NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Apr 01 - Apr 07, 2024
07 Apr
- APC: NWC member, workers accuse Ganduje's aides of corruption
- LG Polls: PDP to win 105 wards, 8 councils in Bayelsa –Dir
- Ningi as member of Appropriation C'ttee knew there was no padding } –Senator Plang
- Thousands evacuated in Russia over Orsk Dam burs
07 Apr
- We’ll continue to subsidise electricity – FG
- Mining, education in focus as Tinubu receives Letters of Credence from new envoys
- Abuja Rail Mass Transit project 97% ready – Wike
- Naira abuse: Bobrisky begs for second chance as court reserves sentence till April 9
07 Apr
- Palpable Tension as Atiku, Wike’s Camps Fight for Control of PDP Ahead of NEC Meeting
- Hike in Electricity Tariff will Worsen Living Conditions, Cost of Doing Business, Say Afenifere, Lagos, Abuja Chambers of Commerce
- Kwankwaso: NNPP is Alternative to Failed PDP, Failing APC
- WHO Mobilises Private Investors for Nigeria's Healthcare
07 Apr
- Federal Houses Built Under Buhari Rot Away In States
- 12 years after, Rivers’ $400m monorail project remains abandoned
- Kogi community buries 25 victims of banditry
- Lieutenant killed, 6 soldiers injured in B/Haram ambush
07 Apr
- Nationwide outrage over electricity tariff hike
- KOGI KILLINGS: Community confirms death of another four, buries 25 victims •We will fish out perpetrators —Gov
- 16 aspirants jostle for Ondo APC guber ticket
- APC chieftains eyeing political jobs from Tinubu in confusion •Accuse FG of appointing technocrats with no electoral value
06 Apr
- Electricity Tariff Hike: Brace up for more increases, FG tells Nigerians
- EFCC files 26-count charges against Emefiele
- Court convicts Bobrisky for Naira abuse, to deliver verdict April 9
- G`S STUDENT LOAN FACES OBSTACLES
06 Apr
- We’ll continue to subsidise electricity – FG
- Earthquake: Emergency agency warns about aftershocks in New York
- Mining, education in focus as Tinubu receives Letters of Credence from new envoys
- FG to back coys implementing local content policies
06 Apr
- Nigerians reject haphazard billing by DisCos
- Parents of Kano, Kaduna missing children cry for help
- Gunmen kill 19 in Kogi community, many missing
- I never thought I would become an actress – Sangaya
06 Apr
- Households Brace Up For Tougher Times
- Nollywood Actresses Who Have Won The Most AMVCA Awards
- Special CBN Investigator, Obazee Completes Assignmen
- 4 Dead, 20 Injured As Police, Shi’ites Clash In Kaduna
06 Apr
- Olubadan Designate Olakulehin Will Be Crowned Soon – Oba Adebimpe
- Provide Good Governance, Not Seeking To Malign Me, Ganduje Tells Kano Governor
- Impeachment: Panel Rounds Off Sitting, Set To Write Report To Determine Shaibu’s Fate
- DON’T EXPECT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF COMMODITIES NOW, EXPERTS WARN NIGERIANS
06 Apr
- 19 killed, buildings set ablaze by herdsmen in Kogi
- Bribery Trial: Ganduje attacks Kano gov
- Gumi should show us a single hadith where the Prophet negotiated with terrorists — Sheikh Akeugbagold
- FG has spent N2.9 trillion on electricity subsidy
06 Apr
- Tariff Hike: FG Hints of Plan to Move All Electricity Consumers to Band ‘A’ in Three Years
- Afreximbank Delivers Impressive 2023 Results Amidst Challenging Operating Environment
- FG: Digital Infrastructure Fund to Improve Internet Quality, Affordability Nationwide Coming
- 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles US Cities
05 Apr
- Opposition Mounts Against Electricity Tariff Hike
- Okuama 17: Army To Declare More Suspects Wanted
- Kano Governor Begins Probe Of Ganduje
- NIN-SIM LINKAGE: NCC JUSTIFIES DEADLINE EXTENSION TO JULY 31 BRIEFING: Trending: Binance CEO crowned crypto’s wealthiest person Numbers: NERC approves electricity tariff of N225/KW/h History Today PAGE 2 PAGE 2
05 Apr
- Ododo unveils metro police to tackle security challenges In Kogi
- Nigerians shift gear to Chinese cars on volatile naira
- Lagosians battle water shortage despite N16bn budgetary allocation for corporation in 5 yearsOdodo unveils metro police to tackle security challenges In Kogi
- Petrol queues return as subsidy backlog stifles supply
05 Apr
- Akpabio To Falana: Ningi’s suspension Senate’s decision, not mine
- Relocate military chiefs to N'Delta, PENGASSAN tells FG
- POWER: TARIFF INCREASE TO CUT 52% IN MONTHLY SUBSIDY
- Moody’s: Retained earnings' exclusion may complicate recapitalisat
05 Apr
- Troops kill ISWAP commander Mainok, 2, 350 others in 3 months
- We stand by Nigerians on electricity tariff hike – Senate
- CBN withdraws N676.65bn from circulation through OMO
- Defamation: Igboho sues Gani Adams, seeks N500m damages
05 Apr
- NERC: Electricity Tariff Increase Would Reduce Grid Collapses, Enhance Supply
- Naira Sustains Gain, Reaches N1255/$1 at Official Window, N1,245/$1 at Parallel Market
- Tinubu to Corporate Nigeria: I’ve No Excuses to Underperform, I Campaigned for the Job
- Global Rights Bemoans Escalating Attacks on Media by Nigerian Security Personnel
05 Apr
- I can’t underperform on job I campaigned for
- Nnamdi Kanu appeals against trial court’s rulin
- Nigeria will come out of current turmoil, Wike assures
- Why Nigerian military must develop capacity for self-sufficiency –COAS
05 Apr
- How hosting mega events fail to catalyse infrastructural devt
- Slain soldiers’ arms, ammunition in Okuama still missing, military says
- 41 killed, 222 kidnapped, N88m ransom paid in Kaduna, Niger, group laments
- Naira firms as CBN auctions N652b OMO bills at 21%
05 Apr
- Bandits kill 7, abduct 13 family members in Kaduna, FCT
- US Muslim leaders reject iftar dinner with Biden as anger over Gaza persists
- Kano fi les eight-count charge against Ganduje, wife, others
- 2024 hajj: NAHCON, airlines sign agreement for airlift
05 Apr
- Senate to wade in as NEF knocks FG
- Fubara rejects list of Rivers PDP caretaker committee
- Expectations high over Olubadan-designate
- Igboho sues Gani Adams over alleged defamation, demands N500m damages
04 Apr
- Consumers supplied most power to pay more
- The rise and rise of Chapel Hill Denham management
- Chicken Republic outshines others in battle for market share
- Chicken Republic outshines others in battle for market share
04 Apr
- Electricity Subsidy: FG Raises Tariffs for Top Priority Customers By 230.8%, N225/kwh
- CDS: Military Legally Deployed Its Men to Okuama Community to Effect Arrest
- Signing Student Loans Act, Tinubu Pledges to Pay Special Attention to Education
- Dismissing Peace Pact as Unconstitutional, Fubara Vows to Shock Detractors in Rivers
04 Apr
- Q1 2024: Customs nets N1.34trn revenue, seizes N10.59bn goods
- With student loan law, no child’ll be excluded from quality education – Tinubu
- Court grants DSS permission to detain suspected Nigerian linked to ISIS
- 551 Kaduna communities in 12 LGs affected by banditry – KDSG
04 Apr
- NERC increases electricity tariff for Band A customers
- Make retirement easy for workers, NLC urges FG, states
- Otu inherited empty treasury, decayed infrastructure in C’River –Commissioner
- Court orders detention of ISIS suspected member for 60 days
04 Apr
- Band ‘A’ Homes May Spend N170,000 On Electricity Monthly
- Slain 17 Soldiers: Why Troops Are Still In Okuama – CDS
- Impeachment: Shaibu Backs Out As Panel Dismisses Court Order
- Again, Tinubu Signs Student Loan Bill Into Law
04 Apr
- Atiku, Wike set to rekindle rivalry at PDP NEC
- Tinubu signs students loan amendment bill into law
- Rivers Peace Pact: If my actions will be taken as weakness, I will surprise them, Fubara says
- Electricity consumers with 20 hours daily supply to pay more •Tariff raised from N68/KwH to N225
04 Apr
- 2m households to pay N225/kWh as prepaid meter may hit N300,000
- African Games: How Ghana 2024 exposed Nigeria’s weak underbelly in sports devt
- FG decries rising abscondment by varsity teachers
- Abure reportedly escapes assassination, home gutted
04 Apr
- NLC, CSOs reject electricity tariff hike
- Banditry: 289,375 persons displaced in Kaduna – Official P
- 4 killed in Taraba, Nasarawa as windstorm destroys many houses
- Customs worried as CBN hikes duty rates 28 times in 3 months
03 Apr
- FG finalising electricity subsidy removal, plans 200% tariff hike
- NLC, TUC close ranks on minimum wage
- Weak confidence in economy ends Q1 as businesses battle inflation,FX crisis BUSINESS
- JAMB uncovers 1,665 fake A'Level results
03 Apr
- DMO latest debt report: Experts seek legislation to cut down on borrowing
- CBN lending to banks grows by 447% to N21.7trn
- World Bank set to issue up to $1bn in debut hybrid note this yea
- FG announces new gas price for electricity generating companies
03 Apr
- Report: FG Set to Triple Electricity Tariffs for Urban Areas, Price May Hit N200/kWh
- Dangote Refinery Begins Supply of Diesel, Jet Fuel to Nigerian Market
- Dangote, Adenuga, Rabiu, Otedola Emerge Only Nigerians on Forbes’ World Billionaires List 2024
- Wike: I've Cut Ties with Odili, Calls Rivers Elders Political Vampires
03 Apr
- 16 Months After Flag-off, FG Halts Kolmani Oil Drilling
- Dangote, Rabiu, Otedola, Adenuga Make Forbes 2024 Billionaire List
- DMO Plans New N1.8trn Debt In 3 Months
- Ikeja Cantonment PAGE 8 Explosion Caused By Burning Refuse – Army
03 Apr
- FX market roars back to life with $1bn single-day trade
- NERC, DisCos in crucial talks to raise tariff by 200%
- Nigeria’s skilled migrants deserve utmost dignity and respect – Tuggar
- OPEC unlikely to change output policy at April 3 meeting
03 Apr
- Wike criticises Secondus, Sekibo for supporting Fubara
- CAN slams FIRS over Easter message, demands retraction, apology
- NAIRA STRENGTHENS FURTHER TO N1,278.58/$1 ON OFFICIAL MARKET
- Report: More hardship as FG plans to triple energy prices
03 Apr
- Nigerians interrogate N3.071trn FAAC allocations to states in 9 months
- Rampaging terrorists abduct worshippers, trader, wife in Zamfara
- FG approves N25bn to upgrade primary healthcare nationwide
- 3-day-old baby, mother held over hospital bill in Ibadan
03 Apr
- Nigerians interrogate N3.071trn FAAC allocations to states in 9 months
- Rampaging terrorists abduct worshippers, trader, wife in Zamfara
- FG approves N25bn to upgrade primary healthcare nationwide
- 3-day-old baby, mother held over hospital bill in Ibadan
03 Apr
- Ondo 2024: APC in dilemma over choice of candidate, Tinubu to meet with stakeholders
- EFCC to arraign two top officials of Binance Ltd Thursday
- Police rescue 28 girls abducted in Katsina
- Reps insist on full implementation of Disability Act
03 Apr
- Electricity tariff to rise by 300%’
- How realignment in bandits’ hierarchy spurred Kaduna’s mass abductions
- Gunmen kill businessman, abduct wife, neighbour in Zamfara
- Dangote Refinery commences diesel sale, pegs 1m litre per marketer
02 Apr
- How FX, duty rates disparity, shipping charges, compound inflation
- Zenith emerges Nigeria’s best bank for fourth consecutive year
- Workers and appropriate minimum living wage
- Security operatives nab suspects over fire outbreaks in Borno IDP camps
02 Apr
- Military Remains Committed to Defeating Insurgents, Bandits, COAS Lagbaja Declares
- Zenith Bank Named Nigeria's Best Bank for Fourth Year at Global Finance Awards 2024
- Geregu Power Restates Commitment to Nigeria’s Power Sector, Highlights $550m Investment to Date
- North Central PDP to Announce Ayu’s Replacement, Asks Damagum to Return to Position
02 Apr
- 3 Persons Burnt in Kogi State Road Crash
- Troops Eliminate 11 Terrorists in Zamfara, Katsina Raids
- Again, Zenith Bank Emerges Best Bank at Global Finance Awards
- Police Solicit Support for Corporal Whose Wife Produced Triplets
02 Apr
- Renewed Hope:Anti-corruption fight’ll spare no one –EFCC chair
- Report: Nigeria’s oil revenue threatened as US muscles into OPEC
- Disquiet in varsities over absence of governing councils
- FG'S EARNINGS FROM RAIL TRANSPORT DROP BY 7.5% TO N1.07BN
02 Apr
- North desires infrastructure, education, not political power
- 2024 Hajj: Jigawa provides N1m support for each intending pilgrim
- Inherited debts: El-Rufai’s sons differ over father’s feud with gov
- UNILORIN expels 6 final year students, rusticates13 others over misconduct
02 Apr
- Experts Raise Concern Over Delayed Posting
- Electricity Tariff May Rise As FG Raises Gas Price For GenCo
- Again, Zenith Named Nigeria’s Best Bank
- Tinubu To Attend Inauguration Of Senegal’s President-elect
02 Apr
- CBN rate hikes boost bonds’ allure for pension funds
- Nigeria risks losing oil buyers as US expands footprint
- bdu Mukhtar: Healthcare value chain initiative will make Nigeria self-sufficient in medical supplies
- AfDB, Indorama seal $75m deal to boost fertiliser production OPINION
02 Apr
- Teacher shortage in primary schools hits 194,876 —UBEC
- Railway Corporation generated N1.07bn from passengers in Q4 2023 —NBS
- Railway Corporation generated N1.07bn from passengers in Q4 2023 —NBS
- No rift among kingmakers, procedure to enthrone new Olubadan on course
02 Apr
- 10 months after, FG yet to roll out electric vehicles
- 8 arrested as UNIMAID lecturer stabbed to death in office
- War on Gaza: Anti-Netanyahu protests rock Israel
- Netherlands topped Nigeria’s export destination in Q4 2023
02 Apr
- How we're lobbying FG to secure release of Kanu –Kalu
- Our anti-corruption fight‘ll spare no one –EFCC boss
- Electricity consumers increased to 12.12m in Q4 2023 –NBS
- Banks are in good stead to meet recapitalisation target -ACAMB
01 Apr
- Pope Francis, Bishop Kukah Tackle World Leaders at Easter
- Hardship: Diri Faults Palliatives, Advocates Meaaures to End Woes
- Be Vigilant, Report Suspicious Activities around Facilities, TCN Urges Residents
- Police Confirm Abduction of Three UNICAL Students
01 Apr
- FG plans to address shortage of metres with two million units in five years
- ravellers attack policemen over gridlock on Oyo-Ogbomoso expressway
- FG to speed up work on Ekiti roads —Umahi
- Easter: Govs, senators, clerics felicitate Christians, charge on hope, love, unity
01 Apr
- 13 banks need N3.31trn to meet CBN threshold
- Nigeria’s nonoil export seen rising on global cocoa price rally
- From M&As to capital raise: What to expect from banks’ recapitalisation
- Lenders’ deposits with CBN jump sixfold in one month
01 Apr
- Debt Crisis: Sani, El-Rufai's Cold War Continues
- Pope Francis Calls For Ceasefire In Gaza, Ukraine
- Army Will Ensure Total Defeat Of Insurgents, Bandits – Lagbaja
- Manufacturers’ N458.12bn Self-generated Electricity Cost Weighs On Profit
01 Apr
- Kukah demands robust template for Nigeria’s healing process
- Insecurity:We're pushing towards final onslaught –COAS
- Nigeria’s external debt rose by 53.5% to $14.82bn in 5 years
- ANALYSTS: INFLATION MAY MODERATE TO 23% BY YEAR-EN
01 Apr
- Our security agents can defeat terrorists in months
- SERAP wants govs, FCT minister to account for N5.9trn, $4.6bn loans
- Nigeria targets N53.6trn export through technology transfer 2030
- Some sectors may witness drop in prices over Naira appreciation – Expert Ramadan: JNI tasks Muslims on spiritual efforts, generosity to poor ACF celebrates Christians at Easter, prays for economic prosperity P 9 P 25 Pa
01 Apr
- Inspired By Senegalese Election, Atiku Rallies Opposition to Form Coalition
- At 39.84%, Nigeria’s Stock Market Offers Near Best Investors’ Return in Africa
- Remi Tinubu: Getting Nigeria Back on Track is Responsibility of All.
- Obaseki, Oborevwori, Yahaya, Ododo, Others Felicitate Christians at Easter
01 Apr
- Oil theft persists in N’Delta despite militarisation, private security
- Imperative of managing fallout of the Okuama killings
- Go to court! Financial burden of prosecuting electoral matters in Nigerian courts
- Go to court! Financial burden of prosecuting electoral matters in Nigerian courts
01 Apr
- Provide template that will put Nigeria on path of national healing
- Q1 2024: Nigerian equities market surges by N18.2trn despite economic headwinds
- Army will ensure total defeat of insurgents, others –Lagbaja
- NDLEA intercepts Qatar-bound illicit drugs concealed in cassava cuts, shuns N5m bribe
01 Apr
- Kebbi residents loot govt, private warehouses
- Debt: Kaduna APC suspends women leader for criticising Gov Sani
- Nigeria records N55.2bn trade imbalance with UK
- Easter: ACF urges prayers for security, economy