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NEWS HEADLINES - 02 MAY 24

NATIONAL

FG Approves 35% Pay Rise for Civil Servants, Pensioners Get 28% Increase. 

May Day: Better Days Ahead, Tinubu Assures Nigerian Workers. 

May Day: Governors promise better working conditions, pay rise for workers. 

Inflation, naira depreciation plunge Nigerians to lowest wage earners. 

May Day: Labour gives FG May 31 deadline on Minimum Wage. 

May Day: ‘NLC, TUC have proposed N615,000 as new minimum wage’. 

FHA Digitises Operations, Targets 100,000 Housing Delivery. 

FG Calls for Ban on Syringe Importation to Boost Local Production. 

Abia, Bayelsa, Delta set up wage review committees. 

Benue, Kogi, Niger, Kaduna govs commit to workers’ welfare. 

TUC decries harassment, exploitation of informal workers. 

Less than 10% of Nigerians have health insurance, says FG. 

Group seeks removal of immunity clause, laments double standard in criminal cases. 

Lagos-Calabar highway: Peter Obi inciting Igbo against FG — Umahi. 

After Squabble Over Seats, Senate Adjourns Plenary To May 7. 

Reps summon petroleum minister, others over fuel scarcity, nationwide pains. 

Fuel Scarcity: Reps Ask Security Agencies To Clamp Down On Saboteurs. 

Israel-Iran Crisis Responsible For Fuel Scarcity – IPMAN.  

May Day: ‘You go extra miles to entertain Nigerian families’, Musawa salutes creatives. 

UNIABUJA yet to comply with court order reinstating 21 staff. 

At N1,198, cost of healthy diet highest in South West. 

Safe School Initiative to cover off-campus hostels – Commander. 

UN, Denmark tackle crimes, violence in N’Delta. 

NSCDC arrests two siblings for impersonating security agencies. 


BUSINESS

FG gives fresh condition for gas licence. 

Banks close 2m accounts over BVN, NIN, others. 

Controversy trails FG’s CNG-powered vehicle rollout plan. 

Minister, NADDC boss to speak at Nigeria auto industry summit. 

ICAN to deepen transparency in private sector. 

Stock Market Investors Lose N3.57trn In April. 

Frequent Changes In Customs Duty Hurting Economy — Expert. 

Naira Devaluation Biggest Mess Of 2023 —Dangote. 

Google To Give $350,000 To Select African Startups. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos govt uncovers 86 rooms under bridge where tenants pay N250k yearly. 

Lagos residents shun pedestrian bridges despite law enforcement. 

Injury toll rises to 22 in Lagos gas explosion. 

Health providers donate drugs, mosquito nets to Lagos community. 

Edo Guber: My 3-point agenda‘ll industrialise Edo – Izedonmwen, ADC candidate.   

Ijaw Communities in Edo Kick against Plot to Withdraw Security Personnel. 

Don’t sell your votes for N70,000 minimum wage, group urges Edo people. 

Governor Woos FG As Ibom Air Deploys A220-300 Plane. 

AKTH performs first kidney transplant with laser technology. 

16 die in auto crash in Enugu. 

One Killed  as Police Arrest Three  Suspects  for  Cult  Supremacy Battle in Kwara. 

Kogi workers demand N35,000 wage award payment. 

'El-Rufai Shunned Us For 8 Years', Kaduna NLC Hails Gov Sani. 

Kaduna compensates 1,133 owners of acquired land. 

Kaduna State, Google Launch First Hausa-language AI Learning Series. 

Triumph Over Adversity: Collaborative Victory Against Lassa Fever at Kaduna’s Army Reference Hospital. 

Operatives repel attack as terrorists abduct four in Kastina. 

Kefas pledges security boost to propel economic growth in Taraba. 

Your Harsh Policies Responsible For Hardship, Bauchi NLC Tells Tinubu. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Kalu Leaving ‘Footprints on the Sands of Time’ at 53. 

Nollywood veteran, Sola Sobowale's journey from 'Toyin Tomato' to caregiver in London. 

There’s no trauma that can’t be healed — Lara ‘Kudayisi’ Don-Momoh. 

Paulachino drops new music video. 

Jnr Pope: Corpse of sound engineer exhumed. 

Beautiful Nubia Distances Self From Fake Tiktok Account. 

BMJ Music Signs Sweet Brown in Multi-million Naira Record Deal. 

Kendrick Lamar fires back at Drake with new song ‘Euphoria’. 


INTERNATIONAL

 Gaza Ceasefire Must Be Permanent, Hamas Insists. 

London sword attack suspect charged with murder of 14-year-old British-Nigerian Daniel Anjorin. 

Trump blasts Biden as he campaigns on rare day out of court. 

Binance founder, Changpeng Zhao jailed in US, becoming richest prisoner. 

Norway Record Improvements After Ban On Mobile Phones In Schools. 


SPORTS

Super Eagles: How to support indigenous coaches to grow, win laurels. 

King’s Cup semi-final: Ronaldo hits brace to help Al Nassr beat Al Khaleej 3-1. 

Dortmund edge PSG 1-0 in Champions League semi-final first leg. 

Chelsea working to understand injury woes, says Pochettino. 

PSG ‘built to win Champions League’, says Dortmund boss Terzic. 


GOOD MORNING

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