SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 05/02/2025

Cybercrime: EFCC arraigns 11 Chinese, alleges plot to destabilise Nigeria

NIS launches contactless passport solution in Europe Feb 7

Crude producers diverting 500,000bpd meant for local refineries, PETROAN alleges

Govt releases power tariff hike guidelines for Discos

Abuja-Makurdi road tolling begins to repay $460m loan

Tiger Woods announces death of mother, ‘my biggest fan’

First Lady lifts victims of Niger tanker explosion with N100m

Naira sustains gains, appreciates to N1,595/$

Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from UN bodies

US flying detained migrants to Guantanamo

USAID places staff on leave as part of Trump’s purg

DR Congo soldiers, rebels’ clash death toll hits over 900

Kenya Airways apologises to NCAA for mistreating passenger

Former NCDC DG, Ihekweazu, appointed acting WHO regional director for Africa


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on Maya Angelou’s birthday, on April 4, 1968. Angelou stopped celebrating her birthday for years afterward, and sent flowers to King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, for more than 30 years, until Coretta’s death in 2006.
  • There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

Tinubu approves N80 billion for Alau Dam reconstruction

Senate pays tributes to Hon Onanuga

Tax reform: Reps set for fresh debate, hold closed-door sessions

Reps Summon FCT Director Over Land Racketeering

$17,079,000 loan dispute: Court halts bank’s probe by N’Assembly

EFCC loses forgery case against Fani-Kayode

165 Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Kebbi

I never said Tinubu, Akume, Kalu were corrupt as EFCC chairman — Ribadu

CDS leads community engagement to achieve 2.5mbpd oil production target

IG decries indiscriminate case transfers, warns policemen

Patients from U.S., UK now patronizing Nigeira’s health facilities, says Pate

FG to issue N758bn bonds to clear pension arrears

PoS Transactions Hit All-Time High Of N18tr In 2024

FG approves N452bn for 14 roads

FG threatens to take over incomplete Lagos-Ibadan expressway sections April

Minister orders probe of alleged criminal activities at Okere Correctional facility

Nimet alerts Lagos, Ogun, Delta, Rivers on mid-year flood

FG approves N31bn road project for FCT

Fed Govt begins training of technicians

Customs intercept N4.2bn donkey skin in Lagos

INEC releases timetable for Anambra governorship, FCT Area Council polls

JAMB suspends two centres for infraction

NMDPRA shuts 19 illegal gas stations in Delta

Over 326 security personnel killed in one year – Report

FG, ECOWAS plan surgery for 80 Katsina VVF patients

Customs seized N5.2 billion goods in six week

Clearing agents reject 4% levy on imported cargoes by Customs

KAEDCO confirms sack of 450 workers as strike enters second day

Shell reports oil spill in Port Harcourt, blames saver pit overflow

Banks shop for N3tn in fresh recapitalisation

Standard Chartered provides single-digit loans to entrepreneurs

Afe Babalola seeks salary raise, improved condition of service for doctors

El-Rufai slams Gov Sani over ‘sycophantic’ support for Tinubu

LP holds Anambra gov primary April 5

Ex-Bayelsa LP governorship candidate Eradiri joins APC

Abia doesn’t distinguish between federal, state projects – Otti

Sanwo-Olu unveils Purple Lekki project

Okpebholo inaugurates AAU’s governing council

Mbah signs bill to end multiple taxation in Enugu

Adeleke orders probe of Osun community chieftaincy crisis

Plateau gov reshuffles cabinet, creates additional ministry

Lagos Assembly may write Tinubu over Obasa – GAC members

Kano set to inaugurate N1.5bn slaughterhouses

Sokoto hospital celebrates first successful kidney transplant

Delta Prisons denies allegations of releasing inmates for robbery

2025 Hajj: Lagos extends payment of N8.7m fare

Kano Zakkat commission targets alms to support poor residents

Kano demolition exercise: Emir Sanusi calls for peace, calm

Apapa gridlock resurgence looms  as truck owners decry biased port access

Kano council gifts 10,850 pupils school uniforms

Stray bullet kills woman in Bayelsa cult clash

Gunmen attack commercial bus, abduct 10 travellers in Ondo

Kwara toddler sets duplex on fire with match sticks


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1869, the biggest gold nugget in history was found. The “Welcome Stranger” was found at Moliagul in Australia and had a calculated refined weight of 71.081 kg.
  • On this day in 1924, the Greenwich Time Signal was broadcast for the first time. The “BBC pips” are 5 short and 1 long tones that are broadcast by many BBC radio stations to mark the precise start of the hour.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses. – William Arthur Ward

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