Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 30th July 2024 [Tuesday]

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines for Today 30th July 2024 being Tuesday

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 30th July 2024 [Tuesday]

1. Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has criticized the nationwide call for protests, deeming them unnecessary, poorly timed, and inappropriate. He emphasized that in Kaduna State, efforts are focused on rebuilding trust and ensuring safety and security.

2. INTERPOL revealed on Monday that “hundreds of thousands of dollars” are being laundered out of Nigeria to other African countries and globally every hour, highlighting the alarming scale of money laundering across Africa and the world.

3. Senate President Godswill Akpabio stated that while individuals have the right to protest, they do not have the right to destabilize the country. He accused politicians who lost in the last general elections of orchestrating the protests to seize power illegitimately.

4. In response to public outcry, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered all mobile service operators to reactivate lines that were disconnected over the weekend, acknowledging that the timeframe given for consumers to link their NINs with their SIMs was insufficient.

5. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sale of crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local refineries in naira instead of dollars, as announced by the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, after the FEC meeting on Monday.

6. President Bola Tinubu has signed a new national minimum wage into law during a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

7. The chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have vowed not to stand by and allow “undemocratic forces” to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration under the guise of protests.

8. A large group of angry MTN subscribers vandalized the telecommunications company’s office in FESTAC Town, Lagos State, early Monday morning, in response to the blocking of their mobile lines. A viral video showed the crowd destroying a barricade fence outside the MTN office.

9. Gunmen killed four police officers at a stop-and-search checkpoint along the Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo State on Monday evening. An eyewitness from Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area reported that fear prevented him and others from verifying the number of civilians who may have been shot.

10. Soldiers from the Nkwagu Military Cantonment killed an armed robber on the Akpoha/Abaomege area of the Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in Onicha Local Government Area on Monday. They also arrested three individuals linked to the gang that allegedly terrorized motorists in the area.