Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 23 February 2024       

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

GUARDIAN

Kanye West’s Vultures 1 Tops Charts, Rakes in $1m in First Week

Champions League: Osimhen’s strike against Barca nominated for goal of the week

Villagers recovers bury abducted corpse in Enugu

Nigeria’s silent epidemic: High blood pressure among youths

Lagos state intervenes to ease cost of living crisis

Five banks impairment charges hit N580b in nine months

Wave of kidnappings unsettleing schools, education in Abuja

Banks contributed to destroying Nigeria’s economy -Former Bauchi governor

FAAC shares N1,149 trillion to FG, states, local governments in January    

PUNCH

Pro-Amaechi APC faction denies defecting to PDP, working for Wike

Obi, LP lawmakers knock police as Abure regains freedom

2023: Cross River Police record 521 incidents, lose five personnel

1,055 beneficiaries to get N150,000 grant each in Akwa Ibom scheme

Court awards German illegally detained by NIS N63.7m, $10,000

ECOWAS Court probes member states disobedience to judgments

Kaduna military hospital shuts ward as haemorrhagic fever kills four

2,122 Lassa fever cases recorded in 21 states NCDC

Niger protesters loot food truck, police warn against Ekiti rally

Palliative palaver: Govs tackle Akpabio, deny receiving FG N1tn lifeline

Restructuring, not return to parliamentary system

FDI in manufacturing rises by $644m, says NBS

CITN decries rising tax evasion

FAAC: FG, states, LG share N1.15tn as revenue rises

Air Peace begins flight operations to London March 30

Equity investors lose N67bn over sell-offs

Senate orders NNPCL to release N2.7tn tax credit fund

NUPENG partners EFCC in fight against oil theft

Rising food costs need urgent attention, LCCI tells FG

Inflationary pressures intensify, trigger economic uncertainty

Food security: FG didnt give states N30bn each, Makinde replies Akpabio

PHarcourt refinery to produce 2m litres of fuel daily Minister

Protesters hijack foodstuff trailer in Niger

SSANU seeks reinstatement of sacked Plateau varsity VC

THISDAY

Nigerias Economic Reset: Scores See New Opportunities Amid Pain

Tinubu: No Going Back on Economic Reforms Until Vision for Nation is Achieved

Economic Hardship: Sanwo-Olu Intervenes, Reduces Working Days for Civil Servants

Defence Chief: Those Calling for Coup are Evil People, Do Not Mean Well for Nigeria

Monthly Allocation: FAAC Shares N1.149tn to FG, States, LGs

Economy Expanded in Q4 Bouyed by 95.30% Non-oil Contribution

FG: $1.1bn Needed for Rehabilitation of 100-year Tincan Port , Others Almost Ready

FG Mulls Stoppage of LPG Export over Escalating Gas Prices in Nigeria

Airlines Call for Suspension of Local Content in $2bn Aircraft Insurance Cover, NIA Disagree

UK Contributed $267.24m as Capital Importation Increased by 2.62% to $1.09bn in Q4 2023

FG Urged to Replace Presidential Jet over Cost of Maintenance

Afreximbank to Launch Currency Trading Platform to Bridge $50bn Intra-Africa Trade Gap

Rear Admiral Ayodeji Olugbode: Charting Course as Hydrographer of the Nigerian Navy, NHS President

Nigeria, Argentina Friendly Confirmed for March 26 in Los Angeles

Economic Hardship: Residents, CSOs Stage Peaceful Protest in Osogbo

Gridlock at Ports: Oyetolas Efforts Pay Off as Tincan Road Completed

Senate Drops Controversial Service Extension Bill for NAssembly Staff

You Buttressed My Support for Financial Autonomy for LGs, Oborevwori Tells LG Chairman

VANGUARD

Beyonce becomes first Black woman to top Billboard’s country songs chart

Tony Tetuila hints at ‘My Car’ remix with Burna Boy

From wretched to furnished classrooms, Mokwa pupils leap for joy

Be patient, CBN working to strengthen Naira – Cardoso begs Nigerians

Activist prays court to order EFCC to investigate Shell over alleged non-remittance of N5trn to Nigeria

$2.4bn assets sale: Host communities threaten litigation against Shell

NLC blames IMF, World Bank for power sector crisis in Nigeria

Alleged breach of contract: Court declines Davido’s application for stay of proceedings

Abure released after 12 hours in police custody

Your planned protest not the right time -Afenifere tells NL

Edo 2024: Ighodalo, Shaibu emerge as PDP governorship candidates from parallel primaries

‘Region no longer marginalised’, says Akpabio as Senate passes South East Devt Commission Bill

Breaking: Gov Otu announces fresh APC gov direct primaries in Edo

Abure released after 12 hours in police custody

Houses of some Lagos Govt officials were also demolished — Sanwo-Olu

Hardship: Soldiers fire gunshots as hoodlums loot truckload of food stuff in Niger State

Lagos to deploy 10,000 officials of Neighborhood Watch for state police — Sanwo-Olu

Credit to govt rises 7.6% to N36.16trn

Nigeria doesn’t value professors – Ohaegbulam laments

LEADERSHIP

Hardship’ Protesters Loot Truckloads Of Foodstuff In Niger

Ighodalo Emerges PDP Candidate As Shaibu Claims Victory

NAFEM: Forex Inflow Rises By 11.7% As Naira Weakens To N1,571/$

Tinubu’s Daughter To Unveil Cross River Varsity Building Named After Her

Deputy Speaker Kalu Lauds Senate For Passing South-East Dev’t Commission Bill

EFCC Arrests 48 Varsity Students, 2 Others For Alleged Cybercrime In Kwara

Private Varsities Hit 149 As NUC Approves 2 More

JUST-IN: Army Hospital Shuts A&E Dept As Hemorrhagic Fever Claims 4 In Kaduna

VIO To Deploy Artificial Intelligence To Manage Traffic In FCT

Rains: FEMA Cautions FCT Residents Against Flood Disaster

Federal Gov’t Suspends Cooking Gas Export To Curb Rising Prices

Peter Obi Faults Manner Of Abure’s Arrest

TRIBUNE

Zamfara Gov chairs Edo PDP primary election as Ighodalo emerges guber candidate

No going back on economic reforms ‘ Tinubu

Treat matters affecting people’s welfare with urgency, Tinubu tells perm secs

Tinubu expresses commitment to judicial reforms in ECOWAS

400,000 policemen not enough to secure Nigeria’s huge population ‘ Abbas

FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N1.149trn January revenue

Hardship: Customs to use NIN for food distribution

Panic as three-storey building collapses in Lagos

BREAKING: Senate confirms Cardoso, Yuguda, 10 others as MPC members

Economic hardship: Lagos civil servants to work three days a week

Police release Edo LP chairman on bail

Governors sabotaging Tinubu’s efforts, group alleges

Ganduje tasks security agencies to find killers of Plateau APC Spokesperson

Poverty major cause of drug abuse in Nigeria ‘ Marwa

Senate seeks details on how NSIA invested $1.5bn remittances

Senate passes South-East development commission bill

NATION

President knocks perm secs for slowing down governance

Food crisis: Lagos, Ogun, Customs unveil palliatives

Cooking gas export may end to cut price

FAACs monthly revenue hits N2.07tr

Military warns coup advocates

Lassa fever kills four at Army hospital in Kaduna

Makinde attacks Akpabio over N30b claim

Senate passes Southeast Development Commission Bill

Fed Govt: incessant strike calls can scare investors away

Senate confirms Cardoso, 11 other CBNs MPC members

Stop free floating of naira, Olawepo-Hashim tells Fed Govt

Customs sells 25kg bag of rice for N10,000

Farmers to get more fertiliser, security support

Stakeholders carpet Soludo for not conducting council poll

Enugu withdraws fraudulent approvals for illegal developments

Police assure residents of surveillance in Anambra

More APC lawmakers take seats in Delta Assembly

EFCC chairman bags Fraud Investigators Institutes Fellowship

Shiite leader, El-Zakzaky, wife, return to Nigeria after medical treatment abroad

Government must find killers of our publicity secretary, says APC

Senate demand details of of $1.5bn road fund with NSIA

EFCC arrests 48 students, two others for cybercrime in Kwara

UPDATED: Shaibu, Ighodalo emerge PDP Gov candidates at Edo parallel primaries

UPDATED: Igboho returns after three years in exile

Integrous, accountable judicial systems will strengthen democracy in West Africa Tinubu

Air Peace to announce special students fare to London

Army confirms outbreak of Lassa Fever in Kaduna reference hospital

DAILY TIMES

Delta Govt wants NBC to intervene In disputes between neighbours states

Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution sets agenda

Crisis brews in APC as Okechukwu seeks removal of Gov Uzodinma as PGF Chairman

Central Bank MPC nominees suggests ways to solve forex , food crisis soon

Hunger Crisis: Red Cross Society, Ecobank partner on intervention

Fix gas supply gap to boost industrialisation- Elumelu charges FG

African Businesses can now harness Google AI to simplify search advertising

DAILY TRUST

Edo guber: Bishop emerges Zenith LP candidate

NGO pushes for more local engagement in climate change advocacy

Tinubu fires Kuru, names Alade AMCON CEO

Number of Private universities hits 149 as FG approves 2 more

Hardship: NEC outlines measures to ensure food security

Troops killed 286 terrorists, rescued 122 hostages in 1 week DHQ

Dont compound tough situation of Nigerians, Tinubu warns civil servants

Nigeria to ban cooking gas export to crash price Minister

Corruption responsible for nationwide hardship ICPC

LP crisis: Police release natl chairman, Abure, on bail

N744.5m legal fees not for lawyers alone Obi

What Ill do differently as a 32-yr-old federal lawmaker

Borno: PDP LG chair, scribe suspended for disrespecting state excos

Gov Zulum should create energy ministry to fast-track oil exploration in Lake Chad

Bandits demand N250m to free 20 women, 5 children in Niger

Kwara impounds 10 trucks of charcoal smuggled to neighbouring countries

Police raid Bureau de Change, arrest operators in Benin

Man abducted in Abuja, rescued in Kogi

Police kill bandit going to pick N3 million ransom

Rains: FEMA warns FCT residents against disaster

Hardship: Political office Holders should take 40% salary cut ex-Senator

Food crisis: Makinde hits Akpabio, says No governor got N30bn

Edo PDP guber: 2 candidates emerge from parallel primaries

NWC acting on fraud, forgery allegations against Abure Labour Party

War on Gaza: 17000 children currently orphaned Palestinian envoy

AUTHORITY

CDS charge troops of NA 6 Div to sustain onslaught against oil thieves

Troops kill 286 terrorists, deny oil thieves crude worth N2.5bn

Cancer : CGC Adeniyi, Baba Ahmed, Abdullahi to Attend Launch Of Hassys Foundation in Kaduna

Governors sabotaging Tinubus efforts, coalition warns against nationwide protest

Efforts doubled as Gov Alia, Nigerian Airforce set to resolve land conflicts

Why we should understand economic, social consequences of climate change Salako

Nigeria committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in transport sector Minister

PAP committed to completing, activating vocational centres across Niger-Delta region

BUSINESSDAY

CBN mops up N1.51trn via OMO bills under Cardoso

Polio undefeated as banditry denies children vaccine access

Major rate hike expected at Cardoso’s first MPC meeting

Open grazing: Benue issues 14-day ultimatum to herders

Nigeria’s GDP growth slows to 2.74%, lowest in three years

Naira appreciates as external reserves rise by 0.74% in 2weeks

Stock investors book N67bn loss as market dips by 0.12%

Market sees early gain on Thursday as investors buy banking stocks

I didn’t sabotage ECOWAS meeting ‘ Gowon

Nigeria govt completes Tin-Can Road, set to award Onne road

CBN’s MPC nominees pledge swift action to tackle fx crisis, inflation

Four charts show Nigeria is not a rich country

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Need To Urgently Address Malnutrition, Child Rights Violations In Nigeria

Currency Float: Olawepo-Hashim Advocates Market Control

Senate Confirms Cardoso, 11 Others For CBN’s Monetary Policy C’ttee

Tinubu Mulls Judicial Reforms To Strengthen Democracy In West Africa

Matawalle Commends Nigerian Military For Killing Boderi, Terror Kingpin

Borno, WHO Introduce HPV Vaccine Into State’s Routine Immunisation

Guild Of Editors Launches ‘Abuja Actors Audition’ Project, Winner To Take Home 1m

Sign, Implement Nimi-Briggs Committee’s Renegotiated 2009 Agreements, ASUU Tells Tinubu

HERALD

Shettima Reveals How Nigeria Can Overcome Current Economic Hardship

Jubilation As Yoruba Nation Agitator Sunday Igboho Returns To Nigeria

Govs. Turn Their Back Against Senate President Akpabio, Deny Receiving N30bn Hunger Fund

Tension As Gunmen Kill Officer In Rivers

Tinubu appoints new heads for NCC, NIGCOMSAT, Galaxy Backbone

Federal bureaucracy slowing down my agenda ‘ Tinubu

N110m, $8,368 recovered as EFCC, JTF arrest 115 currency racketeers in Enugu

Economic Hardship: Shettima, Akpabio, Others Deceiving You, Primate Ayodele To Tinubu

We believe judiciary can protect democracy ‘ Tinubu tells ECOWAS judges

Matawalle lauds military over killing of terror kingpin Boderi

American Rapper Rick Ross Expresses Willingness To Show Love To Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Veteran Actor Uwaezuoke Reveals How He Was Rejected Because Of His Physical Appearance

Troops neutralise insurgent kingpins, recover arms, ammunition in Kaduna

Police set to lift ban on tinted glass usage

NEW TELEGRAPH

State Police: Lagos Assembly Leads Call as FG, State Govs Mull Decision

Ive Only Killed 2 Ladies for Money Ritual Since I Started My Herbalist Work

Govs Not Aware Of N30bn Additional Allocation, Makinde Replies Akpabio

Rivers Women, Hilda Dokubo, Others Stage Peace Walk for Fubara

Timaya: Its Wrong To Dismiss Davidos Effort Because His Father Is Rich

Sunday Igboho Back In Nigeria For Mothers Burial

Edo Guber: Why Uzodinma Was Replaced As Chairman Primary Committee APC

Edo Guber: Asue Ighodalo Wins Factional PDP Primary

FG, TUC Review Agreements, Says Constant Strike Putting Investment At Risk

BLUEPRINT

Borno government, WHO introduce HPV vaccine for routine immunization

Operation Velvet: FCT police raid black spots, nab 307

Hardship: Don’t be tools for destabilisation, NAKKS, NANS urge students

Kebbi governor donates N20m to Argungu market fire victims

Kaduna Electric to comply with NERC order to refund customers – Official

Kalu hails Senate for passing South East Development Commission Bill

IPAC berates killing of APC’s spokesman, urges speaker to swear-in 16 APC, LP members

Incivility in arrest of Abure detestable – Obi

Arrested Labour Party chair Abure released on bail

Akpata washes hands off from Abure’s arrest

350, 000 families in Niger get health insurance

NWWD to FG: Move Nigeria from integration of PWD to inclusion

Senate kicks against service extension for CNA, others

Cross River: Police parade man who killed mother over hardship

FG reveals fresh plans to crash price of gas

Kano affirms commitment to education development

Law firm announces funeral arrangements for Otunba Ogunbanjo

Services sector drives Nigeria’s growth, contributes 56.55% to GDP

Nigeria has no business with energy poverty – Minister

VON, NITDA partner on digital literacy, fight against fake news

FAAC shares N1.149trn to 3 tiers of government in January

Edo PDP governorship primary: 2 candidates emerge

Breaking: Security operatives take over Zamfara assembly as Speaker faces impeachment

Economic hardship: Military warns those calling for coup

 

 

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