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NEWS HEADLINES - 31 JAN 24

NATIONAL

Insecurity: 'Step Aside If The Shoes Are Too Big For You,' Atiku Knocks Tinubu. 

Insecurity: 'You Are Reckless,' Tinubu Fires Back At Atiku. 

Tinubu Condemns Killing Of Ekiti Monarchs, Orders Rescue Of Abducted Pupils. 

FG expresses concern over Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s withdrawal from ECOWAS. 

‘2,423 people killed, 1,872 kidnapped in eight months under Tinubu’. 

Ndume Hails Tinubu for Transferring Crude Oil Revenue from NNPCL to CBN. 

FG to ban single-use plastics, styrofoam in MDAs. 

Nigeria records improvement in first corruption perception index under Tinubu. 

Nigeria ranks 145 on graft index, scores 25 out of 100 points. 

Buhari, minister commiserate with Abubakar over sister’s demise. 

Shettima Inaugurates Minimum Wage Committee. 

New minimum wage: Negotiations’ll reckon with situations in W’Africa —C’ttee chair. 

20 Years After: 26 States Fail To Implement New Pension Scheme. 

Insecurity: We are deeply troubled – Abbas to Tinubu. 

Yahaya Bello denies APC Chair’s posters, says I’m ‘committed’ to Ganduje’s leadership. 

Reps Spokesman breaks down in tears during plenary over killing of Ekiti monarchs. 

Military committing terror attacks against Igbo —IPOB. 

We’ll rally Northern govs, monarchs to end Poliovirus —Zamfara Gov, Sùltan. 

N4.6bn ONSA fund shared to organise prayers against insecurity — EFCC witness. 


BUSINESS

Official I&E Rate Hits N1,482/$1, Surpasses Parallel Market FX Price at N1,460/$1. 

NBCC to FG: Nigeria Cannot Increase Money Supply from N53.1tn toN78.7tn in 2023 without Corresponding Increase in GDP. 

Benefits and legal implications of moving CBN hqtrs to Lagos. 

‘Blocking 90% of revenue leakages achievable with sufficient legislation’. 

IMF downgrades Nigeria's economic growth outlook by 0.1%. 

OPS will spur economic diversification, growth, says Oye. 

Firm keys into U.S. initiative to promote innovation. 

Lack of inventory impacts $110b used smartphone market. 

Bridge Clinic gets new recertification. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Single-use plastics ban in Lagos: Businesses shop for alternatives, advocate incentivised recycling. 

Lagos scales up advocacy on dangers of Styrofoam. 

Lagos rage room offers Nigerians cathartic release for pent-up anger. 

Abiodun Receives Ogun New Speaker, Says 'We Support Your Decision'. 

Ogun First Lady Set to Rehabilitate, Reintegrate Sickle Cell Warrior Amputee. 

 Ogun: Two police inspectors, corporal dismissed for robbery. 

Oyo bags three awards for ICT development. 

Edo Guber: PDP clears Shaibu, Ighodalo, 8 other aspirants to contest primary. 

I’m not Obaseki’s mole, I disagree with his style of governance – Akpata. 

'Oil companies frustrating Isoko alternative energy quest'. 

Court bars Anambra govt from imposing caretaker c’ttees on communities. 

Hoodlums kill Police officer, 2 others in Imo. 

Kogi assembly confirms 15 new commissioners. 

Kaduna court jails armed bandit for 21 years. 

Security Guard, Almajiri Pupil Commit Suicide In Kano. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Jahman, Otedola, others named most reputable Africans. 

Worsening insecurity: Kidnappers abduct pupils, teachers, demand N30m ransom. 

Peter Obi pays condolence visit to Nabeeha's family. 

Nigerian children killed after mistaking IED for scrap. 

N136m unpaid loan: Court orders seizure of Senator Umeh’s assets. 

Female soldier beaten by superiors, sent to psychiatric hospital – Son. 

Guard kills self over ex-wife’s remarriage in Kano. 

 Man,35, remanded for allegedly raping 50-year-old colleague to death. 

Panic over two brothers’ corpses dumped in car booth. 


INTERNATIONAL

AU expresses regret as Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger send formal withdrawal notice to ECOWAS. 

WHO seeks global action against tropical diseases.

Gaza War Claims 122 Journalists, Deadliest Ever - CPJ. 

UK Suspends British-Nigerian Minister For Calling Israel’s Actions ‘Genocide’. 

Judge blocks Musk's 'unfathomable' $56bn Tesla pay. 


SPORTS

Super Eagles awaiting Nwabali’s injury scan result – official. 

Osimhen, Ekong pass dope tests as Nigeria, Angola battle for CAF’s $2.5m. 

Another major upset as South Africa dump 10-man Morocco out of AFCON. 

Sinayoko sends Mali into AFCON quarter finals with 2-1 win against Burkina Faso. 

Joshua describes battle with Ngannou as ‘my undisputed title fight’. 


GOOD MORNING

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