Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 16th July 2024 [Tuesday]

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines for Today 16th July 2024 being Tuesday

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 16th July 2024 [Tuesday]

1. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced that Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reached an agreement regarding the visa ban. He made this statement while addressing State House reporters at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

2. The Federal Government has donated 20 trucks of rice to the 36 state governors and the Federal Capital Territory for distribution to vulnerable Nigerians. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday.

3. A Kano State High Court has ordered Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero to cease parading as the Emir of Kano. Presided over by Justice Amina Aliyu, the court also barred four other deposed monarchs from presenting themselves as Emirs of Bichi, Rano, Karaye, and Gaya.

4. The headline inflation rate rose to 34.19% in June, as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This marks an increase of 0.24 percentage points from the previous rate of 33.95%.

5. Kidnappers have abducted five residents of Yangoji in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, and an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Alhaji Musa Majaga, was shot during the incident.

6. The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, wrote to Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Monday, instructing him to cease spending funds from the state Consolidated Revenue Fund. This followed the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum given by lawmakers loyal to former governor Nyesom Wike, demanding the resubmission of the 2024 budget.

7. The Transition Committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress overseeing the Labour Party’s national and state congresses has criticized embattled National Chairman Julius Abure’s plan to hold a separate convention, calling it disobedience to a court order. The committee warned party members against participating in Abure’s planned congress.

8. President Bola Tinubu will meet with labor leaders again on Thursday to finalize a new minimum wage. Concurrently, the Association of Local Government of Nigeria has called for a new revenue formula favoring the 774 local government areas in the country.

9. The driver and 18 passengers of a Port Harcourt-bound Akwa Ibom State Transport Corporation bus were abducted by unknown gunmen last Wednesday. The incident, which occurred along the Azumini boundary between Akwa Ibom and Abia states, was reported on Monday.

10. Tension erupted in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Monday when thugs invaded a stakeholders’ meeting at Mbak Atai, injuring participants. The meeting, meant to choose the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) consensus chairmanship candidate for the upcoming October council elections, ended in chaos.