Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Tuesday, July 16, 2024

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

1. Rivers Assembly blocks Fubara’s spending pending budget presentation

In a dramatic session on Monday, the Rivers State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Martin Amaewhule, decisively halted all expenditures by Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s administration until he presents the 2024 budget before the lawmakers.Read more

2. LP warns NLC against meddling, affirms Obi, Abure as leaders

The Labour Party (LP), on Monday, issued a stern warning to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) cautioning it against involving the party and its leadership in political maneuvers aimed at satisfying their purported sponsors.Read more

3. Only permanent interests matter in politics – Doyin Okupe

The former Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation in the 2023 presidential election, Doyin Okupe, has reacted to a barrage of criticism trailing his open support for President Bola Tinubu’s administration.Read more

4. FG declares Nigerian passport holders now free to obtain UAE visas

After a protracted diplomatic row, Nigerians can now apply and obtain visas to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) effective Monday.Read more

5. Nigeria’s inflation rate now 34.19 percent

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 34.19 percent in June.Read more

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6. ‘You are a common stooge,’ Bello El-Rufai fires back at Omatseye

Bello El-Rufai, one of the sons of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Bello, has descended on The Nation newspaper columnist, Sam Omatseye for calling his family derogatory names in his recent column in the newspaper.Read more

7. Why we didn’t raise investment at Dangote Refinery – NNPCL

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) said on Monday it has not increased its earlier investment in the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery for a commercial reason.Read more

8. US phone maker, AT&T announces data breach in hacker’s attack

One of America’s biggest phone operators, AT&T has revealed that hackers compromised data including texts and calls of a vast majority of its customers during an attack.Read more

9. IOCs supplying crude to Dangote Refinery, FG counters Dangote’s claims

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has countered claims made by Alhaji Aliko Dangote that International Oil Companies (IOCs) are refusing to supply his 650, 000 BPD refinery with crude.Read more

10. NFF charges Falconets to win FIFA U-20 Women’s title

President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Monday charged players of Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, to be focused, attentive to the instructions of their coaches, work hard and embrace discipline to achieve success at this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals in Colombia.Read more

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