NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week May 01 - May 07, 2024
07 May
- Natural Disasters, Conflicts Threaten Financial Stability – CBN Governor
- NERC Orders 8.1 Percent Reduction on Electricity Tariff
- WACT, Starsight Sign 1.2GWh Solar Power Purchase Pact
- Faulty Aircraft Forces Shettima to Abort US Trip, Sends Tuggar
07 May
- Presidency: Atiku is Distorting Facts, Seyi Tinubu Has Right to Do Legitimate Business
- Fubara: Rivers Assembly Members No Longer Exist as Lawmakers in Eyes of Law
- CBN Orders Implementation of 0.5% Levy on Electronic Transactions to Tackle Cybercrime
- Atiku Raises Questions over Tinubu’s Whereabouts, Says Nigeria on Autopilot, Shettima Returns to Abuja
07 May
- Nigeria to adjust electricity tariffs monthly in relief to customers
- Delayed US rate cut to hurt foreign inflows into Nigeria
- FG debunks plan to establish foreign military base in Nigeria
- Crypto crackdown: SEC to delist naira from P2P platforms
07 May
- NERC reduces Band A tariff from N225/kWh to N206.80/kWh
- Fubara: Wike shouldn’t take place of God
- Cryptocurrency: FG mulls delisting naira from P2P platforms
- CASHLESS: CHEQUE TRANSACTIONS SUSTAIN DECLINE BY 27.5% TO N262.4BN
07 May
- No plan to have foreign military base in Nigeria – FG
- NERC slashes Band A tariff by N18.20/ kWh, Nigerians kic
- Presidency tackles Atiku over ‘conflict of interest’ claim
- Adamawa govt postpones school resumption to curb measles spread
07 May
- No plan to have foreign military base in Nigeria – FG
- NERC slashes Band A tariff by N18.20/ kWh, Nigerians kic
- Presidency tackles Atiku over ‘conflict of interest’ claim
- Adamawa govt postpones school resumption to curb measles spread
07 May
- Consumers seek lower tariff as NERC adopts monthly review, N1227/$ rate
- USAID names Nigeria ninth highest contributor to plastic pollution
- USAID names Nigeria ninth highest contributor to plastic pollution
- Over $50b may be trapped in crypto exchanges as FG begins clamp down
07 May
- No plan for foreign military base establishment in Nigeria –FG
- NERC orders reduction of electricity tariff for Band A customers
- Labour to picket states over refusal to pay new national minimum wage
- FG earmarks N530bn for climate change actions
07 May
- FG cracks down on illegal crypto traders
- We would’ve fared better if Yar’Adua had finished his tenure – Gowon
- Hamas accepts Egypt-Qatari Gaza truce proposal
- I was off ered N1m to sell my kidney – 16-year-old boy
07 May
- Concerns As PDP Base Drains In Rivers, Edo, Imo, Abia
- Respite For Band A Customers As DisCos Reduce Tariff To N206/Kwh
- Tinubu Has Attracted $20bn Investment, Presidency Replies Atiku
- Tinubu Has Attracted $20bn Investment, Presidency Replies Atiku
07 May
- No plan for foreign military base in Nigeria —FG
- NERC slashes Band ‘A’ electricity tariff to N206.80/kwh
- Gunmen kill one, abduct seven on Sagamu-Ijebu Ode highway
- Faulty aircraft forces Shettima to abort US trip mid-ai
06 May
- NAF Airstrikes Kill Several Terrorists in Borno, Niger
- Atiku: Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Contract Lacks Transparency
- Zenith Bank, AFCFTA Join Forces to Revolutionize African Trade
- We’re Finished if Artificial Intelligence is Allowed to Control Humanity - Cleric
06 May
- Nigeria’s cargo tracking plan hits brick wall of corruption
- Gatwick says no “dirty tricks” in Air Peace slot delay
- Six days after WEF, Presidency silent over Tinubu’s whereabout
- Does an increase in the minimum wage guarantee a better life?
06 May
- CDK: Atiku Accuses Tinubu of Conflict of Interest, Alleges Son's Affiliation with Chagoury
- Zenith Fintech Subsidiary Zenpay Limited Partners AfCFTA On Innovative Trade Portal
- ACJHR Accuses FG of Persecuting Emefiele over Multiple Trials...
- Divestment: Oando to Double Crude Output to 50,000bpd after Eni Deal
06 May
- Fear Grips Financial Sector Over Data Abuse, Theft
- FG Mum Over Request By Telcos To Raise Tariffs
- Zenith Bank Grows Earnings By 189% In Q1
- NNPP Cautions Tinubu Against Military Pact With US, France
06 May
- Spin doctors kick-start early campaigns as race for 2027 presidency begins
- Policy Change:Only PhD students can bring dependants –UK
- Q1'24: Eight banks' fee, commission income up 80.5% to N339.8bn
- Exposing minors whose parents're under probe unlawful –Lawyer
06 May
- Order Wike, Sani, others to account for N5.9bn, $4.6bn loans
- Kingibe to Chad: Work for inauguration of a new democratic order
- Naira depreciation, farmers-herders clash cause of food price hike – NBS
- Is NIgerIa a case of beatINg the dead horse?
06 May
- Banks, others shop for over N3tr P 6 from broke investors, lean market
- Untenable fuel scarcity amid deregulation
- From N30,000 to N615,000: Feasibility hurdles await ‘minimum wage’ largesse in states, private sector
- Atiku raises alarm over Tinubu son’s membership of Chagoury's board
06 May
- Tinubu’s son on Chagoury’s board, a conflict of interest –Atiku
- Benue Govt orders warring communities to keep off disputed river
- NAF kills several terrorists in Borno, Niger airstrikes
- Nigeria, UK’s trade relations currently worth £7bn
06 May
- NAF airstrikes kill many terrorists in Borno, Niger
- War on Gaza: Israel shuts Al Jazeera’s office
- FG to reconnect 8 Sokoto LGAs to national grid after 10yrs’ blackout
- Lagos market clash: Unions threaten to cut tomato supply to Lagos
06 May
- CUPP, MBF, ex-DSS boss, others caution FG
- We will support wage increase, if... —NECA
- Exporters abandon 616 containers inside Lagos port —APM Terminals
- Zenith Bank shows continued market leadership with 189% growth in Q1 earnings
05 May
- Nigerians caught in the web of scarcities
- Food crisis worsens in Plateau, Benue as insecurity escalates
- UTME: Nigerians express concern over candidates’ poor performance
- Enugu Electricity market: When the disruptive innovator blazes the trail
05 May
- Desolate Communities: Military appeals to S'East residents to return
- Danjuma: Nigerians must build cohesion with culture
- Zamfara gov to sign death warrants of bandits’ informants
- NORTHERN ELEMENTS PUSHING TINUBU AGAINST NNAMDI KANU’S RELEASE
05 May
- No journalist hounded, incarcerated under Tinubu - FG
- Why meningitis still ravages northern states despite vaccine breakthrough – Experts
- Contempt: Appeal Court grants EFCC’s motion for stay of proceedings
- Equity market sustains growth trend, gains N467bn
05 May
- Banditry Now Business Venture for Security Agents, Govt Officials, Katsina Gov Raises the Alarm
- Don’t Allow US, French Military Bases in Nigeria, Northern Thought Leaders Tell Tinubu
- Don’t Allow US, French Military Bases in Nigeria, Northern Thought Leaders Tell Tinubu
- GTCO, Zenith Bank, Access Bank, Five Others Declare N1.13tn Profit in Q1 2024
05 May
- Made-in-Nigeria Campaign: How Laxity In The Application Of Executive Orders 003,005 Undermines Manufacturing Locally
- Why Ribadu, Other Top Officials In Tinubu’s Government Must Support State Police – Sali
- Press Freedom:Coalition Condemns Continued Detention Of Journalist By Police
- Police Arrest 98 Suspects For Kidnap, Three Others In Yobe
05 May
- Disobedience Of Court Orders Becoming Prevalent
- 30th Nigerian Economic Summit To Focus On National Interest, Economic Devt
- No Ndigbo Apologies For 1966 Coup – Ohanaeze
- Bandits Kill 24 In Katsina PAGE 19 Community
05 May
- 6 Days After Forum In S/Arabia, Tinubu Yet To Return
- The cost of coastal highway project on businesses, lives in Lagos
- Bandits recruiting youths for as low as N500 – Katsina gov
- B/Haram invasion of police station: We stand by our story
05 May
- This siege of darkness laid to Nigeria must end —Anglican Primate
- I will sign death warrants of convicted informants leaking information to bandits, Kebbi gov threatens
- Black marketers reign On a good day,
- UNDER BRIDGE TENANTS: Lagos govt intensifies manhunt for landlords
04 May
- Hon. Obahiagbon: Nigerians should expect eureka rhymes after today’s pains
- Appeal Court says police can’t punish unmarried female cops for getting pregnant
- Appeal Court says police can’t punish unmarried female cops for getting pregnant
- NIGERIANS AT PETROL STATIONS CRY OUT: P2 This pain is too much
04 May
- Reject bid to site US, French bases in Nigeria
- Zulum and teachers’ welfare in Borno
- nside the unending rivalry between Wizkid, Davido
- Measles kills 42 in Adamawa Page 13 Page
04 May
- ‘Building Professional Relationships Help Women Navigate Challenges In Career
- Gas Explosions: Monster Resisting To Be Tamed
- Wage Increase: Your Government Is Deceitful, Workers Tell Tinubu
- Contempt: A’Court Grants EFCC’s Motion For Stay Of Proceedings
04 May
- Nigeria’s Food Security Crisis Worsening
- Russia Sends Troops To Niger Airbase Occupied By US Troops
- Contempt: Appeal Court Grants EFCC’s Motion For Stay Of Proceedings
- Seven Die, Many Houses Razed In Delta Tanker Fire
04 May
- No journalist hounded, incarcerated under Tinubu - FG
- Contempt: Appeal Court grants EFCC’s motion for stay of proceedings
- Why meningitis still ravages northern states despite vaccine breakthrough – Experts
- Felix Ohiwerei, Sani Zoro: Where are they now?
04 May
- End suffering now, make people friendly policies
- A'Court stays execution of judgement against EFCC on Yahaya Bello
- CBN: Credit to economy dropped to N90.8trn in March
- EX-GMD NNPC, ESELE, OTHERS HOW TO CURB PERIODIC FUEL SCARCITY
04 May
- Salako: Works Ministry Issued Preliminary ESIA Approval on Lagos-Calabar Highway
- For Reinvestment in Mobil, Shell, Agip, Equinor Oil Blocks, NUPRC Gives Two-week Ultimatum
- Fitch Revises Nigeria's Outlook to Positive, Affirms 'B-' Rating amid Market-friendly Reforms
- Sule Lamido Weighs in on Ihedioha’s PDP Exit, Says Gale of Resignation from Party Out of Frustration
03 May
- Illegal Mining Fuels Terror in Nigeria – DHQ
- Reps Commit to End Open Defecation in Nigeria by 2025
- NDIC Raises Deposit Insurance Coverage from N500,000 to N5m
- Benue Marks 800 Buildings for Demolition in Makurdi
03 May
- Nigeria’s economy to experience significant growth soon –Shettima
- ONSA directs full enforcement of Nigeria’s cybercrime law
- We’re reviewing our fiscal space to arrive at improved minimum wage -NGF
- More than 15 terrorist Commanders neutralised in April -Military spokesperson
03 May
- Trapped in Escravos: 150m-litre vessels behind petrol scarcity
- Coastal Highway construction continues without approved EIA
- Fraud losses quintuple in 5yrs as mobile scams boom
- N5m bank deposits now covered by insurance - NDIC
03 May
- Governors disagree with FG on new minimum wage
- Kaduna Bombing:Military to court-martial 2 personne
- FG paid $500m to terminate Ajaokuta Steel contract
- Police arrest mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack
03 May
- With reforms, Tinubu saved Nigeria from imminent death
- Troops kill 715 terrorists, rescue 465 kidnap victims
- Why we arrived at N615,000 as new minimum wage – NLC
- Police parade suspected masterminds of Kaduna-Abuja train attack, others
03 May
- How dodgy officiating, complicit club officials, supporters ruin games
- Labour defends N615,000 wage proposal as states review fiscal capacity
- Two army officers face court martial over bombing of 100 in Kaduna
- World Press Freedom Day: NAS seeks release of detained journalists
03 May
- Police Arrest Mastermind Of Kaduna Train Attack
- Lagos GDP Hits N41trn, Ranks 7th In Africa
- 2024 Hajj: We’ve Made Progress In Visa Processing – NAHCON
- NAIRA ABUSE: CUBANA CHIEF PRIEST, EFCC OPT FOR PLEA BARGAIN
03 May
- Repentant B/Haram members invade police station in Borno
- We won’t blame Buhari for our challenges – Shettima
- Bandits kill 17, abduct 5 in Kaduna, Sokoto communities
- May 15 slated for inaugural fl ight as 65,000 Nigerians pay for hajj
03 May
- NUPRC: $1.28bn Seplat-Mobil Oil Assets Sales Deal to Wind Up in Less Than 14 Days
- Amid Inflation, Naira Depreciation, Others, NDIC Reviews Deposits Coverage for Financial Institution
- Shettima: Whoever Succeeded Buhari Would Have Made Tinubu’s Choices or Let Nigeria Implode
- Police Nab Masterminds of Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack
03 May
- Govs agree to roll out implementable national minimum wage
- Govs agree to roll out implementable national minimum wage
- Police parade mastermind of Kaduna-Abuja train attack, 276 other suspects
- NDIC increases maximum deposit insurance coverage for banks to N5m
02 May
- Pension funds bet big on equities with N550bn outlay in Q1
- Travellers at risk as Nigeria’s airport infrastructure creaks
- Coastal Highway: FG pays N2.75bn compensation for demolished properties
- Intelligence sharing: Nigeria seeks more collaboration with US
02 May
- NUPRC Moves to Speed Up Approvals for Divesting IOCs, Sets to Raise Oil Production by 700,000bpd
- Stock Market Lost N3.6tn in April as Investors Switched to Treasury Bills
- Tinubu: Days of Worry for Nigerian Workers over Earning Living Wage Gone
- House Calls for Clampdown on Middlemen Hoarding Petrol
02 May
- Labour gives FG May deadline, says 35% salary increase not minimum wage
- Bode George, Ogunkelu, others begin reconciliation in Lagos PDP
- Revenue Drive: FG agencies' earnings up 106% to N214.4bn
- TCN: NATIONAL GRID WITNESSED 105 COLLAPSES IN 10 YEARS
02 May
- Your new minimum wage takes effect May 1
- Denmark backs UNODC, launches N2.4bn Bayelsa security initiative
- FHA goes digital, targets 100,000 housing units delivery nationwide
- Otu raises workers salary to N40,000, Sani launches N500m loans scheme
02 May
- Tinubu to workers: Your days of worrying are over
- FG pays N2.75bn compensation for Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project
- May Day: Bold leadership required to steer Nigeria towards recovery - NLC
- How to check bullying in schools —Educationists
02 May
- Tinubu to workers: Your days of worrying are over
- FG pays N2.75bn compensation for Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project
- May Day: Bold leadership required to steer Nigeria towards recovery - NLC
- How to check bullying in schools —Educationists
02 May
- Labour demands inflation-proof pay, frequent wage review
- PDP chides Aiyedatiwa for budgeting N5b to renovate daycare centres
- Workers wary as FG assures on May 1 date for new minimum wage
- Super Eagles: How to support indigenous coaches to grow, win laurels
02 May
- Labour Makes Fresh Demands For Workers' Welfare
- Ignore Candidates Parading 2024 UTME Printed Results – JAMB
- Refined Dangote Fuel Now Expected In July
- Mining Areas Record Rise In Out-of-school Children – Report
02 May
- Announce new minimum wage before May 31 or risk industrial disharmony
- PDP condemns tariff, petrol price increases
- CBN adjusted exchange rate 28 times in Q1 2024 —CPPE
- Mining areas record rise in out-of-school children
02 May
- Pay us N615,000 minimum wage or face showdown
- Naira devaluation biggest mess of 2023 – Dangote
- Fuel scarcity: Go after saboteurs, Reps tell security agencies
- Pregnant women decry high costs P 10 of medicare, baby essentials
01 May
- Scarcity May Worsen Over N200bn Owed Marketers
- Nigeria Needs A Composite Government
- Privatise NNPC To Raise $20-$30bn Revenue, Moghalu Tells FG
- Workers' Day: Our Hopes Have Been Dashed – Labour
01 May
- Petrol crisis mutes Workers’ Day as scarcity sting lingers
- Old problems haunt 2024 oil bid round
- Rubbles replace businesses as FG bulldozes Landmark Beach
- Research Insight: Exploring solutions to Nigeria’s power sector
01 May
- We must develop our economy, human capacity
- Oil majors move to end fuel scarcity, say 300m litres underway
- Navy rescues 250 passengers from capsized boat in Rivers
- South-south govs meet, urge FG to review power situation
01 May
- Petrol scarcity to worsen as IPMAN threatens strike over N200bn debt
- Electricity, East-West road top agenda as South-South govs meet in Yenagoa
- Senate in rowdy session over sitting arrangement
- CBN Deputy Gov. raises concern over surge in NonP.16 Performing Loans
01 May
- FG approves 25%, 35% salary increase for civil servants
- Marketers to flood market with 300 million litres, IPMAN agonises over N200bn debt
- Reps to NERC: Halt hike in electricity tariff
- Senators quarrel, point fingers over seat allocation
01 May
- NLC rejects 35% pay rise, insists on living wage
- IPMAN threatens shutdown over N200bn claims
- Reps, NBA, students reject electricity tariff hike
- Niger: Ex-President Issoufou behind my dad’s ouster – Bazoum’s daughter
01 May
- Inflation, naira depreciation plunge Nigerians to lowest wage earners
- Reps summon petroleum minister, others over fuel scarcity, nationwide pains
- Reps, NBA, Falana, HURIWA seek reversal of electricity tariff hike
- Obi faults work on Lagos-Calabar highway amid protests
01 May
- May Day:FG increases salaries, pensions forcivil servants by 25/30 per cent
- Electricity Tariff Hike:NBA to institute legal action against FG
- PMS Crisis: Monthly importation drops by 54% to 74.5m litre
- NAIRA: ANALYSTS WANT FISCAL AUTHORITIES TO COMPLEMENT CBN’S POLICIES