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NEWS HEADLINES 29 OCT 24

NATIONAL

Tinubu Directs Speedy Restoration Of Electricity To North. 

Shettima Briefs Tinubu In His Office. 

DSS clears ministerial nominees as Senate begins screening tomorrow. 

Power Outage: Northern Leaders Meet In Kaduna, Seek Solution. 

Tinubu Doing A Good Job, Says Ganduje. 

Don’t Join BRICS, Director Of US Law Tells Nigeria. 

No work, no pay dispute: FG invites unions as strike grounds varsities. 

Reps Speaker Advocates Reserved Legislative Seats, Joint Tickets For Women. 

House Of Reps Breaks Silence On Member Who 'Assaulted' Bolt Driver. 

10 Road Contracts Terminated Due To Delays – Umahi. 

FG need N19tr to fix road projects — Umahi. 

EndBadGovernance protest, wake-up call —Northern govs. 

Northern Govs, Monarchs Reject Tax Reforms Bill. 

CNG Condemns Lingering Power Outage In North. 

Obasanjo’s attack on Tinubu driven by envy, bitterness — Yoruba group. 

I did not keep records of monies collected for Emefiele — Witnesss. 

Nigeria to establish Africa’s first entrepreneurship university. 


BUSINESS

Nigeria Expands Local Refining With New Licenses, 4 Modular Refineries. 

BoI Opens Portal For FG’s N75bn MSME Fund. 

SEC to create new office for SME funding. 

Transcorp Group Records 133% Revenue Growth, 303% Surge In PBT. 

Oil Prices Drop Amid Raging Middle East Tensions. 

Investors fume over nearly N200b FX losses by two brewery giants in Q3. 

Why We Replaced Cargo Clearance Platform – Customs CG. 

5G penetration leaps by 2.1% as Nigerians consume 850,249.09 terabytes of data. 


ACROSS THE STATES

348 Lagos retirees receive N740 million as accrued pension rights. 

Lagos PDP founding members move to revive party. 

OGSIEC emphasises role of electoral officers in council elections. 

Ondo Guber: APC inaugurates campaign council, vows victory. 

Obaseki says future extension workers will emerge from agric college. 

I don’t expect Okpebholo to reverse my reforms — Obaseki. 

Rivers Judicial Panel Summons Wike’s Allies, 105 Others Over LG Arson. 

Rivers Crisis: Kekere-Ekun summons judges over conflicting rulings. 

Rivers $300m waste-to-Wealth deal: Mayor of Housing excited over participation of local investors.  

Bayelsa bears 25% of Nigeria's oil pollution — Report. 

We’ve lost income to five months blackout, Bayelsa residents, MSMEs. 

Mbah flags-off dualisation of 43.7km road. 

Otti, Eno partner to fix Abia-A’Ibom link roads. 

Cop dismissed, to face prosecution over killing of Enugu musician. 

FCT begins clampdown on beggars, scavengers, arrests 34. 

Strike: SSANU, NASU ground activities at Lokoja varsity. 

Three Chinese arrested for illegal mining in Nasarawa. 

Katsina PDP Congresses: Court Sets Nov 29 For Judgment. 

Kano PDP Unveils 5-Point Agenda To Revive Party’s Image. 

Group foresees withholding of Kano councils’ allocations. 

Jigawa prosecutes 403 EndBadGovernance protesters. 

Sokoto Emirate: 19 traditional rulers resign. 

Air Force eliminates Boko Haram terrorists in Borno. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Police Grill Rep Captured Assaulting Bolt Driver. 

Alex Ikwechegh: Abuja driver petitions IGP over alleged assault. 

 Imo varsity student arrested for faking kidnap, death. 

Gunmen abduct rector of Catholic seminary in Edo. 

Gunmen kidnap businessman, kill father of four in Rivers. 

My family initially opposed my marriage to Ned Nwoko – Regina Daniels. 


INTERNATIONAL 

Chad: 40 Killed In Boko Haram Raid. 

SUDAN WAR: Sudan Enduring ‘Nightmare’ Of Hunger, Violence, Illness. 

Israel bans UN Palestinian Refugee Agency. 

US ELECTION: Harris Challenges Trump To Cognitive Test. 

Taiwan Seeks Peace, Warns China’s Military Menace Threatens Peace, Prosperity. 


SPORTS

Lobi Stars Beat Bayelsa United To Ease Pressure On Amokachi. 

Van Nistelrooy Is Man Utd’s Temporary Manager, Ten Hag Sacked. 

Ademola Lookman Listed 14th In Ballon D’Or Ranking. 

Rodri, Bonmati Are 2024 Ballon D’Or Winners. 

Ballon d’Or: Absent Ancelotti Wins Coach Of The Year Award. 

Emiliano Martinez retains Yashin Trophy as world’s best goalkeeper for 2024. 


GOOD MORNING

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