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NEWS HEADLINES 29 NOV 24

NATIONAL

Nigeria open for business, has vibrant young population, Tinubu tells French investors.  

Tinubu to Macron: A starved nation won’t care about weather, environment. 

‘E sweet me well, well’: Macron greets Tinubu in Pidgin English to celebrate Nigeria-France ties. 

Tinubu's controversial tax bills get Senate's approval for second reading.  

Minimum wage: Labour, states hold last-minute talks ahead Monday strike.

Nigeria to conduct long-awaited census in 2025. 

TETFund halts foreign scholarships over abscondment.  

Japa: FG begs as MDCN inducts over 600 foreign trained medical, dental graduates. 

Tax Reform Bills: Political Undertakers Doing Damage To Tinubu –Ndume. 

Protest alone won’t bring change; youths must engage in politics says Yemi Osinbajo.  

Obasanjo old enough to be Onanuga’s father; he will pay for insulting him – Bode George. 

Operators Raise Safety Concerns Over Air Traffic Controllers’ Shortage. 

Reps confirm Oluyede as Chief of Army Staff. 

Navy intercepts drugs worth N500m, arrests three suspects.  

24 #Endbadgovernance protesters killed, Amnesty International indicts Police.  

Rape: Police open up on dismissal of whistle-blowing inspector. 


BUSINESS

Tax Reform Bills offer 55% to states in new sharing formula. 

 P’Harcourt refinery: Controversy surrounds NNPCL claim on operation. 

Naira depreciation boosts foreign portfolio investments by 155.5 %. 

Naira appreciates to N1,740/$ in parallel market. 

Stanbic IBTC Asset Management introduces anti-scam measures to protect mutual fund holders.  

Zenith Bank expands global network with Paris branch.    

GTB appeals to customers over ‘upgrade challenges’.

FG laments $20b trade deficit with China, eyes net export in five years.  

NCC to announce new tariff plan Dec 13. 


ACROSS THE STATES

UK opens Africa’s largest visa application centre in Lagos.  

Lagos partners NDPA, NITDA to increase revenue mobilisation. 

Lagos task force distributes safety kits to officers.  

Ekiti Gov Unveils Therapy Centre For Special Children. 

Why I relocated Osun airport — Gov Adeleke.  

Osun APC faults Adeleke's performance records.  

Why we increased Delta 2025 appropriation bill — Assembly Fin. C’ttee. 

Women Protest Incessant Kidnapping In Delta Community. 

Rivers people excited with my government – Fubara.  

Anambra attracts $500m funding commitments, strategic partnerships. 

 Abia community protests delayed road completion. 

ICPC resumes forgery case against Abuja Polytechnic coordinator.  

FCTA clamps down on street begging, ‘one chance’ operators in Abuja.  

Forensic Experts Lecture Abuja Students On Dangers Of Fraud. 

Police Nab 4 Robbery Suspects, Recover Arms In Abuja. 

Jos Community Raises Alarm Over Planned Closure Of Cemetery. 

Kaduna governor receives repentant bandits, reopens cattle market.  

Perspective on Gov Uba Sani’s religious harmony drive in Kaduna. 

IGP orders restructuring, sanitization of Kebbi CID. 

FAO, Borno commence dry season farming in Northeast. 


HUMAN ANGLE

APC chieftain’s wife raises alarm over husband’s abduction.   

Sexual offence conviction: Olaleye knows fate today.  

Suspected herdsmen kill Ogun chief on farmland. 

Motorist sentenced to one-month imprisonment for assaulting FRSC operatives in Ekiti.   

How gunmen kidnap 3 from Innoson showroom in Anambra. 

I spent traffic robbery proceeds on drugs, gambling – Suspect. 

Meet Ejikeme Patrick Nwosu, the Nigerian scientist who transformed urine into clean energy.  

Farmer beats thief to death, injures others in Ondo.  

Lawyer narrates ordeal of father's abduction, murder despite ransom payment.  

How Delta Speaker survived Warri boat mishap.   

It’s difficult not to cheat in marriage – Mr Macaroni.   

K-pop band NewJeans leaves label over ‘mistreatment’.  

Again, Judge denies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs bail.  

Canadian actor Julien Arnold dies during Christmas Carol performance. 


INTERNATIONAL

Prince Johnson, Liberian ex-warlord dead.  

Senegal’s young artists take on political crises.  

World Leaders React To Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire. 

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire: Tel Aviv issues list of ‘off-limits’ border villages. 

Putin threatens to target ‘Kiev decision making centres’ with new missile. 


SPORTS

Super Falcons Arrive In Angers For Friendly Against Les Bleues. 

FIFA Ranking: Nigeria suffer biggest drop, now 5th in Africa. 

Bilbao join Lazio at Europa League summit, Chelsea cruise in Conference League.  

Real Madrid team bus crashes after Liverpool defeat in Champions League.  

‘Disappointed’ Woods To Miss Hero World Challenge. 

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