NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Dec 08 - Dec 14, 2024
14 Dec
- BUSINESSES LOSE N40.04TRN TO 12 NAT'L GRID COLLAPSES IN 12 MONTHS
- Lakurawa:CDS deploys Special Operations Brigade to Sokoto, Kebbi
- FAAC shared N1. 727trn revenue for FG, states, LGs in November
- Benue Assembly uncovers multi-billion naira fraud in LG councils’ operations ...urges forces to destroy terror group completely lThere's need for policy interventions to stabilise electricity –MAN lCompanies have lost faith in power supply from grid –NACCIMA lAlternative energy sources top manufactu
14 Dec
- Popoola: Deepening Climate Change Narrative Through Reclaimed Beauty
- Tinubu, govs, senators, others attend Senator Barau’s children’s wedding
- GMOs are food poison – Experts
- Why Tinubu made Wike minister – Akpabio
14 Dec
- From Ghana…Lessons For Nigeria’s Electoral Umpire Ahead 2027 Polls
- Whither Nigeria As Morocco, Saudi Host World Cup?
- Benue APC…A House Falling Apart Over Akume-Alia Rif
- Popoola: Deepening Climate Change Narrative Through Reclaimed Beauty
14 Dec
- Safety Concerns Over Rising Near Mishaps At Airports
- Nigeria Needs Viable Power Sector To Develop – Shettima
- Don’t Scrap Information Ministries, FG Urges States
- Court Grants Ex-Gov Bello N500m Bail
14 Dec
- PETER OBI TO FG You can’t ask Nigerians to fast and be feasting
- Wike gives his best to whatever he does —Akpabio
- FG sets 3-year target to migrate NECO, WAEC exams to CBT
- We didn’t give N325 million to APC —TETFund
13 Dec
- More men losing prostate cancer fight to hefty costs, late detection
- Seplat finalises $800m acquisition of Mobil Unlimited from ExxonMobil
- FG issues six Sukuk bonds worth N1.1tr to finance 124 road projects
- FG issues ultimatum to developers on Lagos shoreline
13 Dec
- LP woes worsen as another Rep joins APC
- LG Autonomy: Those who tamper with LG funds guilty of gross misconduct, AGF warns
- NEC to decide on state police in January
- Ground Rents: We won’t look at your face, Wike threatens revocation
13 Dec
- EFEMS transparency fuels naira demand in parallel market
- Afrobeats taps Apala, Fuji to create fresh sound
- Russia-Ukraine war ignites demand for Nigeria’s urea
- Tinubu to present 2025 budget to National Assembly Tuesday
13 Dec
- Uba Sani: Virtually All States Support State Police, Deliberation in January
- Seplat Energy Completes Acquisition of Mobil Nigeria, Set to Double Production
- NYT: Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s Father-in-law, Not Billionaire
- FG, Global Fund Deploy 333 Tuberculosis Diagnostic Machines in 36 States, FCT
13 Dec
- Insecurity: We’re Ready For State Police – Governors
- KANO GOVERNOR SCRAPS COS OFFICE, DROPS SSG, REASSIGNS COMMISSIONERS
- KATSINA GOVT DISBURSES N744M SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS
- INEC Plans Computer generated Slips For Future Polls
13 Dec
- Autonomy: Loot LG treasury, go to jail, AGF tells council bosses
- Wike donates 50 vehicles, vows revocation over Abuja ground rents
- Insecurity: Govs endorse creation of state police, NEC to adopt report January
- Reforms: With BVAS, PVCs no longer sole requirement for voting – INEC
13 Dec
- Electoral Reforms:INEC to accept computer slip for accreditation on election day
- Fagbemi To Govs: Tamper with LG funds, face impeachment
- Sukuk: FG raises N1.1trn to fund 124 road projects
- REPORT: NIGERIA TO LOSE 37% OF GDP TO CORRUPTION BY 2030
13 Dec
- INEC seeks legal backing for IReV
- N/Assembly to pass 2025 budget Jan as Tinubu submits proposal Tuesday
- Senate bars Wike from demolishing structures in FCT
- Kano gov reshuffles cabinet, drops SSG, CoS, 5 commissioners
12 Dec
- Framework to check abuse of VAT spending in place —Presidency
- FG plans additional 150MW by year end
- How govt can address declining exchange rate —Omotayo Dada, ICNL MD
- Malaria vaccine is a multi-dose vaccine, they must be completed —Prof Mokuolu
12 Dec
- Painkillers among least available healthcare drug
- Nigeria’s oil output hits 44-month high in boost for budget
- Soaring costs ruffle farmers’ feathers as festive demand peaks
- Dangote Refinery exports petrol to Cameroon
12 Dec
- Future of opposition uncertain as politicians begin realignment
- Political stability, security top agenda at ECOWAS meeting
- Tinubu’ll seek re-election, opposition can't stop him, says Bwala
- Despite security blockage, Sanusi vows to install new district head of Bichi
12 Dec
- Disquiet In NCAA Over Appointment Of Substantive DG
- Nigeria’s Oil Output Rises To 1.69mbpd, Highest In 44 Months
- Traders Blame Speculators As Naira Falls To N1,710/$1
- Reintegration Of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso Crucial For Regional Stability – Tinubu
12 Dec
- We’ll handle Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso’s return to ECOWAS with wisdom
- FG mulls state-owned plants as national grid collapses 12th time
- Nigeria missing in OPEC’s $1bn development financing
- Provide evidence of ownership, Wike’s aide tasks those alleging land grabbing
12 Dec
- Reps probe Customs over smuggling, brutality at borders
- Media stakeholders harp on press freedom, principled journalism
- Aircraft skids runway at Abuja airport
- Our reforms working – Tinubu
12 Dec
- Allied's plane incident in Abuja paralyses flight operations, passengers stranded at airports
- CBN: Currency outside banks rose by 58.8% to N4.29trn in October
- ECOWAS won't tolerate unconstitutional govts in Mali, B’Faso, Niger
- ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS MAKES US OLD BEYOND OUR YEARS –STUDY
12 Dec
- For Denigrating Nigeria, You Can Drop Kemi From Your Name, Shettima Tells Badenoch
- National Power Grid Collapses Again, 12th Time This Year Alone
- FG to Access World Bank's $500m Credit Facility to Boost Human Capital Devt
- Umahi Meets BPP Chief, Seeks End to Delay in Projects Execution
11 Dec
- Reps’ southern caucus backs tax reform bills
- Tinubu appoints Ogunjimi acting Accountant General of the Federation
- Court postpones Farotimi’s bail application till December 20
- Reps probe CBN over scarcity of naira notes
11 Dec
- Reps ask CBN to address cash crunch
- ECOWAS may formalise Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger exit
- Police recover fake $3.3m, CFA51.9m, N1. 4m in Kano
- Rights commission receives 2m violation complaints annually
11 Dec
- Cash scarcity worsens as banks’ ‘upgraded’ digital platforms falter
- Court remands Yahaya Bello in Kuje pending bail application
- Cybercrime law, defamation now weapons of prosecution, NGE, SERAP say
- Consumers, NERC kick as DisCo pushes for N240/kWh tariff
11 Dec
- 2025 Budget Presentation May Suffer Further Delay
- Address Cash Crunch Now, Reps Order CBN
- Nigeria Will Become Leading Agricultural Export Nation By 2025 – Tinubu
- Gov Lawal Debunks Maradun Kidnap Reports
11 Dec
- For ease of visa, passport applications, you’ve made Nigeria proud globally
- Address naira scarcity now, Reps tell CBN
- FG to Adeleke: Suspend foundation laying of new airport in Osun
- NOA repositioned to fulfill its mandate – DG
11 Dec
- Naira Scarcity: Reps ask CBN to end cash crunch
- Transparency: World Bank tackles FG over poor fiscal data reports
- NIGERIA’S BUSINESS ACTIVITIES DROPPED TO 48.9 INDEX POINTS IN NOVEMBER
- Tax reform debates necessary for democratic governance –FG
11 Dec
- THISDAY Court Remands Bello in Kuje Correctional Centre, Trial to Commence on January 29
- Tinubu to Nigerians: Don’t Let Politics Divide Us, Unveils NIS Technology Complex
- OPEC Picks Nigeria’s Adeyemi-Bero as Chair of Board of Governors for 2025
- New Report Puts Nigeria’s GDP in PPP Terms at $2.4trn, 89% Larger than Official Estimate
10 Dec
- Presidency, Barau, Bago, Inuwa Yahaya, Abiru, Others Hail Akpabio at 62
- Seplat Energy Completes $800 Million Mobil Assets Transaction Thursday
- Opposition’s Victory in Ghana Signals End of APC’s Oppressive Rule in 2027, Says PDP
- Komolafe: How NUPRC is Fighting Corruption in Oil, Gas Sector
10 Dec
- S/East Senate caucus seeks wider consultations
- Mama Boko Haram, 2 others jailed for N6m fraud
- Nigerian immigrants account for highest diaspora remittances in West Africa – Shettima
- Bandits abduct 50 women, children in Zamfara community
10 Dec
- 2025 budget: MDAs risk zero allocation
- Edo guber: Tribunal -Pg16 receives seven petitions, adjourns sitting till Dec 18
- Tax Reforms Bills: South East senators seek wider consultations
- Nigeria working with Niger Republic to crush Lakurawa —COAS
10 Dec
- 1.1m displaced as 77% of IDPs PAGE 6 seek to return home, says NBS
- FG assures Nigerians of positive economic outlook in 2025
- ax earnings from companies up by 39% to N5.22tr amid survival concerns
- ’East senators backtrack on tax reform bills, urge wider consultation
10 Dec
- How Nigeria wooed Eurobond investors with juicy yields
- Equinor ends 31-year Nigerian journey for profitable markets
- Forex, inflation stoke re-insurance costs
- Farotimi handcuffed as court slams N50m bail on activist
10 Dec
- We'll Crush Lukarawa Terror Group Soon– COAS
- N2trn Debt: Darkness Looms As NMDPRA Halts Gas Supply To GenCos
- Nigeria Leads West Africa In Diaspora Remittances – Shettima
- Sayawa Chiefdom: Bauchi Gov Promises Fairness, Transparency
10 Dec
- Growing negative perception not good for judiciary – CJN
- Why Nigerians should celebrate gains of Tinubu’s economic reforms – Omokri
- Obsolete framework, inefficiency affecting Nigeria’s petroleum sector – Abbas
- Let’s tackle corruption from the top – Obasanjo
10 Dec
- Reorganisation in Army likely as NASS confirms new COAS –Investigation
- 2025 Budget: Rise in oil production'll raise revenue, reduce debt service -Edun
- NIGERIA EXITS LIST OF COUNTRIES OWING FOREIGN AIRLINES
- Insecurity: I’ll do things differently to get better results, COAS Oluyede assures Tinubu
09 Dec
- Dry season farming suffers as dams’ infrastructure collapses
- 32 states, FCT record zero foreign investment in 2024
- Corruption must be fought from the top, says Obasanjo P
- Tax reform bills: Increase tax on the rich, don tells FG
09 Dec
- PDP chair: Pro-Damagum forces plan takeover of BoT
- EFEMS, Eurobond issuance bolster Fx reserves, naira stability
- Ghana’s ex-President John Mahama wins re-election, rival concedes defeat
- Assad flees to Russia as Syrian rebels topple govt
09 Dec
- Cardoso’s first year sees naira rally amid stubborn inflation
- Ghana’s flawless election shows what Nigeria is getting wrong
- Data expose gaps in Nigeria’s $1trn GDP target
- SME 100 celebrates Nigeria’s fastestgrowing founders
09 Dec
- States eye 180% hike in VAT earnings amid push for fiscal federalism
- Measure tax bills’ impacts on human rights, SERAP tells NASS
- ‘Funding, weak political will bedevilling varsity system’
- NCDC tells health facilities to intensify checks for SARS-CoV-2 variant
09 Dec
- Late Budget Presentation Alters January-December Cycle
- For His Relentless Pursuit Of Innovation And Investment That Has Catalysed Africa’s Self-sufficiency, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is...
- Violation: FCCPC Cautions Air Peace Against Obstructing Inquiry
- SERAP To NASS: Assess Impact Of Tax Reform Bills On Human Rights
09 Dec
- Mahama Wins Ghana Election, Ruling Party Concedes Defeat
- Bagudu: Tax Reform Targeted at Stimulating Economic Activities, Employment Generation, Others
- Chappal Energies Announces Final Acquisition of Equinor’s Nigeria Business
- Syrian President, Assad, Overthrown by Rebels, Flees to Russia, Gets Asylum
09 Dec
- Ghana: Why ruling party’s candidate conceded defeat to ex-president Mahama
- Tax Reform Bills crucial, democracy in action – Idris, Bagudu
- Ticket pricing: FCCPC cautions Air Peace against obstructing ongoing inquiry
- FCT-IRS begins move to tax individuals earning over N25m annually
09 Dec
- Defections:APC decimates opposition ahead 2027
- How controversies over Tax Reform Bills can be addressed, by lawyers
- AfCFTA: Nigeria consolidates leadership with N7.10trn exports
- PPP pact without ICRC Act compliance illegal, says FG
08 Dec
- Tinubu woos North, says bills won’t undermine democracy
- Real reasons police sealed off Emir of Kano’s palace entrance revealed
- OPEN SHAME: Many Nigerians still defecate outside, even in cities
- 2025 HAJJ: NAHCON concludes screening of airlines, cargo companies
08 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
08 Dec
- Medical Experts Differ On Causes Of Rising Deaths Among Nigerians
- Nigeria's Tax System Long Overdue For Reform – Minister
- Cash Scarcity Persists As Banks Ignore CBN Order
- Equip Young Journalists For Ever-evolving Media Landscape, Azu Tasks Schools
08 Dec
- Again, FG Allays Fears about Tax Reforms, Says Bills Not against North
- At 31.34%, Nigerian Stock Market Returns Among Top Four Best-performing Exchanges in Africa
- Nigerian Economy, Security Improving, Tinubu Declares, Promises Better Days Ahead
- Intrigues as PDP Govs, Atiku Battle for the Party’s Soul
08 Dec
- Nigerians jubilate as Fg probes airlines, banks, telecoms
- Domestic equity market rebounds, gains N59bn
- Tinubu running true govt of national unity – Soludo
- Shettima launches 2024 Nigeria Economic Report, assures on inclusive growth
08 Dec
- Tax Reform Bills: Tinubu won’t undermine democracy, says FG
- FRESH FEAR GRIPS N’WEST, N’EAST STATES
- CSO petitions NSA, CDS, NASS over 90 checkpoints in S’East
- PDP debunks purported expulsion of Ugochinyere