Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 30 January 2025

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

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Fear In Chicago As Trump Intensifies Deportation Effort

Stampede: 30 Killed At Hindu Mega-Festival In India

Patient Seeks N17.4m For Surgery To Reverse Blindness Resulting From Radiotherapy

ACPN Seeks Stringent Penalty To Curb Fake Drugs, Unwholesome Foods, Drinks

TotalEnergies Profits Skyrocket 115% Amid Surging Finance Costs

EFCC, NGX RegCo Forge Alliance To Safeguard Market Integrity

We Spent N1bn On Welfare Of 1,024 Personnel In 2024 NCoS

UNIZIK Workers Protest Non-Payment Of 5-Year Salaries

Crashed Max Air Announces Temporary Suspension Of Domestic Flights

Lake Chad Govs Meeting: Tinubu Calls For Stronger Regional Cooperation

Yul Edochie Reveals New Religion, Says Im A Hardcore Traditionalist

Tinubus Aide Knocks Atiku, PDP Amid BoT Meeting Crisis

PUNCH

Navy uncovers abandoned Ogun oil well

Police kill five kidnappers, recover N5.2m in Ogun

Death toll in Lagos building collapse hits two, six injured

Tension grips Delta communities as two die in farmers, herders clash

Bandits attack Katsina LG chairs residence, kill police officer

EFCC, bidders disagree over car auction

Alaafin dissolves unauthorised coronation committee

FG ready to welcome deported Nigerians from US — NiDCOM

PDP govs plan summit as leaders exchange blows at BoT meeting

Tariff hike: Labour plans telecoms boycott, February 4 protest

PDP govs plan summit as leaders exchange blows at BoT meeting

Napoli reject Galatasaray’s €65m Osimhen bid

Plateau gov sacks five commissioners

Expulsion: NNPP woos Aregbesola, APC disowns Oyetola’s posters

Bandits attack Katsina LG chair, kill police escort

Cyberstalking: Court decides Sowore’s bail today

Fasoranti remains Afenifere’s only leader – Organising secretary

NLC threatens action against N70,000 wage defaulters

Reps deny demanding bribes to approve varsities’ budgets

Yahaya Bello: How EFCC recovered N550m, estate developer tells court

PDP crisis: Damagum blames leaders, vows February NEC meeting

CBN clears outstanding $7bn FX backlog

THISDAY

FG, States Urged to Digitise Services, Security with IT Automation

2024FY:Aradel HoldingsDeclares 361.1% increase in Profit to N247.8bn

GHL Floors First Bank as Court Vacates Mareva Injunction, Directors Seek Damages

At Lake Chad Govs Forum, Tinubu Seeks Multifaceted Response to Security Threats

Obanikoro Accuses Access Bank of Using His Property as Collateral for N1bn Loan without His Consent

EUs Investment in Nigeria Surpassed 35 Billion in 2023, Envoy Reveals

NCAA Suspends Max Air Operations for 3 Months After Emergency Landing in Kano

NLC Declares Mass Action to Protest 50% Telecom Tariff Hike

NCCs Tariff Increase for Mobile Operators Will Raise N1.6 Trillion Tax Revenue, Says GSMA

NECA Commends CBNs FX Code, Calls for Effective Implementation to Support Business Growth

EFCC Calls First Witness in Trial of Former Governor Yahaya Bello

Sacked ICCON Workers Vow Daily Resumption Until Registrar Obeys Reinstatement Order

SDP Not Anti-Tinubu, But Anti-poverty, Insecurity, Underdevelopment, Says Adebayo

SUN   

PDP camps fight dirty over secretaryship

Anambra State as new political battlefield

Hilda Dokubo rejects Obidient Movement Advisory Council role

UPDATED: Obi approves advisory Council for Obidient movement

APC vows to secure Anambra governorship victory in 2025

El-Rufai under attack over alleged plot to unseat Tinubu

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger will face significant consequences after leaving ECOWAS Tuggar

Plateau Gov Mutfwang sacks five commissioners

Sharia law unacceptable in Nigeria Gani Adams

Scrapping TETFUND will be catastrophic for Nigerian varsities Wabba warns

GUARDIAN

We didnt demand N50m bribe to pass 2025 varsities budget Reps panel

Rescuers recover four bodies as buildings collapse in Lagos

Akpabio to speak at Amadeus University inaugural matriculation, opening

Family petitions IGP over sons alleged extra-judicial killing

Police arrest two over alleged child trafficking in Rivers, rescue victims

Five kidnappers killed in gun duel with police along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Edo govt seals building over gas explosion

Belgium warns against travel to DR Congo, flights cancelled

Mexican president optimistic Trump won’t impose tariffs

Sweden plans to rent prison cells abroad as inmates soar

Trump to sign migrant law as crackdown mounts

CSO urges NASS to investigate MDAs over unaccounted N3.5tr

FG may earn N1.6 trillion from 50 per cent telecoms service tariff hike

MFB records over 50,000 users, targets 500,000 businesses

Nigeria may be consumed by out-of-school children menace, minister warns

UNICEF advocates AI integration in education system

Stakeholders divided over FGs N10b budget for digital education

UN welcomes US aid stoppage for HIV treatment in Nigeria, others

German MPs pass far-right backed motion to limit immigration

FG to begin Iddo Bridge repairs on February 2

Immigration ‘flooding’ remark row piles pressure on French PM

Sultan backs Sharia law in Oyo, Ekiti

FG deploys technology to boost maritime trade-Minister

VANGUARD

Streets empty in US over fears of arrest amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

FG secures $1.1bn AfDB loan to power 5m people by 2026 — Tinubu

NATCOMS accuses NCC of betraying subscribers, heads to court

Court sets aside order freezing GHL assets

Naira rises to N1,630/$ in parallel market

Trial of terror suspects: How govt botched prosecution of 888 terror suspects

Damagum accuses PDP leaders of complicity in party’s crisis

Meet Nigerian-British Florence Eshalomi, new UK trade envoy to Nigeria

Nigeria’s debt was N87trn when Tinubu took over, not N21trn — DMO

Investors gain N364bn as NGX closes bullish

10 things to know about Chinese AI Company DeepSeek gaining global attention

Insecurity: Let Amotekun carry sophisticated weapons, Afenifere tells FG

Sanwo-Olu promises Ojo General Hospital will be ready by December2025

Gov Abiodun, groups oppose Sharia in S-West

Gov Lawal inspects seized arms cache, lauds DSS

CBN waives non-refundable license renewal fee for BDCs

LEADERSHIP

FCT-IRS Seeks Partnership With EFCC To Boost Tax Compliance

Nigerians In Diaspora Invest $90bn In Economy ‘ Commission

Artisanal Miners Stock-piling Explosives, Light Weapons

Kwara Governor Is An Outstanding Achiever, First Lady Says Amid New Project Flag-offs

Telecom Tariff Hike: NLC Begins Nationwide Protest Feb 4

JUST-IN: NLC To Begin Nationwide Protest Feb 4 Over 50% Telecom Tariff Hike

Ododo Bans Illegal Levy Collection By Transport Unions In Kogi

Afenifere Faction Distances Self From Farotimi’s Appointment

JAMB Suspends Law Admission At 8 Varsities

TRIBUNE

JAMB suspends admission into law programmes in KWASU, Redeemers, six others

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger officially exit bloc today ‘ ECOWAS

UPDATED: Fight erupts at PDP’s national secretariat over secretary position

Our leaders are behind NWC crisis, DamagumtellsBoT

Gani Adams rejects Sharia Law in Southwest

FG unveils innovative program to empower youths, drive economic growth

Tinubu’s wife to distribute 60,000 kits to midwives across North Central

NSCIA supports establishment of Shariah panels in Ekiti, Oyo

Shettima advocates new global order to tackle insecurity

We’ll address your concerns, FG assures investors

NATION  

Body of one of kidnapped Abuja Five found dead in Niger community

Sowore pleads not guilty to cybercrime charges

Imo Police arrest Inspector, four suspects over lawyers murder

Court remands suspect over alleged murder of Poland returnee

Ogun police neutralise five kidnap-suspects

Fish seller nabbed for homosexuality in Ondo

Election fraud: Judge orders professors arrest

Reps panel to probes severance package for political appointees

 JAMB suspends admission into law programmes in Redeemers varsity, seven others

How I overcame fear of losing loved ones, by Adekunle Gold

Tinubus strategic leadership, new platforms, technology combat maritime threats Ogalla

PDP BoT sets up committee to resolve national secretary crisis

HERALD   

Reps panel to probes severance package for political appointees

Mercy Johnson Reacts as Elon Musk, Mr Beast Reveal Shocking Daily Earnings

Afriq Arbitrage CEO Jesam Michael Arrested at Lagos Airport

Bruno Mars Breaks Spotify Record, Vows to Clear Debt Soon

No Group Can Impose Sharia Through Backdoor ‘ Gov Abiodun Warns

Nasboi Vows to Keep Marriage Private When He Settles Down

Daddy Freeze Alleges 2Face’s New Lover is an Honorable Member

DAILY TRUST

Many universities operating without electricity in last 3 months SSANU

Student pilot unhurt as NCAT training chopper skids off runway

Joe Igbokwe: Is there any minister better than El-Rufai in Tinubus cabinet

PDP: Wabara insists on NEC meeting as violence mars BoT gathering

Rescind your declaration of Kagaras seat vacant, Zamfara APC tells assembly

LP challenges Atiku on proof of APC N50m bribery claim

APC expels Aregbesola over anti-party activities

On food availability and affordability

Of census and national transformation

Bandits kill herder, abduct 2 others near Bwari

Minimum wage: Only Abaji, AMAC and Gwagwalada councils have complied FCT NULGE

Monarch raises concern over abandoned Yaba-Gurdi road project

Many projects ready for commissioning AMAC chair

INDIA: 30 dead in stampede at Hindu mega-festival

US: Streets empty over fears of arrest

NCDMB pledges more opportunities for local firms in oil sector

Benues IGR rises to N2.2bn monthly

Customs records N10.51bn worth of seizures at Lagos airport

EFCC, NGX RegCo join forces to drive market integrity

Fresh rancour in Afenifere over Dele Farotimis Appointment

Midwives will get 60,000 training kits First Lady

Nigeria major source for human trafficking in Africa Minister

Old students bodies critical to Nigerias education survival Abiodun

JAMB suspends admission to study law in select varsities

AUTHORITY

Plane with 59 on board crash-lands in Kano

2027 Lagos Gubernatorial Race: League of Concerned Lagosians Endorses Minister of Education Tunji Alausa as APC Candidate

2025 Lagos Intl Polo Tourney: 35 Teams Jostle For Honours

Breaking: Fracas in PDP as party aide attacks Ude-Okoye during BoT meeting

Gov Lawal Inspects Seized Arms Cache, Lauds DSS

Gov Lawal inspects seized arms cache, lauds DSS

BUSINESSDAY

United Nigeria, XEJet set up local repair facilities to save FX

Higher agric budget insufficient to boost food production

World Bank to address 300m job disparities globally

Local investors drive stock deals to 18-year high

Nigeria mulls fresh energy subsidy in $15bn investor pitch ‘ Bloomberg

Atalanta target Raspadori as replacement for injured Ademola Lookman

53 passengers evacuate as Max Air suffers tyre burst in Kano

UCL: Ademola Lookman ruled out of Barcelona clash with knee injury

Education, healthcare top priority as Raspberry Pi unveils low-cost solutions in Nigeria

Trump fires prosecutors who worked on his 2020 election misconduct case

Senate threatens to arrest HYPREP coordinator over $360m Ogoni cleanup

How CBN’s new FX Code will enhance market liquidity

Nigeria secures $1.1bn AfDB fund to power 5m people by 2026 ‘ Tinubu

DAILY INDEPENDENT

President Tinubu Embodies Essence Of Desperation ‘ Atiku

Damagun, Wabara Blast PDP Leaders, NWC Over Party Crisis

Max Air Suspension: Airline Right To Have Grounded Operations, NCAA Needs Change Of Approach ‘ Experts

Injunctive Orders Against Obaigbena, GHL, Others Stay, Court Rules

Lagos To Unveil N500m ‘Ounje Eko’ Farmers’ Subsidy Programme

Customs Targets One Hour Cargo Clearance At PTML Command, Approved For Pharmaceuticals Imports

89% Of IT Leaders Fear GenAI Flaws Will Comprise Cybersecurity Strategies- Sophos

BLUEPRINT

At BoT meeting: Anyanwu, Okoye’s supporters clash as Damagum blames leaders for PDP crisis

Chad Basin Governors: Tinubu tasks states on poverty alleviation, other root causes

EFCC hands over recovered land documents to owners

‘N110bn fraud’: Why Yahaya Bello’s accomplice sought refund on property – Witness

Sharia law can’t stand in South-west – Gani Adam

2025: NIWA targets 200% increase on remittance to CFR, proposes N34 389billion as total revenue

Diri to PANDEF:  Focus on region’s development

FCT-IRS seeks partnership with EFCC to enhance tax compliance

DG, NCSP celebrate with Chinese on Luna New Year

BIPC alleges breach of contract, seeks N2bn damages from NDIC, bank

2027: FCT residents will reward Ireti’s service, philanthropy – Monarch

FG, Portsmouth varsity sign capacity development pact for Nigeria’s oil, gas sector

APC threatens legal action against Zamfara assembly for declaring member’s seat vacant

Rural development ‘ll add 30 per cent to Nigeria’s GDP – Senator Ezea

N50m bribe to opposition: LP denies allegation, urges Atiku to produce proof

FCT Police track, recover car stolen at gun point

Eshalomi appointed as UK trade envoy to Nigeria

UTME 2025: JAMB suspends admissions into law programmes at 8 Nigerian varsities *Full list

Alleged extortion: Present your evidence to ICPC, others, Reps tell VCs

Telecom tariff hike: NLC sets date to stage nationwide protest

Max Air suspends operations, faces probe

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