NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week May 15 - May 21, 2024
21 May
- ICC Seeks Arrest of Israeli Leader, Netanyahu, Defence Minister for War Crimes
- Iran Gets New Leader, Tinubu Mourns Raisi
- Oniha: FG Raises N4.5tn from Domestic Market to Finance 2024 Budget Deficit
- Alawuba: With N18tn Customer Deposits, UBA Poised to Sustain Industry Leadership, Finance SMEs Across Africa
21 May
- Telcos thirst for local banks grows as loans up 200%
- DMO banks on market makers’ bigger appetite for N6trn bond
- Price of Nigeria grade oil up $86 on Middle East tensions
- Can sustainable philanthropy bridge Nigeria’s inequality gap?
21 May
- Poor Remuneration:Nigerians suffering consequences of deprived judiciary –CJN
- PMS: Importation improves as vessels berth with N94bn products
- Fubara, Wike Feud: Jonathan calls for ceasefire
- DMO RAISES N4.9TRN FOR WAYS AND MEANS SECURITISATION
21 May
- Judges stand for God on earth, mustn’t bow to public opinion – CJN
- Student loan disbursements begin with federal varsities, polytechnics – FG
- Wike, Fubara feud can destroy Niger Delta, Jonathan warns
- Removal of Nigerian Press Council from budget huge setback – Ezughah
21 May
- Clark accuses Ganduje, Damagum of encouraging Wike to derail democracy in Rivers
- Reps warn cement manufacturers against shunning invitation
- Nigerians will suffer if judges are not well paid operations
- Nigerians will suffer if judges are not well paid operations
21 May
- FG in dilemma as inflation spikes meal budget to N540 billion
- FG has reached 75% of domestic borrowing target for 2024, says DMO
- Electricity workers issue two-week ultimatum on TCN unbundling, tariff hik
- Kano gov releases N376m to complement pilgrims’ BTA as naira weakens
21 May
- Chief Justice Warns Over Poor Salary For Judges
- Oil Prices Spike Expected Over Iranian President’s Death
- US Govt Questions ICC Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu
- Minimum Wage: PAGE 7 We Stand On May 31 Ultimatum – Labou
21 May
- Students loan scheme to commence with Federal tertiary institutions Friday —FG
- Retain 24.75% lending rate, experts advise CBN as MPC meeting ends today
- Rivers crisis: Jonathan wades in, tells Fubara, Wike to work togethe
- Minimum wage: NLC, TUC say no going back on May 31 deadline
21 May
- Bandits in military uniform abduct 20 in Abuja
- Kano gov buys N2.7bn vehicles for lawmakers
- World leaders react as Iran’s president buried today
- Minimum wage: No going back on May 31 ultimatum, says labour
20 May
- MPC seen further raising interest rate to tame inflation
- Patients’ misery mounts as energy guzzles 40% of hospital costs
- Nigerian brewers double down on local inputs amid FX crunch
- Tinubu unveils committee to bolster renewable energy
20 May
- 10 years after abduction, Army rescues 386 civilians from Sambisa Forest
- Forex Crisis: LC payments drop by 62.77% to $204.47m
- Cybersecurity Levy:CBN withdraws circular on implementation
- MPC: ANALYSTS PROJECT MORE RATE HIKE AS MEETING COMMENCES TODAY
20 May
- 10 years after, troops rescue 386 from Sambisa forest
- North-east govs lament poor state of FG’s infrastructure in region
- Ganduje, Danfulani's suspension by wards illegal – N/West govs, NASS members
- Electricity tariff: Schools, small businesses embrace solar energy
20 May
- Legal Framework Will Prevent Governors from Abusing State Police, Says Senate Leader
- Iranian President, Foreign Minister, Others Missing after Helicopter's 'Hard Landing' in Mountainous Terrain
- Mele Kyari Blames Oil Output Decline on Underinvestment, Theft, Pipeline Constraints
- DRC Army Says It Stopped Attempted Coup Involving US Citizens
20 May
- Further hike anticipated as inflation, interest rates converge above 30%
- Iran’s supreme leader urges prayer for president after chopper’s ‘hard landing
- Govt projects cause 47.5% fibre cuts, telcos seek action
- Bandits invade Abuja community, kidnap four, injure others
20 May
- 67 Varsities Produce 6,464 First Class Graduates In 3 Years
- North West APC Voids Ganduje, Jaji, Others’ Suspension
- Iran President Feared Dead In Chopper Crash
- 2024 Hajj: NAHCON Airlifts 7,582 Pilgrims In 5 Days
20 May
- Constitute c'ttees to reconcile aggrieved APC members
- Tinubu approves InfraCorp for Green Zone, Ngelale chairs steering c’ttee
- S’Court judgement: BFIG, Rusal fight dirty over ownership of ALSCON
- Germany, Nigeria trade relations hits €3bn – Envoy
20 May
- Banks borrow N3trn from CBN to meet financial demands
- LP: We will back Atiku, Obi alliance to win presidency in 2027
- Army rescues 386 civilians from Sambisa forest 10 years after abduction
- DLEA declares Indian-based Nigerian couple wanted, arrest four suspected barons
20 May
- 2 years after, 100 new air traffic controllers redundant
- Abbas to Ganduje: Raise c’ttees to reconcile aggrieved APC members
- More pressure on Naira ahead possible interest rate hike
- Kano mosque arson renders 100 orphans, 13 widow
19 May
- Nigerians at mercy of boreholes as water corporations, facilities become moribund
- Minimum wage, maximum pain: Workers’ hope of bumper salary raise dashed
- Nigerians devise coping strategies as electricity cost surges by over 300% after Band A tariff hike Why Emirates retained all staff for 18 months despite flight suspension I will support Obi in 2027 if PDP decides - Atiku
- Edo, Ondo guber: INEC’s bottleneck responsible for poor PVC collection
19 May
- N’East govs worry over FG's neglect, low capital projects
- Reject candidates with godfathers, APGA’s Osifo tells Edo voter
- Ethnic leaders divided over performance
- Ethnic leaders divided over performance
19 May
- Issue Executive Order for State Police as Constitution Amendment Process Continues, Afenifere Tells Tinubu
- o Avert Fresh Crisis, Tinubu Accedes to ASUU's Demand, Appoints Governing Board Members for 111 Tertiary Institutions
- Citing His Refinery’s Capacity to Meet W’Africa’s Demand, Dangote Says Nigeria Won’t Need to Import Petrol by June
- Oba of Benin Celebrates Surprise Return of Benin Artefacts from Germany by FG
19 May
- WSICE 2024 Honours Soyinka At 90, Explores National Interest, Good Governance
- Concerns Over Resurgence Of Crimes In Abuja
- FG Targets $3b Investment From CNG Conversion Initiative
- FG Targets $3b Investment From CNG Conversion Initiativ
19 May
- Nigerians To Tinubu: Swap Ministers’ Portfolios, Sack Others
- Shettima Unveils Programme To Transform North East Schools
- FG, Africa CDC Sign Pact To Enhance Health Services
- Delta Women Protest Return Of Armed Youths In Okuama
19 May
- North-East Neglected, Say GoNorth-East Neglected, Say Governorsvernors
- Tinubu appoints Yayale, Yuguda, Jega, others into varsities’ governing councils
- B/Faso, Mali, Niger form new regional alliance
- Chaos as traders, soldiers clash in Abuja
18 May
- Security Experts, CSOs Back Endorsement of State Police by 36 Assembly Speakers
- Naira Appreciates on Official, Parallel FX Mkts Ahead of MPC Meeting
- TotalEnergies Announces Oil Supply Deal with Dangote Refinery
- FG, Labour to Resume Minimum Wage Negotiation Tuesday
18 May
- Multi-billion Naira Badagry projects waste away
- Dearth of FX, rising inflation may trigger 100bps rate hike –Razia Khan
- Olubadan Stool: I’m hale, hearty, ready to ascend throne –Olakulehin
- OBI'S PARLEY WITH ATIKU, OTHERS NECESSARY TO RESCUE NIGERIA
18 May
- Nigeria ready for future with Renewed Hope Agenda - Shettima
- How Wizkid, Davido, others’re ruining music industry with egos
- Still on Rivers: Wike vs Fubara, who blinks first?
- Hakeem Olajuwon, Chris Adighije: Where are they now?
18 May
- Women's Unique Perspectives, Experiences Enable Support, Well-Being Of Our Families
- With Incessant Jailbreaks, National Security Under Threat
- Tinubu’s Agenda Repositioning Nigeria As Global Investment Hub, Shettima Declares
- Lawmakers, Stakeholders Decry ‘Fruitless’ N2.9tr Subsidy On Electricity
18 May
- FG’s move will wreck pensioners —Union spokesman
- Why I wrote UTME in 2024 scoring 324 marks after graduating in 2021 with First Class
- Constitution has axed defected Rivers Assembly members —PDP spokesman, Ologunagba
- How inspector was found to belong to 5-man robbery, kidnapping gang
18 May
- FG, UN Seek N450bn To Tackle Hunger In N/East
- Governors Push For Tighter States’ Control Over Mining Activities
- Governors Push For Tighter States’ Control Over Mining Activities
- I Am Not Distracted By Rivers Politics – Wike
17 May
- Resource-backed loans threaten Nigeria’s oil economy
- Dollar bond seen bolstering or battering naira
- Deficient bill of lading, knowledge gap hobble Nigeria’s $4.5bn non-oil export
- No intent to illegally use N20trn pension fund – Wale Edun
17 May
- Labour To FG: Workers apprehensive, pension fund's retirement security
- Suspend new electricity tariff, Senate tells NERC
- Emirates to resume flights to Nigeria Oct
- DANGOTE REFINERY PLANS TO BUY 24M BARRELS OF CRUDE FROM US –REPORT
17 May
- Nigerien national Buzu wanted over Zamfara killings - DHQ
- NDIC obtains winding-up Order for 96 MFBs, PMBs in liquidatio
- Fitch rating evidence of Tinubu’s transparency – Shettima
- Hajj 2024: Pilgrims’ grouping initiative yielding result – NAHCON
17 May
- Search For Ganduje’s Replacement Begins
- Search For Ganduje’s Replacement Begins
- Senate Passes North West Development Commission Bil
- CRYPTO EXCHANGES DELISTING NAIRA FROM PLATFORMS BRIEFING: Trending: FG stops marriage of 100 orphaned girls Numbers: ‘40% of healthcare facilities lack adequate power supply’ History Today PAGE 2 PAGE 2
17 May
- NLC, TUC kick against FG’s plan to use Pension Fund for infrastructure
- Senators divided over electricity tariff hike report
- Senators divided over electricity tariff hike report
- FG, states, LGs share N1.208trn April revenue
17 May
- Abandoned projects dot S'West amid push of scarce resources to new ones
- NLC, TUC boycott negotiations as FG promises to shift ground
- Rising cost of drugs worsens steep rise in hypertension cases
- Finally, students' loan application portal opens May 24
17 May
- Wale Edun: No Attempt to Illegally Use Pension Funds
- Report: Amid Nigeria’s Underproduction, Dangote Refinery Orders 24m Barrels of US Crude Oil
- Report: Amid Nigeria’s Underproduction, Dangote Refinery Orders 24m Barrels of US Crude Oil
- AFRICA’S ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION GETS $300M BOOST
17 May
- Food production declines as commercial farms close
- Emirates returns to Nigeria after 25 months
- OIC, First Lady collaborate to fight cancer
- NEF endorsed Tinubu on expectations, not principle – Masari
16 May
- Seven tech firms grow fastest on FT ranking
- Inflation rises to 33.69%, heightens rate hike expectation
- Strike looms as NLC, TUC walk out over FG’s N48,000 proposa
- Nine pro-Wike commissioners quit Fubara’s gov
16 May
- Tinubu Inaugurates 3 Gas Projects, Pledges to Wean Nigeria from Overdependence on Petrol, Diesel
- CBN Moves to Double Foreign Currency Remittances, Grants AIP to 14 New IMTOs
- Atiku: FG’s Plan to Use N20 Trillion Pension Fund for Infrastructure Projects Misguided
- Sweden Announces Return of Benin Artefacts to Oba of Benin
16 May
- NLC, TUC pull out of Minimum Wage negotiation
- Senate approves Tinubu's $500m loan request
- Emefiele denies alleged unlawful Naira redesign charge
- HoR to investigate air worthiness of all aircraft in Presidential fleet
16 May
- Labour walks out, says FG's proposed N48,000 mockery, insult to workers' dignit
- Tinubu's policies causing unintended pains for Nigerians –Kukah
- Pension: Value of foreign assets rises by N118bn
- NIGERIA’S INFLATION RATE RISES TO 33.69% AS FOOD PRICES SURGE
16 May
- 1, 266 FCT, Kebbi, Nasarawa pilgrims arrive Saudi Arabia
- Local govt councils dead in Nigeria - Senate
- We won’t take N48, 000 minimum wage, Labour tells FG
- One year not enough to judge Tinubu’s administration –Bishop Kukah
16 May
- Households’ woes worsen as inflation sets new 28-year record
- NLC, TUC abandon talks as FG, OPS propose N48,000, N54,000 minimum wage
- 2024 Hajj: FG subsidises Nigerian pilgrims with N90
- s facing various levels of pain, Kukah tells Tinubu
16 May
- Hope Dims For Workers As FG Offers N48,000
- Inflation Defies PAGE 25 Economic Reforms, Hits 33.69% In April
- Kano Man Sets Mosque Ablaze Over Inheritance Dispute, 24 Injured
- New Gas Projects To Boost Domestic Supply Gas By 25% – Tinubu
16 May
- igeria’s inflation rate soared to 33.69% in April —NBS
- 8 die, 20 injured as man burns Kano mosque over inheritance tussle
- Rivers crisis: 5 proWike commissioners quit Fubara’s cabinet
- Hajj: Pilgrims cautioned against travelling with contraband as Nigeria begins airlif
16 May
- Senate in fresh move to secure autonomy for LGs
- Senate in fresh move to secure autonomy for LGs
- Reps move to probe breakdown of presidential air fleet
- igeria’s inflation rate soared to 33.69% in April —NBS
15 May
- Uproar over fresh quit notice to Fulanis from Hausa land
- Kaduna: Patient referred due to lack of power, fuel in General Hospital dies
- Job-for-Cash: Senate considers stiffer penalty for violators
- UN says 5.9 million Nigerian children facing malnutrition, hunge
15 May
- Presidency, VIPs Now to Pay at Airport Tollgates After N10bn Loss
- Naira Continues to Weaken against Dollar, Official Window N1,520.40/$1, Parallel Market N1,535/$1
- CBN Appoints Nine Pre-shipment Inspection Agents, Two Evaluation Teams for Oil, Gas Exports
- How Did Senate Fare Under Akpabio’s Leadership?
15 May
- Naira slide swells oil loans by 78% to N11.8trn
- Banks’ earnings more than triple to N1.1trn on CBN’s rate hike
- 25 Nigerian firms make FT 2024 Africa’s fastest-growing list
- More landlords may become renters as 80% Ibeju-Lekki buildings unapproved
15 May
- ASUU gives FG 2 weeks to reconstitute councils, meet other demands
- Tinubu, Shettima, VIPs, others to pay airport tolls, parking fees –FEC
- World Bank: Private sector injects $133m into Nigeria’s infrastructur
- STUDY: FDA MAY BAN FORMALDEHYDE IN HAIR STRAIGHTENERS
15 May
- Terrorists sack 50 communities, abduct hundreds in Zamfara
- Tinubu, Shettima, other VIPs to pay airport access fees - Keyamo
- Obasanjo backs Reps’ group, advocates Afro-democracy
- FEC officially suspends cybersecurity levy, to review policy
15 May
- Nigeria’s $1.8b gold reserves mined into private pockets
- Tinubu suspends implementation of cybersecurity levy
- Nigeria considers compulsory installation of CNG pumps at fuel stations
- Bandits kidnap 500 Zamfara residents, kill two police, three others
15 May
- Terrorists abduct over 80 in Katsina
- Tariff protest: Don’t derail our plan for power sector, FG tells labour
- Nigeria, UN seek $306m to end food, nutrition crises in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe
- FG eyes N20trn pension fund for infrastructure development
15 May
- Terrorists abduct over 80 in Katsina
- Tariff protest: Don’t derail our plan for power sector, FG tells labour
- Nigeria, UN seek $306m to end food, nutrition crises in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe
- FG eyes N20trn pension fund for infrastructure development
15 May
- No More VIPs, Everybody Must Pay, FG Declares
- Despite PIA, Petrol Import Monopoly Persists
- FCTA To Demolish Another 500 Illegal Structures
- Protest In Kaduna Over Chibok, Dapchi Girls
15 May
- FG eyes pension fund, others for infrastructure development
- Obasanjo backs alternative system of govt in Nigeria
- I inherited huge debt from Wike —Fubar
- Bandits sack 50 villages in Zamfara