NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Apr 15 - Apr 21, 2025
18 Apr
- Tinubu Remains Active, to Spend Easter Abroad, Says Presidency
- Gunmen Invade Akpoti–Uduaghan’s Family Residence in Kogi
- Niger to attract $300m Power investment, assures of Enabling Environment
- Customs Export Rises to N7.1bn in First Quarter
18 Apr
- Schools, teachers cite concerns, search for academic integrity
- Good Friday: Seemingly ceaseless crucifixion of Nigeria
- Over 1.9 million students to sit for Nigeria's first digital WASSCE NEWS PAGE 2
- Reps caution against fraudsters as SEC denies registering CBEX
18 Apr
- Schools, teachers cite concerns, search for academic integrity
- Good Friday: Seemingly ceaseless crucifixion of Nigeria
- Over 1.9 million students to sit for Nigeria's first digital WASSCE NEWS PAGE 2
- Reps caution against fraudsters as SEC denies registering CBEX
18 Apr
- Presidency defends Tinubu’s foreign stay amid criticism over insecurity
- CBEX illegal, unlicensed digital asset exchange —SEC
- Power sector got N700bn boost in revenue in 2024 —Minister
- Gunmen attack Natasha’s family house in Kogi
18 Apr
- FG secures $1.3bn lithium deal as confidence grows
- African airlines flock to Nigeria on single market
- Nolly wood’s YouTube expansion faces IP hurdles
- Easter: Risingpr ices of tomato, pepper squeeze consumers
18 Apr
- Presidency: Tinubu Fully Involved in Governance Despite Foreign Travels
- New NNPCL GCEO Unveils Agenda, Aims to Attract $30bn Sectoral Investments By 2027, $60bn By 2030
- NGF Warns Violence Will Negatively Affect Plateau’s Agriculture, Tourism Potential
- Easter: FEC Urges Prayer for Nation, Tinubu, Preaches Sacrificial Love of Christ
18 Apr
- Presidency, CSOs Bicker Over Tinubu’s Absence
- Tariff Reforms Slashed Electricity Subsidy By N1.1trn – Adelabu
- Let’s Remember Our Fallen Comrades, Others’ Sacrifices – CDS
- NAGGW, UNEP, GEF MOVE TO RESTORE 5,500 HECTARES OF DEGRADED LAND
18 Apr
- FG hints on tariff hike as power generation hits 6,003MW
- Botched gas supply deal: UK A/Court affirms $380m award against NLNG
- Over 500,000 students benefiting from NELFUND scheme – NOA
- Tinubu fully engaged in governance, will return after Easter – Presidency
18 Apr
- Power:FG hints of tariff hike, says N200m monthly subsidy not sustainable
- Terrorists committing premeditated acts of genocide in Plateau –CAN
- Tinubu’sabsence not affecting governance –Presidency
- Ponzi scheme platform, CBEX, sustains operations
17 Apr
- Parents spend N33.6m per child as education turns luxury
- Resilient insurers tap innovation to drive growth
- Local investors dominate Africa’s startup funding scene
- What Trump’s 90-day pause means for trade
17 Apr
- Mutfwang bans night grazing, transportation of cattle by vehicles
- Dangote Refinery slashes petrol price to N835 per litre
- 15 million Nigerians at high risk of floods in 2025 —Shettima
- UK Supreme Court rules ‘woman’ means biological female
17 Apr
- Wrangling Within PDP Unsettles Atiku, Supporters
- Tinubu Gives Census Panel 3 Weeks To Submit Report
- Reps Invite Ibas Over State Of Affairs In Rivers
- Killings: FG Restates Commitment To Ending Insecurity
17 Apr
- Mutfwang in State Broadcast, Says Fear Won’t Overrun Plateau
- Farouk Aliyu Attacks El-Rufai as Masari, Al-Makura, 21 CPC Chiefs Back Tinubu
- Mo Abudu, Kwame Onwuachi, Named in TIME 100 Most Influential People
- Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, in Historic Visit to Niger Republic
17 Apr
- Insecurity, economic concerns trail Tinubu’s push for fresh census
- FG, World Bank in fresh $17b poverty reduction deal
- Fresh killings in Benue community claim 10
- REA, Lagos to replace over four million generators with rooftop solar
17 Apr
- Don’t provide terrorists oxygen to breathe, FG tells media
- NNPC Ltd GCEO commits to transformational partnerships for industry growth
- NSIA assets increase from N2.26trn to N4.42trn
- 2027: Al-Makura, Masari, Bulama, 20 other ex-CPC chieftains back Tinubu
17 Apr
- Adelabu To World Bank: Why Nigeria can't have stable electricity
- Tinubu approves N15bn for flood mitigation as 15m Nigerians at risk
- RepsTo Remita: RefundN182bn withheld from TSA since 2015
- OPEC+: Nigeria loses out in major compensation for members
16 Apr
- We’ve Failed You, Gov Mutfwang Begs Plateau Communities
- Reps Inaugurate Oversight Committee On Rivers
- Tinubu Will Do 8 Years As President – PDP Governors
- Trump’s Tariffs Threatening Nigeria’s Oil Revenue, NMDPRA Warns
16 Apr
- Oil palm gr ower s to r eplant 1.5m hectar es on r ising appetite
- Meter ing hits 4-year low as FG misses tar get
- How CBEX w iped of f investor s’ N1.3tr n in nine months
- Fitch projects Niger ia’s exter nal debt ser vice to hit $5.2bn in 2025
16 Apr
- Reps inaugurate 21-member committee on Rivers oversight
- NMDPRA blames Trump’s tariff policies for crude oil price fall
- US 14% tariff has significant impact on sector, economy —MAN
- Investment and Securities Act 2025: Engage in Ponzi scheme, spend 10 years in prison
16 Apr
- Desperate Nigerians lose over N1.7tr to Ponzi schemes in nine years
- nflation resumes upward trend, rises to 24.23% in March
- nflation resumes upward trend, rises to 24.23% in March
- Autonomy: Court adjourns ALGON’s suit against federal, state govts
16 Apr
- MDPRA upbeat as PMS imports drop by 30m litres in 8 months
- IG visits Plateau, assures of justice for Bassa massacre victims
- With Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Tinubu’s second term assured – Gov Eno
- Report directly to NASS, Reps tell Rivers’ administrator
16 Apr
- Emergency Rule:You must report to NASS, Reps tell Ibas
- FAAC shares N1.578trn to FG, states, LGs as March revenue
- Plateau Killings:We've failed you, Muftwang apologises to community
- LASSA FEVER DEATH TOLL HITS 127; ONDO, BAUCHI, EDO WORST HIT
15 Apr
- PoS war s: Banks battle fintechs for market shar e
- Declining oil output to hit Niger ia’s dollar ear nings
- Niger ian banks ready for recapitalisation, r ising globally – CBN boss
- State of emergency: Judge r esigns in detestation of ‘quasi-militar y’ r ule
15 Apr
- Tinubu: Mutfwang Must Summon the Will to Deal with Plateau’s Continued Killings
- Lawal: I Took Over Dysfunctional Zamfara State and Met Only N4m in State’s Treasury
- In Major Advance for AfCFTA, Nigeria Signs ECOWAS Tariff Offers for Trade in Goods
- CBN Insists Banks Must Recapitalise to Fund, Power $1 Trillion Economy
15 Apr
- PDP Govs Reject Atiku, El-Rufai, Obi’s Coalition
- GenCos Threaten Total Shutdown Over N4trn Debt
- Trump Threatens New Tariffs On Smart Phones
- Again, Bandits Kill 49 In Fresh Plateau Attacks
15 Apr
- 51 feared killed in fresh Plateau attack
- Nigeria must pursue 10% GDP growth to achieve $1trn economy by 2030 —GMD, UBA
- Solar: Nigeria spent N200bn on importation of panels —REA MD
- PDP govs say no to coalition, dump Anyanwu, Udeh-Okoye
15 Apr
- PDP govs rock Atiku’s 2027 ambition, oppose coalition
- N/Delta: Troops nab 28 suspects, foil re-establishment of bunkering sites
- Building $1trn economy requires planning, clear policy direction – CBN
- Gunmen kill 47 in Plateau fresh attacks, PLSG urges caution
15 Apr
- PDP govs reject coalition, condemn emergency rule in Rivers
- Cashless: PoS sustains growth as transactions up 300.8% to N10.49trn
- Political leaders don’t deserve praise; clerics're corrupt, dishonest –Kaigama
- Blackoutlooms as GenCos threaten shutdown over N4trn debt