NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Dec 01 - Dec 07, 2024
07 Dec
- Nigerians under burden of malaria
- Police commission sacks 19 officers over misconduct
- Kaduna’s millennium city power project that never commenced
- Kano govt blames FG as police, DSS barricade emir’s palace
07 Dec
- Police ban protests, gatherings, file fresh 12-count
- Makinde inaugurates Oyo’s first independent hybrid power plant
- Tinubu, Makinde, Sanwo-Olu, Oyetola mourn death of Islamic preacher, Muideen Bello
- Kano gov fumes as security operatives storm Emir’s palace
07 Dec
- Naira Bounces Back, Maintains Gains after Successful Eurobond Issuance, Launch of New Trading System
- Tension in Kano as Police Barricade Emir Sanusi's Palace
- NNPC Sells First Shipment of Fuel from Port Harcourt Refinery to Dubai-based Company
- XEC COVID-19: FG Places Hospitals Nationwide on Alert
07 Dec
- CSOs Tackle NASS Over Push For 10 More States
- Kano Government Condemns Police Blockade Of Sanusi II Palace
- Foreign Trade Surges 81.35% To N35.16trn In Q3
- Tinubu Names New Heads For NUC, NERDC, NEPAD, NWDC, Others
07 Dec
- Nigerians jubilate as Fg probes airlines, banks, telecoms
- Domestic equity market rebounds, gains N59bn
- Tinubu running true govt of national unity – Soludo
- Basketmouth accuses Nollywood producers of diverting funds
07 Dec
- Surfeit of First Class degrees in times of academic decline
- Tinubu’s association with France causing disquiet in North –Galadima, Gololo
- NESG endorses Tax Reform Bills, urges NASS to conduct public hearings
- FG, CBN task bank CEOs on novel ideas to grow econom
06 Dec
- Continuous shifting of NEC meeting may spell doom for PDP –BoT
- Sokoto Govt. raises alarm over infiltration of new terror group, ‘Lakurawas
- Niger Delta youths threaten to protest in Abuja, demand removal of NDDC’s MD
- FG reverses 18-year admission age for tertiary institutions
06 Dec
- Climate Crisis Threatens Nigeria’s Health System
- Dele Farotimi’s Book Now #BestSeller On Amazon After Arrest
- Troops Kill 8,034 Terrorists In 1 Year – DHQ
- FG TO RESUSCITATE BOBI GRAZING RESERVE
06 Dec
- Blackout: GenCos, TCN, Discos in trouble
- PDP chair: BoT insists on zoning office to North-Central
- Tax Reform Bills: We won’t suspend legislative action —Senate
- Borno deputy gov, over 100 others escape plane accident
06 Dec
- Spike in teenage pregnancy stirs dire public health, social concerns
- 2027: Jonathan’s campaign posters flood Kano
- Nigeria’s budget under threat as OPEC extends production cut
- FG opens probe panel as fire guts NSIPA warehouse, N-Power tools
06 Dec
- Bamidele: Tax Reform Bills Alive, Were Never Suspended
- Senate Declares Power Sector Privatisation Total Failure
- Central Bank's EFEMS Sees Naira Gains Significantly on Its Way to Price Discovery
- Keyamo Launches New Reforms at MMIA, GAT, Orders Dismantling of Joint Luggage Inspection Table...
06 Dec
- We won’t be intimidated over Tax Reform Bills, Senate declares
- Troops neutralised over 500 terrorist leaders, 8,034 others 2024 - DHQ
- PDP BoT directs North central to nominate Ayu’s replacement
- 2025 hajj: FCT Muslim pilgrims board fixes N8.4m initial deposit
06 Dec
- Tax Reform Bills:Controversy rages on as Senate says documents not withdrawn
- Recall: Tinubu moves to bring Peugeot, Dunlop back to Nigeria
- MAN: HIGH INTEREST RATE'LL MAR CONTRIBUTION TO $1TRN ECONOMY
- PDP Crisis:BoT condemns repeated shifting of NEC meeting
06 Dec
- Reps move to stop multiple budgets
- Tax reform bills: We’re going ahead for Nigeria’s sake – Akpabio
- Islam not against girl-child education – Sultan
- Max Air plane carrying Zulum’s deputy, others makes emergency landing
05 Dec
- CSOs Kick As FG Blames Opposition On Ignorance
- Manufacturers’ Economic Confidence Index Drops In Q3
- UNICEF Lauds Jigawa’s 30% Budget Allocation To Education
- We Should Move Beyond Women Inclusion By 2027 – Abbas
05 Dec
- Antibiotics abuse worsens drug resistance, claims 64,500 lives yearly
- Court remands Farotimi till Dec. 10 for alleged defamation
- Why NIN has not been effective in stemming kidnapping
- MacArthur, others lament loss of $200b to corruption in Nigeria
05 Dec
- Senate suspends action on tax reform bills
- Osun, Oyo people waiting to teach APC lesson, Makinde boasts
- Despite FG’s intervention, cost of medicines keeps rising
- Alleged defamation: Court remands Farotimi in prison
05 Dec
- Judiciary to the rescue as Senate halts action, meets presidential delegation
- Zamfara: 10 on board Golf car killed in bridge bomb explosion
- CP orders investigation of ex-Edo NLC chair's death at checkpoint THURSday 5 December, 2024 3 Jumada Akhir, 1446 No. 3, 461 www.blueprint.ng N250 PaGE
- $1.045bn committed to education infrastructure in FCT – Wike
05 Dec
- Senate buckles, suspends hearing on controversial Tax Reforms Bills
- Nigeria open for business with South Africa, says Tinubu
- Nigeria's debt stock inches to N140trn, defies global decline
- CULPRITS FACE 10-YEAR JAIL AS SENATE PASSES INVESTMENT BILL
05 Dec
- What South Africa visa reforms mean for Nigerians
- Demand for concrete road outstrips cement supply
- Ensuring Nigeria’s Future: the vital role of the National Biosafety Management Agency
- Pension funds’ green bond investments surge 17-fold on demand
05 Dec
- 12 burnt to death in Yobe road accident
- Zenith Bank Emerges ‘Bank of the Year, Nigeria’ in The Banker Awards 2024
- THISDAY/Arise Group Board of Editors Invites Nominations for 2025 THISDAY Awards
- S'Africa Targets Nigeria's Lithium for Electric Vehicle Revolution
05 Dec
- Senate, AGF to review tax reform bills today
- How tax reform bills put Barau on the spot
- Staff opted for voluntary retirement – CBN
- 12 burnt to death in Yobe road accident
04 Dec
- Idris: Tax Reforms Will Empower 36 States, LGAs for Development
- Senate Passes 2025-27 MTEF-FSP, Probes NNPCL Over N11.54tn Subsidy Funds, Unremitted Taxes
- Nigeria, S’Africa Agree to Finalise Five-Year-Old Early Warning Mechanism MoU
- In Breach of Protocol, Ekiti Police Arrest Rights Activist, Dele Farotimi, in Lagos
04 Dec
- Northern senators demand suspension of action on bills
- Reps probe planned retirement of 1,000 CBN staff, N50bn payoff
- Senate investigates N8.4trn ‘withheld’ by NNPCL, N3.6trn ‘unremitted’ taxes
- Sultan, CAN ask FG to punish terror sponsors
04 Dec
- Eight big changes to expect with Lagos electricity law
- 10 changes to expect as FG’s tax reforms begin
- 10 changes to expect as FG’s tax reforms begin
- Port Harcourt Refinery battles to refine image after $1.5bn makeover
04 Dec
- Reps In Shouting Match Over Tax Bills
- Senate Confirms Oluyede As Chief Of Army Staff
- Wike Declares Commitment To Fulfilling Tinubu's Promises
- Despite Export Ban, Cooking Gas Prices Surge By 45.8%
04 Dec
- Tinubu directs justice ministry, NASS to work on concerns
- Sanwo-Olu signs Lagos Electricity Bill into law
- Port Harcourt refinery is working —PENGASSAN
- Tinubu on mission to transform Abuja satellite towns to cities —Wike
04 Dec
- Owners of Abuja duplexes unknown, says EFCC
- Sell 51% stake in refineries to IOCs, PENGASSAN advises gov
- Court orders ex-AMCON MD’s arrest over alleged N76b fraud
- Federal poly with 142 students, 154 staff incur N638m overhead costs
04 Dec
- Dogara says North stands to gain $25bn from livestock
- Reps probe planned mass retirement of 1,000 CBN personnel
- Intensify prayers, things will get better, Sultan urges Nigerians
- We must fix challenges facing police to achieve economic growth – NPTF boss
04 Dec
- Nerves on end in Green Chamber over controversial Tax Reform Bills
- LABOUR MOVES AGAINST INFLUX OF EXPATRIATES IN OIL SECTOR
- Nigeria, S’Africa must be mindful of hostilities attracted by our partnership –Tinubu
- Reps to probe retirement of over 1,000 CBN staff, N50bn payoff scheme
03 Dec
- 229 police officers killed in 22 months
- ax reform bills not to impoverish North – Presidency
- Minimum wage: Workers shut FCT, Kaduna, Nasarawa, others
- Borno to construct North’s first metro rail network
03 Dec
- Presidency: No Provision Will Impoverish North in Tax Bills
- FG’s $1.7bn Eurobond Oversubscribed at $9.1bn, Sign of Investors’ Confidence in Ongoing Reforms
- Oyedele: We'll Not Withdraw Tax Reform Bills, Committee Ready to Re-engage Stakeholders
- Hunter Biden: US President Under Fire as White House Defends Sweeping Pardon
03 Dec
- Eurobond’s $9bn oversubscription seen steadying naira
- Growing opposition threatens Tinubu’s tax reforms
- Is Bourdillon most expensive street in Lagos?
- Cooking gas prices surge despite export freeze
03 Dec
- TETFund, NASENI, NITDA won’t be scrapped, presidency clarifies
- Borno to build North’s first intra-city rail network
- Enugu govt, Austrian firm formalise $100m FDI to boost water infrastructure
- LG reforms more urgent now for Nigeria —Speaker House of Reps
03 Dec
- States face subsidy burden as Lagos leads with $10b deal, legislation
- Nigeria raises $2.2 billion from latest Eurobond auction
- Nigeria records 42,700 AIDS-related deaths yearly, says NEPWAN
- Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, alleges threat to lif
03 Dec
- Pressure Mounts Over Tax Reform Bills
- EFCC Makes Single Largest Asset Recovery Till Date
- Minimum Wage: NLC Draws Battle With 6 States
- Inflationary Pressures Hamper Business Operations
03 Dec
- Tax Reform Bills do not recommend scrapping of TETFund NASENI, NITDA – Presidency
- P/Harcourt Refinery never stopped operations, says Alesa community
- EFCC makes history, recovers 753 duplexes from govt official
- Stop probe of Nigerian military, AGF Fagbemi tells ICC
03 Dec
- Tax Reform Bills won't destroy any state's economy –Presidency
- Nigeria practisingelectorialism, not democracy –Fayemi
- VAPING DECREASES BLOOD FLOW, OXYGEN LEVELS –STUDY
- FG SEEKS S'AFRICA’S BACKING FOR G20, BRICS MEMBERSHIP
02 Dec
- Eight routes to NGX’s $100bn market cap
- Meet Benedict Peters: BusinessDay Person of the Year 2024
- Nigeria’s oil rigs plummet 27% amid 2m bpd output target
- Port inefficiencies seen worsening food insecurity
02 Dec
- Confusion in House of Reps as APC caucus aborts fixed meeting
- Olanipekun backs six-year single term proposal for presidents
- PPIS: FG orders investigation into alleged deductions from NCoS, NSCDC personnel salaries
- Obasanjo thanks Gowon, says I wasn’t aware he wrote Abacha for my release
02 Dec
- Labour begins nationwide strike, cites empty promises by governors
- Name contractors that disappeared with MDAs’ N167b, SERAP tells Tinubu
- Groups demand regionalism, parliamentary system, new name for Nigeri
- 2027:Splinter APC group moves to register with INEC
02 Dec
- Ohanaeze Joins South-west, South-south, North-central in Backing Tinubu’s Tax Bills
- Port Harcourt Refinery Operational, Trucking Out Products Daily, Says Facility’s MD
- Facing Stiff Local Competition, Cement Maker, Holcim, Exits Nigeria, Sells Lafarge to Chinese Firm for $1bn
- President Biden Pardons Son, Hunter, Weeks Before Leaving Office
02 Dec
- Why Nigeria is underdeveloped –Primate Ndukuba
- SEC assures investors of fund safety amid Fintech growth
- Obasanjo tasks Plateau residents on unity, love
- Tax Reform Bills: Atiku urges NASS to ensure transparency, objectivity in conducting public hearing
02 Dec
- Bandits on revenge mission suffer casualties in Zamfara
- Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills’ll eliminate double taxation – Ohanaeze
- Nigeria, France agree on €300m infrastructure, agric investments
- SERAP questions AGF, Edun over N167bn contracts from 31 ministries
02 Dec
- Concerns over leadership recruitment process
- Tinubu vows to end insecurity in Nigeria, stabilise ECOWAS
- FG TO PROBE COMPLAINTS AGAINST BANK, AIRLINE, TELCO
- GDP: Financial institutions' contribution up 31.7% to N3.28trn
02 Dec
- CBN to retire 1,000, offers N50bn payoff
- FG begins malaria vaccination for children today
- 2027: Atiku, Obi’s parley in Yola reignites merger permutations
- Daily Trust wins DAME’s best designed newspaper award
01 Dec
- How I begged Abacha not to kill Obasanjo —Gen. Gowon
- Security challenges in Nigeria will soon be over —CDS
- Atiku, Obi, unite in Adamawa to celebrate American varsity
- My political future in God’s hand, He won’t fail —Oyebanji
01 Dec
- Barau Tackles Critics of Tax Bills, Says Many Lawmakers Don’t Understand Their Content
- In a Strategic Meeting with Angolan President, Lourenço, Dangote Wraps up New Refinery Deal
- Gowon: How I Wrote to Abacha Not to Execute Obasanjo
- Amid Liquidity Challenges, Banks Cut Monthly Borrowing from CBN by 44.90% to N9.97tn
01 Dec
- Ohanaeze: Crisis brews over Iwuanyanwu's successor
- Gowon: I begged Abacha not to kill Obasanjo
- CBN’s reforms designed for robust financial architecture –Cardoso
- Delta ranks top 10 in 2024 accountability, transparency evaluation
01 Dec
- Concerns Mount Over Non-execution Of Supreme Court Ruling
- We're Moving Nigeria From Consuming To Producing Economy – Tinubu
- We Hosted, Won African Military Games With 231 Medals, Says CDS
- 22,000 Children Born HIV-positive In Nigeria Every Year – UNAIDS
01 Dec
- 8 dead as boat carrying 200 people capsizes
- No relief for Kaduna community exposed to hydrogen fluoride
- Nigeria was good to my generation, says Prof Jibrin at 70
- Why we detained investigative journalist – Arm
01 Dec
- Nigeria’s reforms’ll impact Africa – Tinubu
- Cybercrimes: 109 foreigners get N1bn bail
- NNPC Ltd refutes communities’ claim on state of Port Harcourt Refinery
- Egbira nation, a convergence of beauty, traditional and cultural values
01 Dec
- Economic crisis: Nigerians ignore phone calls as desperate requests for assistance now rampant
- How SMEs in Nigeria can scale up above challenges - Maalouf
- Ivory towers in darkness: High electricity tariff threatens Nigerian universities’ growth
- Yuletide: High airfares, insecurity kill citizens’ appetite for travel