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NEWS HEADLINES -14 MAR 24

NATIONAL

Tinubu: No More Ransom Payments to Kidnappers, Reads Riot Act to Security Agencies. 

 FG restores electricity to Niger, lifts sanctions, reopens border. 

FG postpones students loan indefinitely. 

Tinubu’s wife makes case for tech in gender equity. 

FG To Spend N178.9bn On Tinubu’s Strategic Agenda. 

Reactions As Keyamo Challenges Aviation Experts To Debate. 

Hardship: Some pensioners still earning N1,500 — NUP. 

Everyone Involved In Oil Theft, Says NNPCL. 

Oronsaye report is a distraction; Nigeria needs holistic restructuring, by Olu Fasan. 

More controversies over N3.7trn gap in 2024 budget.

Alleged budget padding: PDP backs Ningi, demands Akpabio’s resignation. 

No detailed project allocations for N3.7 trn in 2024 budget — Budgit backs Ningi.  

Neither You Nor Me Can Control The Can Of Worms I’ve Opened, Ningi Tells Akpabio's Senate. 

N500m 'Largesse': I Received N266m, Senator Confesses. 

Abiru emerges chairman of Southern Senators’ Forum. 

2024 Budget: How funds were shared among senators — Abaribe. 

N500m ‘awards’ to ranking senators unsettle, expose NASS’ rot. 

Suspension of Ningi hasn’t addressed vital issues in allegation — Peter Obi tells Senate. 

House probes Dangote, BUA, others over high cost of cement. 

Soaring prices of food items killing us —Ekiti, Ondo, Osun market leaders. 

N35,000 wage award: 30 states default, Labour fumes, pensioners threaten protest. 

FG Begins Training Of Inmates, Each To Get N500,000 After Exercise. 

Leave Of Absence: NMA Threatens To Sue FG For Banning Health Workers. 

Police officers accuse IGP, Kayode Egbetokun of discrimination. 


BUSINESS

Aig-Imoukhuede returns to Access as Holdco Chairman. 

NNPC Recorded 9,000 Infractions On Pipelines In One Year – Kyari. 

CBN resumes agric funding with N100bn. 

Nigeria’s crude oil output drops 7% to 1.3m bpd. 

Port reform triggers 200% increase in cargo inflow – NPA. 

NASCON Allied Industries declares 151% profit growth. 

Hand over Okpella-Benin road to Dangote, BUA on tax credit, Tinubu urged. 

Tinubu’s Executive Order Will Unlock Investments in Gas Sector, Says NLNG Boss. 

Ekpo reassures increase in gas supply. 

WTO inaugurates $1.2m facility to boost food safety in Nigeria. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Photos: Maroko evictees beg Tinubu over LASG’s demolition of shanties on Lekki coastal roads. 

Lekki demolition: CSO faults alleged gross injustice, urges govt action. 

Ogun Begins Payment of  Cash Award to 100,000 Indigent Primary, Secondary Pupils. 

Aiyedatiwa’s endorsement tears Ondo Assembly apart. 

Throw ticket open, I’m not afraid of Aiyedatiwa — Jimoh Ibrahim tells APC. 

Edo 2024: Shaibu, Ojezua challenge Ighodalo’s candidacy in court. 

Anxiety in APC as court sits over candidacy. 

Rivers Police recover remains of DPO Agbashim, 6 months after. 

Police alert on destruction of expired explosive materials in Rivers. 

Miyetti Allah members stage protest in Abuja, demand president’s release. 

Some Kidnappings In FCT Stage-Managed - Wike. 

Jos water authorities nab 44 for illegal mining, pollution at Lamingo dam. 

Bandits capture another 30 as IGP visits Kaduna. 

Kano Hisbah arrests 11 Muslims for eating during fasting. 

Why Wheat Farm Size Shrinks Sokoto. 

Nursing Vegetables By Our Rice Farms Brings Quick Money – Taraba Farmers. 

'We Stand Firmly By Ningi', Bauchi Gov Faults Senate's Suspension. 


HUMAN ANGLE

 Nigerians lambast accountant general, commissioners over UK workshop. 

Whitney’s death: Investigation of stadium not within my purview, says witness. 

Househelp stabs boss to death 7 days after resuming work. 

 17-year-old accused of N100,000 theft kills self. 

How Omonigho Oyoma Brown pioneering legal strategies for infrastructure advancement. 

Baby boom, STI alarm as condom, oral contraceptives’ prices soar.  

Kizz Daniel faces backlash over way he greeted Wizkid in viral video. 

‘Iron Lung Polio Paul’ Alexander dies at 78. 


INTERNATIONAL

Israel says it is trying to 'flood' Gaza with aid. 

UN agency says Gaza aid centre hit by Israeli forces. 

How Malaysia Airlines came back from twin tragedies. 

Dutch anti-Islam populist Wilders abandons PM bid. 

US House passes bill to ban TikTok. 


SPORTS

Team Nigeria banks on athletics to retain second position. 

Champions League quarter-final draw: Date, teams, rules. 

Atletico Madrid beat Inter on penalties to reach Champions League quarter final. 

Dortmund reach Champions League quarter-finals after edging PSV. 

Griezmann returns for Atletico’s Champions League showdown with Inter. 


GOOD MORNING

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