Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Friday, July 5, 2024

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country.

1. PDP insists on Ighodalo as Edo guber candidate despite court ruling

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Thursday that Asue Ighodalo remains its candidate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.Read more

2. NLC condemns another electricity tariff hike, demands reversal

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned another hike in electricity tariff by the Federal Government.Read more

3. Tinubu mandates Presidential Council to strengthen economy

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) with a mandate to strengthen the economy.Read more

4. Nigerians kick against rumoured signing of $150bn LGBT Samoa Deal

Nigerians have gone up in arms against the rumoured signing of an LGBT agreement code-named ‘Samao Deal’ by the Federal Government.Read more

5. Court reinstates Rivers Speaker, Amaewhule, 24 other pro-Wike lawmakers

In a significant development in the ongoing power struggle within the Rivers State House of Assembly, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has overturned a lower court‘s ruling that sacked Speaker Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers.Read more

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6. Kogi: Appeal Court reserves judgment in Ajaka’s appeal against Ododo’s election

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Muritala Ajaka, and his party challenging the outcome of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State.Read more

7. Again, Obi bombs Nigerian govt, says monetary, fiscal policies slowing economic growth

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, says the current monetary policy is slowing economic growth in Nigeria.Read more

8. NUPRC issues 24 hours deadline to investors to register for oil block licensing registration

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has issued a 24-hour deadline for new investors to register for the 2024 oil block licensing bid round.Read more

9. Bus driver jailed 12 years for killing LASTMA officer

Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Thursday sentenced a commercial bus driver, Elijah Shokoya, to 12 years imprisonment for killing an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), Olawale Akinmade.Read more

10. Tech start-ups in Nigeria, Kenya, others suffer 57% decline in fundraising

Tech start-ups in Nigeria, Kenya, and other African countries suffered a massive 57% decline in fundraising in the first half of 2024.Read more

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