SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 19/03/2025

Tinubu declares state of emergency in Rivers, suspends Fubara, deputy, lawmakers

Tinubu appoints Ibas as Rivers Sole Administrator

Oil earnings threatened as explosion rocks 450,000bpd pipeline

Finally, Reps pass Tinubu’s four tax bills

CrediCorp unveils N100bn car ownership credit scheme

Govs, others hail NUJ at 70

Another explosion hits Rivers oil facility, protesters block East-West road

CBN, INEC, PDP, NNPC, NUC, NDDC, others affected in Wike’s Abuja land revocation

1,290 classroom blocks built, 4,000 renovated under Sanwo-Olu – LASG

Trump unveils new app for illegal immigrants to ‘self-deport’

Libya to deport over 170 Nigerians

Nigeria has best Landing Craft, says Australian military

Wike Seeks Chinese Partnership On Agriculture, Vocational Training

ECOWAS court rejects bid seeking creation of sixth South-East state


DID YOU KNOW?

  • The first newspaper in Nigeria, ‘Iwe Irohin fun Awon Ara Egba ati Yoruba’ (meaning “Newspaper for the Egba and Yoruba People”), was founded in 1859 by Reverend Henry Townsend of the Christian Missionary Society (CMS) in Abeokuta.
  • A vestigial organ is an organ that has lost its original function through evolution, but it is still present in the body. Vestigial organs in humans include the coccyx (tailbone), thymus gland, and tonsils.

Tinubu urges Senate to confirm five RECs for appointment

Tinubu Has Proven His Mettle As A Courageous, Decisive Leader – Shettima

N’Assembly probes Cameroon’s alleged encroachment on Nigerian islands

Senate wants Facebook, YouTube, others to open Nigerian offices

Reps probe SON for reopening 18 indicted firms

Reps call for Otedola Bridge audit over frequent crashes

National Assembly has to approve Tinubu’s state of emergency – Abaribe

Tinubu consulted NASS on Rivers State of Emergency, says House

Fuel import: NNPCL loses bid to stop Dangote’s N100bn suit

Mohbad’s father asks court to quash legal advice freeing Naira Marley

Military bombs B’Haram hideouts, police arrest drugs suppliers

Troops, protesting Enugu women clash leaves three injured

N10m compensation for businessman shot by DSS

Army alerts A’Ibom residents ahead of shooting practice

Army flags off construction of Niger barracks’ school

FG deducts states’ N800bn allocations to pay foreign debt

Finance minister pledges support for private sector, meets Dangote

Oyetola urges Africa to spearhead green shipping decarbonisation

FG earmarks N700bn for HIV/AIDS, TB, others

N2.9tn procurement projects approved in one year – BPP

Nigeria adopts proactive flood strategy ahead rainy season

NAICOM projects N2.5tn in premium for 2025

NDDC inaugurates 24km road in Abia, hails Tinubu’s agenda

TETFUND plans strategic partnership with NILDS

CBN approves Greenwich Holding Company structure

Schneider secures deal to power Eko Atlantic

9mobile accused of blocking subscribers from switching operators

Geometric Power, Divine Point inaugurate 42km Ukwa 33KV line in Abia

Transcorp hits N2.97tn market cap, plans hotel expansion

Cedrus partners RusselSmith on N3bn commercial paper issuance

Lagos public service club unveils projects

PENGASSAN threatens to withdraw members from upstream operations

Fubara’s Removal Unconstitutional – NBA

South-South leaders, PANDEF flay emergency rule in Rivers

We don’t want cattle ranches in our communities — South-East residents

HATOMSA inaugurates S’East secretariat in Onitsha, opposes multiple taxation

TNP explosion caused by sabotage – Niger Delta Group

State of Emergency will restore law, order in Rivers – APC

PDP fumes as Wike revokes national secretariat’s land title

Ambassador gifts Sokoto party leaders, members N10 million

APC demands majority status in Edo Assembly

Imo LP suspends secretary, others over misconduct, hails Uzodimma

CUPP labels Tinubu’s emergency rule in Rivers constitutional assault

Ebonyi gov suspends three commissioners over absenteeism

Abiodun installs Onimope, Alaparaki

Fubara’s Whereabouts Unknown As Military Moves Trucks Into Rivers Govt House

Okpebholo to probe Obaseki’s $10m spending on state-owned newspaper

Otti hails FUTO VC’s courage during 2023 gov election in Abia

A’Ibom, Abia deputy govs meet communities over boundary dispute

It’s shocking Tinubu sacked Fubara and left Wike – Rivers Govt

Kaduna ALGON denies El-Rufai’s fraud allegation, Assembly threatens lawsuit

Ebonyi evacuates 800 indigenes displaced by Lagos demolition

Waste collection truck triggered Kwara garage fire – Official

Salary Delay: FCT Teachers, Council Workers Go Into Commercial Driving

Olubadan hosts maiden royal Ramadan lecture

Two killed in fresh Ebonyi communal land clashes

Firearms recovered as police arrest six suspected kidnappers in Edo


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1911, the first International Women’s Day was observed by over 1 million people in several European countries. German socialists Clara Zetkin and Luise Zietz initiated the observance, which has become an annual global event.

There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be. – John Lennon

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