*NEWS HEADLINES* -02 FEB 25 https://whatsappnewsheadlines.blogspot.com/2025/02/news-headlines-02-feb-25.html *NATIONAL* NELFUND disbursed N104b student loans nationwide - Tinubu. Tinubu fighting opposition not corruption — Atiku. 2027: Don’t allow PDP return to power, APC begs Nigerians. North Central won’t go into alliance with North-East, North-West – APC forum. FAAN: Appointment of Ganduje, well-deserved — Former Rep member, Babatunde. Allied Air Plane Crashed While On CBN Duty – NSIB. Hajj 2025: Low Turnout As Fare Payment Deadline Ends Today. Don’t become undertaker of telecom sector – Telcos warn NLC. PDP crisis: Anyanwu petitions security agencies, says governors inviting chaos. Party secretary: Wike’s allies vow to resist PDP governors’ choice. PDP governors endorse Udeh-Okoye As National Secretary. Tankers of Death: Catastrophic fires kill 3,445. Ex-Minister: Ignorance Behind Opposition To Sharia Panels In South-West. Ohanaeze Ndigbo condemns Amaechi's reckless remarks against Tinubu. Farotimi faces two cases, over N1bn damages claim despite Afe Babalola’s case withdrawal. FRSC to enforce speed limit device, passengers' manifest from March 1. Customs condemns economic saboteurs, seizes 199,495 litres of smuggled fuel. Nigerians Lament Corruption But Defend Corrupt Leaders – EFCC Chair. *BUSINESS* CBN is positioning banks for $1trn economy – Cardoso. Inflation Could Have Gone Up To 42.81% Without Policy Interventions — CBN. FG Targets N35.4tr Investment In Power Sector. Dangote Refinery cuts petrol price to N890 per litre. Local investors to drive projected 39% growth in stock market for 2025. Strategic business model lifts Oando full year profit to N65.5 billion. Africa Leads As Airlines Record 83% Load Factor In 2024. *ACROSS THE STATES* Extortion traps: How policemen, govt agents turn Lagos roads to daily nightmares. Osun appeals ruling voiding government’s White Paper on Igbajo monarch. Delta APC crisis ‘ll soon be resolved – Omo-Agege. Simplicity Movement bolsters support for Fubara at ONELGA inauguration. A’Ibom roads deserted as CP leads enforcement of third-party insurance. Anambra 2025: APC aspirant vows to unseat Soludo. Calm restored after violent clash in Kuje. Protest rocks Lokoja Teaching Hospital as 272 doctors leave service. Makurdi modern market: Built with fanfare, left to rot away. Benue Political Blocs Begin Mobilisation For 2027 Gov’ship. Gunmen kill family of five in Plateau. FG empowers 27, 302 farmers in Niger. Police begin enforcement of 3rd party insurance policy in Kaduna. Gov. Radda Woos Investors, To Raise Bonds For Projects. Youths Participate In Business Innovation Hackathon In Kano. Sokoto: Aliyu distributes N75m start-up capital to 500 persons. *HUMAN ANGLE* US-based Nigerian woman, Abayomi Whint, becomes judge. Nigerians abroad craze for fake marriage certificates. Girl falsely accused of poisoning five, speaks out after being cleared. Air travellers resort to prayers amid surge in aviation disasters. Untold stories of Nigerians who chose solitude, died unnoticed. Graduate threatens suicide as Nasarawa varsity swaps JAMB reg number. My husband usually poisons my food, divorce-seeking woman tells court. Female tenant breaks landlord’s head with pestle after asking her to pack out. Everybody Loves Jenifa’s N1.8bn cinema earnings not mine alone – Funke Akindele. ‘Wicked’, Bold, Unforgettable; Nollywood’s Most Fearsome Women. Grammy 2025: Burna Boy, Davido, Rema, Tems, Yemi Alade, Asake battle for honours at tomorrow’s event. *INTERNATIONAL* Senegal to pay families of dead from political strife. Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says 50 patients cross into Egypt via Rafah. Trump fires US consumer protection chief. Toll rises to 7 dead, 19 hurt in Philadelphia plane crash. One dead in blast at Ukraine army recruitment centre. Indian troops kill eight Maoist rebels. *SPORTS* LaLiga: Real Madrid fall 1-0 at Espanyol as Atletico cut gap. EPL: Wood grabs hat-trick as Nottingham Forest batter Brighton 7-0. Bayern survive late Kiel fightback to go nine points clear. Salah's controversial penalty fires Liverpool nine points clear. Imavov knocks out Israel Adesanya in UFC Fight Night 250. _If you enjoy reading our posts every morning, share, comment, subscribe and follow our twitter account @OurWhatsAppNews and WhatsApp channel_ *GOOD MORNING*