NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week Dec 22 - Dec 28, 2023
28 Dec

- Consumer loans near fouryear high on rising inflation
- 7-Fifteen Capital commissions flagship lakeside estate
- Underinvestment, crude theft fetter Nigeria’s 2023 energy gains
- External reserves lose $4.28bn as naira freefall takes toll
28 Dec

- Uncertainty Trails Conduct Of National Census
- Union Bank Acquisition: Titan Bank Officials Reply CBN Investigator
- Tinubu, Governors, Buhari, Others Mourn Akeredolu, Na’Abba
- Michigan Court Rejects Bid To Bar Trump From 2024 Ballot
28 Dec

- Sunset for Akeredolu, new dawn for Lucky Aiyedatiwa
- Tinubu seeks councils, monarchs’ support for development
- FG assures justice for victims of Plateau attacks, okays immediate succour
- Civil society groups, lawyers mourn Akeredolu, Na’Abba
28 Dec

- Aiyedatiwa sworn in as Ondo governor
- Bandits always a step ahead of govt – Sultan
- Mishandling of CBN investigation report can create distrust, panic – Experts
- How cyber-attacks exposed Nigeria’s IT security vulnerability in 2023
28 Dec

- Aiyedatiwa sworn in as Ondo governor
- Bandits always a step ahead of govt – Sultan
- Mishandling of CBN investigation report can create distrust, panic – Experts
- How cyber-attacks exposed Nigeria’s IT security vulnerability in 2023
28 Dec

- Aiyedatiwa sworn in as Ondo gov
- FCCPC fines tobacco companies $110m
- Shettima in Plateau, says govt determined to dispense justice
- Shettima in Plateau, says govt determined to dispense justice
28 Dec

- Akeredolu dies of prostate cancer at 67
- LESS NAIRA VOLATILITY PREDICTED FOR 2024
- Bandits steps ahead of govt –Sultan
- PMS: N192bn worth of product arrives for year-end festivities
28 Dec

- Aiyedatiwa now governor, pledges Ondo people welfare
- Tinubu, Akpabio, Abbas, govs, others billed for S/east peace project
- Plateau killings: Declare security emergency on trouble spots, ACF tells FG
- Do not confuse Pope Francis’s same-sex blessing with same-sex marriage
27 Dec

- Incensed by Plateau Xmas Eve Carnage, Tinubu Orders Security to Go After Killers
- MOFI Set to Track Nigeria's Real Estate, Solid Minerals, Oil/Gas Assets Globally
- Opeyemi Bamidele: NASS Will Pass 2024 Appropriation Bill Saturday
- Olanipekun Writes AGF, Asks FG to Amicably Settle $5.8bn Mambilla Power Project with Sunrise Power
27 Dec

- Envoys Of Death Won’t Escape, Tinubu Vows
- IsraelHamas War: Humanitarian Crisis Worsens In Gaza
- External Reserves Deplete By $4.28bn As Naira Maintains Fall
- Police Commission Disowns N2,000 Recruitment Fee
27 Dec

- Refining outlook brightens on Dangote, PH plants
- Why Lemo, other TTB directors are wanted by CBN investigator
- Six ways FX reform has helped Nigeria’s economy
- Plateau killings worry northern elders as 113 bodies recovered
27 Dec

- Mutfwang: Terrorists occupying 64 Plateau communities, schools
- FG'll soon clamp down on economic saboteurs –Bamidele
- MARKETERS TO SELL PRODUCTS FROM DANGOTE REFINERY FROM JANUARY
- High debt-to-GDP ratio stirs concerns over 2024 projections
27 Dec

- Envoys of Plateau massacre won’t escape justice -Tinubu
- 50,000 troops involved in counter-terrorism nationwide – Lagbaja
- C/River flags off cultural carnival with 15 states, 18 LGA
- We’ll take Eleme Petrochemicals to capital market – BPE DG
27 Dec

- Slow e-payment channels worsen cash, Yuletide troubles
- Middle Belt threatens self-help as death toll in Plateau killings hit 155
- APC alleges plot to pilfer N8b from Kano coffers
- Boxing Day: How harsh economy spoilt fun for many Nigerians
27 Dec

- Outrage as death toll in Plateau reaches 160; 221 houses burnt
- 15 killed, 70 injured in Osun, LagosIbadan, Kaduna-Abuja highway accidents
- Senate resumes plenary on Saturday, to pass 2024 budget
- Kukah to Tinubu: Nigerians fast losing hope in your Renewed Hope Agenda
27 Dec

- Outrage over Plateau massacre as death toll hits 155
- Tudun Biri fi nds unity in Christmas celebration amidst mourning
- 2023: How fast data depletion, bad network, slow 5G dominated Nigeria’s telecom sector
- Police nab 18-year-old female student who worked as bandits’ informant
26 Dec

- Refining outlook brightens on Dangote, PH plants
- Six ways FX reform has helped Nigeria’s economy
- Startups struggle to raise funds amid economic shocks
- Exploring the impact of 2023’s major policies on Nigerians
26 Dec

- 145 killed as bandits attack 23 Plateau villages
- Implementation of Tinubu’s resolution not at detriment of my freedom – Fubar
- Federal workers observe Christmas without December salaries
- Kwankwaso holds special prayer in Kano ahead Supreme Court judgment
26 Dec

- Stay away from fight you know nothing about
- Mutfwang groans as gunmen kill 50 in renewed Plateau attac
- New NIMC guidelines may further extend delay in NIN modification
- Naira scarcity cuts short Christmas joy as banks close for 2 days
26 Dec

- Black Christmas In Plateau As Gunmen Kill 72
- Israel-Hamas War: No Christmas In Bethlehem
- Palliatives Can’t Solve Nigeria's Problem – Bishop Kuka
- High Cooking Gas Prices Persist Despite Tax Cuts
25 Dec

- Unusual Yuletide as cash crunch, unaffordable prices mar celebration
- Unusual Yuletide as cash crunch, unaffordable prices mar celebration
- FG condemns attacks on Borno, Yobe electricity infrastructure
- Emefiele breaks silence on looted funds kept
25 Dec

- Blackouts dim Christmas mood amid cost of living crisis
- Timelines in Titan Trust Bank’s shocking acquisition of Union Bank
- Seven things that have impacted Nigerians in 2023
- AfDB boss wins Obafemi Awolowo leadership prize
25 Dec

- Emefiele, Mustapha, TGI Group Refute Obazee’s Report on CBN Investigation
- Skyrocketing Production Costs: NPAN Approves Changes in Cover Prices of Newspapers Effective January
- Cash Transfer: Nigeria Deploying World Bank’s $80m, Says NSIPA Boss
- How Banks Ration Cash, Cause Untold Hardship as Naira Scarcity Bites Harder
25 Dec

- Tinubu Promises Relief Amid Lingering Hardship
- Emefiele Accuses Obazee Of Falsehood, Threatens Legal Action
- Crowd Welcomes Governor Yusuf Back To Kano
- 27 Die In Jigawa, Plateau, Crash, Attacks
25 Dec

- Emefiele sues investigator, denies opening 593 foreign accounts
- @Christmas: Expect prosperity soon, Tinubu tells Nigerians
- TGI denies link to Emefiele as Titan defends acquisition of Union Bank
- Kano gov flags off training of 2,500 security personne
25 Dec

- Christmas: We’ll provide palliatives to ease reform hardship —Tinubu
- Army hands over 66 rescued kidnapped victims to Sokoto govt
- Pastor Adeboye and king-size destinies
- Co-creating value-driven offerings via Fintec
25 Dec

- National Security: Over 50,000 troops on duty for Yuletide –COAS
- Christmas: We'll continue to implement palliatives to ease burdens on vulnerable –Tinubu
- FLIGHT DELAYS, CANCELLATIONS TAKE JOY OUT OF AIR TRAVEL
- CBN: Bank customers got N15.6bn, $25,246 refund in H1’23
25 Dec

- My reforms for prosperous nation require unique sacrifices
- Obazee’s report: Emefiele fires back, says I‘ve no knowledge of 593 foreign accounts
- Economic downturn: Newspaper proprietors hike cover prices January 2
- 16 killed in fresh Plateau crisis, Mutfwang condemns attack
24 Dec

- Wike/Fubara face-off may rekindle militancy in N’Delta
- Nigerian Navy spits fire against oil thieves, pirates in 2024
- FG plans yearly review of secondary school curriculum
- PENGASSAN donates N40m lab to Rivers school
24 Dec

- 2024 Will Be a Glorious Year for Nigerians, Remi Tinubu Declares
- Finally, Emefiele Meets Bail Conditions, Regains Freedom
- Titan Trust Bank Faults CBN Investigator, Says No Fraud in Acquisition of Union Bank
- Report: Cost of Transportation Soars 64% as Fuel Prices Skyrocket
24 Dec

- Why the 2024 budget proposal is implementable, by Bamidele
- LGBTQ: No place for same sex marriage in the Church
- Why I approved 50% reduction in interstate transport - Tinubu
- Why homecoming to South-East may decline heavily this festive season
24 Dec

- Central Bank Spent N61bn Without Approval - Report
- Travel Agencies Back Probe Of Airfare Hike
- I Gave Nigeria My Best As 'President', Says Babangida
- I Gave Nigeria My Best As 'President', Says Babangida
24 Dec

- RIVERS: FRESH CRISIS LOOMS IN PDP OVER FUBARA
- 24 states to spend N11.1trn in 2024
- Emefiele meets N300m bail condition, released
- IBB: Keeping Nigeria one, tough part of civil war
24 Dec

- Emefiele Meets Bail Conditions, Released From Kuje Correctional Centre
- No Lockdown In Southeast On Xmas, New Year Days, IPOB Confirms
- Time To Restore ‘Universe’ To Our Universities(3)- INSIDE STUFF
- Epileptic Grid: Navigating Greed, Politics, Factory Shutdown
24 Dec

- Ondo Community Cries For Help As Ororo-1 Oilfield Inferno Rages
- Weak naira impoverished lecturers, led to exodus – VC
- N1.5bn procurement ‘fraud’: Emefiele regains freedom from prison
- Shops, vehicles razed as gas explosion rocks Lagos market
24 Dec

- FG’ll promote patriotism to fight terrorism, banditry - Malagi
- AFCON: Ex-Nigerian internationals hit Peseiro for snubbing home-based stars
- My desire is to reduce maternal, child mortality – Hadiza Gana Mohammed
- We’ll conduct bye-elections, re-runs February 3 – INEC
24 Dec

- No cash, food items expensive, but we will find ways to celebrate
- Stop trying to destabilise Oyo, Makinde warns ex-LG chairmen
- FG to probe outrageous fares by airlines
- Northern Yoruba Elders Forum calls for peace
23 Dec

- Massive Protests Hit PH as Rivers Groups Reject Wike, Fubara Peace Deal
- Naira Scarcity Worsens Two Days to Christmas Despite CBN’s Sanction Threat to Banks
- Nigeria Reaffirms Commitment to OPEC after Angola’s Exit from Oil Cartel
- Supreme Court Verdict: Distractions over, Time to Redouble Effort, Says Mbah
23 Dec

- THIS CHRISTMAS IS NOT MERRY, NIGERIANS CRY OUT
- Tinubu must restructure for Nigeria to make progress –Agbakoba
- TUC threatens to mobilise workers over Naira scarcity
- Rivers elders drag Tinubu, Fubara, others to court
23 Dec

- We’ll conduct bye-elections, re-runs February 3 – INEC
- FG’ll promote patriotism to fight terrorism, banditry - Malagi
- Peter Obi hails FG over 50% slash in inter-state transport cost
- AFCON: Ex-Nigerian internationals hit Peseiro for snubbing home-based stars
23 Dec

- Fares Soar, Northern States Missing In Deal
- 2023 Hajj Lapses Won’t Recur, Commission Assures Pilgrims
- Armed Forces Promote 214 Generals, Other
- Rivers Elders Sue Tinubu, AGF, INEC Over Truce
23 Dec

- Rivers elders drag Tinubu, others to court
- 15 in police net for stealing Ibadan chiefs’ Xmas rice, chickens, cooking oil
- Supreme Court validates Mbah’s election as Enugu gov.
- I will be fair to all Nigerians —Tinubu
22 Dec

- Nigeria… The making of a human rights abuse haven
- Passengers stranded as 50% transportation rebate scheme stalls
- Tinubu’s wife launches N950m support scheme for elderly
- S’Court reserves judgment in Kano guber case
22 Dec

- Port Harcourt Refinery Commences Production After Yuletide – Lokobiri
- Senate Confirms 11 Supreme Court Justices
- FCCPC Generates N56bn, Remits N22.4bn to Federation Account in 2023
- Suspected Fulani Militants Kill Two in Plateau Community
22 Dec

- Christmas cheer eludes patients trapped by unpaid bills
- ‘Breath of Life’: A visually stunning story of faith, friendship
- Red Sea chaos risks fuelling Nigeria’s inflation
- Nigeria’s unemployment rises for first time since new methodolog
22 Dec

- Briggs: I Witnessed Wike, Fubara Peace Meeting, Tinubu Handed Down Presidential Proclamation
- Supreme Court Now Has Full Bench as Senate Confirms 11 New Justices
- NNPC Completes PH Refinery Rehabilitation, Resumes Production after Christmas, Dangote Gets Second Cargo
- Nigerian Society of Engineers Elects First Female President in 65 Years
22 Dec

- Obazee Report May Worsen Emefiele’s Woes
- FCT Blames Water Scarcity On Climate Chang
- Supreme Court Reserves Judgement In Kano Appeal
- CATHOLIC BISHOPS REJECT BLESSINGS FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
22 Dec

- Tinubu reintroduces school feeding, education ministry to take charge
- Akinwumi Adesina wins 2023 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership
- NASS plans to terminate certain cases at lower court
- Fuel subsidy: NEC moves to design clear roadmap
22 Dec

- Nigeria going through very tough times, but we can fix it –Edun
- Passengers to get 25% rebate for delayed, cancelled flights in 2024 –NCAA
- ANALYSTS: NAIRA DEPRECIATION WORSENS NIGERIA’S DEBT BURDEN
- CBN: FG’s fiscal deficit declined to N2.35trn in Q3’23
22 Dec

- Nigeria going through very tough times, but we can fix it –Edun
- Passengers to get 25% rebate for delayed, cancelled flights in 2024 –NCAA
- ANALYSTS: NAIRA DEPRECIATION WORSENS NIGERIA’S DEBT BURDEN
- CBN: FG’s fiscal deficit declined to N2.35trn in Q3’23
22 Dec

- Let’s move into 2024 with hope
- NNPCL fulfils promise, delivers P/Harcourt refinery on schedule
- Fare slash: Presidency names Chisco, 4 other participating companies
- AfDB boss Adeshina wins Awolowo prize for leadership
22 Dec

- Low turnout, lack of cash mar FG’s 50% discount for travellers
- CBN investigator uncovers 593 foreign accounts ‘opened’ by Emefiele
- Port Harcourt refi nery begins operation after Christmas – Minister
- 88% of Nigerians self-employed – NBS