SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 23/04/2025

11 killed in fresh herders’ attack in Benue

Killings: IG deploys special anti-bandit squads nationwide

Lagos Marine Bridge to close for 60 days starting April 27

Flight disruptions likely over NiMet workers’ strike

‘No room for rascality,’ Niger gov orders arrest of persons with dreadlocks

JUSUN suspends five months strike in Benue

Nigeria’s rebased inflation to hit 37% in 2026 – IMF

WHO announces plans to downsize amid US funding cuts

18 Africans among cardinals to elect new Pope

Court orders Trump to restore funding to Voice of America

Ghana’s president Mahama suspends Supreme Court chief justice

UK police seek clues on 10th anniversary of Nigerian student’s murder

India offers Nigerians 250 fully-funded scholarships

Killings: Malians Attacking Benue Communities –Gov Alia


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Norway has the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund valued at over $1.738 trillion. Also known as the Government Pension Fund Global, it was established in 1990 and for the year 2024, it posted a profit of $222.4 billion.
  • O positive is the most common blood type

ECOWAS @50: Tinubu lists achievements, urges stronger collaboration

Senate lambasts Bakare over ‘rubber-stamp’ remark

Kano court sentences 22-year-old to death for killing stepmother, sister

NSCDC officers face probe over alleged N2.5m extortion

Insecurity: We inherited bad government, but we’ll defeat it – NSA Ribadu

Plateau, Benue killings: IGP orders withdrawal of MOPOL officers from unofficial assignments

IGP Summons Commanders Over Chinese National’s Cash Handout To Officers

FG clarifies role of presidential committee on population, housing census

Enugu airport concession 70% completed – Govt

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway bridge repairs to disrupt traffic flow

Out-of-school children: Fed Govt earmarks N120b for skills acquisition

Currency in circulation drops to N5tn – Report

Customs rakes in ₦1.75trn revenue in 2025 first quarter

Customs plan reintroduction of 4% FOB

Presidency justifies solar power project for State House

New orbit galvanising steel plant to save billions in FX, create jobs — Audu

Rivers, Benue, A’Ibom top Nigeria’s 2m HIV patients

FG warns refineries, others against poor waste disposal

NARD counters Poju Oyemade’s claim Nigerian doctors get trained with N500,000

NANS, NAOSS hail Abiodun over progress on Gateway International Airport

UNILORIN students latest beneficiaries of OPay’s N1.2b 10-year scholarship initiative

UNN commends partnership with FirstBank, hails Digital Xperience Centre

$2bn crude-for-loan: Protesters demand Mele Kyari probe

Unilever records N15.1bn Profit

Eight banks spend N4.61tn on salaries, operations

AREWA24 appoints new CEO

ANAMMCO praises Mbah’s innovation, governance model

E-hailing drivers plan strike over anti-labour practices

NSCIA mourns Pope Francis, renews commitment to interfaith harmony

Tinubu, Fubara till 2031, say Rivers protesters 

Adebayo to Atiku, El-Rufai: you can’t hijack SDP for personal battle against Tinubu

Southsouth PDP sacks Edo caretaker committee as Aziegbemi, others kick

Lagos APC charges LG chairmanship aspirants N5.5m

Zulum flags off N16bn Borno flyover

I will lead operation to flush out thugs in Minna – Bago vows

Sani revokes schools quarters, lands sold by El-Rufai’s govt

Oyebanji commissions Dialysis Centre facilitated by Pastor Adeboye, wife

Rivers: Ibas seeks CAN support amid growing pro-Fubara protests

Osun Attorney-General inspect razed buildings, lament poor security in Osun courts

Insecurity: I Won’t Allow Criminals Destabilise Edo- Okpebholo

Emergency rule: Fubara may shift ground after Tinubu’s UK meeting

Enugu seals deal to develop industrial, commercial hub

Katsina pays N3.1bn to landowners affected by projects

DSS, our most reliable partner in curbing insecurity – Plateau Govt

Blue Line Rail records over 2 million passengers – Govt

LASG plans special number plates for PWDs

Kwara badminton court collapse kills Taekwondo champion

Olubadan blames miners for Oyo-Osun boundary crisis

Osun indigenes to build Yoruba school in Ghana

4 suspected killers of P-Harcourt CEO die during crossfire — Police

Police launch probe as Rivers inspector shoots self dead

Suspected Hoodlums Strangle Cyclist In FCT Community

Despite N2m ransom, kidnappers kill woman in Rivers

Stray bullet kills teen at Lagos anti-cultism walk


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2005, the first YouTube video was posted. The 19-second clip, ‘Me at the zoo’, shows co-founder Jawed Karim at San Diego Zoo. It has been viewed more than 355 million times (2025).

Don’t dream to be something but rather dream to do something great. – Narendra Modi

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