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NEWS HEADLINES -29 DEC 23

NATIONAL

Time To End Heritage Of Poverty, Destitution In The North - Shettima. 

FG set to unveil 200 tonne/day rice mill. 

Traffickers sell Kano children for N500,000 in Lagos, Anambra, others.

Police arrest 9 inter-state child trafficking syndicate members. 

Mishandling Of CBN Investigation Report Can Create Distrust, Panic – Experts. 

How Cyber-Attacks Exposed Nigeria’s IT Security Vulnerability In 2023. 

Govs pay condolence visits to Akeredolu’s home in Ibadan. 

Ohanaeze, Ngige mourn Akeredolu, describe him as great in-law, patriot. 

Eight-year tenure policy: INEC retires 4 directors. 

 INEC promotes 55 directors, 5,141 others. 

NRC Loses 150,000 Rail Clips To Vandalism - MD. 

'He Was Pro-People,' Afenifere Leader Mourns Akeredolu. 

Constabulary tarnishing police image, needs separate uniform – Arase. 

Obaseki, Matawalle, Tuggar, Musa, Lagbaja Others Decorate 47 New Major Generals. 


BUSINESS

Hope rises for FG’s N26trn budget as oil price leaps to $81.11. 

Your funds are safe in banks, CBN assures depositors. 

'We’ve Paid,’ British American Tobacco Speaks On $110m FG Fine. 

Amidst Climate Change, FX Crisis, Nigeria’s Agric Sector Growth Dipped 4.06% in Three Quarters of 2023. 

Nigeria’s terms of trade records 4th consecutive quarterly decline. 

Consumer credit rises 32% to N3.05trn in 9mths. 

Airtel Africa Registers 150 Millionth Customer. 

We’ll maintain N3,500 cement price from January — BUA. 

Dangote Refinery gets 3rd crude supply of 1m barrel. 

Uber, Travelstart Reiterate Commitment to Improve Drivers’ Earnings. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Third Mainland Bridge: FG to Shut Oworonshoki-Lagos Island-bound Lanes from Jan 9. 

Police officers’ wives, traders protest planned demolition of POWA’s complex in Lagos. 

Police probe Ogun mob killing, warn against jungle justice. 

Ogun Assembly passes 2024 appropriation bill of N703.02bn. 

Aiyedatiwa meets Tinubu, pledges to move Ondo forward. 

Governor Aiyedatiwa shops for deputy. 

Fear grips political appointees in Ondo as Aiyedatiwa takes charge. 

APC Forecloses Rotation Of Gov’ship Ticket To Ekiti South Till 2030. 

Akeredolu: Makinde declares three-day mourning. 

Osun govt commends World Bank for role in community development. 

Seats of 26 Rivers lawmakers who defected remain vacant, PDP insists. 

Rivers Community Seeks Govt’s  Intervention in Land Grabbing, Kidnapping. 

58 bag first class, as Rivers varsity graduates 6,326. 

Court Extends Interim Order Against INEC, PDP Over 27 Defected Rivers Lawmakers. 

Gov Diri signs N489.4bn Bayelsa 2024 appropriation bill. 

Bayelsa: Dickson Relates With Me Not As Godfather, Says Gov Diri. 

Soludo signs 2024 budget into law. 

Imo women protest, demand return of ancestral land after zoo relocation. 

Niger gov signs 2024 budget into law. 

UN Raises Alarm Over Deadly Plateau Attacks. 

Horror without end: Plateau village gets fresh attack notice.  

Shettima Reiterates Commitment to Rural Devt, Lauds Nasarawa Gov. 

Kaduna Lawmaker Increases Aides To 40, Targets More Women Inclusion. 

Kano Gov Signs N437bn 2024 Budget Into Law.  

Bauchi Gov Signs N300bn 2024 Appropriation Bill Into Law. 

 Soldier kills truck driver for resisting extortion in Borno. 

Zulum seeks justice for NURTW driver killed by soldier. 

Army confirms arrest of soldier for allegedly killing driver in Borno. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Kano court remands housewife for stabbing house boy to death. 

I waited 24 years for a child, not my wife – Doyin Hassan clarifies. 

Guild decries Nollywood actors’ reluctance to health insurance plan. 

Why you need to take lots of pictures before January – Comedian AY. 

Panic as pilot mistakes frozen river for runaway. 


INTERNATIONAL

Thousands flee central Gaza as Israeli troops advance. 

War On Gaza: Death Toll Hits 21,320, Says Health Ministry. 

End 'Unlawful Killings' In West Bank, UN Tells Israel. 

Hong Kong democracy activist flees to UK to seek asylum. 

New setback for Trump as Maine boots him off ballot. 


SPORTS

Oshoala presents CAF award to President Tinubu, First Lady. 

South Africa omit Burnley forward Foster from AFCON squad. 

Man Utd’s Onana makes Cameroon AFCON squad as Bayern’s Chuopo-Moting misses out. 

Arsenal fail in Premier League summit bid as Spurs lose thriller. 

New WTA season coming too quick, says Pegula. 


GOOD MORNING

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