Daily Shot, 09/02/2026

Black Sunday in Kano: Over 30 killed in road accident

NLC warns of mass action over failure to add e-transmission of election results

Nnamdi Kanu orders total cancellation of Monday Sit-at-Home in South-East – IPOB

University of Cambridge Returns 116 Benin Artefacts to Nigeria

Idle refineries gulp N13tn as NNPC admits waste

World Bank cuts CBN grant to $6.8m

FG reopens Tsamiya border in Kebbi to strengthen regional trade

PAGMI gains momentum as mining marshals flush out thousands of illegal miners in Kebbi

Makinde, Wike camps set for showdown at PDP HQ today

Lagos seals Ladipo market over environmental infractions

Nigerians praise Osimhen for N10m gift to Beyond Limits

Killings: Pope Asks FG To Protect Nigerians

Ghana recalls envoy to Nigeria over alleged electoral malpractice

Canada-based Nigerian faces trial over alleged hate-motivated harassment


DID YOU KNOW?

  • The Medici family in Italy popularized modern banking, including the use of ledger systems when Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici founded the bank in 1397.
  • Isolophilia is the love for solitude and being alone, finding peace, calm, and energy in one’s own company, rather than loneliness.

Tinubu, US AFRICOM chief hold security talks in Abuja

Tinubu to grace Kebbi’s Argungu festival, inaugurate projects

Kwara attacks violation of right to peaceful worship – Shettima

Electoral Act standoff: Senate calls emergency plenary as protests loom

Senate committee commends Tinubu on launch of National Halal Economy strategy

SAN title can be withdrawn if abused — AGF

Army probes alleged military protection of drug peddlers in Lagos

Nigeria police announces promotion of 74,352 officers across ranks

FG seeks coordinated economic policies as NEC convenes

Nigeria needs $22bn for gas pipeline projects – NNPC

BoI Secures Approval To Operate Non-Interest Banking

Not all electricity meters are free, NERC clarifies

We Are Targeting Electric Trains In Next 5yrs – NRC MD

PenCom accredits first pension agent for PPP enrolment

APC, ADC, PDP upbeat ahead of Feb 21 FCT election

FUOYE VC highlights five-year achievements as Ooni, Sultan, Kukah honoured

UniAbuja governing council promotes 21 to rank of professor

ABUAD, United Nigeria Airlines sign MoU on students’ industrial training

My kids got death threats during #EndSARS — Actress Omotola

InfraCredit redeems AFC $28.93m preference shares

Retailers slash petrol prices amid rising competition

NAHCO unveils luxury hotel at Lagos airport

Obidient Movement declares alignment with ADC in Delta

Renewed Hope Agenda takes off in U.S

Kwara massacre: AbdulRazaq, Kogi, Ekiti govs visit survivors

Early detection, healthy living key to beating cancer, Uzodimma tells Nigerians

Governor Uba Sani mobilises clerics, media on peace drive ahead of Ramadan

Gov Yusuf mourns road accident victims, orders free medical care

Oyebanji praises Fayemi’s contributions to Ekiti, Nigeria

Adeleke pledges major road project in Osun community

Enugu records N406.77bn IGR in 2025, cites reform gains

Abia clears ‘N210m photocopier’ error, okays teachers salary adjustments

LASEPA launches waste to wealth initiative in Lagos

LASG engages stakeholders over Lekki-Epe gas pipeline, electricity projects

Illegal waste dumping: LAWMA cracks down on Lagos Island

Lagos SSG heads funeral c’ttee for late Akran

Insecurity: Kogi Shuts Markets, Motor Parks Across 7 LGAs

Family of sick patient attack medical doctor in Ondo, NARD kicks, demands justice

Police probe alleged defilement of six-year-old girl by 65-year-old man in Ibadan

Two killed, one injured in Anambra tanker explosion

One killed in fresh Kwara border community attack

17-year-old SS3 student killed by classmates in Yobe

Probe begins as Ekiti man hangs self after attacking daughter

Music artiste, three crew members found dead in Lagos studio


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1969, the Boeing 747 flew for the first time. The “Jumbo Jet” was the world’s largest passenger aircraft at the time.

Life breaks all of us but some of us get stronger in the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway

Good morning

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

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