NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Apr 01 - Apr 07, 2025
07 Apr

- CBN opens dollar tap as Tr ump tar iffs test naira
- Local pr ocessing bill: Economic boost or bur den?
- Cognac producer targets Nigeria as Tr ump tariffs upset industry
- Air Alger ie’s Abuja inaugural flight reflective of strengthening bilateral relations – Envoy
07 Apr

- Oduwole: Trump’sTariff to Impact $6 Billion Annual Exports to US
- NSA: FG Addressing Security Breaches in Plateau Now, Condemnation Trails Killings
- Umahi Inspects Third Mainland, Eko, Carter Bridges, Warns Against Illegal Dredging.
- S&P 500 Loses $5 Trillion in Two Days on Trump's Tariff Selloff
07 Apr

- Plateau killings: Enough is enough, Ribadu warns
- Nigerian airports, airlines grapple with financial woes
- FG orders varsities, others to publish budgetary allocation, expenditure
- NCDC records 151 deaths, 1,826 suspected meningitis cases in 23 states
07 Apr

- Experts Demand Urgent Reforms In Health Sector
- Dangote, Wike, Governors, Others To Receive Awards
- ICPC Refuses To Name Hospital, Persons Involved In Contract Fraud
- Foreign Airlines Misplaced 4,353 Passengers' Baggage In 2024
07 Apr

- One fiscal year, two budgets spike governance concerns in Rivers
- Emergency responder, 16 others die in Ogun multiple auto crash
- Tinubu, southern governors, Afenifere, others mourn Olunloyo
- NDLEA laments appetite for Canadian-grown cannabis in Nigeria
07 Apr

- ACF urges state of security emergency in vulnerable communities
- Tinubu, Afenifere, others mourn as ex-Oyo gov Olunloyo dies at 89
- Meningitis death toll hits 156, suspected cases 1,858
- Troops kill 3 bandits, destroy over 70 camps in Taraba
07 Apr

- Federal workers'll commence nationwide protests April 22 if...
- Plateau Killings:Declare state of emergency on in security, ACF tells FG
- Domestic debt service cost up 36.2% to N5.97trn
- AI MACHINES TO DETECT DRUGS DEPLOYED AT LAGOS AIRPORT
06 Apr

- Alaafin’s stool, symbol of cultural pride, unity, enduring legacy —Tinubu
- Tinubu vows to punish gunmen behind Plateau attacks
- SALLAH INCIDENT: Report at FID Abuja, police tell Emir Sanusi
- Minister wants immediate closure of Lagos waterwa
06 Apr

- The Unforgotten Hero Clement Akpamgbo
- Stakeholders seek reforms to end god-fatherism, ensure electoral integrity
- China announces retaliatory 34% tariff on U.S. imports
- Natashgate: Court bars Akpoti-Uduaghan, Akpabio, Imasuem, others from media interviews
06 Apr

- Letter To Isaac Aluko-Olokun, Gbolabo Ogunsanwo
- WHY POLITICIANS SHOULD STOP NAMING PROJECTS AFTER THEMSELVES, CRONIES
- Mutfwang Condemns Bokkos Killings As Death Toll Rises To 50
- NNPC Announces New Management Team As Ojulari Takes Over From Kyari
06 Apr

- Citizens decry high cost of money in Nigeria
- Young professionals lament accommodation woes in cities
- Edeoga dumps LP, returns to PDP, extols Mbah’s leadership style
- Nigerian-Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry moves to strengthen business relations
06 Apr

- Trump’s Tariffs: Experts Challenge Nigeria, Others On Regional Integration
- IGP Invites Sanusi II Over Sallah Procession Violence
- Nigeria Needs Private Sector In Health Reforms – Shettima
- Governors Await FG’s Blueprint On State Police Take-off
06 Apr

- Fed civil servants fret over nonpayment of allowances
- COALITION: CPC BLOC PROPOSES 2027 ATIKU/OBI TICKET
- IGP invites Emir Sanus
- Trump's Tariff: CBN sells $197.7m to authorised dealers }2
05 Apr

- Unity, prosperity of Yorubaland top of my priorities —Oba Owoade, new Alaafin
- Makinde, Oyo PDP, others mourn as Adeojo is buried in Ibadan
- Abure, Nenadi Usman hold tight to LP leadership after S/Court judgement
- Plateau attacks: Govt confirms arrest of suspects as death toll hits 52 We’ll make kidnappers pay for their crimes —NSA, Ribadu
05 Apr

- NNPC Announces New Management Team As Ojulari Takes Over From Kyari
- WHY POLITICIANS SHOULD STOP NAMING PROJECTS AFTER THEMSELVES, CRONIES
- Alaafin Of Oyo's Coronation, A Giant Leap In Yoruba Renaissance –Olaopa
- Mutfwang Condemns Bokkos Killings As Death Toll Rises To 50
05 Apr

- 2027 Election: Governorship Aspirants Line Up In States
- Supreme Court Removes Abure, Affirms Nenadi Usman As LP Chair
- Ojulari Resumes At NNPC, Names 8-man Team
- Tinubu, Atiku, Governors Mourn Sheikh Idris Tanshi
05 Apr

- Plateau Killings: Death Toll Hits 52 as More Corpses Are Recovered
- Akpabio: Akpoti-Uduaghan Lied, I Never Plotted Her Assassination
- NNPC Continues Reform, Names Ewubare COO, Adesua Dozie Company Secretary
- After S'Court Ruling on LP’s National Chairman, Abure, Nenadi Claim Victory
05 Apr

- The Unforgotten Hero Clement Akpamgbo
- Stakeholders seek reforms to end god-fatherism, ensure electoral integrity
- Natashgate: Court bars Akpoti-Uduaghan, Akpabio, Imasuem, others from media interviews
- Natasha serial accuser suffering from lying complex - Akpabio
05 Apr

- Devt Commissions not substitute for regionalism
- NIGERIA, S’AFRICA, OTHERS MULL RETALIATORY RESPONSE
- S’Court sets aside judgement recognising Abure as LP’s Nat’l Chair
- We knew Jandor was an APC agent in PDP –Party Chair, Aivoji
04 Apr

- How Trump’s new tariffs will affect Nigeria
- Kidnappers exposed us to military rockets —General Tsiga
- Another 15 killed in Plateau communities
- Amotekun busts visa, kidnap syndicate in Ondo
04 Apr

- How vandalism, scavenging ruin critical assets, damage economy
- Afenifere cautions over Indigene Status Bill, cites ethnic tension, violence
- Rivers sole administrator considers new 2025 budget
- JP Morgan bullish on Nigeria, predicts N1450/$ by end of 2025
04 Apr

- N55bn debt from neighbours strains Niger ia’s power sector
- Niger ia Eur obonds tumble as Tr ump tar iffs tr igger tur moil
- Oil dives more than 6%, steepest fall in 3 year s on tar iffs, OPEC+ supply boost
- Umahi apologises for Independence Br idge closure, vows disciplinar y action
04 Apr

- Niger’s Exit Will Have Security Implications, DHQ Warns
- BANDITS FED US WEEKLY,USED US AS SHIELD – GEN TSIGA
- INEC Rejects Petition To Recall Natasha
- How To Establish And Grow A Thriving Building Materials Business
04 Apr

- Edo, Kano leaders‘ve brokered peace over Uromi massacre – DHQ
- NCAA vows sanction against airlines over deportation of Nigerians
- Planned recall of Senator Natasha failed constitutional requirements – INEC
- ACF, AYCF, NAN hail Kida, Ojulari’s choice as NNPCL chair, GCEO
04 Apr

- INEC: Petition for Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Recall Failed Constitutional Requirements
- Wabara: PDP Remains only Credible Alternative, Confident Party Will Regain South East
- Recapitalisation: Banks Have So Far Raised N2.4tn Through Capital Market, Says SEC DG
- Trump Tariffs Send US Stocks, Dollar Tumbling; Apple, Nvidia Lose $470bn
04 Apr

- OPS:Trump's 14% tariff offers Nigeria limited opportunities
- NNPC LTD: WOMEN IN ENERGY SECTOR KICK OVER NEW BOARD'S COMPOSITION
- Trade Reforms: IMF backs Nigeria's single window portal project
- Rivers:Emergency rule has security, economic implications, says ex-DSS Director
03 Apr

- Edo guber: Okpebholo floors PDP, AA, AP, as Tribunal dismisses petitions against his election
- APC wants Fubara probed over former Rivers HoS revelation
- Group, Ekiti new dimension, emerges to tackle APC at poll in 2026
- 15-yr-old Kanyeyachukwu clinches Guinness World Record for largest art canvas
03 Apr

- Ighodalo rejects verdict, Okpebholo’s olive branch, heads to Appeal Court
- Barau assures justice for 16 slain hunters, donates N16m to families
- Trump slams 14% tariff on Nigerian exports
- BBC documentary to expose scammers not initiate policy change’
03 Apr

- Tinubu gets all-r ound applause for NNPC’s new look
- Naira gains as net FX r eser ves hit 3yr high
- Niger ia hit as Tr ump imposes sweeping tar iffs
- FG re-opens Independence Br idge in Lagos
03 Apr

- 2027 Politicking: Concerns Over Fate Of Constitution Amendment Bills
- Residents Hail Aiyedatiwa Over Rehabilitation In Ondo
- Uromi Lynching: A National Shame That Demands Justice
- 2027 Politicking: Concerns Over Fate Of Constitution Amendment Bills
03 Apr

- Targeting Education, Nutrition, Economic Resilience, W’Bank Approves New $1.08bn
- Stakeholders, JP Morgan’s Analysts Hail Leadership Change at NNPCL, Say Its New Dawn
- Tribunal Affirms Okpebholo, Ighodalo Vows to Appeal
- JP Morgan Plans Entry into Nigeria, to Acquire Merchant Bank Licence
03 Apr

- Edo guber: Tribunal affirms Okpebholo’s election, Ighodalo goes on appeal
- Nigeria, UNIDO sign $174.59m deal to create jobs, boost dev
- Optimism as Ojulari, Kida take over at NNPCL
- Worries over population of Nigeria’s death row inmates
03 Apr

- Nigerians spent N1.05trn on used vehicles' import in 2024 –US Customs
- AnambraGuber: Confusion over modalities for APGA, APC, LP primarie
- STAKEHOLDERS SET AGENDA FOR OJULARI-LED NNPC LTD, LAUD KYARI'S MGT
- Edo tribunal upholds Okpebholo’s election
02 Apr

- Natasha defies all odds, arrives Kogi in helicopter
- CBN reports $23bn net foreign exchange reserves
- How Nigeria can maximise $500m World Bank loan —LCCI
- Ekiti Airport targets 24-hour flight operation, says Oyebanj
02 Apr

- Nigeria r ecognises cr yptocur r encies as secur ities in landmark legal shift
- Onion industr y: Pr ofit in ever y peel
- Niger ia secur es ¥12bn loan fr om Japan to boost food pr oduction
- N DIC begins liquidation div idends payment to uninsur ed Her itage Bank depositor s
02 Apr

- DisCos may take 11yrs, N1.4tr to bridge 7.2m metering gap
- DisCos may take 11yrs, N1.4tr to bridge 7.2m metering gap
- Kano justifies Sanusi’s reinstatement as monarch pays Sallah homage
- Nigeria’s net FX reserves rose to $23b in December, says CBN
02 Apr

- Fear Grips Businesses As US Trade War Escalates
- World Autism Day: 15-year-old Kanyeyachukwu’s Epic Journey To Create A Record-breaking Painting
- Delay To Extend Naira-for-crude Policy Threatens Fuel Prices, Inflation
- Northern Elders Hail Tinubu Over Improved Security
02 Apr

- Ramp up investments in oil and gas now, FG tells OICs
- Musawa, Natasha, Okonjo-Iweala, others bag Women Making Impact awards
- Uphold spirit of sacrifice, patriotism, COAS charges troops
- Defiant Natasha meets constituents despite Kogi rally ban
02 Apr

- Fresh $500m World Bank loan'll escalate Nigeria's debt vulnerability –LCCI
- Naira devaluation boosts non-oil export value by 24.79% to $7.45bn
- Natasha defies ban, says no one will stop her from going home
- Democracy,Rule of Law've failed in Nigeria under Tinubu –Obi
01 Apr

- For Their Impact in Business, Politics, Media, Others, ARISE NEWS Honours 80 Unstoppable Women
- Nigerian Billionaire, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Leads BlackRock’s $23bn Acquisition of Panama Canal Ports
- French Far-right Leader, Marine Le Pen, Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Barred from 2027 Polls
- Stakeholders Laud PINL on Pipeline Security, Demand Fairness from FG
01 Apr

- Fresh setback for AfCFTA, ECOWAS protocol over tariff by Sahel States
- Forget 2027, Nigerians will reject you, PDP group tells Tinubu
- Petrol stations hike price amid Dangote, NNPCL dispute
- Revers will emerge stronger from political crisis, says Fubara
01 Apr

- Uromi killings: Okpebholo visits Kano gov, promises justice for victims
- Kogi bars convoy, public gatherings, rallies as Natasha visits constituency today
- How Rivers crisis may shape 2027 politics
- Reps mull removal of transitional lawmaking power from president, govs
01 Apr

- Northern Elders, JNI Demand Probe, Compensation
- Trump Considers Third Term Presidential Bid
- Adeleke Warns Osun Monarchs Over Communal Crisis
- Banks Rake In N4.8trn Profit In 1 Year Despite Challenges ,
01 Apr

- Kebbi, Gombe, Katsina top as meningitis cases spread, 74 killed
- Amid environmental concerns, NEITI plans review of $6.03bn divestments by IOCs
- 2015 failed coup: Burkina Faso junta leader pardons 21 soldiers
- Tompolo, HOSTCOM endorse Tinubu for re-election in 2027
01 Apr

- I'll pay full compensation to victims' families –Edo Gov
- Violent Crimes:We've intensified internal security operations nationwide –FHQ
- Foreign investors' pullback dips equities market by 16% to N509.47bn
- Nigerians won't reward failure in 2027, CP-PDP tells Tinubu
01 Apr

- Life annuities sur ge as r etir ees seek stabilit y
- N 200bn Nigerian exports face new Sahel tariff
- Big banks lead as Nigerian lender s boost shareholder returns
- NSIA posts historic N1.86trn profit in 2024