SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 16/05/2024

Minimum Wage: Labour quits talks as FG offers N48,000; OPS N54,000

Niger Imams back orphans mass weddings, warn minister

Buy now, pay later: 1.9m Nigerians applied to join consumer credit scheme – MD

Sweden to return 39 Benin artefacts

NEMA receives 150 distressed Nigerians repatriated from Chad

Emirates Airlines set to resume flights from Nigeria – Keyamo

Imported food prices rise as inflation hits 33.69 – NBS

Naira depreciates to N1,530/$ in official market

Biden, world leaders condemn shooting of Slovak PM, suspect detained

Nasarawa 2024 Investment Summit: Lithium Is The Future-Tinubu

Tinubu to tackle power outages with two gas plants

Tinubu vows to ensure Ogoni cleanup, empower more indigenes

FG subsidises 2024 hajj with N90bn – Shettima

Senate moves against govs on LG autonomy

Enugu killings: Senate seeks police, military presence in Uzo-Uwani

Presidential fleet: Reps summon NSA over faulty aircrafts

Reps advocate improved allocations to BoI

Our corruption is people-driven, politicians share what they steal with people – Senator Ndume

Court delivers judgment in Nnamdi Kanu’s N1bn suit against FG July 1

Agunloye loses bid to stop $6bn fraud trial

Emefiele implemented naira swap without Buhari’s approval – EFCC

Governing council: FG begs ASUU over strike threat

Airport tolls: Nigeria lost billions under old rules -Keyamo

Over 1,000 inmates pardoned in four months – Report

FG lists N4.21bn April bonds on NGX

FG made N318.5bn revenue in Q1 – Accountant General

NAFDAC warns Kebbi manufacturers against use of cancerous chemicals on consumables

Mercy killing illegal in Nigeria, says NMA

We can’t rightfully judge Tinubu’s govt in one year – Bishop Kukah

Atiku hits FG over plans to use N20trn pension funds to build infrastructure

Labour party crisis: Abure appeals to NLC president, Ajaero for reconciliation

APC Suspends Senator Jimoh Ibrahim Over Anti-Party Activities

Amaechi destroyed Rivers APC to stop my gov ambition – Abe

Sanwo-Olu seeks robust tax system for economic growth

Adeleke, Davido unveil Osun Country Club

Sanwo-Olu’s deputy chief of staff, Soyannwo dies

Rivers Crisis: 5 pro-Wike Commissioners Resign from Fubara  Admin

Anambra Assembly demands life jacket enforcement on waterways

Yobe Goes Spiritual, Declares War Against Vandals Destroying Electricity Towers

Kano Hisbah Bans Male DJs From Female Events

Oyo set for Olubadan’s coronation, buries Balogun June 1

753 beggars, mentally ill persons rescued from streets – LASG

Oshodi interchange contractor to build Abuja bus terminals for N51bn

8 Die, 20 Injured As Man Burns Kano Mosque Over Inheritance Tussle

Aro psychiatric patients bite doctor, nurses during protest over ‘poor treatment’

N14m debt: Portable meets bail conditions, regains freedom


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1929, the Oscars were awarded for the first time. The first Academy Awards were presented at a private dinner with about 270 attendees. Today, it is the world’s most important entertainment awards ceremony.
  • On this day in 1975, Junko Tabei became the first woman to conquer Mount Everest. The ascent by the Japanese adventurer came 22 years after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit.

If you have not gone through a war, you don’t know the value of peace. – Nhat Hanh

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Compiled by Joe Agbro Jr., (@JOeagbro), Joeagbro@gmail.com, +234-8056745268

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