Daily Shot, 06/01/2026

Eagles trash Mozambique 4-0 to reach AFCON quarterfinals

Petrol may hit N1,400/litre without local refining – Dangote

Sahara Group eyes 7,000MW in major power sector push

Kidnappers kill abducted Edo doctor’s brother

Alleged rape: Lagos pastor shuns police invitation

Former Abia governor Theodore Orji dumps PDP for APC

Naira down to N1,475/$ in parallel market

Venezuela: Maduro arraigned in US court amid protest

US denies war with Venezuela, imposes oil quarantine over security threats

Trump sets sight on Greenland, threatens Cuba, Colombia, Mexico

Over 33% of Nigerian immigrants in US live on public benefits — Trump

UK to seize illegal migrants’ phones under new counter terror policy

Insurgency: AU extends Nigeria, Cameroon, others joint military action

UK-based Nigerian stabbed to death


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Google’s AlphaGo, a comuter program, defeated world Go champion Lee Sedol in 2016, a feat considered far more challenging than chess due to the immense complexity and intuition required for Go.
  • Ants and termites never sleep and can work 24 hours a day.

Tinubu nominates Abe, Adeniji to chair NUPRC, NMDPRA boards, seeks Senate confirmation

2027: Reps deputy speaker urges Igbo to invest votes in Tinubu, build strategic alliances

A’Court upholds death sentence for Kebbi woman over ex-husband’s murder

Court orders N30.7m forfeiture in NNPC fraud case

Terror financing: Court denies Bauchi commissioner bail, cites national security

Yahaya Bello presumed innocent amid N80.2bn fraud trial — EFCC

AIG orders probe after fire razes Benue police base

Family of teenager killed by soldier demand N500m compensation, jobs for siblings

2026 budget planned to solidify Tinibu’s achievements – Information Minister

2026 budget to strengthen economy, boost jobs, infrastructure – FG

FG switches to capital de-risking for 2026 growth

INEC resumes Continous Voter Registration

No plan to hike UTME form price, says JAMB

Business confidence rises despite insecurity, high taxes – Report

Wike praises nominations of Abe, Kobani into NUPRC, NMDPRA by Tinubu

Nasarawa students beg lecturers to end strike

Osimhen closes in on Yekini’s goal record

Joshua may quit boxing after car crash — Uncle

NGX gains 1.74% as market cap soars above N100tn

Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria meets CBN recapitalisation threshold

LOTUS Bank appoints Ajani-Lawal MD/CEO

RMB leads Champion Breweries’ historic N30bn bond

Kwara firm targets five-tonne honey output to cut imports

Dangote Refinery denies shutdown claims, maintains 50m litres petrol output

ADC faults FG’s silence on Venezuela crisis

No date yet for e-registration in Edo APC

2027 battle: Rivers crisis escalates as top APC govs back Fubara

Makinde reshuffles cabinet, appoints new SSG

Sanwo-Olu donates N100m, houses to military veterans

Children hospital, food hub for unveling this year –Sanwo-Olu

Buni distributes food items to Yobe tricycle riders, others

Cross River gov swears in new LG chair

Cross River Speaker disburses N10m bursary to 100 students

Katsina launches 15 intensive-care ambulances for 24-hour emergency services

Osun LG workers resume after 11-month strike amid heavy security presence

Transformer fire causes darkness in parts of Katsina

Gombe bans scrap trade, begins mandatory profiling of new tenants

Nasarawa targets N5bn monthly IGR

Ogun targets 3,000 housing units with N100bn allocation

Gombe to reclaim grazing reserves, cattle routes

LASG to demolish structures under power lines

Three Osun LG workers arrested over alleged stealing

Ogun waste vendors protest alleged extortion, demand removal of OGWAMA boss

Collapsed fence kills five Borno children, injures one

Terrorists abduct passengers on busy Kwara highway

60 clerics to train Kano intending Hajj pilgrims


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2011, Nigerian defender Uche Okafor was found dead in his Texas home, though the circumstances remain disputed, with police ruling it suicide by hanging while his family suspected foul play.
  • On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse presented the telegraph to the public. Together with Alfred Vail, the inventor relayed the message “A patient waiter is no loser” over a distance of 3 km.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm. – Hippocrates

Good morning

Compiled by Joe Agbro Jr., (@Joeagbro), Joeagbro@dailyshot.ng, +234-8056745268

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