NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Dec 15 - Dec 21, 2023
21 Dec
- Senate Screens S’Court Justice Nominees Abiru, Tsammani, Adumein, Sankey, Uwa, Nwosu-Iheme, Ogbuinya, Adah, Tukur, Umar, Idris
- For Smoother Yuletide, FG Approves Free Transportation for Commuters
- House Investigates NNPCL over $60bn Revenue Loss to Inflated Contracts
- NCDMB: We've Invested $300m to Support Local Businesses
21 Dec
- Flared gas worth N696bn can power millions of households
- Nigeria’s debt rises to N87.91trn, external portion drops
- Real estate developers tap debt as equity dries up
- Edo refineries get 75,500 barrels of oil from Oza field
21 Dec
- Labour Dismisses FG's 50% Cut In Transport Fare
- No Increase In Registration Fee – JAMB
- Nigeria’s Debt Stock Inches To N87.91trn In Q3 – DMO
- Governor Alia, Akinola Appreciate Award Nominations
21 Dec
- 78,446 inmates in dire straits over N750 daily feeding cost
- Yaba psychiatric hospital records 100% admission spike, says CMD
- Tinubu slashes fare by 50% for travellers during yuletide
- Public debts rise to N87.91tr despite $1.57b drop in external component
21 Dec
- Tinubu cuts bus fare by 50%
- Nigeria’s debt now N87.9trn – DMO
- Pro-Wike lawmakers withdraw impeachment notice against Fubara
- FG vows to prosecute kidney traffickers
21 Dec
- Yuletide: Fuel pump prices rise, now N620/N700 across Nigeria
- Christmastide:Tinubu approves 50% transport fare cut nationwide
- FG's redemption of $500m Eurobond crashes foreign debt to $41.59bn
- NAIRA: BANK WORKERS BLAME 'SCARCITY' ON PANIC WITHDRAWALS, HOARDING
21 Dec
- Amid hardship, Tinubu approves 50% cut in transport fare nationwide
- Rivers assembly withdraws impeachment notice against Fubara
- osun to Oshiomhole: You're reckless, architect of your woes as APC chair
- FCT-IRS rakes in N203.1bn, projects N250bn for 2024
20 Dec
- Rivers crisis: Clark berates Tinubu over 'peace' accord
- Violence rocks A'Ibom as gunmen kill orderly, abduct judge, driver
- Air transport employees' union fights dirty, vows to shut FAAN office in Edo
- Tackling the escalating issue of out-of-school children in Northern Nigeria
20 Dec
- Rivers Crisis: No Respite as Ijaw Reject Tinubu Intervention
- Gunmen Kidnap Judge, Driver, Kill Orderly
- Reps Seek VAT, Import Duty Waivers on Power Equipment
- Mutfwang Sympathises with Victims of Jos Tanker Crash
20 Dec
- PDP: There’s No Remedy for Embattled 25 Rivers Lawmakers
- Zenith Bank Achieves Distinction as Sole Nigerian Brand on World Finance 100 Listing for 2023
- NNPC, Total Energies Sign MoU on Adoption, Deployment of Methane Detection Technology
- CBN Mulls Regulations against Climate Risks to Drive Sustainable Banking Principles
20 Dec
- Elumelu’s firms trounce other large-caps in stock returns
- How Tingo slipped through regulatory gaps to defraud investors
- Netherlands overtakes India as Nigeria’s biggest oil buyer
- Zenith Bank listed among 100 top global firms
20 Dec
- Tinubu’s actions, directives overrule constitution, shake country’s democracy –Clarke
- We spent N2.4bn to win Kwara, Imo, Ogun guber in 2019 –Oshiomhole
- Anti-party Activities:We'll sanction Wike, others at appropriate time –PDP
- NIN-SIM Linkage: Unlinked SIMs to be barred by February 2024
20 Dec
- 2024 will fully unveil gains of FG’s reforms – Tinubu
- PDP threatens Tinubu’s peace accord, insists on fresh polls
- FG to disburse N75bn loans to small businesses in January
- Cash scarcity bites harder in Lagos, Ogun, major cities
20 Dec
- Bandits abduct police officers, monarch, pregnant woman, 13 others in Taraba
- Telcos may lose subscribers as NCC orders total bar of unlinked SIMs
- Despite N9.56tr allocation in five years, 774 LGAs still underdeveloped
- Police in Anambra nab couple who bought month-old baby for N30,000
20 Dec
- ll Health: 14 years after, Akeredolu’s call for Yar’Adua’s resignation haunts him
- Traditional ruler, pregnant wife, 15 others abducted in Taraba
- Tinubu’s intervention breach of constitution – SANs
- Reps probe MDAs over funds to tackle out-ofschool children menace
20 Dec
- Fubara Bows, Ready To Make More Concessions
- Bandits Abduct 2 Policemen, 28 Others In Taraba, Sokoto
- Reps To Probe Nigeria's $7bn Annual Maritime Loss
- I Didn’t Order Dress Code For Niger Workers – Bago
20 Dec
- Rivers: No price too high to pay for peace —Fubara
- No provision for census in 2024 budget —Senate
- Give Tinubu real feedback from Nigerians, Fayemi tells Ganduje
- Zenith Bank listed in World Finance exclusive list of 100 top global companies in 2023
19 Dec
- Tinubu Vows to Uphold Media Freedom, Respect Divergent Views
- Wike, Fubara Sign Tinubu's Truce, Live to Fight Another Day
- N'Assembly May Pass 2024 Appropriation Bill This Week
- President to New NNPCL Board: I Won't Tolerate Underperformance
19 Dec
- Nigerians may burn over N1.5tr on cooking gas in 2024 amid incentives
- Tinubu brokers budget reports NEWS PAGE 3 truce as Fubara, Wike sign peace agreement
- INEC plans reruns, by-elections for February 2024
- Irrigation agriculture: Experts recommend new land administration method
19 Dec
- Stock investors reap N11.6trn on Tinubu’s reforms
- Wage award delay, withheld salaries worry civil servants
- Inflation to top 18-year high, piles more pressure on CBN
- How Funke Akindele won box office amid economic hardship
19 Dec
- Rivers Crisis: Again, Tinubu brokers peace among Wike, Fubara, others
- TRCN: 3,963 teachers fail qualifying exams
- UN approves Nigeria's continental shelf extension to 220nm
- WORLD BANK: REMITTANCES TO NIGERIA ROSE BY 2% TO $20.5BN IN 2023
19 Dec
- Tinubu steps in, orders resolution of Rivers crisis
- NNPCL Board gets presidential marching orders on performance
- Welfare: NGE to launch Trust Fund first quarter of 2024
- INEC set for rerun, bye-elections in 34 constituencies
19 Dec
- How presidency brokered truce between Fubara, Wike
- Pope Francis opens possibility of blessing of same-sex couples
- UBA secures $175m facility from AfDB towards supporting private sector, infrastructure development
- 3,963 teachers failed professional qualifying exams —TRCN
19 Dec
- Tinubu Brokers Fresh Truce In Rivers Crisis
- Vatican Okays Same-sex Marriage
- Varsity Workers Differ On Centralized Payment System
- President To Review Policies Hurting Newspaper Industry
19 Dec
- North’s out-of-school children population time bomb – FG
- Abducted 150 Maru villagers: 3 dead as bandits remain silent on ranso
- Bayelsa, Kebbi, Taraba, others can’t survive without FAAC disbursements – Report
- Tinubu pledges to review policies on newspaper industry
18 Dec
- 168 Zamfara schools shut down over insecurity
- Federal govt to streamline oil & gas sector, automate export permits
- Ohanaeze blames South East leaders for Kanu’s ordeal
- Cambridge varsity announces Nigerian professor as seventh president
18 Dec
- Purported Court Order Surfaces Ahead of Ruling, More Woes for Judiciary
- Power Sector Stakeholders Say Changing Ownership of Discos Won’t Solve Nigeria's Erratic Electricity Problem
- At Ministry OrganisedTrade Dialogue, Participants Insist Nigeria Not Faithful to Agreements Reached with Foreign Investors
- Obaigbena: THISDAY Alumni Toeing Azikiwe, Awolowo’s Path in Public Service
18 Dec
- Aviation: FG mulls 50% fare subsidy
- Court stops INEC from conducting fresh election in Rivers
- REPORT: GLOBAL OIL DEMAND'LL DROP TO 101.7MBPD IN Q4'23
- Consumers paid N267.6bn for electricity in Q3 of 2023 –NERC
18 Dec
- Amaewhule-led 27 lawmakers dare Fubara as crisis deepens
- Kano: No plans to influence Supreme Court judgement – APC
- 2024: Surpass N18.3trn targeted revenue, Senate tasks agencies
- FG, States, LGs share N1.783trn in Nov allocation
18 Dec
- Nigeria losing billions of revenue to Free Trade Zone operators —Customs
- Tribune wins Best in Editorial Writing at NMMA
- NPA uncovers fake seaport E-call-up syndicate at MPS Pre-gat
- There is no credible opposition in Nigeria
18 Dec
- Hurdles dog FG’s plan to sell 40%shares in Discos
- Insider abuse, hoarding leave banks with cash shortage
- Chevron, ExxonMobil snub Nigeria in 2024 spending plans
- Christmas jollof more expensive as inflation pinches wallets
18 Dec
- Concern As Safe Schools Initiative Gets Zero Budget
- Gaza War: Israel, Palestine Commit To Peaceful Coexistence
- Professor Uchegbu Emerges Cambridge Varsity President
- Kano: No Deal To Compromise Court Judgement –APC
18 Dec
- FG, firms ‘trade’ jobs as illegal expatriates take over economy
- Profligate governors, political class pauperising citizens
- SERAP sues INEC for failing to prosecute electoral offenders in Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo
- Pro-Wike lawmakers restrategise to oust Fubara, vow to reclaim Rivers
18 Dec
- Rivers: PDP Tackles 27 Lawmakers, Faults Factionalisation Claims
- Senate Tasks Revenue Agencies on N18.3trn 2024 Target to Cut Deficit
- 2024 Budget: Wike Urges NASS to Approve N17.1bn Proposal for FCT
- Oyerinde, Others Applaud Team Nigeria’s Performance at World Squash
18 Dec
- Zamfara community under siege as bandits strike
- Afenifere raises alarm over rising kidnappings in South West
- hat does the World Bank want from Nigeria?
- Experts, unions diff er over FG’s plan to restructure TCN
17 Dec
- TINUBU’S POLICIES UNSETTLE NORTHERN SUPPORT BASE
- Gaza: Israeli, Palestinian envoys talk tough, trade blame
- ow one-hour airfare rose by 400% in 22 months
- IMF, World Bank can't revive Nigerian economy
17 Dec
- Protect Civilians, Scale up Efforts to Tackle Insecurity, Lagbaja Charges Army Field Commanders
- NDIC Disburses N1.7bn to over 42,000 Depositors of Failed Banks
- Tinubu, Jonathan, Barau, APC Celebrate Buhari at 81
- New Generation of Leaders Take Charge
17 Dec
- ‘CAF Awards: A Reminder Of Nigeria’s Possibilities
- Riverine Communities Where Public Healthcare Is Luxury
- Swift Realignment Of Forces In Rivers As Political Crisis Fester
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17 Dec
- TINUBU’S POLICIES UNSETTLE NORTHERN SUPPORT BAS
- How one-hour airfare rose by 400% in 22 months –Investigation
- MF, World Bank can't revive Nigerian economy
- Kanu: Panic in S’East over unknown gunmen’s threats
17 Dec
- WE DON’T WANT TO RELIVE THE EMEFIELE EXPERIENCE, NIGERIANS CRY OUT
- NPC re-assures Nigerians of credible, reliable census
- Northern govs commend Tinubu on fight against insecurity, urge more effort
- rvival: Citizens alarmed as beggars take over streets nationwide
17 Dec
- Airfares Skyrocket Ahead Christmas, New Year
- Why onions are expensive in many states
- How we killed Kachalla, 3 bandits’ leaders – DH
- Jega advocates restructuring of Nigeria before 2027 elections
17 Dec
- Panic among Ondo LG chairmen as Acting Gov freezes accounts
- Panic among Ondo LG chairmen as Acting Gov freezes accounts
- IMF, World Bank remedies can’t revive Nigerian economy
- No rift between Yoruba, Igbo, say Akiolu, Iwuanyanwu
16 Dec
- As 10 Commissioners Resign, Fubara Says Mandate to Defend Rivers People
- Court Strikes Out Law suit on OMLS 123, 124, 126, 137
- Inflation Rises to 28.2% on Higher Food, Energy Prices
- Soludo, Bello, Abaribe, Others Mourn Late Ex-governor of Anambra State, Ezeif
16 Dec
- OPPOSING FORCES IN NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER DUEL
- S'Court orders Kanu to face terrorism charges
- FAAC approves N1.08trn revenue for Nov allocation to FG, states, LG
- How Tinubu can make 2024 Budget stimulate economic revival, by Idika Kalu
16 Dec
- Northern govs commend Tinubu on fight against insecurity, urge more effort
- WE DON’T WANT TO RELIVE THE EMEFIELE EXPERIENCE, NIGERIANS CRY OUT
- NPC re-assures Nigerians of credible, reliable census
- Focus on new investments, trade expansion, Tinubu tells foreign envoys
16 Dec
- Life Has Taught Me Not To Trust Anybody But To Be Honest
- Nigeria’s Inflation Hit 28.20% In November
- NLC Rejects World Bank’s N750/Litre Fuel Price Recommendation
- Rivers Political Crisis: Wave Of Resignation Continue
16 Dec
- Life Has Taught Me Not To Trust Anybody But To Be Honest
- Nigeria’s Inflation Hit 28.20% In November
- NLC Rejects World Bank’s N750/Litre Fuel Price Recommendation
- Rivers Political Crisis: Wave Of Resignation Continue
16 Dec
- Governors To Revive ‘One North, One Destiny’ Vision
- More Commissioners, Others Quit Fubara’s Government
- Supreme Court Returns Kanu To High Court For Terrorism Tria
- 42% Of Key Positions In Nigeria Tainted By Corruption – ICPC
16 Dec
- Families recount experiences, call for govt’s assistance
- Inside Nigeria’s 2023 Guinness World Record obsession
- Supreme Court orders Kanu to face terrorism charges NEWS Page
- ECOWAS suspends Niger, insists on civil rule
16 Dec
- Oyo, Ogun govts tighten security on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway over kidnap attacks
- Tinubu mourns Chukwuemeka Ezeife
- A chief imam gave my father kola nuts which turned to metal balls the following day
- Nigeria’s inflation rises to 18-year high as food prices surge
15 Dec
- Weak non-oil exports dampen naira devaluation gains
- Large-scale theft robs Nigerians of electricity
- CBN mulls governance guidelines for fintechs to curb fraud
- Pro-Wike lawmakers dare Fubara, adopt residential quarters as chamber
15 Dec
- FG Vows to Award Oil Assets to Only Companies with Proven Capacity in Future Bid Rounds
- Tinubu: Having Akpabio, Abbas at My Side as NASS Leaders Enough to Make Me Succeed
- Fubara Signs N800bn Budget into Law
- Cardoso: Inflation, Exchange Rate to Decline in 2024
15 Dec
- Rivers Crisis Takes New Dimension
- AMCON Recovers N1.8trn, Targets Over N70bn Profit
- Tudun Biri Bombing: Sambo, Zazzau Emir Demand Investigation
- HOW WE RESCUED CORPS MEMBERS IN ZAMFARA – NYSC
15 Dec
- Five commissioners resign, pro-Wike lawmakers pass bills
- Nigerians free to video, photograph officers on duty – Police
- FG faults World Bank, insists fuel ‘subsidy is gone
- Anxiety in Southeast as S’Court rules on Nnamdi Kanu today
15 Dec
- CBN: Inflation, exchange rate'll decline in 2024
- Don't die on the job, Lagos CJ tells Judges
- Report: Nigeria received largest new financing from World Bank in 2022
- Tinubu: Having NASS on my side enough for me to succeed
15 Dec
- We expect less revenue from oil exports in 2024 —CBN gov
- More shakeup in aviation as FG sacks directors in agencies
- Rivers crisis: More commissioners resign, Fubara signs N800bn Appropriation Bill into law
- NASS to probe $496m payment to Indian firm on Itapke Iron Ore concession
15 Dec
- You got this wrong, subsidy gone for good
- INEC yet to access N18bn supplementary budget – Yakubu
- Removal of varsities from IPPIS’ll birth new system
- We’ll institutionalize youth leadership program – Speaker Abbas
15 Dec
- Keyamo sacks 33 aviation directors appointed by Sirika
- Nigeria, other developing countries spent $443bn on debt servicing – World Bank
- FIFA approves 30 Nigerian referees for 2024 competitions
- Fubara signs 2024 budget into law, 24hrs after presentation