Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 27th November 2024 [Wednesday]

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 27th November 2024 being Wednesday.

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 27th November 2024 [Wednesday]

1. Comrade Abubakar J. Abdullahi, Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) at Kaduna Polytechnic, has declared that all polytechnics in Nigeria will be closed by December 2nd. This decision follows the Federal Government’s failure to fulfill the union’s demands.

2. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to depart Abuja today, Wednesday, for a state visit to France. Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, confirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron extended the invitation to his Nigerian counterpart.

3. The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Ltd in Rivers State has begun processing crude oil. Olufemi Soneye, spokesperson for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday.

4. Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who was detained upon his arrival at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) office in Abuja on Tuesday, is expected to be charged in court today. Bello arrived at the EFCC headquarters around 12:55 pm, accompanied by three lawyers.

5. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 27.25% to 27.50%. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, made this announcement on Tuesday to combat the rising inflationary pressures on the economy. The announcement followed a two-day meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in Abuja.

6. The Ogun State House of Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday calling on Dangote Cement Company’s management to present the plant’s master plan. The plan must include details of all related facilities such as a trailer park and an industrial drainage system, in compliance with international standards.

7. The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, also known as the Lagos Task Force, arrested 53 street urchins and suspected drug dealers during a raid on their hideouts on Tuesday. This was revealed in a statement issued by the agency’s spokesperson, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem.

8. The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a case seeking to prevent the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu after his tenure ends. The ruling came after Sanwo-Olu’s lawyer, Gbenga Akande, moved to withdraw the suit.

9. The Department of State Services (DSS) has sent a letter to Khalid Aminu, a protester involved in the #EndBadGovernance movement, requesting that he retract his recent allegation of being mistreated while in DSS custody. Aminu, an engineer, was among those arrested during the August protests in Kano and other northern states.

10. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecasted sunny weather and haziness across the country from Wednesday to Friday. According to the agency’s weather outlook, the northern region will experience moderate dust haze on Wednesday, with visibility potentially dropping to less than or equal to 1,000 meters in some areas.