Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

GUARDIAN

Two killed in US school shooting, student suspect also dead

Trump defends health pick RFK Jr over vaccine stance

Lookman, Nnadozie, Falcons emerge Africas bests at CAF Awards

Ademola Lookman wins CAF Mens Player of the Year Award

CAF Awards: Lookman, Osimhen make Africa XI

CAF Awards: Nadozie retains Best Women Goalkeeper crown

Napoli lose defender Buongiorno to spine fractures

Unite opposition to unseat Tinubu in 2027, Lukman begs Obasanjo

792 arrested as EFCC gets tough with cryptocurrency fraud syndicate

One dead, four rescued in Lagos auto crash

Troops arrest 29 suspected oil thieves, seize 197,000 litres of stolen diesel in NDelta

NDLEA, Customs intercept N2.2b worth of drugs at Tincan Port, arrest suspects

Oyo: Police arrest 15 suspected cultists, recover guns, other items

NOA sensitises Kogi residents on security awareness, human rights, others

Group launches mentorship programme to check juvenile crimes in Rivers

Corporate Retreats: Why yours fails to deliver on performance and engagement – Part 3

Govt must follow rule of law in arresting, prosecuting journalists, says Oloyede

OAAN celebrates Shobanjo @ 80, confers on him legendary award

Akingbulu advocates access to information, protection of right to free expression

Group calls for audit of correctional facilities, inmates’ status

FG holds youth confab Feb to vitalise anti-graft laws

Court adjourns Olusanyas trial to Feb. 10

Lawyer files petition at Abia LG Poll Tribunal amid IPAC ban

FG sets January for nationwide minimum wage implementation

Hasty speculations violate rules of helicopter crash probe

Nigeria, others explore measures to reduce $74 billion debt servicing burden

ECOWAS members explore fiscal convergence for single market agenda

Army drone attack in Sudan’s Omdurman kills 15 Lawyers’ group

Super Falcons win Womens National Team of The Year

Rivers police to destroy expired explosive materials Dec 18

FEC approves 161.3m for Siemens Power project, N1.7b for NEMCO office

PUNCH

Police detain two international fraudsters, reject N66m bribe in Lagos

NNPCL supported Dangote refinery establishment with $1bn loan – Official

Nation in darkness: Serial grid collapse, huge debts, vandalism hinder Tinubu’s 15,000MW target

PSC promotes 11 police commissioners to AIG

Tax reforms will promote equity – Tinubu

Lookman wins CAF Player of The Year award

2025 budget: FEC orders final adjustments as Tinubu presents Wednesday

W’Bank plans $1.65bn loans for Nigeria next year

Tinubu economic policies have impoverished Nigerians, says Delta gov

148 Chinese, 645 others arrested for cyberfraud, romance scams in Lagos

Rising food prices drive inflation to 34.6% high

Fubara promises Opobo town higher institution

Benin Republic’s delegates in Nigeria to understudy INEC

Forum urges senators to take action on tax bills

Adamawa Assembly denies passing law to remove Lamido

NANS gives FG 14-day ultimatum to fix Adamawa, Borno roads

Again, DHQ denies plan of French military base in Nigeria

Lakurawa: DHQ steps up intelligence gathering, plans special operation

Lawmaker unveils empowerment programme for Lagos primary schools

PSC promotes 11 CPs to AIGs, 16 DCPs to CPs

Deputy Senate president restates N’Assembly’s commitment to oversight functions

ECOWAS unveils $365m initiative to empower women, girls

Katsina gov swears in new Chief of Staff, three others

Fubara inaugurates Rivers Ring Road project, pledges further development initiatives

Olanipekun urges lawyers to build legacies, shun pull-him-down syndrome

NGF mourns Benue boat accident victims, urges safety measures

THISDAY

Segilola empowers 46 students, 30 women to strengthen host community ties

A Nigerian teenager with autism Set to Enter Guinness World Record with Largest Art Canvas

Report: Manufacturing Contribution to GDP Declinedin Q324, Created Only 2,606Jobs in H124

FG, Julius Berger Begin Execution of N117bn Oloibiri Museum Project

OAPay Sets Standard for Cross-border Payments, Eyes $3 Billion Remittance Market

LEDCo to Boost Power Supply in Lagos with 20,000 Smart Solar Lights

Nigeria Seeks Strengthened Institutional Capacity for ECOWAS Fiscal Transition Success

Beta Glass Eyes Francophone Market,to Massively Invest in Tech

Joda: How Accion MfB is Revolutionising Digital Lending in Nigeria

At 82, Buhari Wraps Up In Silence And Dignity In Daura

Ademola Lookman Voted 2024 Africas Best Player!

Shells $5bn BongaNorth Deep-water Investment Excites Tinubu

FEC Okays N47.96trn for 2025 Budget Proposal

Inflation Maintains Upward Trajectory, Increases to 34.60% Amid Higher Food, Commodities, Energy Prices

Soneye: NNPCs Crude-backed $1 Billion Support Critical to Dangote Refinerys Success

Tinubu Urges Media Backing for Tax Reforms, Says Bills Will Create National Wealth, Empower Nigerians

Edun: FG to Fund N13tn Deficit in 2025 Budget Via Borrowing

AfDB: Nigeria, Others Require $10bn Annually for Debt Refinancing by 2025

NILDS DG Inaugurates Legislative Mechanisms to Track Impacts of Laws, Policies on Nigerians

Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Seeking Removal of Tinubu as President

Digital Growth, Sustainability, Collaboration Lead Keystone Banks 2025 Strategy

Nigerias Civil Service Commissions, the Katsina Declaration and Its Reform Implications

Blue Economy Ministry Inaugurates Anti-corruption, Transparency Unit

Tinubu Presides Over FEC Meeting

Groups Seek Increase Budget to End Gender-based Violence in Delta

Local Govt Reform: Remove Your Strong Grip on Lagos, Group Tells Tinubu, APC

SUN    

Knocks, kudos trail INECs moves to train Benin Republic electoral commission

Soludo has failed Anambra people Ozigbo

I inherited non-functional, dysfunctional state Dauda, Zamfara governor

Benue govt threatens sanctions over unauthorised governors portrait

Bolaji Abdullahi dumps PDP, resigns membership from ward

Atiku raises alarm over scam promising Nigerians N65k in his name

Buhari was used and dumped, made stranger in his govt Ex-minister Dalung

Yuletide: FG announces free train rides from December 20 to January 5

Supreme Court fines Owuru N5 million for frivolous suit against Tinubu

Senator Ned Nwoko calls for pan-African tourism to promote regional unity

Suit seeking Tinubus removal dismissed by Supreme Court

Election tribunals: Ozekhome decries focus on technicalities over justice

Kanos cabinet reshuffle: Sagagi, 4 others nominated as commissioners

INEC to train Benin Republic counterpart on conduct of elections

VANGUARD

EFCC recovers N248bn, $105m, 753 duplexes

Alleged defamation: I didn’t send anybody to beg Afe Babalola — Farotimi

Tinubu approves new service terms for military personnel

Naira appreciates to N1,660/$ in parallel market

Killer Bread: Nigerians risk cancer overuse of bromate — Researchers

‘78,000 bags and phones were snatched in UK,’ Pastor Adegboyega counters Badenoch

Kogi doctors protest staff shortage: 158 leave in 4 Years, female colleagues face miscarriages

Why Nigerian women die during child birth – Health Commissioner

Tinubu approves new service terms for military personnel

CDS orders investigation into death of Okuama community leaders in Army detention

Presidency: Supreme Court declines to sack Tinubu

Tinubu shifts N47.9trn 2025 budget presentation to Wednesday

FG renames Abuja varsity to Yakubu Gowon University

Food prices surge, as Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 34.6%

Army denies claims of French Military base in Borno

EFCC bursts syndicate of 792 cryptocurrency investment, romance fraud suspects in Lagos

Nigerian man arrested for scamming Indian woman of over N9m with fake marriage proposal

N3trn spent on raw materials imports in 2023 – MAN

SUKUK: FG raised N1.1trn to finance 124 road projects — SEC

Super Eagles’ Ademola Lookman crowned 2024 African Footballer of the Year

I didnt send anybody to beg Afe Babalola Farotimi

Shell makes final investment decision on Bonga North deep-water project

One dead, five hospitalized in Third Mainland Bridge auto crash

No Excuse for Violence Against Women

Senator Ned Nwoko hosts winners of maiden Tour Africa Lottery

Ozigbo tackles Soludo over worsening insecurity in Anambra

LEADERSHIP

Experts Raise Concerns As: Tinubu Presents N47.9trn 2025 Budget To NASS Tomorrow

Food Prices Surge As Inflation Rate Hits 34.6%

FG Renames UniAbuja To Yakubu Gowon University

President Tinubu Hails Lookman, Nnadozie, Super Falcons On CAF Awards

Group Hails CDS Musa, Military’s Decisive Action Against Lakuruwa Sect

WikiLeaks Report: Boni Haruna Denies Allegations Of Bribery

PICTORIAL: Lagos Gov’t Mulls Collaboration With California Transportation Agency

BREAKING: Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman Crowned CAF Player Of The Year

Tinubu Okays New Service Terms For Military Personnel

PSC Promotes 27 Officers As Police Get New 11 AIGs, 16 CPs

Police Arrest 15 Suspected Cultists In Oyo

AFCON 2025: Super Eagles To Know Group Foes January 27

DHQ Moves To Harmonise Court Martial Procedures, End Inconsistencies In Military Justice System

Yuletide: Federal Gov’t Announces Free Train Services

TRIBUNE

Akwa Ibom: Gov Eno pledges priority on Deep Sea Project

2027 election: Christian group drums support for Ambode

Claims of me in nightclub false ‘ Pastor Adegboyega

Attacks on Kemi Badenoch not good for Nigeria’s image

Wike honoured with public lecture on 57th birthday

BREAKING: Tinubu renames UniAbuja after Yakubu Gowon

Kemi Badenoch’s comments about Nigeria, ‘Cock and bull story,’ lies ‘ Presidency

How to Find the Best Crypto Casinos Australia

Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Sanwo-Olu donates N75m to Nigerian legion

Celebrating Joseph Stephen Bukola as 157th Certified Global Tech Hero

AAC demands release of detained protesters in Ibadan

World Bank, FG launch $600m RAAMP expansion to boost farmers’ market access

Stop using breast milk, urine to treat eye defect, Ophthalmologist warns

NATION    

Private doctors connect to old colleagues at gala

Nigerian designer seeks sustainability in fashion

Platform boosts payment solutions to aid businesses

Engineer is Covenant Universitys best graduating PhD student

Nigeria to benefit from ECOWAS US$350m women empowerment project

JUST IN: NLC ends 16-day old strike, signs agreement with Nasarawa govt

Oversight is bedrock of democratic governance, says Barau

Tinubu approves new service terms for military personnel

The Nations correspondent Alabelewe elected new chairman of Kaduna NUJ

UPDATED: Tinubu declares free train ride nationwide for Yuletide

Oil Theft: Tantita attributes success to collaboration, support by Tinubus administration

Lokpobiri: Shells Bonga North project to boost Nigerias economic value

HERALD

Tiwa Savage Opens Up on Success, Criticism, and Relationships on ‘The Receipts Podcast

FG, US Collaborate to Boost Skills in Nigeria’s Transport Sector

Dessers, Balogun Miss Out on Scottish League Cup Glory

Lagos State Enacts 10-Year Jail Term for Illegal Organ Harvesting

Highest-Grossing Hollywood Actresses as of December 2024

DAILY TRUST

Tinubu appoints 8 new perm secs

EFCCs largest single bust: 193 foreigners, 599 suspected Nigerian crypto fraudsters arrested

2027: Regionalism shouldnt form basis for choice of president Shekarau

Kano gov names Sagagi, 5 others as commissioner nominees

Polls: Benin Republic electoral commission seeks INEC support

2027: Lukman urges OBJ, Gowon, IBB, others to float new party

Nigerias 2025 budget delay, not in anyones interest

I will lead protest against police poor welfare FCT chief

Wike threatens revocation of more land titles

Institute donates equipment to FCT fire stations

Sudanese paramilitaries accused of widespread sexual violence

Heavy Israeli strikes hit Syrian coastal region War monitor

BANGLADESH: Elections to hold in late 2025 or early 2026 Yunus

FG approves 2025 budget, shifts presentation to Wednesday

Yam, rice prices surge as inflation hits 34.60%

Gateway airport begins charter flights, eyes full operation Jan. 2025

Shell to drill 14 new wells in $5bn Nigerias Bonga North project

Africas debt servicing hits $74bn

Bayelsa plans 60,000MW turbine to curb power outage

Lookman emerges Africas Best Player; Nnadozie remains Best Goalkeeper

Nigeria Equestrian Federation in Kano for talent hunt

Polls: Benin Republic electoral commission seeks INEC support

621 suspects operating in forests, national parks arrested

Governors aware of roadblocks we mount Police

Military orders probe into Okuama leaders death in custody

Counter-insurgency: Army to begin rotation of frontline troops in 2025

Tinubus disqualification: Supreme Court fines ex-presidential candidate N5m

AUTHORITY

Nigeria needs non-kinetic strategies to combat insecurity, says Speaker Abbas

UBA donates N500 Million to Lagos State Security Trust Fund, pledges support for states effort at improving security

NCS excels at Africa security watch conference

Group applauds Matawalles tenure as Zamfara gov, cites societal advancement witnessed under him

Abbas, Uba Sani witness groundbreaking ceremonyfor reconstruction of historical Zaria Mosque

Abbas tasks media on accurate reporting on legislative activities

BUSINESSDAY

Shell’s Bonga $5bn FID sparks hope for assets sale

Cash-strapped Nigerians battle pricey rice as Christmas nears

Foreigners rake in N440bn from stock investment in 10yrs

Russian tanker sinks in Black Sea spilling 4,300 tonnes of oil

Securing Africa’s financial sector in the age of fintech and digital banking

I will reflect my first-class degree in newsroom, says Guardian reporter

Focus on effective fiscal, monetary policies to stimulate growth, attract investment, Fendini boss tells FG

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Challenges Facing Nigeria’s Oil And Gas Industry Are Multifaceted ‘ Osifo

S/Court Fines Ex-Presidential Candidate N5m For Seeking Removal Of Tinubu

FG Renames UniAbuja As Yakubu Gowon University

CDS Orders Probe Over Death Of Okuama Leaders In Army Custody

FEC Okays 161.3m Euros For Phase 1 Siemens Power Project

High Food Prices Push Nigeria’s Inflation Up 34.6% In Nov.

Tinubu Excited Over Shell, Partners’ $5bn Investment In Oil Sector

FG Petitions Iran Over Smuggling Of Two Azman’s Aircraft

Allegation Of French Military Base In North East Nigeria False ‘ General Edward Buba

We Remains Steadfast In Providing Comprehensive Education That Develop All-round Competencies ‘ VC, MTU

Abbas Advocates Non-Military Approaches To Address Insecurity In Nigeria

NEW TELEGRAPH

NAMA Restores Wifi Services To Airports

African Airlines Remain Financially Vulnerable

MMA2 Prioritises Safety In Year-End Meeting

Climate Finance: Complex Funding Requirements Hindering Access To $300bn

OPEC: Nigeria Named Most Increased Crude Oil Producer For November

Exxonmobil Targets $30 Billion In Cash Flow

Fubara Plans Higher Institution In Town As Gov Lawal Inaugurates Ring Road

Defection: Well No Longer Serve As Special Purpose Vehicle ADC

Nigerian Youths Must Be Nurtured To Be Tomorrows Leaders Abbas

Insecurity: Its Time We Try Non-Kinetic Approach Abbas

BLUEPRINT

NIPC partners OYSADA, others to facilitate over $100m investments in agricultural sector

Nigeria: Barau reaffirms National Assembly’s commitment to oversight

AfDB to make $30m investment in AFC to catalyse climate action

RMRDC Legislative Bill raw materials value addition passes second reading

Crude oil prices retreat on lower global demand outlook

2025: FG approves ₦47.9 trillion budget

Breaking: Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman wins 2024 CAF African Player of the Year award

FG okays €161 million for construction, upgrade of 35 power substations, ₦1.7 billion for purchase of office

No foreign military base In Nigeria DHQ insists

Nigerias Super Eagles get opponents in 2025 AFCON

Turkish league: Victor Osimhen returns for Trabzonspors clash

For refusing to accept peace, Anambra community drags natives to shrine

Anambra: Group moves against illegal mining in Anambra, wants tax review on transport sector

2027 scare driving PDP, Lawals attacks on Matawalle Group

2027: 3 ex-govs, other opposition leaders reject united political platform Lukman

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