Daily Shot, 22/08/2025

Nigeria’s forex reserves rise to a record $41bn high

Student loan disbursement hits N86.3bn – NELFUND

Terrorists funding operations with gold – CDS

116 drug suspects nabbed in FCT hotspots raid

Ogun ends free entry to Olumo Rock August 23

Celebration in Enugu as Gov Mbah unveils reconstructed Hotel Presidential

Iyabo Ojo not wanted – Police disown viral poster

Ghanaian music star Shatta Wale detained over Lamborghini purchase

Trump plans to patrol streets of US capital with troops

US says all 55 million visa holders ‘subjected to continuous review’

Five die, 36 injured in Colombian air base bomb attack

N70,000 Minimum Wage Cannot Lift Nigerians Out Of Poverty – US Report

UNAIDS commends Gombe for exceeding 15% health sector budgetary allocation

Three US-based Nigerians jailed eight years for $520,910 fraud


DID YOU KNOW?

  • The “Wow! Signal” was a strange 72-second radio signal from space detected in 1977 — it has never been explained or repeated.
  • Hippos can’t swim in the usual sense; they run along river bottoms and push off the ground.

Your contributions needed at home, Tinubu tells Nigerians abroad

Tinubu departs Japan for Brazil state visit

Senate committee inspects NDDC road projects in Cross River

Kuru’s N60bn, Otudeko’s N12.3bn fraud charges withdrawal not political – AGF

EFCC, NIS expel another 51 foreigners jailed for cyberfraud offences

Process ongoing to name terrorism financiers in Nigeria - CDS Christopher Musa

Nigeria on track to hit 2.5mbpd oil output — FG

FG to offset N2.7tn gas debt with royalty payments

FG to raise N200bn via bond auction

No stipends during holidays, NELFUND tells students

FG moves to speed up Lokoja-Ayingba, Okene-Itobe road projects

FG tagets N24bn annual savings from BisonFly initiative

NUPRC rounds off review of marginal field licenses

NRC confirms incident on AKTS, assures of normalcy

NIMASA board approves promotion of nine directors, 234 others

No extension of Saudi deadlines for 2026 Hajj, NAHCON warns

Tincan Customs collect N16.4bn revenue in one day

I’ll support anyone who backs Tinubu – Wike

Kano sets up committee to establish Gaya polytechnic

Body recovered from campus, not our student, says AAU VC

UNIZIK announces ban on ‘signing off’ ceremony for graduating students

Professor Olatunji Dare donates house to varsity in Kabba

First Lady to empower 1,000 women today in Lagos

Obasanjo, Tinubu never supported Yoruba against Hausa – OPC

Dangote refinery surges to 610,000bpd, nears full capacity

Big Brain Naija reality TV show to debut in October

PDP crisis: Wike camp rejects zoning talks with Makinde, Diri

Senator Wadada resigns SDP membership, to join APC

Otti advocates stringent laws for drug dealers, offenders

Okpebholo seals properties of suspected cult leaders

Adeleke vows to reopen Osun LGs, end power tussle

Makinde approves N45m for control of HIV/AIDS, inaugurates OYSACA ambassadors

Gov Namadi hails livestock processing project in Jigawa

Benue Assembly rejects Alia’s two commissioner-nominees

Jigawa invests N12bn annually on higher education – Commissioner

Taraba partners ACReSAL to tackle flooding

Oyo to pay N1bn compensation on Circular Road project

Enugu accuses MainPower of tariff breach, threatens sanction

Bauchi targets women, children for 4.8 million mosquito nets

Benue abolishes graduation ceremonies in kindergarten, nursery, basic schools

2,000 out-of-school children re-enrolled in Delta — SUBEB

Lagos to tackle open defecation with 10,000 public toilets

Police present N52m cheques to fallen officers’ families in Kogi

946 Imo residents benefit from NAF free medical surgeries 

Adamawa ruler donates 2,000 hectares to boost farming

Olu of Warri floats N750m Trust Fund for Itsekiri devt

UK recognises Alaafin as Yoruba supreme ruler, Owoade tells Ooni

Rainstorm wrecks havoc in Plateau

Police condemn killing of woman mislabelled as kidnapper in Ilorin

Six policemen nabbed for assaulting Rivers man in viral video

Four arraigned for suspected defilement cases in Anambra

Imo couple, orphanage operator arrested for child trafficking


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1779, British explorer James Cook reached Possession Island, which is off the northern coast of Queensland Australia, two years after he had set sail on the HMS Endeavour from Plymouth. Cook named the area New South Wales and claimed it for the British Crown.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. – Og Mandino

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

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