Nigerian Newspapers Headlines: Latest News Updates from Nigeria Tuesday, 2nd May 2023
Hello and welcome to today’s ThisNigeria roundup of the latest newspaper headlines in Nigeria. It’s Tuesday, the 2nd of May, 2023, and we’ve compiled the top stories making the rounds across the country for your convenience.
Read Latest News Updates from Nigeria Tuesday, 2nd May 2023
May Day: Respect workers’ rights, Buhari charges incoming administration
As Nigerian workers join workers all over the world to celebrate this year’s Workers Day, also known as May Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the incoming administration to respect workers’ rights.
This came just as the organised labour has called on Buhari to stop the outgoing political officeholders who have allegedly embarked on last-minute looting of the treasury. Read More…
May Day: Tinubu assures Nigerian workers of better minimum wage
The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has assured Nigerian workers of a minimum wage, social and economic justice.
He gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja in his solidarity massage to Nigerian workers on the 2023 International Workers’ Day. Read More…
No plans to phase out redesigned Naira notes – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says no plans to phase out the redesigned Naira notes from circulation.
CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isa AbdulMumin, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Read More…
FG rubbishes Labour Party, says Tinubu won fair, square
The Federal Government has described the opposition attacking President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent comment on the 2023 Presidential elections as “shameless sore losers”. Read More…
FG faults opposition rigging claim, says it’s fraudulent
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has cautioned the opposition parties to stop crying over spilled milk asking them to accept defeat in good fate even as he described the claims the elections were rigged as “fraudulent”. Read More…
CBN pushes additional N701bn back into circulation in March 2023
Nigeria’s currency in circulation increased to N1.68 trillion in March 2023, a 71.4 per cent rise from the previous month.
The surge in currency circulation is attributed to the Supreme Court’s judgment to return old notes back into circulation. Read More…
N’Assembly leadership: Northern Senators plot against Akpabio, Kalu
More than half of the elected senators across the various political parties in the northern part of the country held a crucial meeting from Sunday night till the early hours of Monday where they insisted that one of their ranking members should be elected President of the Senate during the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly next month. Read More…
Sudan: Egypt opens border to Nigerians, gives stringent conditions
One of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the capital of the war-torn Sudan in the early hours of yesterday reportedly caught fire. They were to be taken to Port Sudan, where they were scheduled to enter Saudi Arabia. Read More…
Tiwa Savage to perform at King Charles III Coronation ceremony
Nigerian singing sensation, Tiwa Savage is set to perform at the coronation ceremony of King Charles III in the United Kingdom.
The ceremony will hold on May 6th, 2023. Read More…
UTME: JAMB sets exam date for outstanding candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says candidates that could not sit for the 2023 UTME would be rescheduled for the examination on May 6. Read More…
That concludes today’s roundup of the top Nigerian newspaper headlines. For more news from Nigeria, be sure to check out ThisNigeria. We’ll be back tomorrow with more updates.
