Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 16th April 2024 [Tuesday]

Good morning to you Nigerians and to the world at large. Here is a summary of Nigeria Newspaper Headlines for today 16th April 2024 [Tuesday]:

Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 16th April 2024 [Tuesday]

1. A Lagos Coroner’s inquest established to uncover the circumstances surrounding the passing of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, has concluded that he succumbed to natural causes. Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, the coroner, emphasized that while the deceased’s demise could have been avoided with proper parental care, the college staff were not implicated in any wrongdoing.

2. The State Working Committee of the Kano chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken disciplinary action against some ward party leaders who previously suspended the national chairman of the party, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje. The leaders in Ganduje ward, Dawakin Tofa Local Government, had suspended the APC national chairman earlier in the week.

3. Nigeria experienced its sixth power grid collapse of 2024 on Monday, with electricity generation plummeting from 2,583.77 megawatts at 2 am to 64.7MW around 3 am before the grid was restored later in the day.

4. The Nigerian naira has maintained its upward trend against the United States dollar, appreciating to N1,136/$ at the official market and N1,050/$ at the parallel market by the close of trading activities on Monday. Traders anticipate a further decline in the dollar’s value to below N1,000 by the end of the week.

5. The Federal Government has acceded to the demands of domestic crude oil refiners and other sector operators by allowing indigenous refineries to purchase crude oil in either naira or dollars. Additionally, the government announced that Nigeria’s total crude oil and condensate reserves increased to 37.5 billion barrels as of January 1, 2024, with a life index of 68.01 years.

6. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, disclosed on Monday that the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has successfully rescued over 1,000 kidnap victims without ransom payments. Ribadu made this revelation while welcoming 22 students and staff of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State, who were rescued on Sunday.

7. Grief enveloped family members as the late Nollywood make-up artist, Abigail Edith Frederick, was laid to rest in her family home in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The 24-year-old artist was interred in her hometown of Ikot Udoma, Eket Local Government Area, amid tears and sorrow.

8. Former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, disclosed that fuel subsidy has been reinstated, although many Nigerians are unaware of this development. El-Rufai made this revelation during an interaction with journalists in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, emphasizing that the federal government is now paying more than before.

9. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, attributed the grid collapse on Monday to a fire incident at the Afam Power Generating Station. Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, stated that the incident caused a partial disruption of the nation’s grid.

10. Tragedy struck in Minna, the capital of Niger State, as two individuals lost their lives during a violent altercation in the Maitumbi area. The fatalities occurred as a result of clashes between rival gang groups in the locality on Monday.