SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 16/04/2025

Investors besiege CBEX Lagos, Ibadan offices over missing funds

Interpol joins EFCC in N1.3tn CBEX probe

Scores killed, houses razed, residents flee as armed herders invade Benue communities

Nigeria Police face backlash over viral cash gift video

Easter: Friday, Monday are public holidays

Rising cost of living pushes inflation to 24.23%

Rivers threatens legal action, vows to recover N300m from NBA 

We’ll petition NFF over dad’s unpaid wages – Christian Chukwu’s son

No Fulani herders attack in Enugu – Police

2027: I have capacity to be president, says Makinde

Lassa Fever claims five lives in one week as cases surge across six states

Oil slump, Trump tariffs put Nigeria’s economy at risk — FG

U.S 14% tariff has significant impact on sector, economy – manufacturers


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Researchers believe that Easter was named after the Anglo-Saxon goddess “Eostre”. She is depicted as a goddess of fertility, dawn and light, and was celebrated at pagan festivals to mark the coming of spring.
  • The name LEGO came from the Danish words “Leg Godt”, which means “play well.”

Tinubu flags off 65km A’Ibom section of Lagos-Calabar coastal highway

Tinubu unveils LEEP platform to create 2.5m jobs in two years

Akpabio warns MDAs on non-compliance with Assembly resolutions

Abbas inaugurates ad hoc panel for oversight roles in Rivers

Reps summon non-compliant petroleum depots, give 7-day ultimatum

Emergency rule: Reps panel awaits briefing on Rivers assignment

Natasha rejects Agbakoba’s call for out-of-court deal with Akpabio

Rivers Magistrate compulsorily retired for truancy – judicial commission

Autonomy: Judge’s absence stalls ALGON’s suit against FG, states

Court reserves ruling as Ganduje challenges $413,000 bribery charges

Court dismisses LP’s defection case against Rivers suspended lawmakers

Businessman gets four years in prison for refusing to accept Naira as legal tender

EFCC to arraign 47 for Internet fraud in Edo

Portable escapes re-arrest after release from police custody

Plateau killings: IGP vows justice for victims of Bassa attacks

Federation Account allocation falls third straight month to N1.57tn

1.7 million kg solid waste removed from Ogoni creeks — HYPREP

Fed Govt set to disburse over $400m cabotage fund

Tinubu inherited economy on life support – Umahi

CBEX: SEC to clamp down on unlicensed Ponzi schemes

SEC tells influencers to stop promoting risky meme coins, unlicensed platforms

Trump’s tariffs, global oil volatility harming Nigeria’s economy — NMDPRA

FG to establish Renewable Energy University

Fed Govt, IFAD launch learning route on agric innovation

FG rolls out de-risking fund to empower SMEs

CBN backs ICSAN on N3bn national secretariat project

NiMet workers protest six-month salary arrears

FCCPC cracks down on rebagged, expired rice in Abuja market

FCT land reform to block speculation, fast-track development – Wike

Enugu varsity commits to Tinubu’s 120,000 healthcare workers goal

Killings: NANS demands military headquarters relocation to Plateau

Air Peace elevates two pilots

Mikano Motors rewards Miss Nigeria with Changan car

Katsina govt signs $500m investment deal with GENESIS Energy

Aba Power creates 350 new jobs with new prepaid metre rollout

Marketers import 156.9m litres as petrol landing cost falls

Rivers PENGASSAN begins strike over workers suspension

Fubara hasn’t sought forgiveness, Wike replies Tompolo

Three NNPP lawmakers set to join APC

NNPP dead, Kwankwaso ‘ll soon join APC – Ganduje

El-Rufai engages Katsina PDP, SDP in alliance bid

Hundreds dump APC, PDP for LP in Abia

Plateau: Outrage grows over killings, Gov Mutfwang apologises

Ibas tackles NBA over N300m hosting grant

Olunloyo ‘ll get befitting state burial, Makinde assures

Insecurity: Criminals are feeling the heat in Ondo, says Aiyedatiwa 

Oyebanji engages Ekiti airport facility manager

Oyebanji releases additional N200m for pensioners’ gratuities

Oyo Assembly moves to curb use of mobile phones across secondary schools

Tenancy law: Lagos Assembly moves to curb arbitrary rent hikes

Anambra govt upskills 10,000 youths with technology

Niger, Kano, Jigawa splash N43.5bn on pensioners

LASPEC pays over N1.5bn to 742 Lagos retirees

Anambra vows to tackle illegal tax collectors, hoodlums

Lagosians spend N14tn to fuel generators yearly — LASG

Gunmen Abduct Worshippers On Lokoja Mountain

Ekiti woman remanded for allegedly tearing boyfriend’s scrotum

Six abducted in Rivers regain freedom 11 days after

Firefighter critically injured while fighting fire outbreak in Onitsha 


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1912, Harriet Quimby flew across the English Channel. The U.S. aviator was the first woman who achieved this feat. She died at the age of 37 when her plane crashed in Massachusetts.

A very little key will open a very heavy door. – Charles Dickens

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