Daily News Headlines

NATIONAL Tinubu to lead 25 years democracy walk in Abuja on May 29.  May Day: FG approves pay rise for workers as labour leaders lament hardship.   FG raises salaries of military, police, others.   May Day: Nigerian Workers Never Had It So Bad - Atiku.   Lagos-Calabar Highway: Nigeria risks losing thousands of jobs due to property demolition says Obi.  NGF laments spike in out-of-school children.  Northern governors talk tough on kidnapping, out-of-school children.  ICPC tracks N219.84bn in MDAs, constituency projects.  FG offers free ride as P/Harcourt-Aba train service debuts.  Drama as senators fight over sitting arrangement at renovated chamber.  CSOs urge Tinubu to sign sexual harassment bill.  Nigerian passport ranks world’s 10th worst travel document.  Alleged Terrorism: Court to Decide Miyetti Allah President, Bodejo’s Bail, May 30.   Electricity Tariff Hike: You’ve Failed Nigerians, Falana Blasts Power Minister.   Group attributes carnage on East-West Road to bad governance. 

NATIONAL Nigeria begs U.S. to repatriate more stolen funds.  2027: No vacancy in in Aso Rock, Ganduje taunts NNPP leaders.  Labour Demands First Line Charge for Worker’s Pay Package Ahead of May Day.   Labour Vows To Picket Airlines Barring Workers From Joining Unions.  Senate May Reconsider Ningi’s Suspension After Resumption — Spokesperson.  40 days after embarking on recess, Reps set to resume legislative duty.  Ododo’s interference in Yahaya Bello-EFCC saga breach of law – Oshiomhole.  Mamu seeks transfer from DSS custody to Kuje.  When N30bn Budget Padding Request Tears Lokpobiri, Wabote Apart.  PDN, NYF flay attacks on TETFund by desperate office-seekers’.  Emefiele Challenges Jurisdiction of Lagos Court to Hear Case.  Court declines Emefiele’s request to stop trial.  UTME 2024: How to check your JAMB results.  May Day lecture: Prioritise workers’ welfare, Labour tells govt.  Worrisome Attacks on Security Agents.  Abduction: DIA peddling lies against me, FirstNews Editor, Olatunj

NATIONAL Tinubu: Subsidy Removal Necessary For Nigeria Not To Go Bankrupt.  FG Signs Agreements with Japan to Strengthen Quality Seed Production, Disease Control.  Shettima Departs Abuja for IDA Summit in Nairobi.  Presidential fleet gulps $8m in two years amid safety concerns.  PDP addressing alleged cases of mass resignation, says BOT chairman, Wabara.  NNPP orders banks to stop transactions on party’s accounts nationwide.  ‘You exposed your ignorance’ – Lamido lambasts Northern govs over US trip.  Why Nigeria May Never Return To Parliamentary System - Former Mayor.  Managing Nigeria-Cameroon Forest And Wildlife.  Submit to EFCC, Ortom advises Yahaya Bello.  JAMB Likely To Release 2024 UTME Results Monday.  Petrol Scarcity Worsens Nationwide.  Fuel scarcity’ll last for 2 more weeks — IPMAN.  Experts canvass increased budgetary allocation for climate adaptation.  NAFDAC debunks sale of Nestle formula with excess sugar.  SERAP sues NNPC over ‘missing $2.04bn, N164b oil revenues’.  Raci

NATIONAL Minimum Wage: Amid hardship, workers’ hopes for pay rise by May Day dashed.  N/Central APC Stakeholders Insist On Ganduje’s Resignation.  Obi Seeks Prayers for Politicians to Judiciously Expend Public Funds.  Yoruba Exit From Nigeria: Rumble in S/West over Akintoye, Sunday Igboho’s letter to Tinubu.  We Have Eliminated Use Of Contract, Vendors On Content Interventions – TETFund.  Food Security: CISLAC Asks FG To Tackle Corruption In Ecological Fund.  Korea Supports Nigeria In Establishment Of 6 Model Smart Schools - UBEC Boss.  Brain Drain: 58,000 Out Of 130,000 Doctors Renewed Practicing Licence In 2023 –MDCN.  Poor power supply: Govs hire consultants to break Discos monopoly.  We’ll resist plot to turn Nigeria into one party state – Wabara.  SULEJA JAILBREAK: ‘106 escaped inmates still on the loose’.  CDS: We Must Shame Enemies of Nigeria, Unite against Banditry, Terrorism.   You are wrong, Nigerians tell IGP over call for Police, FRSC, NSCDC merger.  Yahaya Bello: American

NATIONAL I’ll continue to take difficult decisions, even if there’s short-term pain says Tinubu.  Tinubu arrives Saudi Arabia after Netherlands visit.  Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as student loan fund chairman.  Tinubu appoints Barikor, Amgbare as heads of NESREA, NDRBDA.  FG, Buhari, House Mourn Veteran Journalists Ali, Ayogu Eze.  Jonathan, Mbah mourn ex-senate spokesperson, Ayogu Eze.  Suspension Drama: How Ganduje escaped Oshiomhole’s treatment as APC national chairman.  FG Threatens to Terminate N870bn Contracts with 5 Firms Handling Lokoja-Benin Road.  Govt extends search for fleeing 4,000 inmates to IDP camps.  Witness reveals N4.6bn traced to Bafarawa’s son in ONSA arms deal trial.  Judicial Reform: NBA seeks removal of CJN as head of NJC.  Judges, SANs Join Call for Review of CJN’s Powers.  Complicit negligence: How weak power lines, vandalism worsen electrocution incidents.  Lecturers Should Undergo Drug Test - Outgoing VC.  Yahaya Bello responds to EFCC’s allegations on $720k s

 NATIONAL New minimum wage won’t be ready in April — Labour.  Sit up or resign to save party from collapse — Clark writes PDP Ag National Chair.  Senate panel seeks extension of N30tn loans probe.  Reps summons Kyari, threaten to sanction oil companies.  Senator Ayogu Eze is dead.  Nigeria's election marred by suppression, vote buying, violence - US report.  LP, PDP kick as US report says 2023 poll reflected Nigerians’ will.  Over 5,032 first-class graduates languish amid vacancies in varsities.   Court Fixes June 19 for Judgment in Suit Seeking Sack of EFCC Chairman, Olukoyede.  Boko Haram sacks military camp in Niger, bandits attack emir in Zamfara.  Operation Delta Sanity: Navy Chief Advocates for Operators to Seal all Deactivated Oil Wellheads to Curb Product Theft.  Police nab 3 suspected bandits supplying arms to terrorists in Niger, Zamfara, Katsina.  Police Arrest 2 ‘Deserters,’ 3 Others Over N20m Drugs.  EFCC withdraws appeal against order restraining Yahaya Bello’s arrest