts transactions to N76.32trn
- FIRS: FIRMS EARNING BELOW N25M PROFIT NOT REQUIRED TO PAY TAX
13 Feb
- Nigeria almost becoming Venezuela, PDP govs warn
- Emir of Kano to Tinubu’s wife: Tell president Nigerians are hungry
- Enough of killings, declare state of emergency on security, NUT tells Tinubu
- Wigwe: Nigeria collaborates with US to investigate helicopter crash
13 Feb
- There’s hardship in the land, says Kano emir
- FG resolves January salary delay, lauds workers’ patience
- $6.2m paid to 2023 election observers under Emefi ele – CBN official tells court
- We won’t return to ECOWAS, Niger junta leader vows
13 Feb
- Enforce move against Kano,Lagos, Ibadan traders to avert food crisis
- Emefiele: $6.2m was paid to foreign election observers, says witness
- Why we are not opposed to subsidy removal – PDP govs
- Wigwe: Coalition alleges complicity, urges thorough investigation
12 Feb
- Buhari Responsible for Nigeria’s Economic Hardship, Says Sanusi
- Tinubu Vows to Achieve Food Sufficiency for Nigeria
- Taraba Speaker, ALGON Boss Hail Kefas on Service Delivery, Security
- Ban on Sachet Alcoholic Beverages Costs over 500,000 Direct Jobs -- MAN
12 Feb
- Hardship: Pressure mounts on FG to review economic policies
- I&E Forex inflows into NAFEM surge 66.7 percent to $2.2bn
- FG approves military base in Plateau
- AFCON: Super Eagles lose to Cote d' Ivoire
12 Feb
- Governors’ subsidy, FX bonanza fails to soothe citizens’ miser
- Balanced diet beyond Nigerians’ reach as prices skyrocket
- Private investors tap opportunities in on-campus hostels
- Ivory Coast end Nigeria’s fourth AFCON hope >> Turn to page 31 >> Turn to page 31
12 Feb
- Tinubu, Akpabio, Abbas, Obi, Govs, Others Mourn Herbert Wigwe, Family Members, Ogunbanjo
- Pastor Adeboye: Nigeria’s Problems Beyond Human Ability, Require Spiritual Solution
- Agusto & Co: Petroleum Sector Will Grow, Manufacturing Will Suffer in 2024
- FG, Mbah Hail Super Eagles for Impressive Outing in Côte d’Ivoire
12 Feb
- Exiting oil firms pollute Niger Delta with 36.1m litres of crude in 8yrs
- U.S. begins investigation into crash as Access Holdings scouts for Wigwe’s replacement 2023 12,274 SPILL (IN BARRELS) 2022 45,83
- Hardship: States in Nigeria risk total collapse amid rising hunger, unemployment, japa, says report
- APC aspirant suspends participation in Edo guber primary
12 Feb
- Abandoned Vehicles Litter Seaports Over High Tariffs
- Cote d'Ivoire Clinch 3rd AFCON Title, Match Nigeria's Record
- Access Holdings: How Wigwe's Successor Will Emerge
- Hardship: Kano PAGE 24 Seizes Warehouses For Hoarding Commodities
12 Feb
- Hardship: Protests over high cost of living turn the heat on Tinubu
- Wigwe: How rain, wintry weather caused chopper tragedy –US authorities
- 13% Derivation: Oil producing states' earnings up by 3.41% to N653.70bn
- NIMET WORKERS TO DOWN TOOLS OVER 45 MONTHS WAGE ARREARS
12 Feb
- Nigeria needs urgent spiritual help, we’ll get it right
- Kano Hisbah seizes 8,600 bottles of beer, arrest 15 women for prostitution
- Dangote moves to douse hunger in Kano, pledges to ease economic burden
- We’ll achieve sufficiency, net exporter of agric produce – Tinubu
12 Feb
- Federal workers in 90 MDAs yet to get January salaries
- High cost of living: Pray, repent, Sultan tells Nigerians
- Nigeria experiencing stalled per capita growth, poverty, food insecurity – IMF
- Alleged killing of graduate sparks protest in Kaduna community
12 Feb
- Price of cement soars by 60 percent, experts raise alarm
- US to lift ban on Nigerian vessel, gives three years plan
- FG should not push ASUU to go on strike again —Committee of VCs
- NASS mulls fresh legal framework for state police, local intelligence gathering
11 Feb
- Great Lessons From Football Leadership/INSIDESTUFF
- Nigerians Unite In Hope For Super Eagles’ Fourth AFCON Title
- Power Generation To Receive Major Boost With Iseni Gas Project
- HOW ACCESS BANK CEO, HERBERT WIGWE, OTHERS, DIED IN U.S. PLANE CRASH
11 Feb
- Macron, Okonjo-Iweala, Leaders Mourn as Wigwe, Wife, Son, Bimbo Ogunbanjo Die in US Crash
- At NDA, Tinubu Demands Stronger Military Response to Security Threats
- AFCON Final: Tinubu Directs Maximum Support, Urges Super Eagles to Make Nigeria Proud
- Implement Aggressive Monetary Tightening, Fiscal Adjustment Measures, IMF Tells Nigeria
11 Feb
- Nigeria’s hyper-inflation sparks hunger, tension across states
- Senate bemoans closure of only syringe-making company in the country
- Military to Nigerians: Support us like Super Eagles to end insecurity
- Garlands for Nigeria’s Mr. Lottery, Gbajabiamil
11 Feb
- Grief in Nigeria as billionaire banking Czar, Wigwe, dies in chopper crash
- Nigerians perplexed as security agents can’t track down kidnapper
- AFCON: Stay away from your TV screens today - Medical experts tell Nigerians with ‘weak’ heart
- AFCON 2023: Five talking points from Super Eagles progression to today’s final
11 Feb
- ECOWAS Exit: Niger's action’ll affect insurgency fight –DHQ
- AFCON: Shettima leads FG's delegation to Cote d'Ivoire
- Ondo 2024: Aiyedatiwa, Ibrahim, Oke go for broke
- Ganduje's LG chair defects to NNPP
11 Feb
- Tinubu signs Electricity Act amendment bill into law
- We ‘ll no more grant Ways and Means to FG, unless… – CBN
- Why i won’t be part of real housewives this season - iyabo ojo
- Patriotism at all-time high as Nigerians unite behind s/eagles
11 Feb
- Nigerians Anticipate Epic AFCON Final With Ivory Coast
- Violence Spreads In Senegal Over Election Postponement
- Again, CBN Increases Customs Duty On Cargo Clearance
- ECOWAS: Nigeria Restates Commitment To Regional Security
11 Feb
- AFCON: Nigeria, Ivory Coast battle for continental supremacy today
- How Nigeria’s Economy Nosedived In 10 Years
- B/Haram: 2 civilians killed, 5 others injured on Borno highway
- Petrol station owner kills wife, commits suicide in Ondo
11 Feb
- Address food inflation, insecurity, naira depreciation now
- AFCON FINAL: We want to win cup for Nigerians —Peseiro
- Atiku, govs, financial experts mourn as Wigwe, Access Bank Holdings CEO, wife, son, 3 others die in helicopter crash in US
- Concerns mount over S’West leaders’ access to Tinubu
10 Feb
- Furore over leaked N1bn memo for minimum wage committee
- CBN has no magic wand for stabilisation of naira –Cardoso
- Security guard, 50, remanded for defiling girl, 13, after ‘suya’ gift
- Soludo, Ohanaenye under heat as Anambra is dubbed ‘Capital of Child Abus
10 Feb
- Forex Market Records $1.83 Billion Turnover in One Week Amid Reforms
- Tinubu signs Electricity Act amendment bill into law
- Find Lasting Solution to Insecurity, Hardship CAN, Anglican Church, Yoruba Leaders Tell FG
- After Strike Threat, FG Moves to Pacify Labour, Says Implementation of MoU in Progress
10 Feb
- Senators in stormy session with Edun, Cardoso, others
- FG's N1bn for minimum wage committee inauguration, provocative – PDP
- Tinubu assents to new Electricity Act
- WHY MONARCHS ARE TARGETS OF KIDNAPPINGS, KILLINGS
10 Feb
- Patriotism at all-time high as NigeriaNs uNite behiNd s/eagles
- Tinubu signs Electricity Act amendment bill into law
- We ‘ll no more grant Ways and Means to FG, unless… – CBN
- Why i won’t be part of real housewives this season - iyabo ojo
10 Feb
- VCs, rectors, provosts lament extortion by reps
- Cancer Health Fund: Patients, survivors decry challenges
- Super Eagles eye fourth title in fi nal showdown with Elephants
- Reactions trail Nigeria’s loss at 66th Grammy Awards
10 Feb
- Ministry Clarifies Tinubu’s Directive On Release Of Grains From Reserve
- DisCos To Pay Consumers N10.5b Over Estimated Billing
- NDDC Shifting From Transaction To Transformation, Says Ogbuku
- Navy Intercepts Materials For Illegal Refineries’ Construction, Arrests Three
10 Feb
- Tinubu’s ministers blame food shortage on naira devaluation, fuel subsidy withdrawal
- CBN has ordered foreign remittances to be paid in Naira —Banks
- Anglican Church decries worsening insecurity, economic hardship
- Oyo to self-generate, transmit, distribute electricity as Makinde signs bill
10 Feb
- Theft Of Farm Produce Spreads Across Nigeria
- NERC Fines 11 DisCos N10.5bn For Overbilling Unmetered Customers
- Israel-Gaza War: US Warns Israel On Rafah Offensive
- Law Bars CBN From Advancing More Loans To FG – Cardoso
09 Feb
- Daily Asset 7th Annual Awards: Kefas, Kyari, Nachamada, Tambawal Recieve Honours
- Abbas Preaches Remedy against Hardship, Insecurity
- Abbas Preaches Remedy against Hardship, Insecurity
- Police Confirm Rescue of Abuja Bound Travellers
09 Feb
- Governors demand state police amidst spike in killings, kidnappings
- FCT records 2,000 cases of gender based violence in 100 days --Official
- NDDC Executive Director in N3.6bn fraud case
- Transport owners call for policy review to stem insecurity on roads
09 Feb
- Nigeria plans new tax amnesty scheme for the wealthy
- Stock market sheds N480bn on T-bills higher yields
- President Tinubu, please lead the battle in Nigeria’s soft war
- Remittances near 3-year low on FX crisis, slow global growth
09 Feb
- Rising Costs of Food: FG Orders Release of 102,000 Tonnes of Rice, Maize, Millet, Garri
- NNPC: Movement of Our Accounts to CBN Won’t Hinder Operations
- Labour Gives FG 14-day Ultimatum to Implement Agreements on Wage Award..
- Marion Sheila Johnson’s Funeral Holds in Lagos Today
09 Feb
- Hardship:FG considers food importation, orders release of 102,000mt of grains
- World Bank: 45m Nigerians'll lack electricity by 203
- Non-implementation Of Pacts: NLC, TUC issue 14-day strike notice
- Insecurity: Govs want quick prosecution of perpetrators
09 Feb
- AS NLC ISSUES FG 14-DAY ULTIMATUM… Tinubu orders release of 102,000 metric tons of food items
- Troops neutralised 266 terrorists, arrested 463 January - DHQ
- FG sets up c’ttee on low gas supply to power plants
- ‘Ex-Gov Yahaya Bello’s trial beyond his stewardship
09 Feb
- FG orders release of 102,000 metric tonnes of rice, maize, garri, millet
- Reps speaker gives -Pg11 Nigerians fresh hope on hardship, insecurity
- Address inflation, poverty, insecurity, food crisis, JNI tells Tinubu, govs
- NLC, TUC issue 14-day ultimatum to FG to implement agreement
09 Feb
- How Super Eagles defied odds, doubts to qualify for N10b CAF prize
- Labour intensifies pressure, gives FG 14 days to address hardship, hunger
- Fashola wants constitution review to allow states determine minimum wag
- FG deploys troops to tackle bandits, others in Ekiti
09 Feb
- Tinubu, Governors, Reps Attempt Solutions
- AFCON: Avoid Watching Football If Hypertensive, Doctors Warn
- Abducted Abuja-bound Passengers Released – Police
- CHRISTIAN LEADERS DEMAND SACK OF NON-PERFORMING MINISTER
09 Feb
- Provide food, security to poor at grassroots
- Court orders psychiatric evaluation of suspected killer of ex-boyfriend
- War on Gaza: 26,751 Palestinians killed in 118 days – Envoy
- AFCON: Nigerians celebrate Super Eagles victory amidst tragedies
08 Feb
- Senate in crucial talks with security chiefs over insecurity
- BoI to grow access to finance with IFC $2bn investment portfolio
- Three suspects to face prosecution for Ibadan explosion
- Reps move for adoption of electronic transmission of poll results
08 Feb
- AFCON 2023: Super Eagles Beat S’Africa in Dramatic Shoot-outs to Qualify for Final
- Nigeria Recorded N600 Trillion e-Payment Transactions in 2023
- Governors Need More Powers to Secure States, Obi, Attah, Tambuwal Declare
- Ribadu: Nigeria, UK Commit to Defence, Security Imperatives
08 Feb
- Cardoso signals return to orthodox monetary policy as T-bill yield doubles
- FG eyes bulk buying to tame runaway drug prices
- Manufacturers’ exports jump 77% on weaker naira
- Nigeria seeks World Bank support on economic recovery
08 Feb
- 4,000 Prisoners Still On The Loose 2 Years After
- Nigeria Face Cote d'Ivoire In First AFCON Final Since 2013
- FCT: Reps Summon NSA, IGP, Others Over Insecurity
- Ekiti Pupils: How We Raised N15m Ransom – Families
08 Feb
- Court orders FG to fix prices, inflation as agitation heightens
- CSOs, eminent citizens flay president, govs’ use of public funds for private trips
- MAN seeks immediate reversal of ban on sachet, pet bottle spirit drinks
- NNPCL targets 14,000bpd from Akpo West field as oil production commences
08 Feb
- Rising Inflation:Fix prices of goods in seven days, court orders FG
- Ribadu seeks UK’s support for kidnapping, terrorism fight
- DIGITAL NEWS: NEW TELEGRAPH ONLINE MAKES ‘RISING STARS’ LIST
- Naira Stability: Hope rises as Treasury bill rate hits 19%
08 Feb
- Fix prices of goods in 7 days, court orders FG
- No magical formula to solve kidnapping, terrorism challenges, but – Ifedimma
- N1.3bn fraud: GO acquired hotel, others with subscribers’ funds – EFCC
- Don’t turn Nigeria into extractive zone, Senate warns Chevron, Exxon
08 Feb
- Bandits threaten to marry bride, sell 62 wedding guests
- 5 months after, Tinubu yet to replace recalled ambassadors
- Nigeria beat S/Africa to set up AFCON fi nal with Cote d’ Ivoire
- Forex crisis: Nothing for Nigeria as our crude oil sold in advance – NGF0
08 Feb
- Court orders FG to fix prices of fuel, goods within 7 days
- Reps to probe banks over rising foreign exchange
- Police arrest masterminds of Minna protest, 24 others
- Electoral Act: Reps pass bill on e-transmission of election result