Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Friday, 16th February 2024. 1. I Will Not Establish Price Control Board – Tinubu The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, noted that he will not establish a price control board or approve the importation of food as measures to … Read more
The relationship between Kylian Mbappe and Paris Saint Germain seems to be close to being over as the Frenchman informed the French club of his plans to leave them this summer. Recall that Kylian Mbappe first joined PSG on loan from Monaco on August 31, 2017, and the French giants paid the sum of €180 million … Read more
The Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Fatai Adams, is dead. The party boss reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday. Mr Kennedy Peretei, the Ondo PDP Publicity Secretary, confirmed the development on Wednesday morning. He said the party would soon … Read more
The Federal Government has made a U-turn on its earlier statement indicating that United Kingdom, UK, lawyers are allowed to practice in Nigeria. Nigerian Minister for Trade and Investment Doris Uzoka-Anite, in a statement, highlighted that the UK-trained lawyers can practice in Nigeria following an Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership signed … Read more
A group of 60 lawmakers, collectively known as the Parliamentary Group, has launched a movement to terminate the existing presidential system in the country and revert to the parliamentary model adopted during the First Republic. The Parliamentary Group introduced a constitution alteration bill on Tuesday during a session at the … Read more
A former spokesman for the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, has described Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, as an opportunist. Reacting to an image of Obi at the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Cote d’Ivoire, Bwala said Obi was using religion, ethnicity, natural disasters, … Read more
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has declared that the country can no longer continue to subsidise electricity. According to the minister, Nigeria must begin to move towards a cost-effective tariff model, adding that the country is currently indebted to the tune of 1.3 trillion naira to generating companies (GenCos) and … Read more