NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Mar 22 - Mar 28, 2024
28 Mar
- Wallets shrink as food inflation nears all-time high
- Firm invests $600m in Nigerian iron-ore facility
- Households battle to make ends meet as inflation bites
- Explainer: What to know about Tinubu’s N20trn Renewed Hope Infrastructure Fund
28 Mar
- Okuama Killing: Three of 10 widows 4, 5, 8 months pregnant –COAS
- Nigeria suffered leadership elephantiasis in the pas
- Pension Assets: Workers move N85.9bn to new fund managers
- TINUBU SETS UP COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC COORDINATION, PLANNING TEAM
28 Mar
- Pay entitlements to 3 pregnant widows, 7 others, 21 orphans in 90 days
- Nigeria’s public debt stock increases to N97.34trn in Q4 2023 – NBS
- Why Betta Edu should be reinstated - Clerics, traders
- Order military to produce Olatunji, IPI begs Tinubu
28 Mar
- In Move to Revive Economy, Tinubu Heads 31-man Presidential Economic Coordination Council
- Sanwo-Olu Receives Dangote’s Rice Support for Vulnerable Lagos Households
- LP BoT Ignores Outcome of National Convention, Takes over Running of Party
- Tinubu Confers National Honours on Slain Military Personnel, Scholarship to Children
28 Mar
- Tears as slain military personnel buried in Abuja
- LP reserves 2027 presidential ticket for Obi, re-elects Abure
- Dangote, Elumelu, Rabiu, others make Tinubu’s economic team
- Gaza War: 212 schools hit by Israeli bombings
28 Mar
- A year after, INEC, APC, PDP, 14 others mum on financial disclosure
- Tinubu constitutes teams to revive economy NEWS P
- e threatens to sue FG over extra state for S’East
- Obi, senators absent as LP returns Abure as chairman
28 Mar
- Opposition In Disarray As PDP, LP Sink Deeper
- Northern States’ Enrolment In Unity School Drops
- Dangote, Elumelu, Others Make Tinubu’s New Economic Team
- Okuama Youths Killed Our Breadwinners, Families Of Slain Soldiers Weep
28 Mar
- Tinubu awards slain military men’s children scholarship
- Labour Party: Convention reelects Abure as chairman
- Tinubu sets up 31-man Presidential Economic Coordination Council
- Budget controversy: Ningi hires Falana, to drag Akpabio before LPDC
27 Mar
- CBN hikes rate again in push to tame inflation
- Airfares crash on international route over FX, Air Peace debut
- President Tinubu did not foresee the enormity of Nigeria’s challenges – Bayo Onanuga
- Beyond the podium: Lessons from the 2023 African Games
27 Mar
- CBN Doubles Down on Monetary Tightening, Again, Raises MPR to 24.75% to Curb Inflatio
- Lokpobiri Seeks Reduction of Bureaucracy in Petroleum Sector, Eyes $5bn in Bonga North Project
- Tinubu: We Must Treat Kidnappers as Terrorists, They're Cowards
- FG mulls automatic employment for First Class graduate
27 Mar
- Deal with Zamfara bandits, rid North of insecurity
- Okuama: Soldiers invaded my country home, father's compound –Clark
- PREMIUM: NIGERIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR OVERSHOOTS N1TRN
- STUDY: BRIGHT OUTDOOR LIGHT AT NIGHT MAY INCREASE STROKE RISK
27 Mar
- Save Zamfara from terrorism to protect the north, Lawal begs Tinubu
- CBN raises interest rate to 24.75%, probes $2.4bn FX transactions Turn to page 8 Kano: Chinese national, Qurang, who killed girlfriend to die by hanging LP dares NLC, insists on holding convention today Suspected ritualists behead woman in Osun P 9 P 6 Page 7 Turn to page 8 Tinubu believes truthful
- Kano: Chinese national, Qurang, who killed girlfriend to die by hanging
- Kano: Chinese national, Qurang, who killed girlfriend to die by hanging
27 Mar
- CBN tells Banks to expedite action on recapitalization
- Credit to private sector hits N80.9trn amid rising inflation rates
- Nigerian insurance industry gross premiums stood at N1.003trn in fourth 2023
- Why we hiked MPR to 24.75 percent –MPC
27 Mar
- How labour bill targets private employers, exempts
- Insecurity: Clark, Mamu hit back at handling of Delta killings, anti-terrorism
- CBN cedes growth for foreign capital inflow as naira nears N1300/$
- Guber aspirants mourn Akintelure, halt campaign
27 Mar
- 18.6m Nigerians Face Acute Hunger
- DSS Invited Me To Find Solution To Banditry – Sheikh Gumi
- CBN’s 24.75% Rate Hike Puts Borrowers On The Edge
- FG To Roll Out Malaria Vaccine In Bayelsa, Kebbi
27 Mar
- Plateau: 16 APC lawmakers seek Tinubu’s intervention
- Cost of borrowing to rise as CBN raises benchmark interest rate to 24.75%
- Aiyedatiwa, APC, others mourn as governorship aspirant Akintelure dies at 61
- Why we have not yet nominated Olakulehin as new Olubadan —Kingmake
27 Mar
- 60hrs after, Kuriga students yet to reunite with families
- Amid soaring infl ation: CBN raises benchmark lending rate to 24.7%
- We must treat kidnappers as terorrists – Tinubu
- Kano gov nominates Kwankwaso’s son, sacked commissioner for cabinet appointment
26 Mar
- Money supply growth slows on CBN liquidity squeeze
- Nigeria’s human capital at risk as bandits run rio
- Tax-and-spend, spend-and-tax: Shaping Nigeria’s fiscal future >> Turn to back page
- Inflation is not always harmful
26 Mar
- Exploring legislative solution for B.Sc./HND disparity
- FG to liberalise metering, allow consumers buy directly from approve vendors
- That N3.7 trillion budget padding scandal at National Assembly
- Vandalism of 117 power towers costs N12.8b, threatens $7b loan
26 Mar
- ONSA: Security Agencies Working with Interpol to Apprehend Fleeing Binance Executive
- FG: No Ransom Paid for Release of Kaduna Schoolchildren
- CBN Approves Fresh FX Allocation to BDCs at Lower Rate
- Nigeria Secures ¥15bn to Boost Agricultural Scheme Projects
26 Mar
- Kaduna School Children:1 teacher died, 6 pupils hospitalised, says GOC
- CBN: External reserves resume gradual decline from $34.45bn
- ONSA: How Binance executive escaped from custody
- PMS: NNPC LTD'S PACT WITH MARKETERS CRASHES EX-DEPOT PRICE
26 Mar
- Our abductors fed us with bread and akara, never molested us
- 2024 Hajj fare: Save intending pilgrims, IHR urges Tinubu, govs
- Senegal: Ruling party candidate Ba, others accept defeat, congratulate 42-year-old Faye
- Akpabio seeks IPU's voice in ending Gaza-Israeli conflict
26 Mar
- No ransom paid for release of kidnapped Kuriga school children –FG
- FG, Interpol launch widespread manhunt for Binance Director, Anjarwalla P4 A cross section of the Kuriga School children kidnapped by gunmen and rescued in Zamfara State after spending 16 days in captivity at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House in Kaduna...on Monday. Photo: State House
- FG, Interpol launch widespread manhunt for Binance Director, Anjarwalla P4 A cross section of the Kuriga School children kidnapped by gunmen and rescued in Zamfara State after spending 16 days in captivity at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House in Kaduna...on Monday. Photo: State House
- Edo CJ reviews panel probing Shaibu, replaces 2 members
26 Mar
- Knocks trail escape of Binance executive from detention
- No ransom paid for Kaduna schoolchildren release —FG
- Again, El-Rufai meets SDP, APC, PDP stakeholders in Abuja
- Impeachment: Edo CJ constitutes panel to probe deputy gov
26 Mar
- Sheikh Gumi Has Questions To Answer, FG Declares
- Hajj 2024: 46,000 Intending Pilgrims Yet To Make Full Payment
- Senegal: Opposition's Faye Set To Become President
- Internet Outage: $1bn Needed For New Cables, Repairs To Take 8 Weeks
26 Mar
- N6.8m hajj fare: Intending pilgrims demand refund
- 6 of 137 rescued Kaduna students hospitalised, teacher dies
- 44-year-old opposition candidate wins Senegal presidential election
- War on Gaza: US turns back on Israel at UN Security Council
25 Mar
- Tinubu: FG, States Collaboration Facilitated Release of Abducted Schoolchildren
- In view of Nation's Current Mood, President Calls off 72nd Birthday Activities on Friday
- FG’s Domestic Debt Service Gulped N4.38tn in 2023, Says DMO
- At Palm Sunday, Mutfwang Preaches Tolerance among Nigerians for Development
25 Mar
- Another rate hike seen as hawkish MPC meet
- Analysis: Untold human cost of Nigeria’s electricity crisis
- Geregu, Dangote Cement, BUA, Transcorp shield market from rate hike
- How banks can mitigate high bad loans on jumbo rate hike
25 Mar
- How 137 Kuriga school students were rescued –DHQ
- Ijaw National Congress demands justice for soldiers killed in Delta
- NiMet forecasts 3-day sunshine, haziness from today
- NASU, SSANU, NAAT suspend warning strike
25 Mar
- Arase Condemns Killing Of Policemen In Imo, Delta
- Palm Sunday: CAN Urges Leaders To Emulate Christ
- Hardship: Rent Defaults Soar As Landlords, Tenants Clash
- Controversy Trails Number Of Abducted Kuriga Schoolchildren
25 Mar
- We couldn’t sleep, eat as some parents died from trauma
- Katsina: Bandits kill husband, abduct wife, daughter during Ramadan prayers MONday 25 March, 2024 15 Ramadan, 1445 No. 3,278 www.blueprint.ng N250 PaGE
- 66 buried, 44 kidnapped in Niger attacks – Investigation
- Hunger: Dangote spends N15bn on food intervention programme across Nigeria
25 Mar
- Eight killed, houses burnt in Plateau
- How 137 Kuriga pupils were rescued —DHQ
- Ibadan kingmakers may meet tomorrow to ratify Olakulehin as next Olubadan
- No contact yet after nine days, wife of abducted editor cries out
25 Mar
- Living wage negotiations hobbled by debts, poor execution in states
- Insecurity: Tinubu’s govt has failed, enough is enough, say Northern elders
- Operators begin final disconnection of unlinked SIMs
- Bottom-up cash policy in MDAs: Discordant tunes on bureaucratic remedy for fiscal indiscipline
25 Mar
- Troops rescue 137 abducted Kaduna school children
- Foreign airlines shun codeshare deal with Nigerian carriers
- Palm Sunday: Emulate humility of Christ, CAN urges leaders
- Constitution amendment rekindles call for confab report adoption
25 Mar
- 137 abducted Kaduna students rescued in Zamfara
- NAHCON raises hajj fare by N1.9m
- Officers’ killing: Police Commission wants Imo, Delta CPs sanctioned
- 4 die in Bauchi zakat collection stampede
24 Mar
- Food crisis: Nigerians urge Tinubu to reopen borders to end hunger
- Economic crisis: Triple blow for Nigerian families
- Airlines delay, merge flights to cushion effects of low patronage
- Understanding Nigeria’s strategic but humiliating back down on Niger Republic sanctions
24 Mar
- Pardon for Betta Edu stalled as fresh discoveries emerge
- Bandit who masterminded burning of church, seminarian nabbed
- Make education accessible to deaf community, stakeholders task FG
- Mixed reactions as Northern Senators Forum unites against P.2 insecurity in region
24 Mar
- 10 Months On: S'West, N'West, N'East dominate Tinubu's appointments lN’Central, S’East, S’South trail lPresident’ll address imbalance –Source }8 }
- LP FACES IMPLOSION OVER ABURE, CONVENTI
- 6 Policemen killed, 6 missing in Delta –FHQ
- Nigerians're hungry, angry, restive, says Rewane
24 Mar
- Citizens Demand Life-Changing Projects As States Get More Funds
- Troops rescue 78 victims, kill 5 terrorists in Borno
- Gunmen ambush, kill 2 policemen in Imo
- Is Nigeria’s economy on the path of sustained growth as claimed by VP Shettima?
24 Mar
- 16 Abducted Tsangaya Children Rescued By Nigerian Army In Sokoto
- Civil Servants To Commence Computerbased Tests For Promotions
- DHQ Declares IPOB’s Simon Ekpa, 96 Others Wanted
- Badejo, Jega Seek Organised Stand Against Corruption
24 Mar
- Buy made-in-nigeria goods, services to sustain gains, tinuBu tells nigerians
- Nigerians turn to charcoal, firewood as price of cooking gas soars
- tinubu’s commitment to border security not rhetoric - tunji-ojo
- nigeria’s energy challenge not beyond redemption’
24 Mar
- How battle for 2027 is tearing Labour Party apart
- 2024 HAJJ: Nigeria’s participation under threat, Shariah Council raises concern
- Our achievements made possible by peaceful coexistence of religious adherents —Makinde
- North panics over Senate’s decision to probe N30trn Ways & Means, Anchor Borrower funds
24 Mar
- Slain Soldiers: Military Relaxes Siege to Delta Communities, Indigenes Commence Gradual Return
- Prepare to Receive, Distribute 6,100MW of Electricity in Next Six Months, FG Tells Distribution Companies
- Kyari: Nigeria Requires $15bn to Strengthen Existing Gas Infrastructure
- DMO: Nigeria Paid $3.5bn to Service External Debt Stock of $42.495bn
24 Mar
- In Life, Never Seek Validation Outside God In Anything – OlugbodI
- Nigeria’s Debts Rise To N97.3tr In 2023 As Lagos Tops States’ Borrowings
- Safe School Initiative: Unending Attack On Schools, Kidnap Of Pupils Ten Years On
- Enugu Will Generate And Distribute Electricity By 2026, Gov Mbah Declares
22 Mar
- Tide turns for naira but foreign investors want more
- N50bn monthly diesel costs threaten Nigeria’s communication backbone
- Five ways to boost intra-African trade for prosperity - McKinsey
- Foreign airlines dispute CBN’s claim of settled FX backlog
22 Mar
- Slain Soldiers: No going back until perpetrators are apprehended –GOC
- Nigeria facing security, economic challenges –CNS
- NEC okays $617m i-DICE programme take-off in states, FCT
- 'EASTER, RAMADAN SPENDING TO PUSH UP MARCH INFLATION'
22 Mar
- 16 states submit state police proposal to NEC
- CBN fertiliser will go to real farmers, not portfolio farmers - FG
- ACF urges Niger, B/Faso, Mali to remain in ECOWAS
- Why judges must not decide winners of elections – Mutfwang, Falana
22 Mar
- Tinubu: Those Alleging Malicious Embellishment of Budget Didn’t Understand the Arithmetic
- Oborevwori to Traditional Rulers: If You Shield Criminals, You Are Inviting Trouble
- FG to Meta: Nigeria Ready With Gifted Youths to Lead Africa in Digital Technology Vision
- Senator Abiru Innovation Lab Trains over 1,670 Youths on Digital, AI Skills...
22 Mar
- Land grabbers, speculators wreak havoc on citizens, investments
- Stop interfering, NLC doesn’t own LP, Abure tells Ajaero
- Stakeholders seek action against Nigeria’s $10b yearly procurement fraud
- CBN agric fund: NEXIM pushes recovery as FG moves to weed out fake farmers
22 Mar
- GOC: Soldiers to remain in the creeks until...
- 20 states fail to submit report on state police
- One billion litres of petrol smuggled out to benefit those not paying tax —FG
- FG unveils mines marshals to secure mining sites
22 Mar
- 36% Of Nigerian Major Banks’ CEOs Now Women
- How Air Peace, FG’s Circular Crashed Foreign Airlines’ Tickets
- Naira Gains 10% To N1,382/$ After CBN Clears Forex Backlog
- FG LAUNCHES SPECIAL FORCES TO PROTECT MINING SITES
22 Mar
- Thousands may miss Ramadan Umrah as S/Arabia fails to issue visas
- El-rufai’s meeting with Ribadu, SDP secretariat visit elicits reaction
- Naira appreciates to N1,382/$ after $7bn FX settlement
- War on Gaza: US calls for immediate ceasefi re at UN