NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Jul 15 - Jul 21, 2024
21 Jul
- 134% increase in minimum wage set to face hurdles in state
- Enugu, diasporan investors seal $300m Africa medical city deal
- Insecurity, oil theft: Nigerians demand results not endless rhetoric
- Wrong diagnosis killing many patients in Nigerian hospitals
21 Jul
- Tinubu: We'll continue to support Nigerians for Int'l posts
- Ex-GMDs laud NNPCL, Kyari's achievements
- Obaseki: No other party’ll get 20% votes in guber poll
- PRESIDENCY ACCUSES OBI, UTOMI, OTHERS OF TREASON
21 Jul
- Dangote Debunks Ahmed’s Allegation of Substandard Products, Says His Fuels Better than Imported, Offers Proof
- Tinubu: My Administration is Determined to Ensure Food Security, Economic Growth
- Labour Party Kicks as Onanuga Accuses Obi’s Supporters of Plotting Anti-Tinubu Protests
- THISDAY Alumni Shower Encomiums on Eniola Bello on His 60th Birthday
21 Jul
- Despite Constitutional Hurdles, New State Promoters Remain Upbeat
- NASS Officers Removed For Criticising Presidents, Others
- Film Industry Dying In North – Stakeholde
- Presidency, LP Clash Over Allegation Against Obi
21 Jul
- How Barriers To Accessing ‘Free’ Treatment, Stigmatisation Impede Quest To End HIV/AIDS By 2030
- FCCPC Fines Meta $220m For Data Breach, Other Offences In Nigeria
- Abuja Court Stops INEC From Releasing Voters Register For Rivers LG Elections
- Time To Grab Opportunities In Livestock Noise
21 Jul
- Tinubu to attend AU’s 6th mid-year coordination meeting in Ghana Saturday
- How to end incessant building collapse
- Atiku, Obi, other opposition figures should support Tinubu — Maduk
- Tinubu hails ENI’s proposed investments, says reforms’ll make Nigeria globally competitive
21 Jul
- Time to scrap NCE programmes
- Bloody gold: Unravelling link between mining and banditry
- Dangote refinery not yet licensed – NMDPRA
- How 7 students died by suicide in 6 months
21 Jul
- Experts offer fresh options for FG
- MINIMUM WAGE Unions ready to shut down states that fail to pay N70,000 —NLC chief
- unmen defy curfew in Benue LGs, kill 18 villagers
- EDO GUBER Ganduje inaugurates APC campaign council as Shaibu dumps PDP
20 Jul
- Tension heightens as PDP, APC trade blames over murder, violence
- Sen. Ndume turns down Akpabio’s appointment, insists on comments
- Electricity tariff: ‘Band A epidemics’ turning hospitals to morgues, say doctors
- Man in court for allegedly stealing N2.8m tricycle
20 Jul
- Deficit in sector poses major challenge for Nigerians
- Afenifere, MBF, Ohaneze sing discordant tune
- NDLEA intercepts N9.8bn worth of fresh codeine shipments from India
- HOW TINUBU CAN LIFT ECONOMY FROM DOLDRUMS, BY IDIKA KALU
20 Jul
- Tinubu hails ENI’s proposed investments, says reforms’ll make Nigeria globally competitive
- Tinubu to attend AU’s 6th mid-year coordination meeting in Ghana Saturday
- How to end incessant building collapse
- Atiku, Obi, other opposition figures should support Tinubu — Maduka
20 Jul
- Tension in Edo as PDP, APC Trade Blame over Shootings, Death of Police Officer
- Bank Stocks Tumble as Investors, Analysts Fault Retroactive Finance Bil
- FCCPC Imposes $220m Fine on WhatsApp, Facebook over Alleged Violation of Data Privacy Laws, Others
- CBN Orders Banks to Transfer Dormant Accounts, Unclaimed Balances, Others to its Custody
20 Jul
- How Barriers To Accessing ‘Free’ Treatment, Stigmatisation Impede Quest To End HIV/AIDS By 2030
- FCCPC Fines Meta $220m For Data Breach, Other Offences In Nigeria
- Abuja Court Stops INEC From Releasing Voters Register For Rivers LG Elections
- Time To Grab Opportunities In Livestock Noise
20 Jul
- States On Edge Over Planned Hardship Protest
- It’s Unpatriotic Not To Speak Truth To Tinubu – Ndume
- Olubadan: Makinde, Ladoja ‘Feud’ Sets Stage For Another ‘Game Of Thrones
- Data Privacy Breach: FCCPC Fines Meta Platforms $220m
20 Jul
- 296 kidnappers arrested in 6 weeks —Police
- Osun LG Polls: OSSIEC amends notice of election
- Defiant Ndume says I stand by my comment on Tinubu’s gov
- Rivers LG election: Court stops INEC from releasing voters register
20 Jul
- Bloody gold: Unravelling link between mining and banditry
- The bandits abduct young people purposely to take them to mining sites to work for them
- What govt can do to tackle banditry, illegal mining
- Dangote refinery not yet licensed – NMDPRA
19 Jul
- Tinubu, Labour agree on N70,000 minimum wage
- Forex Crisis: CBN douses tension, sells forex to BDCs at N1,450/$1
- Hardship:Reps donate N432m to vulnerable Nigerians
- JAMB pegs cut-off marks for varsities at 140, polytechnics, others at 100
19 Jul
- Reprieve as FG, Labour settle for N70,000 minimum wage
- CDS, IGP to Reps: Our personnel don’t protect illegal miners, minefields
- Niger will crash food prices by 90% before Dec – Bago
- Hardship: Reps cut down salaries by 50% for 6 months
19 Jul
- Petrol landing cost at N1,117 pressures NNPC’s ‘secret’ subsidy
- Dangote, Flour Mills, Tolaram make first AfCFTA exports
- Rema’s ‘HEIS’ bold experiment divides Afrobeat fans
- Banks face tough times on Tinubu’s FX gains tax
19 Jul
- Okpebholo Attacked in Benin, One Dead as Edo Govt Warns Shaibu
- JAMB approves 140 as cut-off mark for universities, 100 for colleges, polytechnics
- Gunshots, violence welcome Shaibu to Benin after reinstatement by court
- Bill for Local Government Independent Electoral Commission lands in Senate
19 Jul
- At Last, FG, Labour End Weeks of Feud, Settle for N70,000 National Minimum Wage
- Concerns Mount over Retroactive Taxation of Banks’ Profit in Finance Bill
- To Curb Market Distortions, Bridge Exchange Premium Gap, CBN Approves Additional FX Sale to BDCs at N1,450/$
- Okpebholo Attacked in Benin, One Dead as Edo Govt Warns Shaibu
19 Jul
- Labour agrees to N70,000 as lawmakers slash pay for six months
- 50% windfall tax: Shareholders dump banks' stocks, seek policy reversal
- Afe Babalola urges FG to close down mushroom, substandard varsities, others
- End of an era: Reading culture suffers as legacy libraries rot, vanish in states
19 Jul
- FG, Labour End Fight, Agree On N70,000
- FG Warns Organisers Of Hunger Protest Against Violence
- Petrol Landing Cost Rises Above N1,000/ Litre
- REPS DONATE 50% OF 6-MONTH SALARIES TO TACKLE HARDSHIP
19 Jul
- Why we accepted N70,000 minimum wage – Labour
- JAMB pegs cut-off mark at 140 for varsities
- Marketers to publish daily landing cost of petro
- Stop blaming FG for your failures, APC replies PDP govs
18 Jul
- NASS Okays Tinubu's Fresh Request for N6.2tn Injection into N27.5tn 2024 Budget
- PDP Govs: Tinubu Has Failed in Governance, Impoverished Nigerians, Worsened Economy
- TotalEnergies EP Agrees to Sell 10% Stake in Oil, Gas Assets to Chappal for $860m
- Financial Times to Tinubu: Shock Therapy Alone Won’t Cure Nigeria’s Economic Ills
18 Jul
- Tinubu asks Senate to increase 2024 budget by N6.2trn
- CBN: FG's fiscal deficit widens by 10.19% to N788.64bn
- PORT HARCOURT REFINERY TAKE-OFF THREATENED AS VANDALS INVADE FACILITY
- PDP govs blame current hardship on APC’s mismanagement of economy
18 Jul
- For the second time in 7 years, Ndume incurs Senate’s wrath
- Nigeria invested over $2bn in renewable energy – Tinubu
- Edo council chair impeached over N1.7bn budget padding
- Court reinstates Shaibu as Edo deputy gov, state assembly appeals
18 Jul
- Nigeria’s forex inflows surge 57% as naira shows stability
- Faces behind Chappel, new owners of Total Energies’ $860m assets
- •Inflows via CBN up 127.97% in one month
- FX turnover rises by 180.47% in one year
18 Jul
- Nigeria nears N14tr deficit as Tinubu adds N6.2tr to budget
- Petrol landing cost surges to N1,117 per litre’
- PDP governors slam Tinubu over Nigeria’s mismanaged economy
- Shock therapy alone will not cure Nigeria’s economic ills, saysFinancial Times
18 Jul
- PDP govs worry over hardship, mismanagement of economy
- 250 repatriated Nigerians returning from UAE – NiDCOM
- Tinubu seeks N/Assembly’s approval to raise 2024 budget by N6.2trn
- NEF condemns eviction order issued northerners in Delta
18 Jul
- Days after criticising Tinubu, Senate sacks Ndume as Chief Whip
- Tinubu writes NASS, moves to increase 2024 budget to N33.7trn
- Court reinstates Shaibu as Edo dep gov, Assembly appeals, seeks stay of execution
- Labour’s demand for new national minimum wage justified —PDP govs
18 Jul
- Obaseki kicks as court reinstates Shaibu as Edo Deputy Gov
- Parliamentary Coup: Senate sacks Ndume as Majority Whip, appoints Monguno
- Imo Assembly recommends sack of CJ over alleged age falsification
- PDP Govs Forum condemns mismanagement of economy by APC- led FG
18 Jul
- PDP Governors Decry Minimum Wage Delay
- Tinubu Asks NASS To Increase 2024 Budget By N6.2trn
- Didi Walson-Jack Appointed New Head Of Service
- Monguno Replaces Ndume As Senate Majority Whip
18 Jul
- PDP Governors Decry Minimum Wage Delay
- Tinubu Asks NASS To Increase 2024 Budget By N6.2trn
- Didi Walson-Jack Appointed New Head Of Service
- Monguno Replaces Ndume As Senate Majority Whip
17 Jul
- 13 Nigerian airlines blacklisted for contract breaches
- Soaring maize, soybean prices squeeze local poultry industry
- IMF projects 3% growth for Nigeria in 2025, higher than most EM
- Africa to the world: Age of average over — Njoroge
17 Jul
- Cholera now in 34 states as Lagos, Bayelsa, Abia, Ebonyi, Katsina top infections chart
- Senate fumes over delayed execution of $2.8bn AKK gas pipeline project
- Pro-Fubara lawmakers void consolidated funds shutdown order by Amaewhule-led Assembly
- HoR to quiz FCT council chairmen over expenditure
17 Jul
- FAAC: FG, States, LCs Share N1.35trn Revenue for June
- JAIZ Bank Records N11bn Profit, Achieves 67% Growth
- Road Crash Kills 14, Injures Four at Immigration Checkpoint
- Inclusive Friends Demand Domestication of National Disabilities Act in Benue
17 Jul
- Again, Military, Police, NNPCL, Others Declare War on Crude Oil Theft
- IMF Downgrades Nigeria's Economic Growth Projection Slightly to 3.1%
- Oba Akiolu to Nigerians: Be Patient with Tinubu’s Govt
- NLC: Governments’ Bad Policies, Not Minimum Wage, Bane of Private Sector Operators
17 Jul
- Sagay To NASS:Remove local govts from constitution
- Cholera: NCDC confirms 3,623 cases, 103 deaths
- Food Insecurity: Tinubu orders cultivation of military lands nationwide
- IMF lowers Nigeria’s 2024 growth forecast to 3.1
17 Jul
- Tinubu orders CDS to end oil theft, criminality in Niger Delta
- Kano crisis: Yusuf creates 3 second-class emirates, to appoint new emirs
- FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N1.354trn in June
- Senate frowns at delay in execution of $2.8bn AKK gas pipelines
17 Jul
- Kano Govt Cripples Bayero, Creates 2nd Class Emirates
- Nigeria Starts Trading Under AfCFTA, Sees $50bn In Benefits
- Cholera, Yellow Fever Cases Hit 3,626, 104 Death
- UAE Visa Application Fees For Nigerians Now N688, 000
17 Jul
- Blackout looms as 11 universities struggle with N2.92b bill monthly
- Kano presses fresh charges against Ganduje as House okays second class emirs
- Oba Akiolu begs Nigerians for prayers, patience on Tinubu’s behalf
- Health insurance mandatory for residents as Sanwo-Olu earmarks N5b to complete NYSC camp
17 Jul
- Domestic airfares trump regional tickets
- After S/Court ruling: State govts race to conduct LG polls
- Kano gov signs bill creating 3 second-class emirates
- Zamfara attack: 5 women escape as 5 men killed by bandits buried
17 Jul
- More states get set for LG polls
- NCDC warns of rising yellow fever cases amid cholera outbrea
- FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N1.35trn for June
- Kano gov signs bill creating three secondclass emirates into law
16 Jul
- Gunmen Kill Guard, Cart Away Assets at A’Ibom Newspaper House
- Nigeria’s Inflation rate surges to 34.19% amid rising food prices – NBS
- Emirship Tussle: Court Permanently Restrains AdoBayero, Four Others
- Nigerian Stands Out, Honoured by University of Warwick
16 Jul
- Nigeria's Economy Will Recover Soon, NNPCL, CBN, Minister Assure Nigerians
- Adaora Umeoji Highlights Zenith Bank’s Robust Financial Metrics
- nflation Soars to 34.19% Amid Higher Energy, Food Prices
- Classified Documents: US Judge Dismisses Criminal Case against Trump
16 Jul
- Huge debts, others crippling private schools' operations –Investigation
- H1'24: Cashless policy falters as cheque usage hits N1.68trn
- UAE lifts visa ban on Nigerians, effective yesterday –FG
- OIL: 40% PERCEIVED THEFT DUE TO METERING INACCURACY
16 Jul
- Despite S’Court judgment, FAAC’ll be paid into joint account for 90 days – Makinde
- Quick recovery of nation’s economy in sight, NNPCL, CBN assure TUESday 16 July, 2024 10 Muharram, 1446 No. 3,359 www.blueprint.ng N250
- Our $20bn refinery to be listed on NGX March 2025 – Dangote
- Court restrains Bayero, 4 others from acting as Kano emirs
16 Jul
- Nigeria confronts worst health crisis in decades
- ‘World’s most opaque company’ stench trails NNPC secret deals
- Telcos up data centre investment on 500% internet usage surge
- Dangote says company’s projected $30bn revenue to boost naira
16 Jul
- Nigeria confronts worst health crisis in decades
- ‘World’s most opaque company’ stench trails NNPC secret deals
- Telcos up data centre investment on 500% internet usage surge
- Dangote says company’s projected $30bn revenue to boost naira
16 Jul
- Bandits kill 4, abduct 150 in Zamfara
- N/Assembly mulls constitution review for INEC to conduct LG polls
- FG donates 20 trucks of rice to each state, FCT
- Trump emerges presidential candidate, picks J.D. Vance as his running mate
16 Jul
- Aduda, Adebiyi In Final Race To Replace Yemi-Esan
- Trump Picks Running Mate As Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case
- Zenith Bank Aims To Surpass N1trn Profit In 2024
- Hunger: FG Releases 740 Trucks Of Rice Nationwide
16 Jul
- Court restrains Ado-Bayero, 4 others from acting as emirs
- There are indices that Nigeria economy is doing well –Senator Sani Musa
- We'll amend House rules to receive petitions via e-platform – Speaker
- Nigeria's inflation soars as food prices surge to 40.89%
16 Jul
- Nigerians at risk of food crisis as inflation hits new record
- Again, Kyari gives early August promise on P/Harcourt refinery
- Pro-Wike lawmakers block Fubara’s access to funds
- Again, court bars Bayero, four others as monarchs
16 Jul
- LG autonomy: FAAC meets today as FG may delay implementation of S’Court judgment for 3 months
- Inflation rate hits 34.19% amid rising food cost
- Dangote: Company’s projected $30bn revenue will boost Naira value
- Minimum wage: Tinubu to send supplementary budget to NASS
15 Jul
- Petrol Roll Out Commences Next Month, Says Dangote
- CBN Sells $122.671m to 46 Authorised Dealers
- ntense Lobby Begins as Yemi-Esan Retires Aug 14
- Heritage Bank: NDIC, Law Enforcement Agencies to Probe Managers
15 Jul
- 21 states race to hold elections as 489 LGAs face zero FAAC allocations
- Senate finalises bill that cedes control of land with gold reserves to FG
- ‘Lagos Assembly spent N36.7m on non-existing visitors' toilets, budgets additional N50m
- EFCC silent as Betta Edu allegedly stages comeback
15 Jul
- Military, security agencies must develop human Intels network –Ex-DSS directors
- Dangote Conglomerate projects $30bn revenue in 2025
- Hardship: Consumer loans surge by 44.98% to N3.82trn
- COOKING GAS PRICE RISES AS 12.5KG REFILL HITS N14,500
15 Jul
- Attack on Trump beyond pale of democratic norms – Tinubu
- Kaduna: NAF airstrikes neutralise scores of terrorists in Giwa, Igabi
- Those agitating for Nigeria’s division’re dreamers – Burata
- Flow stations metering contract’ll improve transparency in oil, gas – Lokpobiri
15 Jul
- High yields force firms to reduce bond issuance by 98%
- Dangote Refinery eyes petrol sales in August, NGX listing in Q1 2025
- Insurers offer flexible options to drive penetration
- Hard times for borrowers as interbank rate hits 30.29%
15 Jul
- Most states not viable, we don’t need more –Agbakoba
- Expedite action on minimum wage, NAAT tells Tinubu
- Dangote refinery, fertiliser coy to be listed in Q1 2025
- NDLEA seizes US, UK, Europe-bound cocaine, opioids in Lagos
15 Jul
- Stakeholders Proffer Stiffer Penalties For Drug Abuse, Trafficking
- FG Promotes 32,000 Paramilitary Personnel In One Year
- Banks Bolster Economic Growth As Private Sector Credit Soars By N30trn
- Editors, Media Executives Hold Colloquium For Olatunji Dare At 80
15 Jul
- 6 years after, Abuja-Kaduna road project uncompleted
- Samoa report: Ombudsman writes Daily Trust, asks for response
- NNPCL now owns only 7.2% of Dangote Refi nery – Aliko
- Victims narrate ordeals after school, residential building collapse in Jos, Abuja
15 Jul
- Tinubu Hails Nduka Obaigbena at 65, Says He Has Demonstrated Passion for Human Development
- President Tinubu, Starmer, Macron, Other World Leaders Condemn Attack on Trump
- Energy Bank: Lokpobiri Reveals Ghana, S’Africa Voted against Nigeria’s Hosting Bid
- Samoa Deal: Media Ombudsman Acknowledges Receipt of FG’s Complaint, Begins Probe
15 Jul
- Panic in states as 437 LGs risk zero allocation this month
- AfDB President Adesina faults FG’s approval of duty-free food imports
- Naira remains subdued despite CBN’s injection of $122.67m, $35.18bn in reserves accretion
- Importers lose N284bn to cargo sampling at Lagos Ports in five years