Daily Shot, 22/10/2025

Niger gov mourns as 35 killed in tanker explosion

Strike: NARD meets Saturday to review FG’s response

Amupitan resumes next week ahead of Anambra poll

Protest: Police charge Kanu’s lawyer, brother, 10 others

Court nullifies Ebonyi LG poll, sacks 13 council chairmen

NELFUND opens portal for student loan application for 2025/2026 session

700 youths graduate from UBA’s GMAP initiative

Dangote to double refinery capacity to 1.4 mbpd

Umahi, Nwifuru, Diri mourn pioneer Ebonyi military administrator Feghabo

Lagos to host maiden Africa Road Running Race in February 2026

UK removes Syria’s HTS from ‘terrorist’ organisations list

West African Development Bank issues historic €1bn bond

Nigerian arrested for drug trafficking in Bangkok nightclub raid

US-based Nigerian mum risks life jail after daughter’s death


DID YOU KNOW?

  • The Port of Shanghai, China, handles more containers annually than any other port in the world. It has held this title for 15 consecutive years and was the first port in the world to surpass 50 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in annual throughput, a milestone achieved in late 2024.
  • Your right lung can take in more air than your left.

Tinubu nominates Doro to replace Yilwatda as humanitarian minister

President commiserates with Moro over death of son, grandson

Tinubu mourns former Speaker Agunwa Anaekwe

Shettima vacates seat for one-day vice president

N’Assembly okays mine rangers to tackle illegal mining

Senate proposes life imprisonment for defilement of minors

Senate urges FG to increase soldiers’N50,000 entry salary

Senate confirms Aminu Yusuf as population commission chair

Senate steps down bill seeking five-year jail term for abortion drug suppliers

Reps pass bill to exempt police from Contributory Pension Scheme

Reps question HIV/AIDS burden despite $4.6bn foreign aid

Presidential pardon: AGF orders multi-agency probe

S’Court reserves judgment in PDP’s suit challenging Rivers emergency rule

Alleged Cybercrime: Court shifts Natasha’s trial to Nov 24

Terrorism: Court shifts trial of Ansaru commander, Usman to Nov 19

Abuja Market Dispute: Court fixes Nov 13 for hearing

Ex-manager sues Guinness for N100m over wrongful dismissal

Navy appoints pilot as new spokesman

DSS alerts army to planned ISWAP attack in Ondo, Kogi

NDLEA digitises drug integrity test, visa clearance certificate

Nigeria to demand higher OPEC quota, says Lokpobiri

Keyamo directs priority boarding for serving military personnel

Govt committed to indigenous shipping support – Oyetola

FG empowers 39,000 Katsina MSMEs with N2.5bn grants

FG eyes 540MW power from A’Ibom aluminium plant

MDAs under fire as FG probes TSA violations

AFD, others back Lagos on €360m ferry initiative

Abia, Edo, Ebonyi, Ondo lag behind in CVR as Borno maintains lead

Normalcy returns to Abuja after #FreeNnamdiKanu protest

Presidency, CAN clash over Christian genocide claim

Wike: FCT achieving unprecedented development under Tinubu

One missing, two injured as robbers attack Osun varsity hostels

Kukah to Global Community: Don’t designate Nigeria a country of concern

Christian Genocide Claim In Nigeria False – Sultan

Almajiri: Northern stakeholders seek end to street begging

Onitsha traders demand N5bn over shops closure

Moniepoint raises $200m funding to power financial inclusion

Anzisha launches 2026 Fellowship applications

MAN honours Cross River gov for promoting made-in-Nigeria products

ADC: Ekiti Arson Shows APC Waging Quiet War Against Us

Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, Ambode lead Lagos APC to endorse Tinubu for second term

Diri delays APC move amid Sylva, Lokpobiri power talks

Ododo commissions road, hospital projects in Ekiti

New mineral data template to boost mining remittance – Makinde

Bauchi Gov Signs Law Creating 13 New Emirates

Abiodun promises budgetary support for cancer awareness campaign

Sanwo-Olu unveils LASU library complex

Fubara moves to relocate dumpsite, promises cleaner Port Harcourt

Cross River Government shuts 36 illegal schools in three LGAs

Again, Enugu Govt pulls down property used for kidnapping

Abia disability commission supports albinos with lotions

Ogun unveils cancer clinic, plans free screening for 10,000 women

Hit-and-run driver kills Lagos director days before retirement

World Food Day: Abia rallies citizens to tackle hunger

UK-based lecturer gifts laptops, cash to Ebonyi teachers

Oluwo, 37 monarchs endorse Ogunbiyi for Osun governorship

Court remands Ebonyi bishop over alleged sex scandal

Phone Snatchers Kill Nurse In Kaduna

Three Jigawa drug lords arrested, 23,000 illicit drugs seized

Delta man stabbed to death during fight over debt

13-Year-Old Golf Prodigy, Olanrewaju, Wins Distinguished Sports Award


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1879, Thomas Edison, after about a year of research on creating a working incandescent lamp, was finally able to run a lamp continuously for over 13 hours. The lamp used a carbon filament, for which he was granted a patent in 1880.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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