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NEWS HEADLINES - 28 SEP 23

NATIONAL

Presidential election: You’ll remain serial loser – Ganduje mocks Kwankwaso. 

 Chicago academic record: Atiku plans fresh suit against Tinubu. 

NLC strike: Nothing has been achieved, all our approaches to govt failed – Joe Ajaero. 

Labour faults FG’s meeting, insists on indefinite strike. 

Apologise for ridiculing monarchs, Afenifere tells Obasanjo. 

Speaker Abbas: National Assembly Budget Stagnant For 13 Years. 

 Bill on North West Development Commission passes first reading. 

Leah Sharibu married off to ISWAP Commander after ‘divorcing’ first husband – Report. 

NULGE rues workers’ poor working conditions, insists on autonomy for LGs. 

Women demand for more roles in maritime sector. 

NBC moves against open defecation. 

Guber election: INEC expresses concerns over insecurity in Imo, Kogi. 

Diphtheria: UNICEF Deploys 9.3m Vaccine Doses To Kano, Borno, Yobe, Others. 

DSS nabs Shi’ite’s spokesperson at Kano Airport. 


BUSINESS

Cardoso Promises Evidence-based Monetary Policy, Financial Stability, Confirmed CBN Gov. 

SMEDAN advocates stakeholders’ support for MSMEs. 

BEDC’s Billing Agents Protest Blocking Of E-Wallet Account In Edo. 

Manufacturing performance indicators contracted by 1.4% in H1. 

Diesel may trade near N1500/litre as oil prices spike. 

Food prices jump by 31%, says NBS. 

How Nigeria can earn $13bn revenue from arts industry. 

Currency outside banks rises 4% to N2.29trn. 

BoI boss bags African banking award in New York. 

“Reduce fiscal deficit by 3% of GDP”, IMF charges Nigeria, others. 

NOVA Merchant Bank sponsors paediatric surgery of  50 children. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Red rail line: Sanwo-Olu orders contractor to deliver project December. 

Residents, commuters lament near collapse of Ikotun market bridge. 

Sagamu killings: No sacred cows in ongoing probe, says DSS. 

‘Adeleke Managing Osun Finances in  Sustainable Manner’. 

Edo people will vote against any candidate Obaseki anoints – PDP chieftain. 

No Condition Given to Shaibu by Obaseki, Says Edo Govt. 

Police, NIPOST seal eight illegal courier offices in Delta. 

Fubara promises to decongest Port Harcourt, create more cities. 

Otu Woos Opposition Following Victory at Tribunal. 

Police nab 92 suspects for cultism, kidnapping, armed robbery in Enugu. 

Abia gov reaffirms commitment to improved healthcare. 

PDP fumes as tribunal affirms Ebonyi gov’s election. 

Nnamani loses as tribunal affirms election of LP Senator, Kelvin Chukwu. 

Mixed Reactions Greet FG’s Cattle Colony In Benue. 

Court remands 13 suspects for killing village head in Niger. 

 Nasarawa poly student’s abductors slash ransom  to N.5m. 

Wike Fires Heads Of 21 Agencies In FCTA. 

Panic grips Kwara residents as 10 persons kidnapped in 10 days. 

Group Launches Free Legal Services for Vulnerable People in Kano. 

NAOWA President Lays Foundation for Computer Centre, Distributes Food Items in Sokoto. 

Police debunk alleged removal of corpse’s eyes in Gombe morgue. 

Maulud: Gov. Buni Sues For Peace, Love And Sacrifice. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Gbaja Watches As Wike Dishes Soup From Pot. 

Woman kills 65-year-old husband with pestle in Ondo. 

 Police detain, release father of Imo rape victim. 

Varsity graduate attempts suicide over withheld results. 

Asthmatic patient, driver escape death in Lagos auto crash. 

‘2Baba’ Okpolowu has 40 guns, used spiritual powers to kill Rivers DPO — Accomplice. 

Naira Marley shares video of last conversation with Mohbad over ‘suicidal thoughts’. 

Why I adopted my mom’s name as stage name – Asake. 

Hawkins Becomes First Woman To Test F1 Cars In Five Years. 

Space travel's heavy toll on health. 


INTERNATIONAL

Sailing solo: South Africa's Kirsten Neuschafer recounts 233 days at sea. 

India-Canada standoff: Who are the Khalistan separatists?  

Travis King in US custody after North Korea expulsion. 

Biden appoints two Nigerians, Imasogie, Ogwumike as advisers. 

Vietnam climate activist on trial for tax evasion. 


SPORTS

GUC Relays bars potential cheats from 2023 edition. 

NFF never sacked Waldrum as Super Falcons coach, says Eguavoen. 

Osimhen shames critics, scores for Napoli against Udinese. 

Gattuso named as new coach of crisis club Marseille. 

Mike Tyson helping Ngannou plot Fury ambush. 


GOOD MORNING

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