SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 07/03/2025

FG designates Simon Ekpa, 16 others as terrorism funders

NAFDAC to reopen Onitsha drug market Friday

Oluremi Tinubu unveils N1.85bn grant for business owners with disabilities

N4bn debt: Air Force men attack IKEDC, brutalise PUNCHman, others

Fasting: Shariah Council tackles CAN, asks more states to close schools for Ramadan

Edo begins demolition of kidnappers’ houses

Enugu Govt. bans unlawful pasting of posters, defaulters to pay N50m fine 

Falcons retain Africa’s top spot, 36th in global rankings

Trump backs off Mexico, Canada tariffs after market blowback

Zelensky arrives at ‘watershed’ EU summit on Ukraine aid

China pledges $50bn investment in Africa, strengthens media ties with Nigeria

Counter-terrorism: B’Faso, Mali, Niger delegates visit Nigeria

Police Bust Pakistani Kidnap Gang In Lagos, Rescue Victim


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Gashaka-Gumti National Park is the largest and most diversified wildlife park in West Africa with a landmass of 6,402 km². Gazetted from two game reserves in 1991, it is located in Taraba and Adamawa and borders Cameroon.
  • Cynophobia is an extreme fear of dogs which interferes with daily life.

Tinubu approves employment for 774 health fellows

Shettima, gov harp on ecosystem protection

‘I slept in Dangote cement factory on Natasha’s wedding day’ – Akpabio

Senate Committee recommends six-month suspension for Natasha 

Natasha reacts to suspension from Senate, says action illegal

Reps seek to establish Fed College of Agriculture in Edo

Reps probe bailout, take-off grants’ spending

Yahaya Bello paid $845,852 for children’s future enrollment – American school

Six-month suspension: Natasha heads for court as NBA, others knock Senate

Bamise: Court reserves judgment on BRT driver’s rape, murder case

Court orders final forfeiture of $1.4m linked to Emefiele

Court grants Jude Okoye N50m bail in $1m, £34k theft case

EFCC grills ex-women affairs minister Ohanenye over ₦138m fraud allegation

FG Freezes Bank Accounts Of Simon Ekpa, 16 Others For Terrorism

DHQ vows to end IPOB reign, sit-at-home in S’East

IGP decorates six newly appointed DIGs, one AIG

DCP Lateef takes over as new Force PSO

Air Force vows to sanction officers over invasion of IKEDC’s office

Musawa signs MoU on Abuja creative city project 

FG eyes 10,000MW power transmission capacity

FG mandates licensing for all organ transplant facilities in Nigeria 

Nigerians pay highest airfares in Africa – NCAA

Be proud of national theatre, defend it – Cardoso urges Nigerians

FCT secures Italy’s partnership on vocational training, agriculture

NHRC to collect data on N’East IDPs, refugees

FG unveils DBI licensing programme to bridge digital skills gap

Sokoto varsity ASUU suspends indefinite strike

UNIZIK exams threatened as workers protest N25,000 deduction from salary

Students plan protest over missing LASU graduate

Google opens applications for AI, business training for SMBs in Nigeria, others

Champion Breweries posts N817m profit

Wema Bank to raise N149.3bn via rights issue

Union Bank rewards 452 customers in savings promo

UBA trains over 3200 banking, finance professionals

Citizens Pensions secures license to operate as PFA

Northern CSOs knock Natasha, declare support for Akpabio

Air Force attack: Union asks Ikeja DisCo workers to stay at home

Tinubu can build relationships beyond partisan politics, unlike Obi – Omokri

Jackrich denies sponsoring militant group threatening attacks on oil installations

Opposition accuses Okpebholo of wooing PDP lawmakers with N1.6bn

Anambra 2025: APC begins screening of governorship aspirants Friday 

APC adopts indirect mode for Anambra guber primary election

APC weaponising fake news to create crisis in Osun – Adeleke tells traditional rulers

Edo killings: Okpebholo vows to bring perpetrators to justice

Oyebanji offers succour as rainstorm destroys 50 Ekiti buildings

Sanwo-Olu begs landlords not to increase rent, inaugurates roads

Litigations Over Alaafin, Soun, Others Waste Of Time – Makinde

Our Decision Not To Negotiate With Bandits Paying Off – Gov Lawal

Buni distributes Ramadan food baskets to 35,000 households, others

Ex-Kwara HoS dies at 57, gov, others mourn

Abia, Vietnam to collaborate on agric, manufacturing

Cross River approves state electricity policy, moves to boost power access

Schools’ closure: Kano threatens to punish errant institutions

Kwara plans aviation college upgrade to aerospace varsity

Jigawa recruits 9,000 guards for school security

Ekiti unveils PIN for okada riders to boost security

LASIEC expresses readiness for council polls

Prominent Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Saeed Hassan Jingir, Dies In Jos

Rivers crisis: Police vow to crush militants threatening oil production

Police probe inferno as fire razes 18 shops in Gombe market

Policeman killed in clash with Plateau community okada riders


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1926, the first two-way transatlantic telephone took place. The conversation between the post office in London and Bell Laboratories in New York was established using a short-wave radio signal.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing. – Bruce Lee

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

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