NEWSPAPER HEADLINE Week May 01 - May 07, 2025
07 May
- Falsehood Merchants Behind GMO Controversy– Experts
- President Submits N1.78trn FCT 2025 Budget To Reps
- 40 Years After, DSS Removes Arogundade’s Name From Watchlist
- Tinubu Mandates NIN Authentication In MDAs
07 May
- How insecurity, middlemen drive up rice prices, force mill shutdowns
- Senate grieves over Uromi, Gombe killings, set for security summit amid concerns
- Senate constitutes committee to oversee Rivers' sole administrato
- Boko Haram now deadlier, uses weaponised drones, say Borno Reps
07 May
- Rising poverty mutes Tinubu’s reform gains
- Nestlé, BUA, Nascon top most profitable FMCGs in Q1
- Landlords, developers to reap big from FG’s tax reform
- APC power struggles seen on influx of new defectors
07 May
- With $75 Budget Benchmark, Concerns Mount as Oil Price Hovers Around $60
- NUPRC Pledges Support as ExxonMobil Commits to $1.5bn Deepwater Investment
- MAN, NECA, Ndume Hail FG’s Nigeria First Policy
- After Disastrous Local Polls, Tory MPs Meet to Discuss Ousting Kemi Badenoch
07 May
- Senate proposes national summit on insecurity
- CSOs seek explanation on N6bn police uniform contract, files FOI request
- Two million children malnourished in Nigeria, second highest worldwide —UNICEF
- 10 years after, family, others to celebrate Ooni Sijuwade
07 May
- Reps Lack Authority to Summon Zamfara, Benue Govs, Says Shinkafi
- Atiku Vows not to Leave PDP, Insists Coalition ‘ll Challenge APC
- United Capital Declares N5.89bn PAT in Q1
- Nasarawa Assembly Passes Menstrual Hygiene Products Bill
07 May
- How import waivers are crippling local rice mills
- nsecurity: Nigeria is bleeding – Akpabio
- 1m children at risk of malnutrition in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe
- Uromi killings: 40 days after, families demand justice for slain hunters
07 May
- Senate settles for two-day National Security Summit
- IAR to Nigerians: Embrace TELA Maize, address hunger
- CSOs file FoI request for explanation on N6bn Police uniform contract
- Delta, Edo speakers, 25 others, 6 Reps defect to APC
07 May
- Hunger:Let's rise, meet expectations of Nigerians, Akpabio tells lawmakers
- 2027:Opposition's coalition causing panic in Tinubu's camp –Atiku
- Electric Vehicles: China's bid to flood Nigeria with passenger cars threatened
- PWC: NIGERIAN CEOS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ECONOMY IN 2025
06 May
- FEC okays ‘Nigeria first’ economic policy to prioritise local industry
- 2027: Atiku still weighing options, may not quit PDP
- Over 1.5 million score less than 200 points
- Dangote hails Tinubu for revolutionary change in oil, gas sector to save Nigeria
06 May
- Tinubu Bans Importation of Foreign Goods Produced Locally
- Gunmen Kill Two Vigilante, Two Travelers, Abduct Others in Niger, Benue
- Lagos Pays Out N1.17bn Loans to 4,600 MSMEs in 2024
- Benue Launches Solar Powered Green Wheel Vehicles for Shuttle Services
06 May
- Nigeria risks losing youth generation to drug abuse, mental health crisis
- FEC prioritises local industry under ‘Nigeria First’ policy
- 77% of UTME candidates score below 200
- Imperative of improved aviation operations, before Fly Nigeria Act
06 May
- DHQ Tackles Terrorism Financing, Seeks Support
- Tinubu Behind Probe Of NNPCL, Investigation Reveals
- 75% Of UTME Candidates Scored Below 200 – JAMB
- Kidnappers, Not Islamists, Chopped Off My Hand – Victim
06 May
- FEC Okays Nigeria First Economic Policy to Prioritise Local Industries
- Edun Lauds CBN for Restoring Confidence in External Sector
- Afreximbank to Fund African Energy Bank with $19bn in Bid to Raise Oil Industry Capacity
- Dangote Visits Tinubu, Hails President’s Key Changes in Oil Sector
06 May
- Niger ia missing as eight OPEC+ member s raise output
- Global giants Sanlam, Allianz, other s bet big on Niger ia’s insurance boom
- BDCs recapitalisation to edge out fr inge player s
- Elumelu r eceives Gabon’s national honour s fr om Pr esident Nguema
06 May
- Stop importing goods produced locally
- Bago donates N50m to Winners Church @ 44th anniversary
- Over 1.5m candidates score below 200 in 2025 UTME
- Tax Reform Bills, Rivers crisis top agenda as Senate resumes today
06 May
- Senate moves to reconcile stakeholders in Rivers crisis
- FEC prohibits foreign procurements where local alternatives exist
- CBN: Increased competition boosts demand deposits to N33.96trn
- N54.99TRN BUDGET PROJECTIONS THREATENED AS OIL PRICE SUSTAINS DECLINE
06 May
- Crisis in N/West Devt Commission over scholarship scheme
- Police launch probe as 5 children die inside abandoned vehicle
- 2025 UTME: Over 75% score below 200
- Constitution review, insecurity, tax bills top agenda as NASS resumes today
06 May
- Crisis in N/West Devt Commission over scholarship scheme
- Police launch probe as 5 children die inside abandoned vehicle
- 2025 UTME: Over 75% score below 200
- Constitution review, insecurity, tax bills top agenda as NASS resumes today
05 May
- World Bank: 75.5% Rural Nigerians Live Below Poverty Line
- CBN Records N165bn Surplus in 2024
- Nasarawa Tiv Farmers Stage Protest over Alleged Land Seizure
- Insecurity in Benue Worries Group of Professors
05 May
- Poverty rate among Nigeria’s rural dwellers hits 75% —World Bank
- FG vows to address N4trn debt crippling Nigeria’s power sector
- 2027: Defections alter S’South political configuration
- AfDB unveils $2.95bn five-year strategy for Nigeria
05 May
- How AGF report, refinery scandal ended Kyari’s reign
- CBN cuts Ways & Means by 59% in boost for reforms
- Supply shortfall spur s $6.7m opportunity for pepper growers
- Debunking the “detribalisation” narrative: A detribalized Nigerian leader does not exist
05 May
- $37b InfraCorp in limbo five years after N1 trillion investment
- NELFUND scandal:NANS urges FG to sack heads of culpable institutions
- 62% more customers migrated to Band A as Tinubu meets GenCos over N4tr debt
- Editors, SERAP warn against misuse of Cybercrimes Act
05 May
- Lawyers Lament Delays In Judicial Trials
- Meta’s $220m Fine Signals New Era In Digital Regulation – NPAN
- FG Pledges To Settle N4trn Power Sector Debt
- SERAP, NGE Urge FG To Review Cybercrime Act
05 May
- Presidency Faults Adesina’s Claim, Says Nigerians Better Off Than in 1960
- Blue Economy: FG Pledges Timely Completion of $3bn Agge Deep Seaport
- FG Begins Negotiation with Gencos over N4trn Debt.
- US Mayor Demands ICC’s Probe of El-Rufai’s Alleged Role in Kaduna Killings
05 May
- NDLEA intercepts 942 Zamfara-bound explosives
- $220m fine against Meta, milestone in digital accountability – NPAN
- Sultan, Ooni vital to national unity – Jonathan
- How Nigeria can improve safety, security in schools – Don
05 May
- Energy costs, electricity tariffs grounding industries –OPS
- Party's Mandate:PDP ex-Speakers back legal action against defectors
- POWER CRISIS: TINUBU TO MEET GENCOS’ LEADERSHIP OVER N4TRN DEBT
- Q1’25: Salary adjustment raises 9 banks’ personnel expenses to N427.39bn
05 May
- Poverty rising in rural Nigeria – World Bank
- How B/Haram attacked Yobe military brigade, killed 4 soldiers
- Flight disruptions: Passengers narrate ordeal; experts suggest solutions
- N54bn released to schools, N24bn to students – NELFUND MD
04 May
- Afenifere Cautions Against Ethnic Tags, Rhetoric On Tinubu’s Administration
- MALNUTRITION DESTROYING NORTHERN NIGERIA
- Mele Kyari, 13 Other NNPC Former, Serving Officials Under Investigation, EFCC Confirms NEWS/PAGE 3
- Nigeria Records Three Mpox-related Deaths, 136 Confirmed Cases
04 May
- Mele Kyari: I’m Ready to Give Account of My Service
- Zenith Bank, Nine Others Begin 2025 on Positive Momentum, Report N1.83 Trillion Profit in Q1
- Obasanjo, Osinbajo, Obi, Abiodun, Daniel, Amosun, Cardoso, Others Bid Farewell to Afenifere Leader, Ayo Adebanjo
- Exiting Nigeria Does Not Absolve Meta of Liabilities, FCCPC Insists
04 May
- Is Nigeria drifting to one-party state?
- ecurity operatives seal Galadima’s residence as Sanusi, Bayero turban appointees
- Prince Adeyemi Aderibigbe: Meet “the luckiest man in the world”
- FBI, DEA to release Tinubu report schedule in 90 days
04 May
- Power and privilege: How Nigeria’s electricity tariff regime deepens social inequality
- Workers’ pain deepens as inflation eats up 70,000 minimum wage
- Bode George wants Tinubu to implement 2014 confab report in memory of Adebanjo, Clark
- Abia’s 10,000 barrels per day refinery to commence operation second quarter 2025
04 May
- Why Nigeria Slipped To Africa’s 4th Largest Economy – Analysts
- 8 Years After Presidential Order, 24-hour Port Operations Still Elusive
- Tinubu, Abbas, Others Grace Wedding Of Gov Radda's Daughter
- $220m Fine: Quitting Nigeria Won’t Absolve Meta Of Liability – FCCPC
04 May
- The Unforgotten Hero Olikoye Ransome-Kuti
- Tinubu to troops: you’re gallant, brave, defenders of the nation
- Untold story of the Tiv war against hegemony
- Police nab 15 suspects; recover 21 stolen vehicles in Abuja
04 May
- We’ll reclaim forests from terrorists, others, says Tinubu
- 15,000 doctors left Nigeria for abroad in five years —NMA president
- Manufacturers raise concerns over proposed 4% charge on goods by Customs
- Adebanjo, worked, laboured for true federalism, says Archbishop Fape
04 May
- Tinubu: We’ll deploy surveillance, tech to combat insecurity
- 2027: WE’VE 26M VOTES TO DEFEAT APC –BUHARI’S EX-MINISTER
- Nigeria missing as 8 OPEC+ countries increase oil production
- FG to Meta: Quitting Nigeria won't absolve you oF liability
03 May
- Facebook, Instagram may quit Nigeria over $300m fines
- New Owa Obokun: Palace unfolds coronation events
- Rivers women walk out on administrator’s wife, reject empowerment
- Emirship crisis: Sanusi, Bayero appoint parallel Galadima of Kano
03 May
- The Unforgotten Hero Olikoye Ransome-Kuti
- 2027: Buhari, Malami, others not leaving APC
- Police nab 15 suspects; recover 21 stolen vehicles in Abuja
- Untold story of the Tiv war against hegemony
03 May
- Nigeria records 135 deaths from ailment, Mpox –NCDC
- Don’t label Tinubu's govt Yoruba since you didn’t brand Buhari’s as Fulani, Afenifere warn
- We didn't find weapons of terrorism on Nnamdi Kanu during arrest
- Meta threatens to cut off Facebook in Nigeria over $290m fines
02 May
- May Day: NLC Demands 65-year Retirement Age for Civil Servants
- Access Holdings Posts N182.75bn Profit in First Quarter
- SEC Discovers another Ponzi Scheme, Warns Public against Risks
- Kogi Assembly Calls for Suspension of Mining Activities in Omala LGA
02 May
- I’ll Address Your Challenges, Tinubu Assures Workers
- Pay Minimum Wage, Wike Urges Area Council Chairmen
- ICPC Probes N159.6bn Unaccounted Student Loan
- FBI, DEA SEEK MORE TIME FOR TINUBU’S PROBE RECORDS RELEASE
02 May
- FG summons VCs as ICPC probes student loan disbursement
- National Political Summit: NPSG inaugurates Daniel, Tambuwal, Awolowo Dosumu, others as coordinating committee members
- May Day: Labour rejects Tax Reform bills, wants retirement age to be 65 years
- I am not quitting PDP, Adeleke tells Osun stakeholders’ forum
02 May
- How investor s can tap Niger ia’s planned tax cr edits
- Zenith Bank’s Q1 pr of it r ises 21% as assets hit N32.42tr n
- BusinessDay Futur e of Payment confer ence 2025
- Domestic cr ude sales - Key to unlocking Niger ia’s oil wealth
02 May
- In May Day Speech, Tinubu Pledges to Address High Living Cost, Fight Corruption
- Oil Posts Steepest Monthly Fall Since 2021, Dangote Says ‘Okay’ with Trump’s Tariff on Urea
- Nigeria Risks Perpetual Economic Stagnation Without Reliable Power, Adesina Warns
- SEC Raises the Alarm About Another Suspected Illegal Investment Platform
02 May
- You’re the engine of our economy, secret to nation’s growth
- Celebrating Quintessential idris at 59, reminisCing blueprint at 14
- At Bishop Praise’s 65th birthday, Dogara, Dara back Tinubu’s 2nd term
- North-east govs urge united front against B/Haram resurgence
02 May
- Insecurity:Nigeria may push for ECOWAS Protocol on Transhumance review –Investigation
- May Day: Labour asks FG to address systemic failures, insecurity, others
- INVESTORS MIGRATING TO SAFER HAVENS AMID MARKET VOLATILITY
- CPS: Nigerian workers remitted N335.15bn into pension accounts
01 May
- Eno Alludes to Imminent Defection, Says PDP Will Soon Grind to a Halt
- Trump’s Tariffs: US GDP Shrinks to 0.3% From 2.4 per cent in Q1, Dow Tumbles 400 Points
- May Day: Akpabio, Atiku Hail Nigerian Workers, Say They Are Engine Propelling the Nation
- Nigerian Universities Hit 295 After Licensing of 11, as FG Harps on STEM
01 May
- Tinubu Has Failed To Renew Our Hope– Workers
- N921bn Helicopter Drones, Fake Drugs Intercepted At Apapa Port
- My Flight To APC Imminent, Gov Eno Declares
- Bauchi, Kebbi Begin Airlift Of Pilgrims May 9
01 May
- Top Nigerian leaders set to host national political summit
- MACBAN, MBF disagree over visit to US ambassador
- Appeal Court upholds conviction of Prof Ogban for electoral fraud
- AFRIMA 2025: Lagos ready to host Africa, Sanwo-Olu declares
01 May
- Review policy reforms, amend laws on civic engagement
- Customs intercepts N912bn contrabands, high-tech drones, medicals
- FG targets efficiency in MDAs with sweeping reforms – Idris
- Ologbondiyan fears implosion as Eno hints at dumping PDP
01 May
- FG's unequal, discriminatory policies enabling hostilities –ACF
- PMS: Importers cut shipment by 3.6bn litres to N189bn on price war
- We're asking for living wage, not luxury
- Attack Threat: Catholic priest, parishioners, residents flee Benue village
01 May
- Agitations over cost-of-living crisis, workers’ welfare on May Day
- Tinubu, Obasanjo, Anyaoku, others pay tribute to Ayo Adebanjo at service of songs
- HASAL MFB partners AFOS Foundation, CarbonConnect on Biochar initiative
- Two million Nigerian children yet to be immunised, says UNICEF