Daily Shot, 02/12/2025

Defence minister Badaru resigns on health grounds

Insecurity: Northern govs demand 6-month mining suspension, unveil N228bn security fund

S’West commission pushes revival of old rail corridors

FG begins 50 oil blocks bid round, eyes $10bn

Resident doctors threaten to resume strike

Nigeria’s GDP soars by 3.98 per cent in Q3 2025

Osun Gov Adeleke resigns from PDP

Museum probe: Obaseki tackles Okpebholo, rejects summons

IGP orders arrest of officers escorting VIPs

Some politicians funding terrorism in Nigeria—Ex-CDS Irabor

Ex-manager confirms 2Baba’s arrest in London

12 die, 30 missing in Peru landslide

Nigeria grants asylum to Guinea-Bissau opposition candidate

Nigerians abroad demand action on passport, NIN delays


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DID YOU KNOW?

  • Brazil has the most species of trees in the world. According to data from the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) in their GlobalTreeSearch database, Brazil is home to the highest number of tree species, with approximately 8,715 documented species.
  • Only two elements — mercury and bromine — are liquid at standard room temperature and pressure.

Tinubu plans replacement as defence minister resigns

Tinubu assures parents of abducted Niger schoolchildren of safe return

Shettima backs India’s smart class technology for Nigerian schools

Speaker Abbas denies involvement in alleged ₦18.6bn NASC building contract controversy

Reps query Azura Power Plant over N18bn NBET payment

FRC, NASS raise alarm over fiscal gaps in petroleum sector

$2bn Debt: Nestoil’s Offices Repossessed

BRT murder: Bamise’s family cries out, seeks compensation

DHQ convenes border security meeting over clash with Niger soldiers

Terrorism: NAF, UBEC partner to boost security in schools

Insurgency: FG getting support from US, UK, France, says Ribadu

FG to expose terrorism financiers, tighten border security, says Presidency

SGF demands health minister’s clarification on sachet alcohol ban

Strike: FG, ASUU to approve 40% salary rise, extra allowances

FG promotes 24,202 officers, personnel in four para-military agencies

Aviation tax cut requires collective approval — Keyamo

FG urges respect for sovereignty at ICC Assembly

FG offers HIV patients free liver, kidney tests

FRSC mandates construction firms to install safety signs

Nigeria trains civil servants on AI to boost service delivery

PSC warns Nigerians against fake police recruitment portals

TETFUND, Innov8 collaborate on transforming research into innovation

NAHCON signs MoU with four banks to deepen Hajj savings scheme

Faith divide widens: Students protest religious inequality at Gombe university

We’ve Never Demanded Amnesty For Terrorists – ACF

First Lady donates 10,000 pads to Jigawa schoolgirls

Sanwo-Olu’s wife canvasses support for GBV survivors

Tompolo bags honorary doctorate from Edwin Clark University

Soft drinks tax hike harmful to economy – CPPE

SEC deepens collaboration to prosecute Ponzi scheme perpetrators

Nigeria completes shift to T+2 settlement, targets T+1

PDP crisis: Osun gov primary collapses, Kefas embraces APC

Abure kicks as LP faction claims court stops nationwide congress

Fubara, Speaker clash over deplorable condition of schools in Rivers 

It is satanic to say Edo is against investors, says Okpebholo

Aiyedatiwa inaugurates Amotekun command centre

Boko Haram conflict not religious crisis – Zulum 

Insecurity: Ododo introduces regulated hours for social, religious gatherings

Rivers Assembly attacks Fubara over infrastructure collapse, N600bn savings

Enugu receives 2 drones, 10 vehicles, others to fight insecurity

Kano reaffirms ban on commercial motorcycle operators, orders strict enforcement

Abductions: Yobe CP orders deployment of police personnel in schools

Eyo festival to honour Tinubu’s mother, Jakande, Otedola – Monarch

Residents slam C/River govt as refuse takes over streets in Calabar

Bandits Impose N20m Levy On Sokoto Community

Enugu security guard arrested for masterminding fake self-abduction

Kebbi woman arrested for kidnapping friend’s son for N5m

Borno mother laments daughter’s third month in B’Haram custody


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1982, the first artificial heart transplant occured. Barney Clark became the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart. The surgery occurred at the University of Utah Medical Center. Clark lived for 112 days after the transplant.

Magic’s just science that we don’t understand yet. – Arthur C. Clarke

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