Daily Shot, 09/01/2026

Tinubu applauds NGX N100 trillion mark, urges Nigerians to invest more at home

Oxford Dictionary adds amala, abeg, other Nigerian words

Petrol to hover around N905/litre this year – CBN

Insurgency: ‘Over 408,000 Nigerians displaced to Cameroon, Niger, Chad’

FG confirms release of Super Eagles’ bonuses

FG gets Benin presidential pardon for jailed Nigerian pastor

Lagos Assembly passes ₦4.4 trillion 2026 budget

Impeachment: Rivers Assembly serves notice on Fubara, Odu

Funke Akindele’s ‘Behind The Scenes’ becomes West Africa’s highest-grossing film

US to withdraw from United Nations, 65 other global bodies

Russia bombards Kyiv as Ukraine issues countrywide alert

Insurgency: FG, US company plan delivery of 12 attack helicopters

Gunman kills Nigerian passenger at Canada bus terminal

Indian varsity student shot dead by Canada-based Nigerian man


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DID YOU KNOW?

  • The Nigerian Army’s history dates back to 1863 with Lt. John Glover of the Royal Navy forming the “Glover Hausas,” a small local force of 18 men to protect British trade routes around Lagos.
  •  More Monopoly money is printed each year than actual U.S. dollars. 

Inflation Likely To Fall Below 10% In 2026 – Tinubu

Tinubu condoles Chimamanda Adichie on death of son

Tinubu hails NRS chairman, Zacch Adedeji, on birthday

Alleged tax law alteration probe still ongoing – Reps

Nwoko dismisses Regina Daniels’ negative drug test as ‘temporary abstinence’

Court dismisses N1bn suit against MTN, awards N3m costs

Court admits more exhibits in ex-Kwara gov’s N5.78bn corruption trial

Kebbi court sentences three armed robbers to death

Alleged terror-financing: Buratai demands N1bn damages from ex-Gen Ali-Keffi

DHQ clarifies January 15 as Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day

Spain remains key strategic partner for Africa–Europe relations, says Tuggar

FG earmarks N1.7tn in 2026 budget for unpaid contractors

NCAA threatens tougher sanctions over flight delays

NUPRC to determine 2025 licensing round bid winners procedures January 14

NUPRC, NMDPRA meet to resolve overlapping issues

NCC, CBN set to roll out refund framework for failed airtime, data transactions

Free zones drive $500m exports, 20,000 jobs – FG

FG, IFAD to empower 14,800 Ondo youths in agriculture

Power: Ajaokuta Steel, host community owe ₦1.03bn – NERC

PAP sends 34 more scholars to UK varsities

Rivers: Wike hails Tinubu over construction of Bonny road

Tinubu’s painful reforms prevented Nigeria’s economic collapse — Tunde Lemo

UK investors drive 65% of Nigeria’s foreign inflows

Banks, telcos face March deadline on failed airtime refunds

Dangote refinery, marketers fuel deal crashes as imports surge

Interswitch’s Adedamola wins NITA DevOps award

UBA surpasses N500bn capital milestone via rights issue

Unity Bank disburses over N270m grant to corps members

Stanbic Insurance gets A, A1 ratings from Agusto

KPMG flags errors, gaps in gazetted tax laws

Asari Dokubo changes anti-Tinubu posture, backs 2027 bid

Orji Kalu draws battle line, vows to stop Otti’s re-election

2027: I’ll align with party offering presidential, VP ticket — Kwankwaso

141 million Nigerians poor while politicians jostle for power — Obi

ADC moves to review constitution to boost electoral chances

Zamfara gov, Matawalle clash over aide’s ‘abduction’

Auchi Kingdom peaceful, progressive community in Edo – Okpebholo

Kano gov to immortalise deceased lawmakers

Oborevwori unveils 10-man committee on agribusiness in Delta

Soludo boosts Anambra security with 30 patrol vehicles

Kwara First Lady signs historic Nelson Mandela tribute book at UK parliament

Kano Assembly Justifies Gov Yusuf’s Planned Defection

LASG seals Lekki estate over poor sewage, waste water handling

Zamfara entrepreneurs get N263 million gov’t grants — ZACCIMA

Green city: Zamfara gov’t distributes motorcycles to sanitation officers

Nasarawa residents lament abandoned road project, six years after flagoff

Kwara LG chair inaugurates two roads, targets third

Ogun community blames quarry operators for farmland destruction

10 Children Die Of Cholera In Taraba

Edo man arrested for kidnapping four-year-old boy

Man nabbed for defiling eight-year-old daughter in Bauchi

Eight feared dead as cult clashes spread across Benue

Defilement: Police arrest suspect, detain cops for N100,000 bribe


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1431, the trial against Joan of Arc began. She was executed on May 30, 1431, exonerated in 1456, and canonized in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV.

Don’t let other people tell you what you want. – Pat Riley

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