SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 03/03/2025

NLC threatens fresh protest against power tariff hike

ATMs loaded with cash as N100 withdrawal fee begins

Fubara orders fresh LG elections, directs Heads of Administration to take over

Spokesman says Meranda remains Speaker, dismisses Obasa’s takeover

LG funding: Govt agencies brainstorm as direct payment suffers setback

Dangote refinery orders Algerian crude over local shortfall

Naira defies pressure, ends February below N1,500 per dollar

Trump names five cryptocurrencies in new US strategic reserve plan

ECOWAS, UN mission leave Guinea-Bissau after president’s threat

EU exposes students in Lagos, Kano to study opportunities in Europe

French ambassador pledges support for Nigeria’s mining roadmap plan

“Demonic possession” plea saves Nigerian man from UK deportation


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at ordinary room temperature and pressure. It has the lowest melting point of all metals. And no one person is credited with discovering mercury as it was known to ancient civilizations like the Egyptians and Chinese.
  • Leopards have very adaptable hunting and feeding behaviour. This allows them live in extremely variable habitats ranging from desert to rainforest, and even urban environments like Mumbai and Nairobi.

Tinubu mourns ex-minister Ebun Oyagbola

Tinubu celebrates CoS’ mum at 95

Natasha: No petition about sexual harassment before Senate, says spokesman

Emefiele’s aide, others named in $6.2m theft in CBN hiding in UK

Gun-wielding EFCC officers storm Lagos school, force out pupils

EFCC nabs 11 suspected internet fraudsters in Niger

Retirees to get outstanding pensions from 2007 – PenCom

FG plans $122bn investment to diversify energy sources

FG targets May 2026 to complete Enugu-Onitsha Expressway

Abuja-Kano Expressway: No compromise on contractual obligations, says Umahi

FG pledges support to revive Bauchi ancient agrarian community

NASENI targets 3.14 million hectares for irrigation farming

ITF to train additional 100,000 artisans – DG

NEDC distributes Ramadan palliatives to 10,000 Borno vulnerable groups, PWDs

I’m not afraid of death threats, says NAFDAC boss

NNPCL plans 2,000 free surgeries

Bodo-Bonny Road for completion year-end – J’Berger

Keystone Bank renovates Kaduna classrooms, donates equipment to Ekiti schools

Moniepoint, AfriGO partner to distribute five million cards

Airlines protest N’Assembly’s knocks over old aircraft

Ondo, Indian varsities sign MoU on student exchange

Ebonyi varsity expels two, suspends eight over exam malpractice, stealing

Kidnappings: Campuses no longer safe, NANS laments

SERAP urges Tinubu to order suspension of ATM charges hike

ACF demands thorough probe into Natasha, Akpabio’s rift

Middle Belt Forum faults closure of northern schools for Ramadan

Obasanjo hosts Jonathan, Atiku, others to dinner in Lagos

Kenneth Okonkwo Meets Atiku After Dumping Peter Obi

NLC directs its organ to rebrand LP

LP chides Akpabio for asking Otti to join APC

Sexual harassment: PDP, others demand Akpabio’s removal

Aregbesola rallies Omoluabi progressives, says Osun reclaim mission on course

Diri pledges to deliver N46bn state secretariat

Fubara dismisses impeachment rumour, Rivers elders caution FG

Makinde to host Sierra Leonean President Bio in Oyo

Oyebanji urges private sector to support golf

Biafra struggle now about equal rights, not secession — Otti

Lagos Assembly orders staff to work from home amid leadership crisis

Osun crisis: LG workers rule out resumption, demand February salary

Lagos releases 2025 land use charge bill

Yobe Grants N2.2bn Scholarships To 890 Students

Kogi Govt trains, empowers 250 youths in different skills

LASG donates wheelchairs to PWDs

Protest In Jos Over Killing Of Truck Drivers In S/East

Benin traditional council suspends Enogie of Utesi for defiance

6 killed in fresh herders attack in Benue community

Gunmen abduct 4 students near Katsina varsity

Bauchi bizman flogs wife to death over Ramadan food


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1924, the last remnant of the Ottoman empire in Turkey was abolished. The end of the Islamic caliphate marked the demise of the 600-year old empire and gave way to the formation of a reformed Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

If you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you. – Michael Bloomberg

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