SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 13/03/2025

Lagos GDP hits $259bn, becomes Africa’s second largest city economy

Fubara denied entry into Rivers assembly quarters

Police applaud Anambra residents for ignoring sit-at-home order

Nnamdi Kanu’s trial to resume March 21

Explosion: Technician, three others killed in Lagos mechanic village

Jigawa gov decries mismanagement of N4.8bn Ramadan feeding programme

Boko Haram Insurgents Bow To Superior Firepower Of Zulum’s Convoy

El-Rufai protesters demand removal of SDP National Secretary Agunloye

Burna Boy secures platinum certification in France

‘Gangs of Lagos’ producers to apologise over Eyo portrayal

Oil production resumes at Libya’s Mabruk field after ten years

AfDB, IITA sign €5m deal to boost agriculture


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Louis Edet was the first indigenous Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force. Born on August 29, 1913 in Duke town Calabar, Cross River State, he joined the Police as clerk in 1931. He was appointed April 1, 1964, taking over from the last expatriate Inspector-General, Mr. J.E, Hodge.
  • Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise.

Tinubu holds closed-door talks with Obasa, Meranda, others at Aso Rock

Tinubu overrules Akande panel, backs Obasa to remain Lagos Speaker

Tinubu congratulates Plateau gov Mutfwang on 60th birthday

N’Assembly leaders break fast with Tinubu at Villa

Akpabio vows speedy implementation of Maritime University Act

N’Assembly removes 3% seaport, airport revenue clauses from S’West devt bill

Insecurity: Again, Senate summons NSA, security chiefs

Natasha: IPU can’t summon Akpabio, says spokesman

Reps pass Nigerian Insurance Reform Act

Diphtheria: Reps Urge FG To Implement Safety Protocols In Schools

Court dismisses N374bn ginger farmers’ suit against Keystone Bank

Anchor Borrowers: Court dismisses 31,309 farmers’ suit against bank

Workers petition govt as NRC sells staff quarters

Home raid: Igboho drags DSS to S’Court over N20bn damages

32 convicted for internet fraud in Oyo

Ongoing oil sector reforms attracted $17bn investment in 2024 – NNPCL

FG prioritises disbursement of CVFF – Minister

FG to review bilateral air services agreement with Jamaica

Local refineries will reduce fuel price, importation – Lokpobiri

52% of ongoing road construction in northern Nigeria – Umahi

FG approves modular refinery for Abia

NERC unveils panel to review grid regulation, drive efficiency

TETFund unveils special intervention to tackle power crisis in schools

Prisoners on death row rose by 98 in six months – NCoS Acting CG

Lassa fever: FG tracks 357 suspected patients after UK returnee’s death

NDDC, partners donate materials to Okaka correctional centre

It’s Not Criminal Offence To Impeach Fubara –Wike

BIU celebrates founder with film festival

Lagos-Calabar highway project wasteful, corrupt – Obasanjo

Dangote refinery loses N32bn after petrol price cut

Berger leads losers as NGX cap sheds N48bn

Stanbic IBTC Infrastructure Fund backs SIFAX on Ijora Terminal

11Plc sanctions fuel attendants for misconduct

Heritage Energy targets 100,000bpd oil production

Alleged sexual harassment: PANDEF pledges support for Akpabio

PDP holds first NWC meeting in 2025

Benue gov denies defection rumours, says not joining El Rufai in SDP

Nenadi Usman denies dumping LP for SDP

Four Edo lawmakers defect to APC

Lawmakers blocked me from presenting 2025 budget – Fubara

Okpehbolo recalls suspended Edo Attorney General 

Join me to move Ondo forward, Aiyedatiwa tells opposition

Fubara insincere, whipping up sentiments — Rivers Assembly

Rivers assembly asks EFCC, ICPC to probe electoral commission chairman

Bauchi Assembly passes bill to establish sanitary pad banks

Kaduna vows to complete abandoned road project

Lagos warns against waste dumping ahead of rainy season

LASWA removes dredging pipe on Lagos waterways

Rivers woos investors, unveils one-stop business registration hub

Abia tackles open defecation, expands health insurance for workers

Protesters barricade East-West road as herdsmen cut off man’s hand in Delta

Zazzau Emirate Limits District Heads To 30 Horses For Sallah Festival

Eight killed, police vehicle vandalised in Nasarawa communal clash

30 Katsina residents rescued in foiled kidnap attempt

Police exhume slain LASU graduate’s corpse

Nine abducted Ondo surveyors regain freedom

Viral ‘Baba Onilu’ in Ibadan dies 

Qur’an Recitation Winner, Family Kidnapped In Katsina


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2013, Pope Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI. Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina became the 266th leader of the Catholic Church, which has 1.2 billion members around the world.

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