NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Apr 22 - Apr 28, 2024
28 Apr
- Economy: Why Nigeria must consider punitive measures to end oil theft
- Withdrawal limit remains low as cash rationing persists in banks
- Why NASS must urgently enact Fly Nigeria Act - Agbakoba
- CP Adeoye pulls out of service, bags Anambra citizenship
28 Apr
- South-East communities desolate over insecurity
- Presidential initiative in energy sector’ll help Nigerians
- Oba of Benin suspends 5 over inaccurate presentation of history
- MORE BUHARI’S MINISTERS TO GET SIRIKA TREATMENT –SOURCES
28 Apr
- How to end banditry in North-west – Emir
- Sexual harassment: Hope as AFA pushes for gender, inclusion curriculum in Nigerian varsities
- Naira abuse/mutilation: Is EFCC right to arrest, prosecute celebrities
- Christopher Kolade, Fidelia Njeze: Where are they now?
28 Apr
- CDS: We Must Shame Enemies of Nigeria, Unite against Banditry, Terrorism
- In Major Restructuring, EFCC Chairman Appoints Chief of Staff, 14 New Zonal Directors
- Yahaya Bello: American Int'l School Explains Refund of Fees to EFCC, Reaffirms Respect for Nigerian Institutions
- Obi Seeks Prayers for Politicians to Judiciously Expend Public Funds
28 Apr
- Naira Rebounds, Sells For 1,280/$ At Parallel Market
- I was close to General Murtala; he died poor
- How low income earners battle for >>Page 7 survival amidst rising inflation
- How rainstorms wreaked havoc on Ogun, Lagos, others’ communities
28 Apr
- Petrol, gas tankers wreak havoc in Rivers, Ogun
- Tinubu’s intervention in energy sector will revitalise economy
- Nigeria needs constitution that addresses current challenges
- Sokoto residents battle severe heat, fuel, water scarcity
28 Apr
- Political Parties May Petition State, National Assemblies
- Nigeria’s $40/barrel Oil Production Cost Major Disincentive To Investors – FG
- EFCC Boss Appoints New Chief Of Staff, 14 Zonal Directors
- CBN Takes Down Report On Fresh N3.8tn From Ways & Means Loans
27 Apr
- Age limit in varsity admission archaic
- Adequate, affordable financing critical to reforms’ success
- 3 DAYS TO DEADLINE, SHAREHOLDERS FRET
- ny Igboman waiting for redemption under Tinubu wasting time –Uwazurike
27 Apr
- How to end banditry in North-west – Emir
- Sexual harassment: Hope as AFA pushes for gender, inclusion curriculum in Nigerian varsities
- Yahaya Bello: EFCC chair faces criminal trial for contempt of court May 13
- Christopher Kolade, Fidelia Njeze: Where are they now?
27 Apr
- Baby Switching… A Booming ‘Trade’ Behind Increasing Paternity Crisis
- World Malaria Day:U.S. Pledges To Foster Robust Malaria Services In Nigeria
- ahaya Bello:EFCC Boss To Face Criminal Trial For Contempt Of Court May 13
- ONSA Arms Deal Saga: N4.6b Was Traced To Bafarawa’s Son, Witness Tells Court
27 Apr
- Bandits Regrouping Despite Military Assaults
- Hadi Sirika For Arraignment Next Week
- Ajaokuta: Minister Engages Russian Builders, TPE Consortium
- Kogi Court, EFCC At Odds Over Order On Yahaya Bello
27 Apr
- To Attract Dollar Inflows, Strengthen Naira, FG Plans $10bn Diaspora Fund
- Abuja-based American School Writes EFCC, to RefundYahaya Bello’s Children $760,000 Fees
- Tinubu Appoints Jim Ovia, Nigeria’s Foremost Banker, Chairman Nigerian Education Loan Fund
- Peter Obi Calls for Political Will to Address Nigeria’s Electricity Challenge
27 Apr
- Fuel queues persist, marketers hike petrol price
- Why we can’t stop primary school’s N42m tuition fee
- Yahaya Bello, EFCC tango over $845,852 school fees
- Omokri asks Obi to stop demarketing Nigeria
27 Apr
- Outcries over staterecognised vigilantes in North-West
- Meet Nigerian celebrities who are twins
- Sidi Ali buried in Kano as Gov Yusuf pays tribute
- Was naira’s world record a fluke?
26 Apr
- Tinubu: We Will Continue to Take Difficult Decisions for Nigeria Despite Short-term Pain
- NNPC Signs Deal to Build Another 100,000bpd Refining Plant within Port Harcourt Refinery
- Naira Weakens Further to N1,309/$ at Official Window, Plunges to N1,450/$ at Parallel Market
- Naira Weakens Further to N1,309/$ at Official Window, Plunges to N1,450/$ at Parallel Market
26 Apr
- Nigerians Still Face Fuel Scarcity, Long Queues
- 119 Inmates’ Escape: FG May Relocate Suleja Prison
- Okuama: Residents Send Presentations To Panel By Courier
- ONDO GOVERNORSHIP RACE NOW FOR AKEREDOLU’S DEPUTIES
26 Apr
- How weak power lines, vandalism worsen electrocution incidents
- Continued importation disrupts fuel supply amid local refineries
- Court adjourns Emefiele’s trial to June 24 as U.S. indicts govt
- CBN licenses Unified Payments as second provider for PTSA services for Nigeria
26 Apr
- TUC blames PMS shortage on FG's delay in activating P'Harcourt refinery operations
- 119 inmates escape as heavy rains destroy Suleja Custodial Centre
- Economy: FG reassures Nigerians, says process under rejuvenation
- NAIRA SUSTAINS SLIDE, CRASHES TO N1,450/$1 ON PARALLEL MARKET
26 Apr
- Rally behind Aiyedatiwa, Ganduje begs Oke, Akinfolarin, Ibrahim, others
- Downpour/jailbreak: FG considers relocating Suleja correctional facility
- Niger: Residents flee as soldiers withdraw after terror attack
- Bodo-Bonny Road: FG orders Julius Berger back to site in 14 days
26 Apr
- Damagum’s loyalty to Wike sinking PDP, Clark alleges
- Ex-Akeredolu’s deputy to fly PDP ticket as Ganduje meets Aiyedatiwa, Jimoh, Oke, others
- UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn
- Over 10,000 security agents mobilised as PDP, APC, LP upbeat about Oyo LG elections
26 Apr
- Bandits attack Zurmi emir’s palace, kill 3
- Air Peace pilot asks for priority landing after ‘fake’ fire alert
- 108 inmates on the run as rainstorm wreaks Suleja prisons
- Customs hands over 6,240 intercepted dynamites to DSS
25 Apr
- Undertake reforms for functional justice system
- Kaduna assembly commences probe into el-Rufai’s financial deals
- FG revokes 924 dormant mining licences as minister decries racketeering
- NAF, Nigerien Air Force joint air strikes eliminate terrorists, destroy hideouts
25 Apr
- Tinubu: We Need More Functional Justice System to Protect Rights of All Citizens
- Sanwo-Olu: We’ve Offered Free Food to 500,000 Households in Lagos Under Eko Cares
- Nigeria’s Treasury Bills Auction Oversubscribed by 254.23 Per Cent
- EFCC Hands over 14 Forfeited Properties to Enugu Govt
25 Apr
- Foreign investors return to Nigeria stocks as inflows quintuple
- Unified Payments becomes second payment gateway as CBN tackles POS fraud
- Luggage charges turn cash cow as airlines tackle rising costs
- Dollar demand for education, health up $1.8bn in 9 months
25 Apr
- Oyedele tax reforms c'ttee wants defaulters declared unfit for political polls
- e-Transfer: FG's earnings drop by 10.6% to N45.8bn
- Military:How we doused insecurity in S'East via non-kinetic means
- FG REVOKES 924 DORMANT MINING LICENCES, SEEKS NEW INVESTORS
25 Apr
- Tinubu, CJN, ex-Kenya CJ harp on justice system for citizens’ well-being
- Despite JAMB’s warning, father arrested for writing exam for son
- Dana Air sanctioned three times in 12 years over safety issues – Investigation
- Borno: Joint strike by OPHK, NAF neutralises terrorists, destroys hideouts
25 Apr
- Experts, Labour Want Debtridden Firms Unbundled
- 2 Wike’s Loyalists Resign From Fubara’s Cabinet
- UTME: Father Arrested For Impersonating Son – JAMB
- 140-yr-old PZ Cussons Considers Leaving Africa Over Nigeria’s Sales Plunge
25 Apr
- Over 5,032 first-class graduates languish amid vacancies in varsities
- EFCC withdraws appeal against order restraining Yahaya Bello’s arrest
- FG probes bullying incident at British International School, Abuja
- Currency outside banks up by 300% as economy slips into cash hoarding
25 Apr
- Corruption, undue influence undermining our justice system – CJN
- Experts weigh in as FG grounds Dana Air after runway accident
- Zulum to military: Establish base in Sambisa forest
- Poultry farmers lose birds as temperature hits over 40°C
25 Apr
- EFCC discovers ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ training schools in almost all states
- Seven aspirants slug it out as Ondo PDP governorship primary holds today
- Tinubu approves take-off of Consumer Credit Schem
- FG revokes 924 dormant mining licences
24 Apr
- Vacate arrest warrant, I will show up in court
- Suspension: 37 APC state chairmen back Ganduje as national chair
- FG okays N25bn for 8,800 facilities to reduce maternal mortality
- We’re aware of gaps in Niger Delta infrastructure –Tinubu
24 Apr
- Olukoyede: EFCC Went Above and Beyond to Give Yahaya Bello Fair Hearing
- FG Launches New Fiscal Incentives to Revamp Oil, Gas Sector, Aims to Attract $10bn Investment
- CBN Approves Fourth Tranche of FX Sale to BDCs at N1,021/$
- Presidential C’ttee Secures Concessionary Pricing for Mobility CNG from NMDPRA
24 Apr
- Speaker to sponsor bill for compulsory NASS, stakeholders’ consultation
- Former Imo gov, Ihedioha resigns from PDP
- Soldier on birthday spree accidentally kills villager in Plateau
- NiMet DG states challenges facing Early Warning System
24 Apr
- How Revised Teachers Retirement Policy Impacts FCT Schools
- Why I Quit PDP, Says Former Imo Governor, Ihedioha
- Afreximbank Dominates Bonds, Loans, ESG Capital Markets Awards 2024
- Teacher (Manpower) Requirement for Junior Secondary Schools in FCT
24 Apr
- Imo: Ihedioha, BoT member, ex-Reps member, LG party chairmen dump PDP
- Alleged N8bn Nigeria Air Fraud:EFCC arrests ex-Aviationminister, Sirika
- NAIRA WEAKENS FURTHER TO N1,300/$1 ON OFFICIAL MARKET
- FG unveils plans to attract $10bn investment into oil, gas sector
24 Apr
- DisCos’ sale: Trillion-naira debt to test investors’ appetite
- Naira weakens to one-month low as liquidity drops
- Businesses breathe easier as Dangote reduces diesel price to N940
- Nigeria Air: EFCC arrests Sirika over N8bn alleged fraud
24 Apr
- EFCC intensifies manhunt for Bello, detains Sirika, freezes 300 accounts
- Blackout cripples business activities in Taraba, Gombe, Adamawa
- CBN to sell $16m to BDCs at N1,021/$ amid fresh panic in FX market
- FG probes bullying incident at British International School, Abuj
24 Apr
- Stakeholders Want Stiffer Penalties For Oil Thieves
- CBN’s Fresh Dollar Sales To BDCs Boost Naira To N1,250/$1
- EFCC Quizzes ExMinister Sirika Over Nigeria Air
- Again, Dangote Slashes Diesel, Aviation Fuel Prices To N940, N980
24 Apr
- How EFCC nabbed Sirika over N8bn ‘fraud
- NSIB probes Dana aircraft skid incident
- It’s wrong to increase electricity tariff without consultations – Speaker
- Abuja British school bullying sparks outrage, closure
24 Apr
- EFCC exposes Bello, grills Sirika, freezes 300 accounts
- Amid protests, petitions, Ododo submits report of Ondo APC primary
- Emeka Ihedioha dumps PDP
- NSIB begins probe into Dana Air incident
23 Apr
- Tinubu, Abdulsalam, Jonathan, Abbas, Others Insist on State Police
- Benue Leaders Looted Huge Minerals, Alia Tells the Diaspora
- FCCPC Summons Chinese Supermarket Owner for Racial Discrimination
- Lessons from the Senegalese Election
23 Apr
- Insurers, banks compete for scarce funds under new NAICOM
- FG to resell DisCos under banks, AMCON in three months
- IGP counters Tinubu, says Nigeria not mature, ready for state police
- Controversy trails Rivers politics as lawmakers override Fubara’s assent, pass LGA bill
23 Apr
- Nigeria not ripe for State Police, IGP insists
- Nigeria’ll strengthen regional collaboration against terrorism –Tinubu
- NNPCL deploys resources to transform Nigeria into gas-powered nation
- Segun Olatunji: Media bodies, CSOs refer case to National Media Ombudsman for adjudication
23 Apr
- Tinubu: External Funding Fuelling Illegal Mining, Terrorism in Africa
- n Historic Move, NERC Transfers Regulatory Oversight to Enugu Electricity Commission
- DMO: Nigeria Working on Details of Proposed Dollar-denominated Local Bond
- Marketers Lament as 45% Banks' CRR Hampers Buying Products in Cargoes from Dangote Refinery
23 Apr
- Naira loses steam as stronger dollar spooks emerging markets
- Poverty reigns in oil states despite two-fold FAAC boost
- Sterling, FCMB, Stanbic see biggest jump in FX gain
- Cement: Retailers explain why prices are dropping
23 Apr
- IGP kicks against state police, wants NSCDC, FRSC merged under NPF
- UTME:Why FG may peg varsity, others 18 years, by minister
- BVN: CBN's subtle threats boost enrolment to 61.47m
- S&P: DANGOTE REFINERY TO START PETROL SUPPLY IN Q4'24
23 Apr
- Nigeria not yet ripe for state police, IGP declares
- Africa must address poverty, social injustice to counter terrorism – Tinubu
- FCCPC seals Abuja Chinese supermarket over discriminatory practices
- Rising interest rates boost earnings of GTCO, UBA, 2 others in 2023
23 Apr
- Nigeria not ripe for state police, IGP says
- Power: FG set to resell distribution companies by July
- Illegal mining fuelling terrorism —Tinubu
- Ondo APC primary: Appeal committee confirms receipt of three petitions
23 Apr
- State police: IGP, CSOs Object As Tinubu, Jonathan, Abdulsalami Give Nod
- Coastal Super Highway Project Not A Priority Now – Obi
- FG Orders Sale Of DisCos Managed By Banks, AMCON Within 3 Month
- Binance Executive Who Escaped From Nigeria Arrested In Kenya
23 Apr
- IGP kicks as Jonathan, others canvass state police
- After 16yrs, airspace agency to raise navigation charges
- Court vacates order affirming Ganduje’s suspension
- Terrorism: Renew social contract with citizens, UN tells Nigeria, others
22 Apr
- Fleeing villagers seek refuge from bandits in Zamfara Govt House
- FG to roll out CNG vehicles before May 29
- More confusion over Ganduje’s suspension
- Alleged N80.2bn fraud: EFCC, Yahaya Bello continue battle in Appeal Court
22 Apr
- Dangote diesel hits market in threat for European refiners
- Nigeria eyes $30bn from debut forex bond
- How Adeduntan suddenly resigned as FirstBank CEO
- Unveiling Economic Realities: Exploring inflation and welfare misconceptions
22 Apr
- Naira Abuse:Lawyers query EFCC's prosecutorial powers
- Nigeria secures fresh $2.25bn loan from World Bank
- DHQ:We're not supposed to be on internal security operations
- Q1'24: OIL PRODUCING STATES' EARNINGS HIT N199.9BN
22 Apr
- FG to Deploy, Launch First Set of CNG Vehicles in May to Mark Tinubu’s One Year
- FirstBank Holdings Announces Olusegun Alebiosu, Acting Chief Executive of FBN
- After Initial Commotion, Aiyedatiwa Wins Ondo APC Governorship Primary Election
- Edun: Nigeria Secures $2.25bn World Bank Credit
22 Apr
- FG to roll out 2700 CNG buses, tricycles before May 29
- Tinubu to open African Counter-Terrorism summit in Abuja
- Bandits storm Zamfara market, kill three, injure others
- 51.90kg heroin: NDLEA nets 3 wanted kingpins, intercepts Oman-bound drug consignmen
22 Apr
- APC’s internal crisis lingers as another ward exco issues Ganduje fresh suspension
- A’Court entertains EFCC’s alleged N80.2b fraud case against Bello today
- Media organisations refer Olatunji’s case to ombudsman
- Stakeholders absolve NUPRC of delaying $1.3b ExxonMobil assets deal
22 Apr
- NUPRC, NAFDAC, 5 Others Earmark N80.9bn For Welfare
- NPO, CSOs, Others Take Olatunji's Torture Case To Ombudsman
- Another APC Ward Excos Emerge, Suspend Ganduje
- Stakeholders Brace Up For CNG Adoption
22 Apr
- 2,583 Nigerians killed, 2,164 abducted in 3 months – Report
- Ondo APC gov’ship primary: Aiyedatiwa coasting to victory
- FG to get fresh $2.2bn World Bank loan – Finance ministe
- Many burnt to death in Kogi road accident