Daily Shot, 26/12/2025

Trump says US launched ‘numerous’ deadly strikes on terrorists in Nigeria

FG confirms US airstrikes on terrorists, cites intelligence cooperation

Arms import spending drops by 90% –Report

Presidency denies Gbajabiamila’s removal as Tinubu’s CoS

Lagos fire: China-returnee, others still trapped as traders count losses

Sanwo-Olu orders demolition of fire-ravaged 25-storey GNI house after inspection

Abducted Niger Catholic school pupils, staff reunited with families – Official

Igbo community visits Kanu in Sokoto prison, celebrates Christmas with inmates

Mali coach protests AFCON’s shift to four-year cycle

US records second-biggest lottery win as player clinches $1.8bn Powerball

Pope Leo decries Gaza hardship, urges peace in Christmas message

King Charles advocates peace, reconciliation in Christmas message

Venezuela releases 60 post-election prisoners on Christmas

Kenyan church celebrates birth of ‘Black Messiah’ at Christmas


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DID YOU KNOW?

  • Boxing Day was traditionally a day off for servants – a day when they received a special Christmas box from their masters. The name was from Queen Victoria’s reign when the rich used to box up gifts to give to the poor.
  • Excessive thinking can be a form of fear, damaging you from within.

Tinubu, wife visit Kessington Adebutu in Lagos

Tinubu felicitates Odu’a Investment chairman, Ashiru, on birthday

Shettima: Borno mosque attack will not undermine Nigeria’s resolve on security

Borno mosque attack barbaric — Speaker Abbas

CDS to troops: Nigeria is grateful to you

COAS pledges to address soldiers accommodation challenge

Sokoto Airstrike: US War Secretary Thanks FG For Support

FG committed to protecting religious freedom – Tuggar

FG reshuffles NCAA directors amid corruption allegations

CBN reports $276m drop in IMTOs inflows

NNPC directors’ pay soars 58% to N4.1bn

NIS intercepts six trafficked persons at Niger border

NiMet forecasts 3-day sunshine, cloudiness from Friday

NCoS awaits court order to free pardoned Adamawa death-row farmer

FIRS accredits PwC as system integrator for e-invoicing

REA Deploys Over 200 Mini-Grids In 2025, Eyes 1,350 Power Projects

Prisons decongestion: 7,900 inmates pardoned in three years

Customs Moves To Deploy Modern Scanner At Apapa Port

Ogoni 100-bed specialist hospital nearing completion – HYPREP

PETROAN pushes NNPC refineries privatisation by Q1 2026

ACF condemns Maiduguri Mosque bombing, urges vigilance

Olukoya makes case for female instrumentalists

PIA: Rivers Host Community Decries Non-Compliance By Oil Firms

6G to hit five billion connections by 2040 – Report

Shareholders back Guinea Insurance’s N15bn capital raise

Investor disposes 515.3 million Neimeth shares

75 Boat Operators Get Safety Training In Lagos, Ogun, Ondo

Kwankwaso hosts 300 PhD holders educated through Kwankwasiyya scholarship

Six serving Zamfara lawmakers dump PDP for APC

PDP may set up joint caretaker committee

2027: Abiodun pledges peaceful, rancour-free transition in Ogun

Abiodun presents SUVs to 20 LG chairmen

Death of two Kano lawmakers test of faith – Gov. Yusuf

Banditry will soon become history in Sokoto – Gov

Katsina gov unveils military quarters, celebrates Christmas with community

Yuletide: Kebbi First Lady supports police widows, families with N5m

Yuletide: Rep distributes ₦1bn palliative to widows across 34 Kogi wards

2026 budget: Anambra, Enugu, Kano lead in education funding

Sokoto INEC moves against underage registration, vote buying

LASG diverts traffic for Eyo festival

Gombe promotes unity through Bible quiz

Christmas Day tanker explosion claims two lives in Lagos

Jigawa commuters groan over high transportation costs

Bauchi vows full implementation of agric framework

Robbers loot Benue church, destroy iron door

Sokoto Residents Flee As Explosive Device Burst Into Flames Amid US Operation


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2004, a massive tsunami caused damage and kills thousands in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The tsunami was precipitated by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
  • On this day in 1982, the December issue of Times magazine proclaimed the personal computer as the “Man of the Year”

All you owe the public is a good performance. – Humphrey Bogart

Happy Boxing Day

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

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