NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Feb 22 - Feb 28, 2024
28 Feb
- Hardship: Labour Protest Grounds States
- Gunmen Kill Nasarawa Village Head, 28 Others
- Tinubu Okays Plan To Restrict Expatriates’ Influx
- LEADERSHIP Conference: Moghalu Provides Insights On Economy
28 Feb
- NLC suspends protest, lists demands
- Forex: $26bn passed through Binance Nigeria in one year -Cardoso
- Wike inaugurates private sector mass transit
- Senate mulls six year single term for CBN Governor, N1trn recapitalization for banks
28 Feb
- Naira strengthens as CBN moves to stabilize economy
- The dark side of the Aba power project
- CBN vows to recover intervention loans worth over N10trn
- $26bn flowed through Binance Nigeria in one year – CBN
28 Feb
- In Unprecedented Offensive to Tame Inflation, CBN Raises MPR to 22.75% from 18.75%
- Tinubu: Decision to Remove Petrol Subsidy Challenging, But Necessary
- After Relative Success at Day One of Nationwide Protests, NLC Suspends Rallies
- CBN Approves FX Sale to BDCs to Curtail Price Distortions at Retail Market
28 Feb
- Restore industrial hubs, palliatives tofarmers, fix refineries –NLC tells FG
- Senate proposes six-year single term for CBN gov
- Tinubu: Fuel subsidy removal challenging but necessary
- MAN: NIGERIA’S ECONOMY IN DIRE STRAITS, SEEKS INTERVENTION
28 Feb
- NLC halts protest, issues fresh ultimatum, wants subsidy for farmers
- Senate probes Ajaokuta steel, NIOMCO over $496m payment
- FCTA launches Abuja private sector mass transit
- Senate seeks N1trn recapitalistion for banks, 6-year single term for CBN gov
28 Feb
- Concerns for OPS as CBN moves against inflation, naira speculators
- Mixed reactions trail Tinubu’s implementation of Oronsaye's report
- Five die, 26 rescued in Onitsha market building collapse
- Blackout: Residents, businesses in dire straits over high tariffs on electricity, generator use
28 Feb
- End hunger, hardship, protesters tell Tinubu
- CBN raises interest rate to 22.75%, begins sale of Forex to BDCs
- Falana kicks against planned implementation of Oronsaye report
- NDLEA intercepts largest consignment of heroin at Lagos airport
28 Feb
- Cost of living crisis: NLC suspends protests
- CBN resumes sale of dollars to BDCs, raises interest rate to 22.75%
- Mixed reactions trail Tinubu’s approval of Oronsaye report
- Meningitis kills 20 students in Yobe
27 Feb
- Cost Of Governance:100 govt agencies to be scrapped/merged
- Labour Protest:Police operatives on red alert nationwide –FHQ
- New constitution ready by 2026, says Abbas
- FX Crisis: CBN sells 9.38bn yuan in Nigeria, Chinese currency swap
27 Feb
- NLC storms the streets as TUC calls for food importation
- FEC approves construction of 700km coastal routes roads at N1.067tn
- FG to get fresh $500m World Bank loan amidst rising external debt
- Light-up project beams on S/ East
27 Feb
- To Cut Cost of Governance, FEC Okays Immediate Implementation of Oronsaye Report
- FG's Last-ditch Effort to Stop Labour Fails As Ajaero Insists Nationwide Rally Kicks off Today
- Twelve Highlights of the Stephen Oronsaye Report
- Rivers Crisis: A'Court Orders Amaewhule, 24 Lawmakers to Appear in Court
27 Feb
- After bloated cabinet, Tinubu okays Oronsaye report, merger of MDAs
- FG okays social security payment to vulnerable families, graduates
- Impending strike: FG, ASUU in endless tango over unfulfilled promises
- Constitution amendment: Reps prioritises state police, women in governance, others
27 Feb
- Foreign investors hit brakes on Nigeria over volatile naira
- Drugmakers see decline in fortunes despite soaring prices
- Finally, FG begins implementation of Orosanye report
- FG’s health backward integration plan faces old problems
27 Feb
- Your protest not solution to nation’s current hardship
- Key MDAs to merge as FEC okays Orosanye Report 12 years after
- Probe N-Power fund granted building institute, stakeholders tell Tinubu
- Tinubu ready to return South-east to industrial powerhouse – Shettima
27 Feb
- Oronsaye report: FEC okays full implementation 12 years after
- N30bn to govs: Akpabio recants, apologises
- CSOs protest over high cost of living in Lagos, Edo, Osun
- FEC okays N1trn for Phase 1 Lagos-Port Harcourt - Calabar coastal road
27 Feb
- Protests in Lagos, Osun, Edo over hardship
- EFCC, ICPC, CCB to merge; PTAD, PTDF, NIWA to be scrapped
- Real sector starved of Forex – NECA
- Bandits displace 10 communities in Kaduna
27 Feb
- FG Adopts Oronsaye Report, Says No Fear Of Job Losses
- LEADERSHIP Conference And Awards Holds March 5
- CJN Tasks Supreme Court Justices On Integrity
- Military Refutes Coup Claim, Threatens Legal Action
26 Feb
- CBN mops up N1.51trn in four months to stabilise economy
- Floating stone on water(2)
- The Macallan unveils The Reach single malt whisky in Nigeria
- Nigeria’s agric investment dips 94% in Q4, hits 8-yr low
26 Feb
- Protest: NLC adamant as FG, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, others differ
- CBN fixes duty charges to Form M amidst calls for N1,000/$ rate
- Naira closes week at N1,665.50/$1 amidst demand pressure
- Fire destroys FCT Minister of State's residence
26 Feb
- Hardship Unabated In States Despite Huge Allocations
- Governors Slam Forum Over Silence On ‘N30bn Largesse
- CBN Pegs Purchase Of Dollars In Cash At $500
- Forex: Import Volume Drops As Importers Weigh Options
26 Feb
- Defiant NLC insists as Afenifere, CSOs urge ceasefire
- Thousands benefit from subsidised rice, Customs plans to rejig exercise
- Arewa Think Tank condemns attack on Remi Tinubu, Gowon
- Sellers of forex from $10,000 to declare sources of funds – CBN
26 Feb
- Economic Reforms: Tinubu Begins Broad Consultations
- Nationwide Protest: Falana Writes FG, Says NLC Not in Contempt of Court
- Uzoka-Anite: Nigeria to Influence Policy Outcomes as WTO MC13 Begins Today in UAE
- Qatar Rescinds Decision, Disputed Business Forum to Now Hold during Tinubu’s Visit
26 Feb
- Qatar backtracks, hosts Nigeria business forum
- Nigeriens, northern senators welcome ECOWAS lifting of sanctions
- Builders seek alternatives as cement price soars
- Hardship: NLC mobilises for protest despite FG’s warning
26 Feb
- Nigeria falling out of top four African economies on weak currency
- Conditional cash transfer to resume amid probe
- 65 CSOs withdraw as NLC dares FG, mobilises for nationwide protest
- Emerging prospects, challenges of state police amid legislative traction
26 Feb
- Economists dissect Nigeria’s problems, proffer solutions
- Atiku to Tinubu: Adopt Argentina’s economic recovery initiatives to stabilise economy
- Economic hardship: NLC accuses FG of plans to attack peace rallies
- Qatar makes U-turn, confirms investment forum will hold during Tinubu’s visit
26 Feb
- Tinubu To Tripartite Panel: We may not have answers now, but we're trying
- We'll initiate immediate strike action if attacked during protest –NLC
- NIGERIANS VULNERABLE OVER EXCESSIVE TRUST IN GENERATIVE AI
- GDP: Banks lead financial institutions in N12.49trn contributions
25 Feb
- State Police Faces Constitutional, Political Obstacles
- Presidency Dismisses Qatar Snub Story, State Visit To Hold March 2-3
- Edo: Okpebholo Receives APC's Certificate Of Return, Idahosa Protests
- nflation: Bakers To Raise Bread Price This Week
25 Feb
- Tinubu buckles, seeks lifting of Niger, others’ sanctions
- Wigwe’s Helicopter seen as ‘snowball’ before crash, preliminary report say
- Shelve your planned nationwide protest, AGF tells NLC
- 2027: YOUNG PDP TURKS BATTLE ATIKU
25 Feb
- In the Spirit of Lent, Ramadan, ECOWAS Lifts Economic Sanctions on Niger, Mali, Guinea
- Wigwe: NTSB Issues Preliminary Report, Attributes Chopper Crash to Adverse Weather Exacerbated By Rain, Snow
- Fagbemi Asks NLC to Shelve Proposed Nationwide Protests, Says Planned Action will Be Contempt of Court
- INEC: We Received N313.4bn from FG for 2023 General Election
25 Feb
- Before The Wretched Of The Earth Revolt (4)/INSIDESTUFF
- ECOWAS Lifts Economic Sanctions On Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso
- Ondo Governorship Poll: Aiyedatiwa Declares Intention To Run
- How To Save Naira From Continuous Free Fall, By Senator Nwoko
25 Feb
- Nigeria restores electricity supply to Niger as ECOWAS lifts sanctions
- No to resumption of Conditional Cash Transfer Program
- 7 Years After, Govs Still Violate S/Court Ruling On LGAs
- Forex: CBN’s new rule will curb money laundering – Experts
25 Feb
- Stop your planned nationwide protest
- ECONOMIC CRISIS: Obasanjo calls for power devolution, resources to states
- UBA pledges support for ECOWAS on mining, oil sectors’ development
- Furore over FG’s N60bn palliative fund to senators, Rep members
24 Feb
- INEC finally admits failure of IReV portal during 2023 presidential polls
- Probe FG's $3.4bn COVID-19 loan, CSOs task National Assembly
- Shettima to flag-off Light Up South East Initiative February 26
- NAFDAC raises alarm on sale of falsified paracetamol
24 Feb
- Spread, diversity of 2023 polls unprecedented –INEC
- CBN plans to raise BDCs’ share capital to N2bn
- We must secure border communities to fight insecurity
- WHAT FG MUST DO TO STEM NAIRA’S FREE FALL –FALAE
25 Feb
- Adopting survival perspective against rising depression, suicide
- Tinubu, Ganduje, govs, others bid Akeredolu farewell
- Insecurity: Zamfara assembly speaker impeached
- Gaza: Palestinian envoy lauds AU’s position on war
24 Feb
- CBN Introduces Sweeping Reforms to Sanitise BDC Operations
- Edo 2024: Akpata Emerges LP's Guber Candidate, Okpebholo Wins APC Ticket
- Speculators, Unscrupulous Individuals Sabotaging Our Reform Efforts, Says Idris
- Night Club Operators Lament Low Patronage as Economic Hardship Bites Harder
24 Feb
- 2023 Poll: How INEC Survived CBN's Currency Swap, Attacks, Other Challenges
- Experts Urge FG to Embrace Dialogue Over $5.8bn Mambilla Power Project
- NDLEA Applauds Tinubu's Support For Anti-drug War
- HUNGER THRIVES IN STATES AMID N6.58TR ILLION FAAC ALLOCATION IN 2023
24 Feb
- How INEC Survived CBN’s Currency Redesign
- Edo 2024: Okpebholo Emerges APC Governorship Candidate
- CDC Confirms 411 Cases, 72 Deaths From Lassa Fever
- Power Disconnection: Army Laments Decomposing Corpses In Mortuaries
24 Feb
- Customs intercepts Niger Republic-bound grains
- How Mangu lost its decadeslong cherished peace
- Why we endanger our lives trading along rail tracks
- Senegal's president, Sall agrees to step down in April
24 Feb
- CLERIC TELLS TINUBU AT AKEREDOLU’S BURIAL You said it’s your turn, now save Nigerians from hunger
- Varsity teachers lament hardship, threaten strike
- How two pastors, herbalist connived to kill lady, used her body parts for money ritual
- Murder of DPO: We’ve recovered cult leader’s corpse —Rivers police
23 Feb
- Hardship: Makinde tackles Akpabio over FG's N30bn 'gift' to states
- Alleged N10bn fraud: EFCC to arraign ex Kwara Governor Ahmed today
- Stakeholders harp on securing schools to improve enrollment
- FG, TUC parley as NLC insists on protest
23 Feb
- Hardship: Military Warns Coup ‘Advocates’, Vows Consequences
- Edo 2024: Ighodalo Wins PDP Guber Ticket with 577 Votes
- We Remain Steadfast in Creating Investment Opportunities - Tinubu
- FAAC Shares N 1.149trn Jan Revenue to FG, States, LGs
23 Feb
- Floating stone on water
- Major rate hike expected as MPC meeting holds Monday
- Bloodbath for multinationals as naira slide wipes shareholders’ fund
- High food prices direct result of insecurity – Pat Utom
23 Feb
- FG didn’t give states N30bn each, Makinde replies Akpabio
- Govt halts export of cooking gas to crash prices
- Asue Ighodalo emerges PDP candidate for Edo gov election
- FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N1.149trn for January
23 Feb
- Youths attack trucks, steal food items in Niger
- FG bans cooking gas export to stabilise price
- Forex: Govt urged to harness foreign remittances, informal market
- ECOWAS may lift sanctions on Niger, Mali, B/Faso tomorrow
23 Feb
- Nigeria’s Economic Reset: Scores See New Opportunities Amid Pain
- Economic Hardship: Sanwo-Olu Intervenes, Reduces Working Days for Civil Servants
- Monthly Allocation: FAAC Shares N1.149tn to FG, States, LGs
- Naira Surges to N1,700/$1 at Parallel Mkt on Clampdown on Crypto Platforms
23 Feb
- Ongoing reforms in the interest of Nigerians – Tinubu
- $800m for port rehabilitation ready soon- Oyetola
- ASUU urges FG to meet public varsity lecturers’ demands
- Sanwo-Olu cuts fare for public transport by 25 %, okays 3 official working days
23 Feb
- Council raises panels to enforce ECOWAS Court rulings
- Use Naira As Only Legal Currency In Nigeria – Ned Nwoko
- NAFEM: Forex Inflow Rises By 11.7% As Naira Weakens To N1,571/$
- LEADERSHIP AWARD, CALL TO BETTER SERVICE — TUNJI-OJO
23 Feb
- Tales of woe for survivors, joy for repentant terrorists
- Take steps to avert planned protests, Afenifere tells Tinubu, labour, others
- PDP factions produce Shaibu, Ighodalo for Edo guber pol
- Council raises panels to enforce ECOWAS Court rulings
23 Feb
- Arewa Economic Forum To Tinubu: Reinstate subsidy, remove govs from palliative chain
- IBEDC disconnects UCH power over unpaid N400m electricity bills
- Nigeria's annual GDP growth drops 0.36% to 2.7%
- INCREASED TAX COLLECTIONS BOOST FAAC'S ALLOCATIONS TO N1.14TRN
22 Feb
- NLC, DSS set to clash over planned nationwide protest
- Hardship: FG to commence direct cash transfers to 15 million households
- Fix gas supply gap to boost industrialisation –Elumelu charges FG
- We arrested LP chairman for attempted murder –Police
22 Feb
- Who Will Save the Naira? Manufacturers Cry Out, Want Preferential FX Allocation
- Tinubu Requires More Time to Perform, Gowon Pleads with Angry Nigerians
- Edo APC Guber Primary Crisis Claims Uzodimma, Party Picks Otu as Replacement
- Senate Halts Proposed Electricity Tariff Hike
22 Feb
- APC Orders Fresh Primary To Clear Legal Hurdle
- Kemi Nandap Appointed New CG Of Immigration
- Hardship: Despite DSS Warning, Labour Insists On Protest
- Police, DSS Arrest Abure Over Mob Attack, Attempted Murder
22 Feb
- Grain price drop won’t last long – Experts
- Digital lenders tighten purse strings as defaults spike
- Remittances, trade with Nigeria seen dropping as UK economy slows
- Relief as pension regulator claws N326m from defaulters in Q3
22 Feb
- Power: Halt proposed increase in electricity tariff, subsidy removal –Senate tells FG
- Shelve planned protest in the interest of peace
- REPORT: NIGERIA RECORDS EXTRA 10% CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL OIL DEMAND
- FG to expand direct cash transfer to 12m Nigerians
22 Feb
- FG plans return of cash transfer, Senate rejects electricity tariff hike
- Defamation: Emefiele threatens Akpabio with N25bn lawsuit
- Labour house cracks as TUC differs with NLC over 2-day protest
- Finally, FG hands over Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant to concessionaire
22 Feb
- Customs’ N5tr target threatens trade, heightens price crisis
- Petrol queues spread nationwide as IPMAN, MEMAN blame supply disruption
- Gowon urges ECOWAS to lift sanctions against Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
- Five banks’ impairment charges hit N580b in nine months
22 Feb
- EFCC raids Bureau de Change operators in Abuja, Ibadan, Kano
- FG set to begin direct cash transfer to 15 million Nigerians
- Fresh APC primary: NWC sacks Uzodimma, replaces him with Cross River gov
- Senate to FG: Don’t increase electricity tariff
22 Feb
- FG yet to release free grains to Nigerians
- 10 countries approach ICJ against Israel’s occupation of Palestine
- enue govt issues 14-day quit notice to herders
- Naira gains as security operatives sustain raid on BDCs