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NEWS HEADLINES - 29 FEB 24

NATIONAL

Tinubu to Nigerians: I won’t rush to restructure. 

Hardship: I Feel Your Pains, Tinubu Tells Nigerians. 

Tinubu hails Tunji-Ojo reforms as Interior Minister. 

Akeredolu’s departure leaves difficult void to fill – Tinubu. 

Oronsaye Report: FG, Labour disagree on job losses. 

FG allays fear of job losses in merger of MDAs.  

Obi lists conditions for effective implementation of Oronsaye report. 

‘How $600m support saved millions of Nigerians’. 

Canadian Embassy seeks partnership with NiDCOM.  

FG to Release N50bn for Primary Health Fund, Issue Executive Order to Curb Escalating Drug Prices. 

Quick Justice Delivery as S’Court Attains Full Compliment of 21 Justices Today. 

Reps reject bill seeking president to secure over 50% votes in presidential poll. 

Senate endorses Tinubu’s sack of Irukera as FCCPC boss. 

Senate Summons Wike, CP Over Killings, Kidnappings In FCT. 

Shut up whenever there’s argument with your husbands — Minister tells women. 

Hardship: We Were Threatened To End Our Protest, NLC Claims. 

Hardship: IYC threatens to shut down Nigeria in ‘mother of all protest’. 

NEMA develops geospatial centre to prevent disasters. 

SIM-NIN Linkage: 11 Million Subscribers Face Blockage Today. 

Army Court-Martials 1 Officer, 16 Soldiers Over Gun Running In Jos. 

Army uncovers 40 wells where oil thieves ‘fetch’ crude oil. 

The Naval Chief in the eyes of the storm. 


BUSINESS

Naira rises to 1,609/$ at official market. 

FG detains Binance executives in cryptocurrency crackdown. 

Bitcoin tops $60,000, approaches all-time high. 

Binance, Others Face Billions of Dollars  in Fines By SEC Over Alleged Currency Manipulations. 

Air Peace Sells Return Economy Ticket for London Flight at N1.2m, Business Class N4m. 

Subsidy removal: Petrol import crashes by 990million litres monthly. 

Average price of 5kg cooking gas stood at N5,139.25 in January- NBS. 

Naira Devaluation: Nestle Records N79.5bn Loss Despite Increase In Sales. 

Blackout: Residents, businesses in dire straits over high tariffs on electricity, generator use. 

NUPRC Eyes $17.67bn Investments in Upstream, 2.12bn Barrels Oil, 13.13tcf Gas Recovery in 5 Years. 

MNOs see 1.62% growth as tech adds 16.6% to GDP. 

Telephone subscribers lament as operator confirms network glitch. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Tinubu to commission Lagos Red Line rail project today. 

Lagos cautions allottees as hoodlums vandalise Igbogbo estate. 

Boat mishap: NIWA decries 75% rickety boats operating on Lagos waterways.  

Division among kingmakers stalling choice of new Alaafin. 

Edo Guber: Philip Shaibu Storms PDP HQ, Threatens Legal Action Over Certificate Of Return. 

Edo APC youth leader makes a U-turn, backs gov candidate. 

Aba Power to Commence Electricity Supply a Week Ahead of Schedule. 

Electricity Supply Worsens In Abuja As Vandals Destroy Transmission Line. 

Kogi APC Debunks Abduction of Witnesses Claim, Says It’s Fake News. 

Understanding Uba Sani’s Panacea for Insecurity in Kaduna and Beyond. 

Military destroys Zamfara bandits’ enclave, kills scores. 

IEDs kill two workers at Borno construction sites. 


HUMAN ANGLE

WIGWE: Family shuns RCCG City of David as it sets burial dates. 

Wigwes: Family announces 6-day arrangements for burial rites. 

CDHR decries delay in Bamise’s case two years after brutal murder. 

13-year-old boy drowns swimming in Lagos beach. 

Man arrested over alleged murder of 20-year-old girlfriend. 

Five suspected cultists nabbed fighting over dues in Edo. 

Abia septuagenarian in custody for killing son over food. 

JAPA: Most Nigerians not ready to hustle abroad – Nollywood actress, Cynthia Amadi. 

Moses Bliss ties knot with Ghanaian fiancee Marie. 

 Charles Inojie announces end of The Johnsons family show after 13 years. 

Disney animation, Kugali new series ‘Iwaju’ makes its world premiere in Lagos. 

5 things to know about Kanye West’s wife, Bianca Censori. 

Bianca Censori risks jail term over near-naked outing with husband, Kanye West in France. 


INTERNATIONAL

Ghana Parliament Passes Anti-Gay Bill. 

Deadly Attack On Chad Intelligence Services Office Leaves Many Dead - Gov't.  

 Mali Accepts Russia’s Proposal To Expand Cooperation. 

Gaza Death Toll Nears 30,000 As Aid Groups Warn Of 'Imminent' Famine. 

Top US court will rule on Trump immunity claims. 

Self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh dissolves.  


SPORTS

We’ll host best ever African Games, Ghana’s minister boasts. 

Man Utd, Liverpool to meet in FA Cup quarter-finals. 

World champions Spain beat France to win Women’s Nations League. 

Osimhen bags hat-trick as Napoli hit six past Sassuolo.  

Haaland hits form as Man City face make-or-break month. 


GOOD MORNING

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