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NEWS HEADLINES - 29 MAY 24

NATIONAL

Ngelale counters Onanuga, says Tinubu not addressing NASS.  

Tinubu’s first anniversary gift: FG plans fresh cash transfer scheme for 75 million Nigerians.  

Atiku offers six ways to remodel Tinubu’s policies. 

Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway: Why FG reverted to gazetted alignment. 

Leadership About Taking Tough Decisions - SGF. 

Labour rejects FG's ₦60,000 minimum wage proposal, demands ₦494,000.  

Strike looms as minimum wage talks end in deadlock again. 

First anniversary: APC disagrees as opposition parties score Tinubu low. 

Obasanjo in agreement with Tinubu’s policies – APC. 

PDP, LP won’t collapse structures for merger – Party leaders. 

Senate recalls Ningi two weeks before end of suspension. 

Senate okays bill to change National Anthem to ‘Nigeria, We Hail Thee’. 

Why Abuja airport needs second runway – Keyamo.  

Govts urged to increase investment in human capital development. 

ICIR Raises Alarm As Executive Director, Reporter Become Unreachable After Police Invitation. 

NBA Urges Investment in Young Lawyers for Higher Bar Standard. 

Nigerian students win big at ICT competition in China. 

Children’s Day: Group seeks protection of child domestic workers. 

IGP appoints Yetunde Longe as police secretary, Owohunwa heads INTERPOL. 

S/West: Smugglers Forfeited N2.3bn In 6 Months. 

NDLEA arrests couple running drug cartel, rejects N6m bribe. 


BUSINESS

NNPC uncovers 122 illegal refineries, seals fuel station.  

Govt to cut vehicle parts imports by 40%.  

DisCos record N26.11 billion tariff shortfall in March.  

FG secures $12m from U.S. to boost transparency in public finance. 

FG assures local manufacturers in power sector of patronage. 

One Year of Choking Interest-rate Hike, Excruciating Reforms. 

NLNG Shipping and Marine Services begins marine capacity development.  

Wema Bank Set to Raise N200bn Fresh Capital, Shareholders Laud 2023FY Performance. 

NiRA wants more businesses to switch to .ng as adoption spikes. 

AfDB hinges AfCFTA success on industrialisation policies. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos commits N360m to staff quarters’ renovation, raises housing loan to N1b.  

Lagos Signs Deal With Dutch Firm, To Generate Power From Waste. 

Anxiety as police commence demolition of barracks in Lagos. 

Lekki, Oshodi, Apapa top crime spots – Report. 

Jimoh Ibrahim bows to pressure, withdraws suit against Aiyedatiwa. 

Ondo moves to curb usage of hard drugs among youths. 

Oyo govt advocates collaboration to break mental health stigma. 

Three arrested for armed robbery, cultism in Delta. 

Odili, Mbata Shaking Camp of Opposition in Rivers, Says Fubara. 

C’River Gov Intervenes In Assembly Crisis; Impeached Speaker Reinstated. 

Imo commissioner tasks 3MTT hackathon winners on hunger, insecurity.  

Enugu: Organisers of Maiden Gaming Conference Say it Will Drive Economic Growth. 

Two suspected kidnappers killed, rifle recovered in Kogi. 

 Kwara hoteliers protest high electricity tariff by IBEDC.    

To Bolster Power Sector Manpower, NDPHC Graduates 12 Interns in Abuja. 

 Emirate tussle: Bayero stays as courts give conflicting orders on Sanusi. 

Deposed Kano Emir Bayero defies court order, addresses subjects. 

Another Court Orders Sanusi's Eviction As Kano Emirship Crisis Lingers. 

Court Restrains Police, SSS, Military From Evicting Emir Sanusi. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Tattoos could increase risk of cancer by 21% —  Study. 

Two jailed 10 years for illegal firearm possession in Taraba.  

Customs officers risk dismissal over confrontation with Vehicles Inspection Officers. 

Kidnappers engage police in gun battle in Kogi. 

Mother, son remanded in prison for alleged N122m property theft. 

My daughter was murdered, didn’t commit suicide – Father of UK-based lady cries out. 

Canada-based Nigerian businesswoman, Sigismund appointed Trade Commissioner in Toronto. 

Øchuko: The 19-Year-Old Sensation Redefining Fashion and Influence. 

‘I did it to become popular,’ Man apologises for defaming E-Money. 


INTERNATIONAL

ECOWAS VP: We’re Moving to Make Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Rescind Exit Decision. 

Israel's operation in Rafah doesn't cross US red lines - White House. 

Canada pledges temporary visas for 5,000 Palestinians in war-torn Gaza. 

At least 20 dead, 300,000 without power as thunderstorms wreak havoc in US. 

North Korea drops trash balloons on the South. 


SPORTS

Okowa explains national trials’ clash with Eid elKabir.  

Red-hot Adeleke Steers Eaglets over Ghana’s Starlets, as Nigeria Qualify for U17 AFCON. 

Nigeria to debut at 18th African Sambo Championships in Egypt.  

Iheanacho’s Boss at Leicester, Maresca, Tipped for Chelsea Job. 

Usyk’s best boxer of this era, says Apochi.  


GOOD MORNING

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