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NEWS HEADLINES -31 MAY 23

NATIONAL

Tinubu makes history as first former governor, senator to be president. 

Tinubu to DSS: Vacate EFCC office immediately. 

Tinubu inherits over N16tn uncompleted projects. 

Petrol subsidy removal not immediate — Presidency Source. 

Fuel subsidy will get rid of Nigeria if we don’t remove it – Shettima. 

Fuel scarcity: Tinubu resumes at Aso Rock, meets Emefiele, Kyari. 

Fuel Subsidy: Don’t dare Nigerians — NLC warns Tinubu. 

It’s mischievous to say Tinubu removed fuel subsidy – Keyamo. 

Court Admits US Drug Judgment Against Tinubu, Atiku’s Election Materials. 

Restructuring Nigeria should be Tinubu’s priority –Ahamba. 

Uche Nwosu backs Tinubu on fuel subsidy removal. 

Senate Presidency: Yari And I Working Together - Orji Kalu. 

Reps back subsidy removal, urge patience with Tinubu. 

Reps approve N373m take-off grant for NASS Library Trust Fund. 

 N’Assembly: Anti-zoning group condemns alleged plan to arrest Betara, Yari.  

NGE, PANDEF, Oborevwori, Igbinedion, Mark, Nnamani, Oshiomhole, Shaibu, Owie, Edo NUJ mourn Dokpesi. 

 N11tn spent on moribund refineries in 13 years – Reps. 

Court justifies govt’s no work, no pay rule against ASUU. 

Lawyers kick against calls to stop simultaneous judges’ vacation. 

Establishments partner to educate two million pupils on oral hygiene. 

‘UI to exchange staff, students with Australian varsities’. 


BUSINESS

Stakeholders back uniform exchange rate policy. 

FG Will Not Place Price Cap On Fuel Price – NMDPRA. 

Multiple duties, forex scarcity, crippling manufacturing — M&B. 

Petrol price jumps to N350/ltr as queues return. 

Experts chart ways to sustainable tech business model. 

Controversy over Cally Air assets, N900 million debt to Aero Contractors. 

Cordros Trains Pupils On Investment. 

Oralusi seeks mortgage facility for low-income earners. 

FCMB eliminates insufficient airtime constraints for customers. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos PDP deplores Sanwo-Olu’s achievements in first term. 

Heavy rainfall worsens Lagos gridlock. 

Violence: ‘Auxiliary’ escapes, one killed as Police parade 78 suspected PMS members in Oyo. 

Delta APC chieftain applauds Tinubu’s agenda. 

Fuel Price Hits N520 Per Litre In Edo, Delta. 

Edo LP vows to win LG elections. 

Cultists return to Rivers community, kill 4 vigilante members. 

Rivers Assembly confirms four commissioner-nominees. 

NDLEA busts drug syndicate, arrests members in Anambra. 

Subsidy: Petrol Hits N1,200 Per Litre In Ebonyi. 

Gov Otti Freezes State Bank Accounts, Dissolves Boards. 

Kogi Gov’ship: Aggrieved Aspirant Asks Court To Disqualify Ododo. 

Queues resurface in Makurdi as fuel sells for N400-N500 per litre. 

Nasarawa Has 1.3bn Barrels, Highest Hydrocarbons Reserves In North – Gov Sule. 

Uba Sani To Kaduna Residents: Election Over, I Won’t Fail You. 

Uba Sani Picks Ex-Immigration Comptroller As Chief Of Staff, Retains Key El-Rufai Men. 

Banditry: Absence of telecoms coverage fuels killings in southern Kaduna.  

I was absent at Abba Yusuf’s inauguration over fear of violence  – Ganduje. 

N241bn debt left over by Ganduje's administration disheartening — Kano gov. 

Abba Gida-Gida To Probe Missing Of Ganduje Govt's Critic, Dadiyata. 

Gombe gov Yahaya, deputy sworn in for second term. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Court jails father for defiling 8-yr-old daughter. 

Court remands man for defiling 13-year-old girl. 

Adegoke murder: Court sentences Adedoyin to death by hanging. 

Don’t be deceived, marriage still works – Actor Nedu. 

Family, group demand justice for 24-year-old killed by police. 

Tinubu broke record in 24 hours – Charly Boy reacts to fuel subsidy. 

Bruce Willis will always be remembered as ‘great star’ – Schwarzenegger.  


INTERNATIONAL

Elizabeth Holmes begins 11-year prison sentence. 

South Africa grants Putin, BRICS leaders immunity for summit. 

NATO says attacks on peacekeepers in Kosovo 'must stop'. 

North Korea says spy satellite launch failed. 

US debt deal clears hurdle despite hard-line revolt. 


SPORTS

We’re ready for Argentina, says Flying Eagles. 

‘Life kicks you’, Iheanacho reacts to Leicester City relegation. 

Ten Hag says Greenwood has ‘shown he can score goals’ for Man United. 

New Chelsea boss Pochettino ‘does not want’ Joao Felix. 

Juventus fined, avoid points deduction in false accounting trial. 


GOOD MORNING

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