Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 31 January 2024  

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

GUARDIAN

Musk’s Neuralink completes first human implant

AFCON 2023: CAF clears Osimhen, Simon, Troost-Ekong after anti-doping check

UK Labour Party suspends British-Nigerian minister over Gaza genocide remark

Bandits, smugglers reign as sanctions, hardship ground communities

Workers demand living wage as FG unveils negotiation committee

CBN cautions FX dealers against market manipulation as naira slides to N1,500

Again, Senate summons service chiefs over insecurity

‘Employers not filing tax returns on time could be prosecuted’

Nigeria records improvement in first corruption perception index under Tinubu

Defence minister charges new NDC advisory council on development of college

Teledensity drops to 102% as NCC updates telecoms indicator

Why kidnapping, banditry, other violent crime are on the rise in Nigeria, by PRONIG

Atiku still ‘nursing’ defeat hangover, Presidency says

Troops kill one terrorist leader, rescue 20 kidnap victims in Zamfara State

Nigeria to play Argentina in international friendly in March

Court remands businessman in prison over alleged $26,000 fraud

Stop kidnapping before Nigeria turns world laughing stock

Money supply grows by 50 per cent in 12 months, compounds inflation

UK Labour Party suspends British-Nigerian minister over Gaza genocide remark

#EndSARS 2020: 15 protesters still in detention as police remain corrupt

Lagos to reopen Ikorodu ferry terminal, enhance commuting experience

Kwara governor wins praise for legacy projects aiming to make state “service economy hub”

Katsina to spend N74.5b on urban renewal projects

Police arrest man for allegedly inflicting injuries on ex-wife

IMF lifts global growth forecast citing unexpected ‘resilience’

Canadian province ban new colleges from enrolling international students

PUNCH

Kidnapping epidemic: Abductors demand N100m for Ekiti schoolchildren, teachers

Fasoranti remains Afenifere leader not Adebanjo Secretary

CSOs, FG disagree on Nigerias new corruption rating

Residents live in fear as Ekiti bad roads turn killer kidnappers havens

Edo: PDP clears 10 aspirants, APC makes N650m from forms

Beware of pro-Wike commissioners, Rivers elders tell Fubara

CBN, foreign airlines differ over $700m trapped fund

Sky Logistics unveils scholarship for travel agencies

NRC earns N287m from cargo haulage in three months Report

Workers express optimism ahead of minimum wage negotiation

Raise your IGRs, FG charges research institutes

BREAKING: Mali beat Burkina Faso 2-1 to progress into AFCON qfinals

INEC chairman urges new REC to uphold neutrality

Wizkid, Tems missing on Grammys list of African winners

THISDAY

Official I&E Rate Hits N1,482/$1, Surpasses Parallel Market FX Price at N1,460/$1

Mali, Burkina Faso Send Formal Notice of Withdrawal from ECOWAS

Minimum Wage Review: FG Urges Cttee to Be Guided By Social Justice, Timely Completion of Task

NBCC to FG: Nigeria Cannot Increase Money Supply from N53.1tn toN78.7tn in 2023 without Corresponding Increase in GDP

NNPC Wants South Korean Investments in Nigerias Gas Sector

Ndume Hails Tinubu for Transferring Crude Oil Revenue from NNPCL to CBN

Alake: Why We Want Private Sector to Drive Solid Minerals Sector

Nigeria Records Steady Rise in Voice, Internet Subscriptions, Drop in Teledesity

Stock Market Down N856.17bn on Profit taking in DSR, 60 others

AXA Mansard Extends Motor Insurance Campaign

Currency Outside Banks Hit Historic High of N3.4trn, 94% of CIC

Despite CBN Tightening Measures,Banks Loan Portfolio Surged byN20.8trn in 2023

Rise of Health-conscious Choices in Cooking Oils

How FG is Reinforcing Investment in the Youth through Innovative Build-A-Thon

Drama Ends With Cup Favorites Moroccos Exit from AFCON 2023

Insecurity: Senate to Grill Service Chiefs, Security Heads Behind Closed Doors Next Week

CBN Pays Additional $64m, Concludes FX Payment of Verified Airlines Claims

No Vacancy in NWC, APC Tells Yahaya Bello

New Minimum Wage: Shettima Inaugurates 37-man Tripartite Committee

Court Orders Seizure of Victor Umehs Assets over Alleged N136m Debt

Katsina Gov Approves N3.4bn for SMEs Development

Unexplained Wealth: Proclaim Executive Order to Fight Corruption, Ndume Tells Tinubu

VANGUARD

New minimum wage: Negotiations’ll reckon with situations in W’Africa —C’ttee chair

Worsening insecurity: Kidnappers abduct pupils, teachers in Ekiti, demand N30m ransom

N4.6bn ONSA fund shared to organise prayers against insecurity — EFCC witness

AU expresses regret as Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger send formal withdrawal notice to ECOWAS

New minimum wage: Negotiations’ll reckon with situations in W’Africa —C’ttee chair

We’ll rally Northern govs, monarchs to end Poliovirus —Zamfara Gov, Sùltan

Don’t use Kanu’s predicament for your political interest, IPOB tackles Dep Reps Speaker, Kalu

Military committing terror attacks against Igbo —IPOB

Soludo, Criminals have made kidnapping, killing, lucrative enterprise —Soludo

Court bars Anambra govt from imposing caretaker c’ttees on communities

Hoodlums kill Police officer, 2 others in Imo

N136m unpaid loan: Court orders seizure of Senator Umeh’s assets

Reps Spokesman breaks down in tears during plenary over killing of Ekiti monarchs

Insecurity: FG must revisit state police now – Makinde

Why Igbo youths’re rushing to join native doctors’ business

$20bn Dangote Refinery to import crude from United States

Naira records biggest fall in official market, depreciates to N1348/$

FGN Savings Bond attracts investors, up 19% to N17.9bn

FG asks construction firm to resume work on East-West Road

FG asks construction firm to resume work on East-West Road

Driver saves passenger from committing suicide in Calabar

Labourer sent to jail for stealing meat, tomatoes, gas cylinder

Unilorin student breaks global haircut record

Navy nabs 11 over construction of illegal refinery in Rivers

Three dead, others injured in Ekiti auto crash

Ibadan explosion: ‘Life has been challenging’, victims share tales after incident

LEADERSHIP

Wizkid, Tems Excluded As Grammy Releases African Award Winners’ List

Swedish Scrapped Cars Illegally Sold In Nigeria, Investigation Uncovers

Insecurity: Senate Summons Service Chiefs, Adjourns For By-election campaigns

Reps Spokesperson Weeps Over Ekiti Monarchs Killings, Student Abduction

Tinubu Directs Immediate Rescue Of Kidnapped Ekiti Pupils

Nigeria Climbs 5 Spots In 2023 Corruption Perception Index

IMF Trims Nigeria’s Growth Forecast To 3%, Cites Weaker South Africa Outlook

Gunmen Kill Youth Leaders In Delta, Senator Condemns Killings

Kidnappers Abduct Primary School Pupils In Ekiti

Maritime Sector Revenue Can Surpass Oil, Terminal Operators Tell Federal Gov’t

JUST-IN: New Minimum Wage In Sight As VP Shettima Inaugurates Tripartite C’ttee

TRIBUNE

Subsidy: Edo govt extends free transportation till April

Bauchi govt promotes 53 senior civil service officers, others

Nigerians knock Kebbi govt for sponsoring mass wedding with N21m

Gombe erosion control project: 348 property owners affected get compensation

Suspected herders allegedly kill Ogbomoso-based pastor

Project Nigeria positively, Sanwo-Olu charges media organisations

17 Internet fraudsters bag various jail terms in Oyo, Ogun

IATA commends Nigeria over release of $64.44m trapped fund

Renewed communal clash: Osun govt imposes curfew on Ifon, Ilobu

Tinubu’s France Visit: Ohanaeze demands transmission of power to VP

Atiku, Presidency trade words over Tinubu’s private trip, killings, kidnappings

Revealed: How Nigeria lost $2bn yearly to under-explored cocoa industry

Labour proposes $300 living wage for Nigerian workers

APC chairmanship: Don’t distract Ganduje, NWC warns Yahaya Bello

Tinubu condemns killing of Ekiti traditional rulers

Insecurity: Again, Senate summons security chiefs

Reps grill Customs over non-submission of three years audited financial statement

FG to enforce mining compliance with community development agreements

PDP clears 10 aspirants for Edo governorship primaries

FCT market women adopt Tinubu’s wife as member

Supreme Court affirms INEC’s deregistration of Hope Democratic Party

Reps call for immediate deployment of security forces to Ekiti

Afenifere passes vote of confidence in Adebanjo

How Edo PDP can resolve controversy over governorship ticket ‘Idahosa

Abductors demand N10m each for kidnapped Ekiti pupils, tutors

PDP clears Shaibu, Ighodalo, eight other aspirants for Edo guber primaries

Betta Edu: Opposition are targeting Tinubu’s best hands, says Sanusi

NDDC trained 200 N’Delta youths in welding, fabrication

Kidnappings: Too early to sack Service Chiefs’ Ex-Kaduna Senator

NNPCL woos South Korean investors for gas projects

Pandemonium in Edo community as rampaging youths burn palace, others

Report anyone with illicit arms, National Arms Control tells Nigerians

NSCDC loses Assistant Commandant General, Helen Amakiri

Fourteen days after Ibadan explosion, residents retell their devastation as they prepare to rebuild

Increasing kidnapping, killings require multilevel policing ‘ South-West Speakers

Sultan of Sokoto, Zamfara Gov vow to end polio virus

Security challenges affecting hospitality industry in Plateau ‘ Hotelier

NANS condemns alleged brutality of Nigerian by Egyptian Police

NATION

IG deploys 17 AIGs, 18 CPsin police shakeup

NiMet: how weather can compromise mining activities

Court orders Umeh to repay N136m bank debt with interest

Probe teenagers rape by two friends, group tells NAPTIP

Four die in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash

Four women feared killed in Bauchi mining site collapse

Canadas British Columbia bans admission of Nigerian students, others for two years

Police arrest five kidnap-suspects in raid of Imo forest

Atiku playing cheap politics onnational issues, says Presidency

Arase: police need to recruit mentally sound officers

Fed govt to ban single-use plastics, styrofoams in MDAs

Utomi advocates sustainable living at estate launch

Wike approves N30bn to rehabilitate schools in FCT

Minimum Wage: Tinubu tasks committee on prompt completion, submission of report

Wizkid, Tems excluded as Grammy releases African award winners list

Akpabio tasks senators to collaborate with executive

Investments in hospitality facilities, tech strategic, NIPR hails Kwara Gov

Stop marginalisation of Muslims in Ondo, Imams tell Aiyedatiwa

Tinubu to Senate: confirm FCCPC chair, Irukerassack

Reps to investigate Plateau killings, set up ad hoc committee

Gov Fintiri raises concern over fake Twitter handle

DAILY TIMES

Insecurity: NASS unhappy, Atiku knocks Tinubu

3,300 Oyo households to benefit from OY-CARES Social Transfer programme

Senator Kawu opposes Tinubus appointment of ED Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund

HoR to prioritise security, economy, electoral reforms in 2024 Speaker

Ndume reacts as Tinubu directs NNPCL to pay crude oil sales money to CBN

Atiku Slams Tinubu: Faults Tinubu for embarking on a private trip to France

EFCC arraigns impeached Ogun Speaker, two others for alleged N2.5bn fraud

Unmask syndicate behind political reecekering, Abia govt changes security agencies

Abbas commiserates with Gen Abdulsalam over sisters demise

Nigeria records 18 per cent national identity attacks in 2023 Report

HERALD

Davido’s Triumph: Sold-Out London O2 Arena Show and RIAA Plaque Presentation for ‘Unavailable

Tinubu Tasks Minimum Wage C’ttee On Equity, Timely Completion Of Assignment

Atiku Still Nursing Hangover Of His Electoral Defeat’ ‘ Presidency

Killers of Ekiti monarchs won’t escape justice ‘ Tinubu

FG Inaugurates 37-Member Tripartite Committee On Minimum Wage

PHOTOS: Peter Obi visits slain Nabeeha’s family in Abuja

Nigeria Moves Up In Global Corruption Index Ranking By Transparency International

Insecurity: ‘If the shoes are too big for Emilokan, he should step aside’ ‘ Atiku shades Tinubu

Ogun banker faked abduction over N1.7m debt ‘ Police

Army rescues 35 kidnap victims, eliminates 2 bandits in Katsina

Edo 2024: Screening Process Will Be Transparent ‘ PDP Assured Aspirants

Aiyedatiwa vows to re-engineer road infrastructure in Ondo

DAILY TRUST

Gaza war claims 122 journalists, deadliest ever CPJ

Insecurity: You are reckless, Tinubu fires back at Atiku

Climate change: Nigeria to reduce emissions through carbon market

NANS demand comprehensive policy to revive school sports

Peseiro warns Eagles against complacency against Angola

Nwabali returns to training, team medics to decide his fate today

20 years after: 26 states fail to implement new pension scheme

Security guard, Almajiri pupil commit suicide in Kano

Nigeria rises on global anti-corruption index Report

Kano senator kicks as Tinubu seeks confirmation of new oil & gas infrastructure fund boss

FG to establish recycling plants in 774 LGs

Tinubu condemns killing of Ekiti monarchs, orders rescue of abducted pupils

PHOTOS: Peter Obi Visits Nabeehas family

Police dismiss three officers over armed robbery in Ogun

Ogun Assembly inaugurates new speaker, affirms Oluomos removal

Gunmen ambush school bus in Ekiti, abduct pupils

Three ways incessant kidnapping has changed lifestyle in Abuja

Shettima inaugurates minimum wage committee

AUTHORITY

Despite challenges, Tinubus 8-month good for Nigerias economic growth IMPI

President Tinubu Needs to Convene Apolitical National Dialogue

Middle-Belt Coalition Urges President Tinubu to sack Naval Chief Amid Allegations of Crude Theft, Corruption

Withdrawal of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso from ECOWAS under Tinubus watch shameful Timi Frank

Staying hydrated is key to keeping New Year resolutions, says QNET, introduces HomePure Viva Water Ioniser, Filter

Scholarship : TETFund to spend N761.4m on 12 Nigerian lecturers in France

Nigerian military Operation Whirl Punch eliminate several terrorists, kidnappers in Kaduna

NPHCDA announces two years strategic blue print

INEC lauds NAF efficient logistics support during elections

BUSINESSDAY

Nigeria wastes $1bn of gas despite shortages for power plants

AFCON: South Africa stun Morocco, play Cape Verde in quarter-finals

Miners must sign host community development agreements or lose licences ‘ Alake

Nigerians narrate their struggles as naira slumps to N1,400/USD

Stock market records highest daily loss in 2024

Transparency Int’ alleges crude theft business thrives on military complicity

FAAC disburse N1.62trn to FG, States, LGs in December 2023-NBS

Police: Nigeria tops list of African countries where officers regularly demand bribes

SOHO, Aero Contractors, others partner to build Zamfara airport

Hands off the CBN: Respect internal staff movement

Pension funds raise stock investment by N588bn in one year

While all inflation feels bad, food inflation is the worst

DAILY INDEPENDENT

How 100% Cargo Examination, Others Earned PTML Customs N256.3bn Revenue

School Fees Hike, Economic Crunch: Tertiary Institution Students Rumbling Escalates

Address Challenges Slowing Progress In Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO Urges Africa

Unmasking Male Infertility: Recognising Symptoms And Preventive Strategies

Sultan Of Sokoto, Governor Lawal Vow To End Polio Virus In Three States

Telecom Indicators: Nigeria Records Steady Increase In Active Voice, Internet Subscriptions, Drops In Teledensity

FG Warns Mining Firms On Compliance With Community Development Agreements

Rivers Boat Explosion: Fubara Vows To End Intermittent Jetty Fires

Oil Spillage: Reps Urge Companies In Bayelsa To Stop Leakages, Environmental Degradation

NEW TELEGRAPH

Naira Depreciates Further To N1,482.57/$1 On Official Market

Senators Must Justify Trust Vested In Them By Constituents Akpabio To Colleagues

NNPCL Woos South Korean Investors For Gas Projects

Adeleke Imposes 12-Hour Curfew On Osun LGAs Over Renewed Communal Clashes

BLUEPRINT

Sacked PDP men fail bid to take part in February 3 rerun election

NTD: 5m persons risk river blindness, other diseases in Kaduna

NLC tasks FG, world leaders on lifting economic ban against Cuba

FG partners ILO to expand social protection programme in Nigeria

FG to create jobs through agri-business

NDE re-engineering skills acquisition programmes to complement Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda

Killers of Ekiti monarchs, kidnappers of school pupils must face justice – Alake

Police arrest suspected kidnappers, recover 3 decomposing bodies in Imo

Nursing council inducts 179 from Ambrose Alli varsity

Baboko: Kwara market women threaten to protest naked over colleague’s mysterious death

Abbas to Tinubu: Dont shy away from tough decisions over insecurity

Military working with other security agencies to bring lasting peace -CDS

 


 

 

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