NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Jul 29 - Aug 04, 2025
31 Jul
- Bagudu: Revenue Allocation to North Improved Under Tinubu, President Fair to All
- NNPC: We Have No Plan to Sell Port Harcourt Refinery
- Presidency: Ex-ADC Chair’s Claim of Being Offered 3 Ministerial Slots False, Unfounded
- We’ll Exert Our Democratic Rights to Get Tinubu Out of Power in 2027, Says Lukman
31 Jul
- Nationwide Nurses Strike Cripples Health Services Across States
- NNPCL Backstraps, Rules Out Port Harcourt Refinery Sale
- Alia Dissolves Cabinet, Appoints New Chief of Staff
- FCMB Group Records N529.2bn in Half Year Gross Earnings
31 Jul
- Nurses begin warning strike over poor conditions, leave patients stranded
- Ministry, NDLEA okay compulsory drug tests for undergraduates
- 2027:Rufai reveals PDP in talks with Obi for major return
- Alia dissolves cabinet, appoints Atagher as new CoS
31 Jul
- Patients Stranded As Nurses, Midwives’ Strike Hits Hospitals Nationwide
- Only Tinubu Can End Zamfara Insecurity Not Governor Lawal, Says Shinkafi
- IBB Demands Laws To Guarantee Democratic PAGE 25 Dividends
- LCCI, Others Slam NNPCL’s No-sale Decision On Port Harcourt Refinery
31 Jul
- NNPC rules out sale of Port Harcourt refinery
- First HoldCo posts strong earnings growth in H1 2025
- North calls for equitable distribution of resources to address regional imbalance
- Bagudu: Tinubu has been faithful to the North
31 Jul
- NNPCL rules out sale of Port Harcourt Refinery
- Anambra: Pregnant nurse murdered, body parts sold to native doctors
- How North’s fiscal position waxed stronger under Tinubu regime – Bagudu
- Drug test now mandatory for varsity students – NDLEA, education ministry
31 Jul
- Anxiety as parents, guardians groan over increase in school fees
- Bagudu: FG’s allocations to states, councils up 116% to N991.81bn
- We should adopt non-payment of ransom to bandits –Shinkafi
- We generated N2.5bn from raids on Lagos, Onitsha, Aba drug markets –NAFDAC
31 Jul
- Nigeria Eurobond yields near 3-yr low on reform bets
- FG seeks to mend ties with Ghana as anti-Nigerian rhetoric grows
- FG to dismantle 60-agency tax web stifling digital growth
- Wema, Stanbic, GTCO, Zenith lead bank stocks’ rally
30 Jul
- Northern Govs Defend Tinubu As ACF Says He's Unfair To North
- Aregbesola Woos Oyinlola To ADC In Surprise Visit
- Bandits Driving Us Away From Our Farms – Plateau Farmers
- N187trn Debt: Obi Decries Borrowing Without Accountability
30 Jul
- With 3/4 of Landmass, 2/3 of Population, North Roars, Tinubu Fights Back
- Nwosu: I Was Offered 3 Ministerial Slots to Decline Use of ADC as Coalition Party
- IMF Upgrades Nigeria’s 2025 Growth Outlook to 3.4%, 3.2% for 2026
- N210trn Audit Discrepancies: Senate Panel Gives NNPCL Three Weeks to Reconcile Accounts
30 Jul
- Oluremi Tinubu in Makurdi, Seeks End to Benue Killings
- NCS Cautions Nigerians against Breach of US Visa Terms
- Ango Abdullahi Tasks FG over Out-ofschool Children in Northern States
- Mutfwang Commits to Expanding State Healthcare
30 Jul
- DisCos overbill 2m customers, struggle with metering, efficiency
- Nigeria’s economy to grow by 3.4 per cent this year, IMF affirm
- Nigerians spent N1.3tr on PMS in June as Dangote, marketers deepen competition
- Current security architecture can’t contain insecurity, Alia says
30 Jul
- Telecoms $76bn investment suffers sabotage despite Tinubu’s secuity pledge
- Paying for darkness: DisCos’ five-month revenue nears 2024 haul
- Transcorp defies headwinds, posts N85.7bn profit before tax
- FIRS halts issuance of tax exemption cer tificates amid concerns over revenue loss
30 Jul
- Presidency: North should wait till 2031 —Akume
- Transcorp Group revenue grows by N279.7bn
- Makinde, Abiodun meet in Ibadan, to strengthen relationship on agric, security, others
- IMF raises Nigeria’s 2025 growth forecast to 3.4% amid global optimism
30 Jul
- 200 corps members get Tinubu’s automatic jobs, N250,000, scholarships
- Northern govs, ACF, NEF differ on region’s democracy dividends
- Presidency defends Falcons’ N153m reward
- IMF raises Nigeria’s economic growth projection to 3.4% in 2025
30 Jul
- Quality of elections still challenging at local govt level –INEC
- TRANSCORP DECLARES N4.064BN INTERIM DIVIDEND AS H1’25 PBT HITS N85.7BN
- FG’s reforms optimistic as IMF raises Nigeria’s 2025 growth forecast to 3.4%
- We were offered ministerial positions, money to kill coalition –Nwosu
29 Jul
- MAN to FG: Rebased Nominal GDP Expansion of 18.3% Not Evidence of Economic Progress
- Dangote: Tinubu is a Listening President, His Policies Reviving Private Sector
- ADC Laments APC’s ‘Fiscal Vandalism’, Demands Full Audit of Loans in Last 10 Years
- Jerry Gana: There Are Plans to Woo Peter Obi Back to PDP Ahead 2027 General Poll
29 Jul
- Tinubu Confers National Honour on Triumphant Super Falcons
- Ododo Flags-off Conditional Cash Transfer for 13,359 Kogi Schoolgirls
- Benue Sets to Generate N53bn from Digital Infrastructure
- United Capital Reports N11.9bn Profit, Declares N5.4bn Interim Dividend
29 Jul
- Farmers dump rice as global glut slashes profits
- Nigeria’s trade rebounds as currency stabilises
- Access, Wema, Zenith, five others scale CBN recapitalisation hurdle
- Nigeria’s futile 50-year quest for strongman-leader : How elite perfected change without transformation
29 Jul
- Elation As Tinubu Showers Cash, House Gifts, National Honours On Victorious Super Falcons
- Kwara Government Lifts Orphans, Vulnerable Children With Educational, Nutritional Palliatives
- Crisis Brews In Kaduna SDP As4 Party Bans El-Rufai For 30 Years
- Ekiti Endorses Tinubu, Oyebanji For Second Term
29 Jul
- Poor digital retail offerings mar N85tr stock market potential
- RSIEC fixes August 30 for LG polls as groups kick
- Cement firms’ profit up by 229% on FX stability as revenue hits N3.2tr
- WHO declares Hepatitis D cancerous, urges swift global action
29 Jul
- INEC chairman: Agitation for Yakubu’s successor swells
- FirstBank retains top spot as Nigeria’s best bank for ESG at 2025 Euromoney awards
- RSIEC fixes Rivers LG election for Aug 30 amid concerns over extension of emergency rule
- Millipedes may be source of new drugs to treat human pain
29 Jul
- Triumphant S/Falcons, technical crew get 3-bed room apartments, N4.51bn reward
- Electricity: We’ve attracted over $2bn for grid expansion, off-grid electrification – FG
- Over 20m Nigerians live with Hepatitis B, C, nation loses N17.9trn yearly
- Army, DSSbacked force kills 45 bandits in Niger, lose 2 fighters
29 Jul
- TCN Maintenance: Blackout may push alternative energy cost to N2trn –OPS
- Tinubu confers nat'l honours, splashes N4.5bn on victorious S’Falcons, officials
- Fraud Control: Nigerians’ BVN enrollment hits 66m –NIBSS
- COSMETICS USAGE ON BABIES CAN DISRUPT HORMONES, TRIGGER ALLERGIES –STUDY