NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Aug 01 - Aug 07, 2024
07 Aug
- CBN steps in to save naira with retail dollar auction
- CBN bailout aids Unity, Providus Bank merger
- Nigeria’s NLNG dividend falls 43% on gas constraints
- Heirs Insurance appoints Puri, Iroche as nonexecutive directors
07 Aug
- How 4 teenagers, bride-to-be were killed in Kano, Zaria
- Edu’s return unlikely as Tinubu makes key changes in Humanitarian Affairs Ministry
- Ndume apologises over Tinubu comment; APC considers reinstatement as Chief Whip
- 70-yr-old woman, son, 4 grandchildren die after eating amala in Kwara
07 Aug
- #EndBadGovernance:DSS arrests suspected sponsors, identifies funders
- S'East N'Assembly Caucus petitions IGP
- Nigeria reclaims $3.4bn cargo shipment from neighbouring countries
- Senate Crisis: APC summons Ndume, says he's free to join another party if he wishes
07 Aug
- Tax, import duty-free food items to be cleared next week – FG
- Cabals in Nigeria getting Dangote frustrated – Obasanjo
- Hold your govs responsible for hardship, SAN tells Nigerians
- NGX posts 14% growth in foreign inflows despite naira devaluation
07 Aug
- Sponsors of protest on watchlist, FG says
- Violent protest in North an attempt to create atmosphere for overthrow of government —Shehu Sani
- Nigeria’s reliance on crude oil a deadly mistake —Obasanjo
- CBN approves financial support for Unity, Providus Banks’ merger
07 Aug
- 102 Companies Close Shop In Nigeria In 24 Years
- Obasanjo Faults Tinubu’s Approach To Fuel Subsidy Removal
- Bauchi Governor Debunks Gold Mining Claims
- APC May Reinstate Ndume As Senate Whip
07 Aug
- Security agents in manhunt for foreign sponsors, make arrests in Kano
- Arrest instigators of anti-Igbo action, S/East NASS Caucus petitions IGP
- WHO ranks Nigeria highest TB infected nation in Africa, says 268 people killed daily
- Recapitalisation: CBN approves Unity Bank, Providus Bank merger P.1
07 Aug
- Citizens wallow in misery as govs cede duties to FG amid N5.34tr cut
- Heed Tinubu’s dialogue call, ECOWAS tells protesters
- How loopholes in Public Procurement Act nourish graft
- CBN saves Unity Bank, clears merger with Providus
06 Aug
- Protesters Defy Tinubu, Show Off Russian Flag after Address
- JAMB Plans Mobile Exam Malpractice Tribunal
- NNPC Unveils New Crude Oil Grade, Begins Export to Spain
- Protesters Mount Armoured Tank in Kaduna
06 Aug
- Tinubu orders crackdown on protesters waving Russian fl ag
- FG issues travel advisory to Nigerians visiting UK
- Data depletion: NCC orders telcos to make tariff s transparent
- Protest: Police quiz Trust TV producer
06 Aug
- Electricity Grid Experiences Partial Disturbance as Supply Slumps
- Tinubu, Security Heads Meet over State of Nation as Protests Persist in Kaduna, Kano, Plateau
- EFC Report: Windfall Tax Amid Industry Recapitalisation Will Break Banks
- Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia’s Daughter Murdered, Domestic Staff Arrested
06 Aug
- Businesses reopen as states contain simmering protests
- Oil deals shrink seven times on investor apathy
- MTN, Airtel reduce FX debt by $867m
- Nigeria Eurobonds sell-off as investors see protests derailing reforms
06 Aug
- We'll defend democracy says CDS as Tinubu, security chiefs meet over hardship protests
- Edo, Ondo Guber:INEC removes 92,078 new registrants over irregular registration
- Fiscal Deficit: Banks' loan to govt hits N8.08trn
- PROTESTS PUSH NIGERIAN EUROBONDS DOWN AMONG WORST PERFORMERS
06 Aug
- Military'll resist treasonable push to change govt – Musa
- You can't sell Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines, court rules
- After 15 years in office, Bangladeshi PM Hasina flees
- 76% of babies in Nigeria denied exclusive breastfeeding – UNICEF
06 Aug
- Military will defend Democracy, not engage in coup, CDS warns protesters
- FG cautions Nigerians traveling to UK against risk of violence
- How intelligence, security agencies uncovered plan to hijack protest –DS
- NELFUND disburses July upkeep stipends to 20,371 students
06 Aug
- Criminals Have Hijacked Hunger Protests, Military Warns
- EFCC Places LG Administrators Under Watch
- Farmers Canvass New Presidential Initiative On Food Security
- Farmers Canvass New Presidential Initiative On Food Security
06 Aug
- Military warns of treason as protesters fly Russian flags in Kaduna, Kano, others
- Nigerian equities market withstands global crash, dips by 0.2%
- Reps dissolve joint committee investigating NNPCL, NMDPRA
- Court declares sale of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines null, void
06 Aug
- Military warns of treason as protesters fly Russian flags in Kaduna, Kano, others
- Nigerian equities market withstands global crash, dips by 0.2%
- Reps dissolve joint committee investigating NNPCL, NMDPRA
- Court declares sale of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines null, void
06 Aug
- FG prioritises NASS, State House spendings amid MDAs’ funding crisis
- Reps dissolve panel probing allegations of dirty fuel, blame ‘negative media coverage
- U.S. may become largest crude supplier to Nigerian refineries years after it stopped buying
- How FG, oil majors sacrificed, privatised Niger Delta, others for profi
05 Aug
- Mixed reactions trail President Tinubu’s protest broadcast
- Crude supply drags as NNPC slows modular refineries’ approval
- Senate’s proposed insurance reform bill overlooks low penetration
- Police intensify manhunt for abductors of Ex HoR member
05 Aug
- Atiku, PDP, RSM kick as Tinubu begs protesters not to shutdown economy
- AMB directs institutions to disclose illegal admissions within one month
- Enugu Govt approves N183bn for 141 urban roads, 20 rural roads
- NDLEA intercepts multiple drug consignments enroute US, UK
05 Aug
- Fintiri, Okupe, CISLAC, others hail Tinubu on broadcast
- Decades of under-investment slowing down nation’s reform – FG
- UK: Police arrest 100 over Southport stabbings’ riots At least 100 people have been arreste
- NCC mandates telcos to improve transparency on call, data charges
05 Aug
- Tinubu’s govt racing hard to win populace, investors' trust –OPS
- MPR Hike: Six banks' profits up 132.56% to N979.16bn in H1'24
- REPORT: MEDIA, TELECOMS PRIME TARGETS FOR CYBERATTACKS IN 2024
- JAMB issues one month ultimatum to tertiary institutions to disclose illegal admissions
05 Aug
- Your Speech Failed To Address Our Demands
- 120 Reps Reject Calls For Kyari's Removal
- Northerners Architects Of Own Problems – Shehu Sani
- IBB Disowns X Account Endorsing Military Rule
05 Aug
- Atiku, Soyinka, Falana, others pick holes in Tinubu’s speech
- Hunger protest: Bereaved families mourn
- ALGON writes fi nance commissioners, demands payment of July allocation
- How demonstrators wreaked havoc on hinterlands
05 Aug
- What Tinubu should have said —Soyinka, Atiku, Falana
- We can’t afford new electricity tariff, universities tell DisCo
- Dangote refinery: Civil societies to monitor crude sales compliance by NNPCL
- Why I will accept ceremonial beaded crown —Ladoja •Olubadan goes to church for thanksgiving
01 Aug
- Anxiety in states as protesters insist, ignore govt’s appeals
- Adamawa denies receiving 20 trucks of grains from FG
- Amid N30tr probe, NASS amends CBN’s Act to raise W&M loans to FG
- Police foil bomb attack in Lagos, restrict protesters to two venues
01 Aug
- Protest against Hardship: Anxiety, Panic Heighten Nationwide
- Pension Assets Rise to N20trn, Says PenCom
- FG ‘ll Accept Certificates from Accredited Foreign Institutions – Sununu Director/CEO, Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC), Yusuf Buba Yakub (in white) wishes the 17 medical DTAC volunteers deployed to Guinea Biussau goodluck, during a pre-departure meeting with them at DTAC office in Abuja ye
- Alia Constitutes Commission of Inquiry on Ukum Killings
01 Aug
- Northern Elders Back Protests, N’Delta Opts Out, Courts Restrict Protesters in FCT, Lagos, Ogun
- Otedola Backs Windfall Tax, Carpets Banks over $500m Expenditure on Private Jets
- Consumers Face More Hardship as Panic Buying Push Up Demand, Prices Ahead of Protests
- R evo l u t i o n i s i n g S p o r t s Betting: A Fairer Approach with Stake Refunds
01 Aug
- Youths’ discontent spreads as FG fails to halt protest
- Seven songs that will keep Onyeka Onwenu alive forever
- Corporate bonds’ high returns attract N729bn in pension fund
- igeria’s oil rigs drop to six-month low as underinvestment persists
01 Aug
- As protest begins, govts urge restraint
- EFCC probes Immigration over passport, visa scams
- Stock investors lose N32bn amid selloff
- Bandits kill 2, abduct 20 in fresh attack on Sokoto community
01 Aug
- Security beefed up in states, soldiers, policemen, NSCDC in show of force
- Police deactivate explosive device in Lagos hours to nationwide protest
- Sons, Obi recount last moment of Onyeka Onwenu
- NASS repeals, re-enacts 2024 Appropriation Act
01 Aug
- Why we are worried about protests –FG
- Air strikes destroyed over 70 illegal refineries in last 3 months - CASa
- Protest: Respond promptly to Nigerians’ demands, Catholic Bishops urge Tinu
- NDDC to commence channelisation of blocked creeks in Bayelsa, Rivers