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NEWS HEADLINES - 01 MAY 24

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. 

Royal complicity: How monarchs, crooked officials fuel illegal mining, insecurity in S/West. 

FG To Repatriate Over 6000 Nigerian Refugees From Chad, Cameroon. 

NSCDC Arrests 'Cyber Criminals' Impersonating Gov't Officials On Facebook. 

Revisit high-profile corruption cases, Clark tells EFCC boss. 

Nigeria, Japan Agree To Join Forces Against Terrorism In Sahel. 


BUSINESS

Major Marketers Move To End Fuel Scarcity, To Flood Market With 300m Litres. 

Dangote refinery gets valid operating licence soon – FG.   

FG signs Executive Order to unlock $10bn investment in oil and gas. 

Naira appreciates to N1,320/$ in parallel market. 

Why Tinubu’s Aide, Onanuga Deleted Statement On $600m Maersk Investments. 

MTN suffers more forex losses on inflation, weak naira. 

Nigerian Starlink users face payment hurdles after price crash. 

Suspension of new account openings by Moniepoint, OPay, others sparks concerns. 

‘Your funds are secured’, Opay reassures customers amid CBN’s new account suspension. 

Arogundade appointed Executive Director of CIG Motors Group. 

Banks expand loans size by 57% to N37.2trn. 

Petrol Scarcity: Marketers threaten shutdown over N200bn debt. 

Transcorp Hotels’ Shareholders Approve N2.05bn Dividend, Hail Investment Plans. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Pregnant woman, children, others sustain burns in Lagos gas explosion. 

Four commercial tricyles, 6 shops, bungalow razed in Lagos gas explosion. 

Again, hoodlums invade Lagos community, stab two. 

3 Suspects Arrested For Stabbing, Robbing Lagos DPO. 

Damagum Challenges Agboola to Return Ondo to PDP in November Guber Election.  

Why I have not taken loan to develop Osun – Gov Adeleke. 

Edo Guber: Omobayo, Ogie root for continuity. 

Edo Guber: Court Dismisses Suits against Primary Which Produced Ighodalo as PDP Candidate.  

Why I couldn’t risk backing Shaibu to succeed me — Obaseki. 

Akpata’s visit controversy: Uniben suspends sug. 

We’ve not allowed mischief-makers, naysayers to distract us — Oborevwori. 

Rivers youths embrace art as tool for social transformation. 

Police, DSS tasked on threat to Fubara’s life. 

Bandits Abduct Pastor, In-laws, One Other in Midnight Raid on Abuja Community.  

Gwagwalada Council To Partner Private Waste Collectors. 

One killed, two houses razed in Kwara communal clash. 

Kano Court Adjourns Ganduje’s Suspension Case to May 27.  

Borno: Sacking 10,566 Unqualified Teachers Will Compound Unemployment.  


HUMAN ANGLE

Man kills 2-year-old boy, harvests his internal organs in C’River. 

Man killed for allegedly stealing motorcycle. 

Cleric Remanded Over Rape. 

Bizman Remanded For Allegedly Defiling 8-Year-Old Girl. 

Man, Son Hack Woman To Death During Fight In Edo. 

Tragedy as two commit suicide in Ogun. 

Olamide is my idol, but I rap better than him – Oladips. 


INTERNATIONAL

UK sends first voluntary asylum seeker to Rwanda. 

14-year-old boy killed in London sword attack. 

Binance founder jailed for four months in US.  

Accused serial killer goes on trial in Canada for Indigenous murders. 

Ukrainian company to invest in energy sector. 

Lightning strikes villages in India leaving 23 families homeless. 


SPORTS

Be good ambassador of Rivers State, Fubara charges Finidi as Super Eagles’ coach. 

Adelabu faults NFF’s defence of Finidi as Eagles coach. 

Champions League: Bayern, Real Madrid draw 2-2 in semi final first leg. 

Bayern Munich v Real Madrid Champions League starting line-ups. 

Courtois ruled out of Euro 2024, says Belgium coach Tedesco. 


GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY NEW MONTH

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