*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 16/01/2024*

Abduction epidemic spreads nationwide

Security agencies not utilising NIN-SIM data tracking – Pantami

Kidnapping: Wike fiddles with Rivers politics while Abuja burns

N438m contract: Interior minister faces CCB interrogators today

FG issues 13 new power generation, distribution licences

Naira depreciates to N1,265/$ in parallel market

BRT drivers suspend strike

Messi Wins FIFA’s Best Male Player

69 protesters killed, 189 journalists arrested under Buhari govt – Report

14 states spends N21bn on foreign trips despite zero FDI

Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso have agreed to form mega party —Utomi

Uzodimma Brings Obasanjo, Tinubu Together

Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Tinubu, govs, others, honour fallen heroes

Don’t worry about Japa, we’ll train more people, Tinubu tells Nigerians

Tinubu promises higher allocations to healthcare, education

Tinubu, leaders eulogise ex-APC Chair Bisi Akande at 85

Reps unveil constitution review committee, consider state police, others

Supreme Court reserves judgment in Tonye Cole’s challenge of Fubara’s victory

Alleged certificate forgery: FCT High Court dismisses Rita Orji’s suit against Police

Money laundering: Mompha loses bid to vacate arrest warrant

Tinubu approved N3bn for national social register verification – Presidency

NNPCL mulls P’Harcourt refinery handover to private operators

Finance Ministry Takes Over FG’s Stake In 11 DisCos

FG plans PPP for port scanner installations

Fed Govt depends on solid minerals, metals for economic prosperity

Nigeria requires $80bn investments for Agenda 2050, says minister

NRC Moves To Revive Old Narrow Gauge Networks

Transcorp Hotels crosses N1tn capitalisation

Access Holdings Acquires Megatech Insurance Brokers

OPS blames struggling naira for highest inflation in 21 years

Nigeria Lost N5trn To Tax Holidays Granted 34 Companies – Report

Truckers lost N30bn to extortionists in 2023-COMTUA

300% fee hike: FUTA students protest, barricade Akure-Ilesa highway

Hoodlums invade EKSUTH, attack doctors, steal corpse

First Lady tasks security agencies to curb kidnapping, other forms of insecurity

North Yet To Recover From 1966 Military Coup – ACF

APC dismisses PDP, LP, NNPP merger plan

Nasarawa APC, PDP sign peace pact ahead of S’Court judgment

Police probe vandalism of Shaibu’s campaign bus by gunmen

Bisi Akande spent below N200,000 for gov campaign 1999 – Olurode

Eno launches social welfare scheme for A’Ibom elders

Govs committed to ending banditry, terrorism, other crimes –Sani

I’ve no capacity to make anyone my enemy—Oborevwori

I was confident Supreme Court will do the right thing –Mutfwang

Sanwo-Olu signs N2.267tr Appropriation Bill

N3.4bn judgment: Adelabu reconciles Makinde, sacked LG chairmen

Rivers govt mum as Assembly set to screen, confirm 9 resigned commissioners

Kano to establish security trust fund

Communal crisis: Scores injured, houses set ablaze in Kwara

Boat mishap with 100 passengers on board in Niger — NSEMA

Seven family members die in Kano fire incident

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SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 16/01/2024

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 2005, Adriana Iliescu gave birth at the age of 66. The Romanian university lecturer broke the record for the world’s oldest birth mother.

* On this day in 1919, Prohibition began in the United States. The 18th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.

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