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NEWS HEADLINES - 01 MAY 23

NATIONAL

May Day: It’s been terrible, excruciating for workers — NLC. 

Eight-year scorecard: Workers lament hardship, score Buhari, governors low on welfare. 

Minimum wage insufficient for workers –Atiku. 

Sudan: Dangote partners FG, Air Peace to re-settle evacuated Nigerians. 

Sudan Crisis: Our Children Still In Desert 3 Days After Leaving Khartoum – Parents. 

 Don’t attack embassy staff, ambassador warns stranded Nigerian students. 

Sudan Crisis: We Have No Food, Nigerian Ambassador Cries Out. 

 FG, Atiku, Obi trade words over Tinubu’s victory. 

Presidential poll: You lost woefully — FG tells opposition parties. 

FG accuses el-Rufai of placing unity school students’ lives in harm’s way. 

Why Tinubu must reconcile, unite Nigerians — Uroghide. 

APC threatens to expel Lukman for dragging Adamu, Omisore to court. 

APC makes U-turn, nullifies Giadom, Udosen's sack. 

LP to FG, APC, ‘You’ve murdered sleep by rigging the 2023 elections’. 

10th NASS: Concerned APC Stakeholders endorse Akpabio-Barau ticket. 

South East Group clamours for Senate President, backs Kalu. 

Doguwa Joins Speakership Race. 

Outgoing Rep delivers N2.2b constituency projects. 

Abubakar, Adebayo harp on good governance to stabilise economy. 

Railway pensioners want inclusion in monetisation of staff quarters programme. 

UTME: JAMB Warns Schools Against Confiscating Candidates' Registration SIMs. 

1.3m Nigerians Facing Irregular Migration Challenges - IOM. 

Ex-NIMASA DG, Maritime Stakehaolders Mourn Onyema-Orakwusi. 

Don laments policy-makers’ neglect of local, indigenous knowledge. 

CISLAC Tasks Journalists, Security Agencies, On Early Warnings And Response To Prevent Crisis. 


BUSINESS

No Plans To Phase Out Redesigned Notes – CBN. 

PenCom steps up efforts at diversifying pension fund investment. 

FG dumps five per cent telecom tax waiver. 

Pensioners’ welfare our priority — PTAD. 

SAHCO, NAHCO, Customs dispute 100% cargo handling increment. 

Trapped funds: Foreign airlines’ airfare in dollars will reduce backlog – Analyst. 

Dangote Sugar declares N18.22bn dividend; targets 170,000 tonnes next season. 

Schneider Electric cautions against fake products. 

Seplat posts N91.1b profit in 2023 first quarter. 


ACROSS THE STATES

1,768 Lagos retirees get N5bn accrued benefits. 

Three Dead, Others Injured In Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway Auto Crash. 

From community leadership to Governorship: Oborevwori, a man of destiny. 

2 Rev Fathers kidnapped in Delta. 

May Day: Fubara assures Rivers workers of cordial relations, right benefits. 

One injured in Calabar collapsed building. 

Police arrest nine suspected bandits in Imo. 

IHRC congratulates Ebonyi gov-elect on victory. 

Ortom pleads for understanding over uncertainties in workplace. 

Kaduna Electric: How Soldiers Invaded Our Office, Beat Up Staff. 

I acted within the law – suspended Adamawa REC. 


HUMAN ANGLE

I faced hostility as young woman heading NPA – Bala-Usman. 

Confusion As Corpse Of 115-Year-Old Man Goes Missing In Anambra Mortuary. 

 Man impregnates 14-year-old girl in Lagos. 

 Robbers disguise as engineers, steal telecom mast batteries. 

Man hangs self in Lagos, traditionalists perform cleansing rites. 

Kwara CP orders arrest of Inspector who drank to stupor. 

 Suspect arrested for dismembering Ogun lady, offers N1m bribe. 

Ayra Starr misses US shows, placed on bed rest. 

Actress Nancy Isime bags honorary doctorate degree from American university. 

Actor, Kunle Remi opens up on relationship status. 

‘Some men now employ their side chicks in their homes,’ Soso Soborekon alerts women. 

‘Super Mario’ is year’s first film to pass $1bn globally. 

Economy: Nigerians now sell natural dreadlocks for survival. 


INTERNATIONAL

Air strikes pound Sudan capital as truce extended. 

Chaos at port as thousands rush to leave Sudan. 

Suspected IS chief killed in Syria, Turkey says. 

Pope urges Hungarians to 'open doors' to migrants. 

 Armed attackers kill 10 in Ecuador port. 


SPORTS

U-17 AFCON: South Sudan disqualfied for age cheating. 

Jota ruins Spurs fightback as Liverpool win seven-goal thriller. 

PSG slump to new defeat after Hakimi red card. 

‘We’re back’, says Mueller after Bayern return to league summit. 

Sergio Perez wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix from Max Verstappen. 

Ding Liren becomes China's first world chess champion. 


GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY NEW MONTH

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