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NEWS HEADLINES - 28 APR 23

NATIONAL

Buhari: Atiku, Obi, Others Are Victims Of Over Confidence. 

Buhari: Nigeria's Fighting Power Strongest In 7 Years. 

 Over 60,000 soldiers recruited under my watch, says Buhari. 

Don’t blame Buhari’s govt for not rescuing all Chibok girls —Presidency. 

Governors, NEC Members Shower Accolades On Osinbajo As Council Holds Valedictory Meeting. 

 FG plans supplementary budget as NEC suspends subsidy removal. 

Osinbajo unveils book, says Nigeria requires green hydrogen investments. 

APC crisis: Vice Chairman writes Buhari, drags Adamu, Omisore to court over NEC meeting. 

10th NASS Leadership: Work with Adamu’s NWC, Tinubu tells APC govs. 

Tinubu rejects push to microzone Senate presidency to South South. 

APC denies zoning 10th NASS leadership positions. 

S’South leaders insist on ceding Senate presidency to region. 

Senate moves to give legal backing to 46-year Atomic Energy Commission.   

Reps Speakership: Wase, Gagdi In Hot Battle From N/Central. 

 $2.4bn diversion claim baseless – Malami. 

Sudan: Nigerian students trapped in desert. 

Sudan Crisis: First Set Of Nigerian Evacuees Expected Friday - Dabiri-Erewa. 

FG files 9 fresh grounds opposing Nnamdi Kanu’s release. 

Court refuses to grant request seeking to stop census. 

NAFDAC confirms another killer cough syrup in circulation. 

U.S. Completes Nigeria's $38m Air Force Base Improvements For A-29 Super Tucanos. 


BUSINESS

Restore local refining, says NLC as FG halts subsidy removal. 

The Economic Forum Series: FinTech CyberSecurity & Fraud Summit 2023. 

Elumelu Overtakes Otedola, Controls 25.58% Transcorp Stake. 

Banks’ credit to private sector rises by N1.6 trn. 

Currency outside banks rises 66% to N1.4 trn. 

Sustained bargain hunting in FMCG firms, others lift index by 0.3%. 

Air Fares May Rise As Airlines' Exchange Rate Hits N610/$. 

Eight years of automotive policy: Where are the vehicles?  

Fidelity Bank doubles profit before tax, records double-digit growth. 

Terra unveils new products. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Roads, houses flooded as rain pounds Lagos. 

JAMB conducts UTME for 28 blind candidates in Ekiti. 

Sen Joel-Onowakpo’ll give better representation to Delta Southerners—Omo-agege’s aide. 

Delta Assembly passes bills to upgrade 2 tertiary institutions. 

Mbah, Enugu governor-elect inaugurates transition Committee, wants implementable action plan. 

Ebonyi welcomes first flights into N36bn airport. 

Kogi guber: Adeyemi, Abubakar, others ask court to nullify APC primary. 

 10 killed as petrol-laden tanker explodes in Jos. 

Kaduna Rep-elect makes case for Gagdi. 

DSS Detains Fintiri’s Security Aide, PDP Supporters Over Attack On INEC Official. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Social Mobility And Mass Migration Of Nigerians: Addressing The ‘Japa’ Syndrome. 

Police arraigns lawyer for alleged N19.2m theft, breach of public peace.  

Court freezes businessman’s accounts in 24 banks over alleged N522.5m debt. 

‘Don’t allow my husband enter your eyes,’ Toyin Abraham warns ladies. 

Woman abducts two siblings in Lagos community. 

 Abia-bound husband, wife, son die in Ondo crash. 

Adegoke’s murder: Adedoyin, hotel workers know fate in May. 

Oby Ezekwesili at 60: An Attestation. 

What I’ll do to ladies who make videos in my house – Singer, Chike. 

‘Love, not a source of income’, Rema speaks on relationship. 

‘Domitilla’ Trademark Saga: Zeb Ejiro, Njemanze to settle out of court. 

Actor Song Il Kook Returns In 'The Return of Superman'. 

Ed Sheeran reaches for guitar to defend self in court. 

 Cleopatra was light-skinned, Egypt tells Netflix. 

Warner Music Signs Brave Girls. 

Legendary US talk show host Jerry Springer dies aged 79. 


INTERNATIONAL

Sudan ceasefire extended but fighting continues. 

Erdogan falls ill on TV and cancels vote rallies. 

Ukraine looms over Pope's first trip to Hungary. 

How Donald Trump Raped Me - American Writer. 

Worker needed for one of world's remotest islands. 


SPORTS

We’re motivated for victory against Newcastle – Iwobi. 

Utaka wants Peseiro’s job. 

Lampard says Chelsea woes shouldn’t ruin his reputation. 

Spurs fight back to hold Man Utd, Newcastle thrash Everton. 

Football great ‘Pele’ enters dictionary as adjective for ‘unique’. 


GOOD MORNING

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