NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Feb 22 - Feb 28, 2025
28 Feb
- Lagos Assembly crisis: Obasa, Meranda claim speakership
- After 21 months, Buhari relocates from Daura to Kaduna
- ACF, NACCIMA, CAC re-echo concerns over Tax Reform Bills
- Sultan urges traders to reduce food prices ahead Ramadan
28 Feb
- Like Rivers, Obasa leads 4 lawmakers at plenary, insists ‘I remain speaker’
- Gov Idris conducts mass wedding for 300 couples in Kebbi
- N4trn debt owed GenCos, DisCos crippling our power sector - Minister
- Nigeria signs pact with Saudi Arabia to boost $7.7trn Halal economy
28 Feb
- Twists in Lagos House of Commotion
- Twists in Lagos House of Commotion
- Twists in Lagos House of Commotion
- Onitsha community petitions IGP, Soludo over ex-lawmakers’ kidnap, death
28 Feb
- Lagos Assembly Crisis:I'm back as Speaker, I was on vacation –Obasa
- FAAC resolves logjam, shares N1.703trn to FG, states, LGs as January revenue
- Threats: Fortify security around NAFDAC, EFCC DGs –Afenifere tells FG
- 2027:Nigerians need to break cycle of poor leadership, passive followership –Fubara
28 Feb
- IBB’s tango with IMF: Tr uths, half-tr uths, lies
- Noll y wood’s child content push opens oppor tunit y
- Obasa presides over Lagos Assembly amid lawmaker s’ rejection
- FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N1.703tr n for Januar y
28 Feb
- Obasa Stages Comeback As Lagos Speaker
- Ramadan: Muslims Look Out For New Moon
- DSTV, GOTV: MAINTAIN CURRENT PRICES, FCCPC DIRECTS MULTICHOICE
- How To Make Money As A Ghostwriter
28 Feb
- FG: Over 60% of Nigerian Companies Have Exited National Power Grid
- With Security Escorts, Obasa Storms House, Declares Self Speaker 45 Days After Removal
- Murdered Lawmaker: Onitsha Community Demands Justice, Asks IG to Take Over Investigation
- FG Approves N758bn FGN Bond to Fully Offset Outstanding Pension Liabilities Under CPS
27 Feb
- NEC Meeting: APC Passes Vote of Confidence on Tinubu, NWC
- Nigeria Targets $2.5bn Investment from Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme
- JOsTUM shuts down Over abduction of Four Female students
- Uwaleke Proposes Incentives, Privatisation to Strengthen Capital Market
27 Feb
- Inside Niger ia’s contr over sial dr ug market raid
- Economic r eforms pay off with str ongest gr owth since 2021
- OMO sales r ise 18x as CBN tightens noose on inflation
- Tax r eforms: Reps pledge transpar ent laws as opposition gr ows
27 Feb
- APC Shuts Out Others, Endorses Tinubu
- My Life Is In Danger, Says NAFDAC DG
- Bandits Kill 5, Abduct 100 In Zamfara, Katsina
- Dangote Reduces Petrol Price To N825/litre For Marketers
27 Feb
- Tinubu at APC NEC, asks Ganduje to reconcile aggrieved members
- Mbeki to chair 2025 Obafemi Awolowo Memorial Webinar on March 6
- Dangote petrol to sell for N860 in Lagos, N870 in South-Wes
- USAID, UNFPA condoms, antiretroviral drugs found in sealed markets —NAFDAC
27 Feb
- Amid row, APC NEC passes vote of confidence in Tinubu, Ganduje
- Dangote slashes PMS price by N65, IPMAN warns of marketers’ loss
- FCCPC tackles rising cost of drugs, begins inquiry
- Banks’ fraud-related losses rise by 350% to N52.3b in five years
27 Feb
- APC NEC:Tinubu gets confidence vote as Buhari, el-Rufai, Amaechi absent
- PMS: FG saves N5.6trn as it cuts smuggling by 24%
- Tax Bills:Kano govt, Islamic Council raise constitutional breaches
- Decliningnumber of surgeons in Africa worries medical professionals
26 Feb
- Lagos ‘boys’ dr ive Abuja housing boom
- Monthly inter net usage surges 93% on smar tphones gr ow th
- Food pr ices’ dr op eases cost-of-living cr isis
- Bond yields hit new low of 19% on debt
26 Feb
- Jonathan, Jega carpet politicians, judiciary, INEC over flawed elections
- Tinubu okays N1tr illion financing for states to strengthen PHCs
- EFCC arraigns 16 Chinese for alleged cyber-terrorism, Internet fraud in Lagos
- Belgium fears losing 40% petrol export to Nigeria as Tinubu woos investors
26 Feb
- Forget 2027 Presidency, Akume Tells Atiku, Bala, Others
- Services Sector Boosts GDP To 3-year High, Grows By 3.84% ,
- FCCPC Summons MultiChoice Over DStv, GOtv Price Hike
- FG Declares War On Medical Tourism
26 Feb
- NBS: Aided By Non-oil Sector, GDP Grew By 3.40% in 2024, 3.84% in Q4
- Tinubu Reassures Global Oil Investors of Easy Repatriation of Their Investments
- Atala Oilfield: Court Reaffirms Halkin E&P as Legal Owner, Ope
- Jonathan: Transparent Election Pivots on Credible Political Leadership
26 Feb
- Food prices drop ahead Ramadan
- Card reader almost set Nigeria ablaze in 2015 – Jonathan
- 13 killed in Yobe, Sokoto auto crashes
- Nigeria’s GDP grew by 3.40% in 2024 – NBS
26 Feb
- CBN frustrating probe into N30trn Ways and Means —Senate panel
- Senate probes Natasha’s conduct, may suspend her
- NBS: Nigeria’s GDP, driven by services sector, grew by 3.84% in Q4 2024
- OSSIEC chairman takes IGP, Osun CP to court
26 Feb
- Our reforms wooing foreign investors back to Nigeria – Tinubu
- Lagos GDP rose from N27trn to N41trn in 4 years – Commissioner
- Fast track revenue allocation formula review, FG orders RMAFC
- Anambra guber: APC rakes in N350m from sale of nomination forms
26 Feb
- Why Tinubu’ll win second term, by Orji Kalu
- Nigeria’s economy grows fastest in 3 years at 3.84%
- FG's reform policies necessary for economic growth –Akume
- Afenifere names Oba Olaitan as Adebanjo's replacement
25 Feb
- El-Rufai: Tinubu, Not N'Assembly Rejected My Nomination as Minister
- Oil Marketers Threaten Strike, Give FG Seven Days to Offset N100 Billion Debts
- Saudi Agriculture Company to Acquire 44.58% Stake in Olam Agri for $1.78bn
- Emefiele Accuses Judge of Bias, Unjust Handling of Questions in Ongoing Trial
25 Feb
- Proponents, opponents dissect Tinubu’s tax reform bills
- Customs withdraws 4% import charges
- Tinubu to set up c’ttee on census
- NNPP: Kwankwaso’s faction, Rurum diff er over suspension
25 Feb
- APC has left me —El-Rufai
- Osun APC LG chairmen give workers ultimatum to resume
- Police begin probe as residents claim 22 killed in Edo clashes
- Why Nigerian Tribune was among first to be granted interview upon my assumption of office —Babangida
25 Feb
- N400,000 per truck: Maritime transporters threaten strike over ‘extortion’ in Lagos
- Tinubu tasks N’Assembly on workable tax law
- Abia, Rivers, Zamfara, Kano, 11 others lack female lawmakers
- Aiyedatiwa takes oath of office, pardons 43 inmates at inauguration Tinubu tasks N’Assembly on workable tax law NEWS PAGE 3 NEWS PAGE 6 NEWS PAGE 5 NEWS PAGE 7 Abia, Rivers, Zamfara, Kano, 11 others lack female lawmakers
25 Feb
- APC Begins Pushback 4 Against Opposition Coalition
- Fuel Scarcity Looms As Marketers Threaten Nationwide Strike
- Aiyedatiwa Sworn In As 7th Ondo Governor
- Tinubu Didn't Want Me In His Cabinet – El-Rufai
25 Feb
- NNPCL, RMAFC, Arewa Think Tank, others back Tax Reform Bills
- Reinstated Osun LG chairmen issue 72-hour ultimatum to workers
- Recapitalise FMBN, N150bn allocation to MOFI misplaced, ex-REDAN boss tells F
- Information minister Idris’ mother-in-law laid to rest in Abuja
25 Feb
- Fuel scarcity looms as IPMAN threatens strike over N100bn bridging claims
- PLANT-RICH, LOW SATURATED-FAT DIET LOWERS PSORIASIS SEVERITY –STUDY }2
- El-Rufai: How Tinubu stopped my nomination as minister
- Tensionin Osun as police guard LG secretariats, mount roadblocks
25 Feb
- Naira gains against pound, eur o, Canadian dollar since EFEMS
- Olam Agri closes $1.8bn sale to Saudi as shares jump
- Victor Osimhen’s Manchester United move ‘95% completed
- National Assembly didn’t reject me - El-Rufai
24 Feb
- How FG spent $8bn to support naira – Rewane
- Minister threatens to leave APC over Kano chairmanship
- We have over N600bn worth of petrol in store – Dangote
- Nigeria records 80 deaths from Lassa fever in 1 week
24 Feb
- Inside Nigeria’s $20bn yam industry
- Investment-star ved Niger ia misses out on $3.7bn metals boom
- Zur iel Oduwole, 22, br ings honour to Niger ia with Nobel Peace Pr ize nomination
- Pope Francis remains cr itical and has ‘slight’ kidney issue, Vatican says
24 Feb
- Inside Nigeria’s $20bn yam industry
- Investment-star ved Niger ia misses out on $3.7bn metals boom
- Zur iel Oduwole, 22, br ings honour to Niger ia with Nobel Peace Pr ize nomination
- Pope Francis remains cr itical and has ‘slight’ kidney issue, Vatican says
24 Feb
- Lawyers Blame ‘Nigerian 4 System,’ Seek Urgent Reforms
- Financial Times Showcases LEADERSHIP Conference And Awards
- FG Spends $8bn To Stabilise Naira
- We Are Ready For 2025 Hajj Operations – NAHCON
24 Feb
- $200bn foreign investment may leave Nigeria, NACCIMA warns
- How we gathered eggheads to manage Nigeria’s economy —IBB
- How we gathered eggheads to manage Nigeria’s economy —IBB
- Five killed, four wounded in Edo over cocoa
24 Feb
- Afterthought of the ‘Maradona’, say critics as IBB shares June 12 blame
- Lagos, Ogun to experience poor telephone services amid police, NUPENG standoff’
- 1966 coup: Ohanaeze demands apology, N10tr compensation to Igbo NEWS PAGE 3
- 2027: APC warns Tinubu of S’East risks as El-Rufai seeks alliances to ‘rescue Nigeria
24 Feb
- IBB: We Overthrew Buhari/Idiagbon Because of Their Holier-Than-Thou Attitude
- Dangote: We Have over N600bn Petrol in Stock, Enough to Meet In-country Supply
- Trump Hails Chancellor Olaf Scholz Election Defeat as Great Day for Germany
- Adeleke Swears in New LG Chiefs as APC Urges Security to Stand by Its Own Officials
24 Feb
- Tension in Osun as defiant Adeleke swears in LG chairs, councillors
- Nigeria saves $20m daily from fuel subsidy removal – Oyedele
- Ramadan: Group targets N3m donation to feed 100 vulnerable Muslims
- Information minister Idris loses mother-in-law, Jana'iza holds at National Mosque today
24 Feb
- LG Poll:Don't turn Osun intoWild Wild West, Makinde warns APC
- CBN: FDI inflows rise by 48.6% to $540m
- Adebanjo unites Afenifere in death as leaders meet in Lekki home
- June 12: Babangida's autobiography reopens old wounds
23 Feb
- Food prices crash in North East
- June 12: Anger, resentment in Nigeria as Babangida heaps blame on the dead
- Family planning, girl-child interventions hurt in Nigeri
- Nigerians still groan under cost-ofliving crisis amid inflation drop
23 Feb
- Northern States Rev Up Training Of Varsity Students Abroad
- Broadcast Icon, Tom Adaba, Dies At 83
- Gov Sule Sacks Commission's Chairman, Others Over Job Racketeering
- 15 Die, 5 Injured In Niger Auto Crash
23 Feb
- Tinubu approves relocation of 29 Custodial Centres nationwide
- 2027: Stakeholders suggest single-day general polls, say they’re cost-effective, curb waste
- Equity market sustains bearish run, sheds N44bn
- Gwandu Emirate in the eyes of history
23 Feb
- Over 77 trucks of substandard drugs seized in Aba, Onitsha, Idumota drug market
- Adesina, MBF, Bakare eulogise Adebanjo, Clark
- INEC needs to be sanitised —Bode George
- Five killed in Edo as cocoa farmers, alleged thieves clash
23 Feb
- Dak’Art Experience And The Mystery Of Missing Artworks
- TAMING MENACE OF FREQUENT FUEL TANKER ACCIDENTS, EXPLOSIONS
- G Committed To Correctional Service Reforms– Tunji-Ojo
- The Babangida We Should Find In Tinubu
23 Feb
- IBB: Dele Giwa’s murder targeted at my gov’t
- Requests for 31 new states failed constitutional requirements —Dep Speaker
- I never allocated land to myself or my children —Engr Dahiru Ibrahim
- Adeleke shuns AGF’s advice, insists LG poll holds today
23 Feb
- IBB: We overthrew Buhari 'cause of his holier-than-thou attitude
- NCERTAINTY AS APC HOLDS 1ST NEC MEETING IN TWO YEARS
- llicit Drugs: NAFDAC shuts 11,000 shops in Aba, Onitsha, Idumota
- PDP declares S'South zonal congress illegitimate
22 Feb
- Nigeria’s N40bn Floating Dry Dock Rots Away In Lagos
- I Did Not Kill Dele Giwa - IBB
- Court Orders Forfeiture Of $4.7m, N830m, Properties Linked To Emefiele
- FG To Harness N33trn Revenue Potential In Livestock – Minister
22 Feb
- IBB: Dele Giwa’s murder targeted at my gov’t
- Requests for 31 new states failed constitutional requirements —Dep Speaker
- I never allocated land to myself or my children —Engr Dahiru Ibrahim
- Adeleke shuns AGF’s advice, insists LG poll holds today
22 Feb
- Akpabio in Lagos, condoles with Adebanjo’s family
- Court overrules AGF, orders Osun to conduct LG poll today
- Tinubu directs relocation of Suleja, Ikoyi, 27 other prisons
- Atiku leads el-Rufai, others on condolence visit to Clark’s home
22 Feb
- FG Committed To Correctional Service Reforms– Tunji-Ojo
- TAMING MENACE OF FREQUENT FUEL TANKER ACCIDENTS, EXPLOSIONS
- How Resilience Of Otegbayo Is Dismantling Over 100 Days Of Blackout At UCH
- Dak’Art Experience And The Mystery Of Missing Artworks
22 Feb
- June 12: Mixed Reaction Trails Revelations by IBB, Questions Arise Over Abiola, Kingibe’s Privileges
- Osun: Court Orders State Electoral Body to Conduct Election Today
- Naira Extends Gains, Now N1,490/$ on Parallel, N1,502/$ on Official FX Markets
- FG Targets $72bn Revenue from Livestock by 2030
22 Feb
- 2027: Stakeholders suggest single-day general polls, say they’re cost-effective, curb waste
- The Unforgotten Hero Sunday Awoniyi
- Tinubu approves relocation of 29 Custodial Centres nationwide
- Equity market sustains bearish run, sheds N44bn
22 Feb
- No entitlement with my dad, he sometimes overlooked us to favour other people
- GLAMOUR, EXCITEMENT AS NEW TELEGRAPH REWARDS ACHIEVERS
- Osun secures court order to conduct LG polls
- Court orders final forfeiture of money, items linked to Emefiele