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06/03/2025

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, THURSDAY 06/03/2025

Nigeria ranks sixth in global terrorism index, 565 killed in 2024

Tariff hike ‘pushed’ power generation to historic 6,003MW – FG

Lassa fever: Nigeria records 95 deaths, 509 cases from 12 states

Amaewhule’s assembly sacks Rivers commissioners, political appointees

Two rapists sentenced to castration, death by hanging in Kaduna

Coronation: Alaafin-designate returns from Canada, arrives Oyo today

88th birthday: In my lifetime, Nigeria’ll be great — Obasanjo

Naira appreciates to N1,512/$ in parallel market

World’s most accurate clock goes on sale for $3.3m

WHO says ‘millions of lives’ at stake after US funding cuts to TB programmes

Pope’s condition stable, remains complex – Vatican

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to halt $2bn aid

US holds direct talks with Hamas

Nigeria joins European development bank as 77th shareholder

South African police arrest Nigerian man for smuggling co***ne

Tinubu mandates ministers to hold quarterly public briefings

Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu laud FirstBank on new headquarters takeoff

Obasanjo influential at home, recognised globally, says Tinubu

Akpabio: I Never Harassed Natasha, My Mother Raised Me Well

Sexual harassment: Senate dismisses Natasha’s petition, Kogi senator shuns panel

Senate moves to ensure processing of raw materials before export

Nigeria can earn $2.5billion annually from trades with Morocco – Abbas

Reps move to abolish BSc/HND dichotomy

Reps committee summons NDDC MD over abandoned shoreline protection project

FCCPC sues MultiChoice for ignoring price hike suspension order

Kaduna court orders forfeiture of N1.37bn allegedly diverted under El-Rufai

Gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo sues VeryDarkMan over alleged defamation

Alleged N400m fraud: IG amends charge filed against Andy Uba, Etu

Rivers Govt donates helicopter to NAF

Troops kill B’Haram chief bomb maker, eight others in Sambisa

NAFDAC arrests man for producing fake alcohol in Port Harcourt

Customs seizes 29,825 litres of petrol in Adamawa, Taraba

Smugglers now establish storage facilities at borders –CGC

FEC approves N679b for 13 road projects

FEC approves ₦10.3bn for diabetes kits, HIV drugs, hospital equipment

We will make correctional centres less congested – Tunji-Ojo

NADDC targets 40,000 jobs with vehicle regulation

NDDC celebrates Ogbuku for SUN public service award

Wike in Italy for talks with Lombardy Region’s President, agribusiness investors

Rivers varsity VC bows out, lauds Fubara for support

FUOYE students, group defend VC amid sexual harassment allegation

Funtua Battles T.Y Danjuma, Others Over 9mobile

Wema Bank supports innovative firms with $200,000 grant

AfDB plans $230m trade finance package for Access Bank

83% of Nigerian women embrace entrepreneurship —Mastercard study

Nigeria in stiff competition for investments — Shell

I’m Resting After Delivering $20bn Refinery – Dangote

Caution Wike, others in Rivers, Ogoni youths urge Tinubu

130th anniversary: Hope Waddell offers free medical outreach, upgrades facilities

Osun NULGE sues APC over LG takeover

Anambra poll: PDP nomination forms unsold as deadline elapses

Delta ex-lawmaker joins APC, says PDP broken

Sanwo-Olu unveils three roads today

Okpebholo threatens to revoke delayed contracts

Assembly lists four breaches by Fubara, threatens RSIEC chair’s arrest

Kwara Assembly confirms two commissioner-nominees

Lagos Assembly crisis: Acting clerk hospitalised after DSS’ visit

Rivers judiciary denies report of Fubara sending CJ on annual leave

Benue tackles CJ for relocating LG poll tribunal to Abuja

Delta equips police with high-tech investigation room

Sokoto warns against diversion of N1.66bn drugs, kits

Oyo plans Sovereign Wealth Fund

15,000 buses needed to transport Lagos passengers daily – LAMATA

Bauchi kicks off irrigation farming support

Jigawa urges BoI to disburse N6bn SME fund

Oyo to upgrade 66 health centres

6 injured, shops razed as Hausas, indigenes clash in Kogi community over water

Many injured as hoodlums attack Rivers community

Police arrest man with human skulls in Ebonyi

Kidnappers kill Kaduna Catholic priest

2 die, 14 rescued as 3-storey building collapses in Lagos

Boko Haram Demands $500,000 Ransom For Judge’s Wife, Driver, Orderly

06/03/2025



* Samsung’s various business activities account for more than 15% of South Korea’s entire economy. Aside from being the world’s largest manufacturer of phones, in South Korea, there are hospitals, apartments, universities, and even funeral parlors owned by Samsung.

* Bill and Melinda Gates have given away more than $45 billion since 1994.

06/03/2025



* On this day in 1957, Ghana became the first African country to gain independence from colonial rule. Ghana emerged as a sovereign state from the former British colonies Gold Coast and Togoland. Kwame Nkrumah was the country’s first leader.

06/03/2025

Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. – Lucille

05/03/2025

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, WEDNESDAY 05/03/2025

Telecoms subscriptions rebound to 169.3m after NIN-SIM linkage

Oil price decline to $73.5 per barrel threatens budget 2025 revenue target

Nigeria’s power generation hits 5,713.60MW, says TCN

EFCC arrests ex-Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel, for alleged N700bn fraud

Ex-Immigration CG found dead in Abuja hotel after female visitor’s exit – Police

Katsina defends schools closure during Ramadan, promises minimal disruption

Kaduna gov pledges youth development ministry after Seyi Tinubu’s visit

Naira depreciates to N1,515/$ in parallel market

Chimamanda Adichie’s ‘Dream Count’ tops Amazon UK

Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, dies at 82

Germany suspends aid to Rwanda over conflict

11 countries arrive Abuja for 13th ECOWAS Wrestling tourney

US-based Nigerian professor jailed two years for tax fraud

Tinubu appoints Ogunjimi as Accountant General of Federation

Banditry: Reps call for military base in Zamfara communities

Reps demand suspension of Dstv subscription rates hike

First Lady, Kalu rally support for women in parliament bill

Defamation: Court opens trial against ex-JAMB director following failed reconciliation

Six Kwara SUBEB officials remanded for N96m fraud

Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate appeals conviction over Lagos Chieftaincy law

Ex-mistress blackmailing me after I stopped monthly allowance — Ex-Skye bank chair

EFCC arrests nine suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja

Govt to integrate Remitta into new system – OAGF

Three oil companies admit owing FG over $5.5m

Nigeria can cut borrowing costs with fiscal transparency — Edun

Ex-mistress blackmailing me after I stopped monthly allowance — Ex-Skye bank chair

Navy shuts three illegal refineries, recovers stolen crude

PSC appoints six DIGs, names CPs for Enugu, Oyo

CBN appoints 16 new directors in major leadership overhaul

FAAN grows revenue to 343bn

We haven’t resumed Voter Registration, replacement of PVCs — INEC

FG plans new guidelines on border control, expatriate quota

Power minister sets up committee for national power conference

Natural gas supply to NLNG reduces by 80% – Report

FG loses N120bn to illegal private jet charters – Report

NAFDAC cracks down on illegal sachet water production in FCT

Obasanjo to mark 88th birthday with two new books

Union demands FUOYE VC’s suspension over alleged sexual harassment

15 professors vie for Rivers varsity VC position

Shanahan varsity matriculates 495 students, expands academic programmes

Police confirm abduction of four Katsina varsity students

Seven plead not guilty in Kwara student murder case

Journalist unveils N2m award for best graduating student in UNN

Dangote sugar loses N193bn

NCAA refuses waivers for sanctioned airlines

NGX declares N4.4bn dividend

Equity market records N344.95bn loss

Seplat to invest $320m in 13 new oil wells, others

Stop unlawful remands, NBA president tells S’East CJs

Killings Of Northern Drivers In South-East Unacceptable – ACF

Kaduna gov backs creation of Gurara State – SOKAPU

48hrs Ultimatum: IYC warns against calls to impeach Gov Fubara

Akpoti-Uduaghan’s harassment claims sign of weakness – Ita-Giwa

70th birthday: Abaribe denied re-election bid, pleads for Kanu’s release, Igbo unity

Again, APC woos Otti, says LP’s chances slim 2027

APC fumes as Adeleke meets Akande over Osun LG crisis

Lagos Assembly: No plan to compel Obasa to resign —Lagos APC

Sokoto gov disburses ₦1.355bn for Ramadan feeding

Kebbi gov dismisses CMD over N973m hospital renovation

Otti empowers lawmakers with SUVs, supports indigenous manufacturing

Abiodun pledges to complete all road projects in Ogun

Stay away from LG election tribunal venues, Benue gov tells residents

Lawmakers adamant as Obasa pushes for clerk’s reinstatement

Bayelsa lifts ban on civil service employment

KAI arraigns six for selling alcohol in traffic in Lagos

Bayelsa community laments oil spill, cholera outbreak

Families of deceased policemen get N11.2m in Kogi

Police confirm abduction of Edo catholic priest, kill suspect

05/03/2025



* In Singapore, once you turn 21, you’re automatically registered as am organ donor. Citizens or permanenet residents can opt out but you may not want to, as you’l be lower on the waiting list for organs should you need a transplant.

* Looking at a picture of a significant other or romantic interest can alleviate physical pain.

05/03/2025



* On this day in 1960, a Cuban photographer, Alberto Korda, took a picture, the Guerrillero Heroico (“Heroic Guerrilla Fighter”), of Argentine revolutionary, Che Guevara. It was at a memorial service for victims of the La Coubre explosion in Havana, Cuba.

05/03/2025

You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. – Charles Buxton

03/03/2025

Just In: Obasa officially return as the Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker and Meranda as Deputy

20/02/2025

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, THURSDAY 20/02/2025

Zamfara market explosion: NEMA confirms 4 deaths, 50 injured

Nigeria imports 25m litres of petrol daily, FG confirms

LG autonomy: CBN, 774 chairmen differ over councils’ account opening

AGF To Govs: Sacking Elected LG Chairs Is Treason

Members of Courses 18, 19, 20 policemen drag IGP, PSC, others to court

Power generation hits 5,543MW as govt reveals new plans

Trump attacks Zelensky, says US wasted $350bn on Russian war

No evidence USAID funds Boko Haram – US Ambassador

We‘ll target Boko Haram, other terrorists across Africa — U.S Air force

Microsoft plans AI training for one million Nigerians

Invictus Games: Wounded Soldiers Return From Canada With Medals

More Equatorial Guinea schools accredited to write NECO’s SSCE, BECE

Tinubu appoints Ismaila as NCAT Rector

Tinubu, Akpabio meet in A*o Rock

Akpabio assures of Senate full participation in Clark’s burial

Senate to FG: Name national monument after Edwin Clark

Senate begins public hearing on Tax Reform Bills on Monday

USAID’s sponsorship of Boko Haram: Senate summons NSA , DGs of DSS, NIA, DIA

North West Development Commission under close watch – Speaker Abbas

Rep reaffirms Nigeria’s commitment to One-China policy

Supreme Court reverses N50m garnishee order against CBN

FIRS sues Binance for $79.51bn over alleged economic losses

Probe begins as wanted controversial singer Portable surrenders

N115m fraud: El-Rufai’s ex-CoS regains freedom after 50-day detention

Visa denial: We won’t tolerate disrespect from any country, says CDS Musa

COAS visits Katsina, orders troops to crush bandits

NSCDC arrests 17 telecom infrastructure vandals in Yobe

CBN probes 19.7 million dormant bank accounts

NASS intervention raised housing budget by N50bn – Minister

FG promises to intensify restoration of infrastructure destroyed by Boko Haram

Dangote, NNPCL refineries not supplying 50% local fuel demand –FG

FG inaugurates 50 new Tax Appeal Commissioners to boost revenue

Money supply hits N110.9tn as MPC meets

FG mulls port automation to reduce cost

FG reviews policy, action plan on preventing violent extremism

NMDPRA confirms NNPCL yet to import petrol in 2025

NMDPRA bans over-60,000ml petrol trucks from March 1

FG Considering PPP For Abuja Centenary City Project — Dangiwa

118,000 hectares cultivated for wheat production in 11 states – FG

Why We Engaged Another Service Provider For 2025 Hajj – NAHCON

Adegbite lauds Nwifuru on Christian pilgrim sponsorships

NFF accepts Carloha as official automobile partner for National Teams

NDSF opens portal for online registration of athletes

Vehicle price hike looms as US plans 25% tariff

Airtel posts $344m revenue loss on data sales

13 firms’ tax liabilities surge to N210.52bn

CJ’s removal: NJC, NBA counter Benue Assembly’s resolution

UI honours economist Fanimokun

OAU staff honour colleague killed by lion

Adeboye, Enenche to minister at LightUp Lagos

Wild Africa seeks pangolin protection, legislation against wildlife crime

Osun LGs: PDP accuses IG of backing APC to retain ex-chairmen

Ozigbo dumps Labour Party, hints at new political path

Anyanwu loses bid to reverse removal as PDP scribe

27 Lagos Assembly lawmakers deny defection to Labour Party

Oyebanji urges residents to use public hospitals

Fubara pledges support for military against oil theft

Lagos Assembly: Obasa denies stockpiling arms, Meranda refutes resignation claim

Lagos lawmakers hail LIRS on record N1tn revenue

Plateau sues Rep for re-awarding road contract

Lagos unveils Ibeju-Lekki’s 20-year development plan

Sanwo-Olu’s wife advocates artisanal skills for boys

Zamfara explosion: Ex-gov Yari pays hospital bills as NEMA visits victims

Abia police commissioner vows zero tolerance for indiscipline, misconduct

Fire destroys houses, six silos in Kano

protest: Kano traces masterminds of N11bn vandalised property

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