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NEWS HEADLINES - 01 JAN 24

NATIONAL

NLC, NECA, LP, others fire NASS for raising 2024 budget by N1.2trn.   

2024 Budget: N20.3bn Allocated To Lawmakers' Aides, N9bn For N/Assembly Car Parks, Books. 

2024 Budget A Display Of Tinubu Govt's Disdain For Nigerians – LP. 

Kukah To Tinubu: Legitimacy Of Your Gov't Depends On Ending Mindless Killings. 

Registrar confirms emigration of 10,697 medical laboratory scientists. 

NASU demands 70 yrs retirement age for members. 

Don’t ruin your future with hard drugs, Buhari tells youths. 

Nigeria ‘ll get hotter before cooling – Pastor Adeboye. 

CDS Offers Remedies to Insecurity. 

EFCC  Invites former Minister, Farouq, over N37bn Laundered Funds. 


BUSINESS

2024 economic outlook gloomy as analysts list weak links. 

No directive to hike electricity tariff January 1 – Discos. 

11 Companies With Combine N515.15bn Capitalisation Delist from NGX in One Year. 

NPAN announces changes in newspaper cover prices. 

FG targets one million auto gas conversions, lists economic benefits. 

Sterling Bank sets world record with Africa’s first solar-powered HQ. 

2023: Equity investors rake N13tn, highest in history. 

Sterling Bank appoints Mayaki as new Board Chairman.   

Epileptic power supply: Frozen food sellers now fry, roast chicken, turkey to cut losses. 

CBN: Working towards a healthy economy. 

 P’Harcourt refinery begins test-run, Rivers, 11 others get supply soon. 

Refinery Rehab: ‘Don’t expect immediate petrol price crash’. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Sanwo-Olu urged to reverse directives on Lekki Phase I street gates. 

Lagos govt advocates whistleblowing on illegal structures. 

Lekki Muslim Ummah Empowers Aspiring Tailors. 

 Traders count losses as police demolish computer village POWA complex. 

Ogun guber tussle: Supreme Court judgement will favour us – PDP. 

Abiodun assures Ogun residents of infrastructure development in 2024. 

Honour Akeredolu, make Owo indigene deputy governor, group tells Aiyedatiwa. 

How female aide caused Akeredolu, Aiyedatiwa’s feud —Odebowale, former SSA. 

Akeredolu didn’t manage his wife well — Ex-aide. 

I didn’t pay Akeredolu’s wife to become Commissioner –  Rasaq Obe. 

Why I boycotted Oyetola’s re-election campaign – Aregbesola. 

Nworie pledges transparency in dealing with Osun non-indigenes. 

Obaseki Tightens Noose Around Shaibu. 

Speaker Loyal To Fubara Resigns From Rivers Assembly. 

Unpaid benefits: Pensioners grieve over deaths of colleagues in Anambra. 

We won’t forget your contribution to FCT devt, Wike tells retirees. 

Sule Signs Two Executive Orders to Boost Investment in Nasararwa. 

Nasarawa partners shippers’ council on dry port devt for export. 

Plateau killings: TASCK postpones annual music festival, IMF. 

Plateau Killings: ‘Use of Sophisticated Weapons Should Worry Govt, Military’. 

Police arrest robbery suspects, recover 64 bags of soybeans in Niger. 

Kano Guber Tussle: Women groups seek divine intervention for Gov Yusuf’s victory at S-Court. 

We'll Continue To Promote Peace Between North And South - Emir Of Kano. 

Gov Sani Inaugurates Tundun Biri Committee For Implementation, Monitoring Of Funds.  

Do Not Sell All Your Harvest, Fintiri Appeals to  Farmers. 


HUMAN ANGLE

 Nigerians welcome 2024 with celebrations. 

Man who ran from Lagos to Abuja: I was attacked by ritualists in Ogun, saw ghost before Lokoja. 

Police arrest man for allegedly printing, distributing fake Police ID cards. 

I get a lot of compliments about my body – Aderonke Atere. 

People now choose popularity over education — Alibaba. 

Celebrities pray as actor Zack Orji reportedly slumps, lands in hospital. 

Happy New Year: Meet first and last country to enter 2024. 


INTERNATIONAL

Parties and celebrations across world to ring in 2024. 

Congo president declared winner of chaotic election. 

Israeli Minister Calls For Return Of Jewish Settlers To Gaza. 

Queen of Denmark announces abdication live on TV. 

Zelensky vows more Ukraine-made weapons in speech. 


SPORTS

Nigerian boxer Muyideen Oyakojo receives generous support from Bullion Go-Neat CEO. 

Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat ‘stabbed to death’ in Kenya. 

Arteta frustrated by Arsenal’s ‘worst performance’ in defeat at Fulham. 

Tottenham vs Bournemouth: Preview, team news, head-to-head. 

Argentina to retire No. 10 jersey in honour of Messi. 


GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

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