SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 02/04/2025

Tinubu sacks NNPCL boss Kyari, names Ojulari as replacement

Natasha Defies Police, Kogi Govt’s Order, Arrives Rally In Helicopter

Customs debunk CG tenure extension, call report fake

Nigeria’s net FX reserves surged to $23.11bn in 2024 – CBN

Ponzi operators risk 10-year jail term, N20m fine – SEC

Insecurity: States vote N214bn for arms, others

Leaked Edo gov tribunal judgement sparks controversy

Benue youths protest herdsmen killings

Anambra LG renames secretariat after ex-NEC chair Nwosu

Putin orders largest military call-up, enlists 160,000 troops

Russian assets frozen in Switzerland rise to over $8bn- Official

EU fines BMW, Ford, VW other carmakers $495m for recycling cartel

US health agencies lay off 10,000 workers 

Police nab syndicate trafficking Nigerian girls to Mauritania


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Igbe, originating from Kokori, Delta State, Nigeria, is a traditional Urhobo sect founded by Ubiecha Etarakpo in 1858. It uses dance as its primary method of worship and its adherents, who usually wear white and consume native chalk, believe in God whom they refer to as ‘Oweya.’
  • Ancient Roman commoners went on strike by evacuating their cities, leaving the upper classes hopelessly fending for themselves.

Reps indict Hajj commission over N90bn subsidy

Reps seek establishment of optical institutes in six zones

Hold Akpabio, Bello, Ododo responsible if anything happens to me – Natasha

Uromi killings: State Legislatures want perpetrators brought to book

Edo: Tribunal rules Wednesday in Ighodalo’s, Okpebholo’s petitions

Court stops judges’ appointment in Abia pending determination of lawsuits

DSS arrests two principal suspects over Uromi killings

Police rescue two abducted Nasarawa varsity students

Immigration arrests 51 irregular migrants near Abuja

Drill or lose your Oil Wells, Fed Govt warns

Nigeria fortunate to have Tinubu as president – Bosun Tijani

NSCDC to deploy 500 men for Alaafin’s coronation

Funding slows down INEC’s plan to hold by-elections

FG withdraws allocation of 1,357 housing units over default payment

FG Borrows N13.21trn From World Bank In 20 Months

Petrol prices will drop to N750 before end of 2025 – NIPSS

Wike condoles with Ortom over younger brother’s death

Five major banks declare N4.56trillion full year profit

Shell, Renaissance face legal action over SPDC licence transfer

LOXEA introduces electric vehicles to Nigerian market

Aviation professionals react as Enugu Air plane arrives

24 hours after lessor seizes Green Africa planes, airline buys aircraft

65% tank farms dormant due to fuel subsidy removal

Air passengers protest missing 47,923 luggage in 2024

35 CSOs petition Senate, accuse Imo police of extra-judicial killings, torture

Uromi: Opposition planning to instigate crisis in Edo – APC alleges

PDP tackles AbdulRazaq for scrapping Saraki’s project

I would have handled economy better than Tinubu – Obi

Obi, FRSC zonal boss visit Katsina gov over mother’s death

I never believed in Obaseki’s leadership before 2016 – Shaibu

Kaduna gov warns traditional leaders against land-grabbing

Makinde to remodel Alesinloye market over fire outbreak

Don’t travel for hajj if you are sick, Sanwo-Olu tells Lagos pilgrims

Natasha has no respect for rules and laws, says Kogi Govt

Kogi accuses Natasha of inciting violence, urges security agencies to take action

Ebonyi arrests 7 commissioners, one LG chairman for contracts delays, breach of agreement

Kano commends FG, Edo swift response to Uromi killings

Ekiti to buy N4.6bn 24-hour flight system for airport

Tech Initiative: Enugu trains 5,000 youths, begins digital transformation festival

LAWMA to lease trash compactors to PSP operators

Durbar ban: Sanusi visits gov, avoids traditional horse ride

Hardship: Bricklayer Absconds As Wife Gives Birth To Triplets In Ondo

Tragedy as labourer hacks 60-yr-old female farmer to death in Ondo

Permission required before camping, hiking in FCT- Police


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1792, the US dollar was introduced. The Mint Act of 1792 established the Dollar as US currency. Today, about two-thirds of global trade is based on the US Dollar.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for. – John Lubbock

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Compiled by Joe Agbro Jr., (@Joeagbro), Joeagbro@dailyshot.ng, +234-8056745268

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