Daily Shot, 19/12/2025

W’Bank to approve $500m loan for Nigeria today

FG suspends sachet alcohol ban pending review

Scores injured as tanker explosion rocks Auchi

Troops kill commander, terrorists in Mandara Mountains, foil Bitta infiltration

Insecurity: Tinubu pledges state police to US, European allies

Tinubu leads APC leaders to party’s national caucus meeting at Villa 

Terrorism: AGF, NBA, others oppose death penalty for kidnapping

Ebonyi ACP slumps during meeting, dies in hospital

Fed Govt directs reopening of 47 Unity Schools

Lagos launches LASHMA-AID to guarantee emergency care before payment

K1 drags Gov Abiodun, five others to court over Awujale stool

Davido to perform at AFCON 2025 opening concert

US dismisses report of airstrikes in Nigeria, Benin Republic border

S’African police shoot Nigerian man dead at traffic stop


DID YOU KNOW?

  • AI once developed its own language. In 2017, two Facebook AI chatbots created a new, non-human language to communicate more efficiently, prompting researchers to shut them down.
  • The first decorated Christmas Tress was in Riga, Latvia in 1510

Tinubu appoints Oseni NERC chairman, drops Ramat

Shettima reaffirms FG’s commitment to power reforms as NDPHC turns 20

Senate confirms Fani-Kayode, Omokri, 60 others as ambassadors

Senate screens Tinubu’s mominees for NUPRC, NMDPRA

MTEF: Reps, Senate disagree over crude oil benchmark

Reps probe tax law tweaks, PDP demands suspension

Reps Raise Presidential Campaign Expenses To N10bn, Gov’ship N3bn

Reps approve 2026-2028 MTEF/FSP, propose N54.46tr spending for next year

Electoral Act: Reps approve 10-year jail term, N75m fine for forgery of election documents

Electoral Act: Reps back 2-year jail term, N5m fine for vote buyers, sellers

Court orders INEC to accept Labour Party’s candidates for FCT council polls

Court okays Malami’s further detention by EFCC

Jurisdiction row stalls Alaba Market eviction case

Lagos man sentenced to 22 years for property scam

Police begin trials for seven officers caught on extortion video

Insecurity: Army to overhaul training schools, curricula

PSC approves promotion of 775 senior police officers to new ranks

149 firms retain tax holidays under new law – FG

PenCom shifts pension recapitalisation deadline to June 2027

FG inaugurates core working group on regional devt

NAFDAC destroys N55bn fake medical products

NAFDAC Destroys N65bn Counterfeit, Expired Products In Kano, Oyo

Global oversupply leaves Nigerian crude unsold

Christmas: FCT police deploy personnel to worship centres, public spaces

FG urged to expand grazing reserves nationwide

Eagles not good enough – Odegbami

FirstBank, Guinness, Sweden back AFRIMA 2026

FirstBank partners UNIBEN to expand digital banking

NANTA backs senate on airfare surge probe

FAO, Lagos, urge investment in meat, coconut

PDP faction dissolves executive committees in 14 states

Okpebholo pledges support for Auchi tanker fire incident

Makinde commissions Omololu Olunloyo Relaxation Park in Ibadan

Transfer your support to Tinubu, Fubara tells loyalists

Lagos targets $250bn revenue from waste-to-wealth projects

Lagos court acquits man of charges over wife’s death


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1999, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo ordered the Armed Forces to raid the town of Odi in Rivers State, in response to the murder of 12 policemen by local militia.

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. – Thomas A. Edison

Good morning

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

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