SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 08/10/2024

Rivers: 5 killed, LG hqtrs set ablaze, chairmen chased out

Tinubu directs police to restore order in Rivers

Dangote refinery to get 400,000 barrels of crude daily as Naira-for-crude deal begins

Oil prices nears $80 mark amid Middle East tensions

Staff Welfare: NAFDAC workers begin indefinite strike

FG approves airstrip for Canaanland, Oyedepo announces

Enyimba to face Zamalek in CAF Confederation Cup

Criminal networks use Telegram for illegal activities – UN

US calls for Israel to spare Beirut airport

BASA: Nigeria, Brazil to initiate direct flights

Nigerians in Lebanon differ with FG over evacuation claim


DID YOU KNOW?

  • South Sudan became the youngest country in the world after its independence in 2011.
  • Cuban athlete Javier Sotomayor holds the world record in high jump for scaling 2.45m ( 8ft 1⁄4 inches) in 1993. It remains the longest-standing record in the history of the men’s high jump.

There isn’t much that divides us, says Tinubu

Judges’ intimidation frustrating corruption cases — Tinubu

Rivers crisis: Settle your dispute in court, Tinubu tells Fubara, others

Tinubu gave senators 1,200 bags of fertiliser each, 600 to reps—Senate Leader

Judge’s absence stalls Diezani’s suit against EFCC

Defilement: Appeal Court reserves judgment in Dr. Femi Olaleye’s trial

Alleged N64m fraud: Court grants IGP’s request to arrest fugitive, Olusanya Okusanya

LG poll: Fubara’s outburst unwarranted, says IG

Insecurity: 250 Nigerian Army captains begin promotion examination

NAF officer wins coveted best student award at British military college

Fed Govt unveils CNG e-portal for youths to access tricycles

FG allocates 48.6m barrels of crude to Dangote Refinery in 10 months

Nigeria’s economy poised for growth through agro-industrial development – Edun

FG will reduce post-harvest losses by 25% – Minister

DMO lists two savings bonds for  subscription in October

FG lists seven states for Mpox vaccination

Cholera death toll in Nigeria rises to 359 in 2024 — NCDC

Over 10,000 civil servants get FG’s relief loan

Replace faulty equipment in seven days, FG orders Discos

Apapa customs generated N1.6tn revenue in Q3 – Official

Julius Berger gets one-year deadline to complete N280bn road

Oando, two others shortlisted to purchase Trinidad’s refinery

Access Bank gets approval to establish Namibian subsidiary

LG Poll: SIECs Need To Be Liberated From Stronghold Of Governors – Yiaga Africa

My godfather gave me N5m to pay SAN for pardon, says Bobrisky in new tape

PDP releases timetable for 2025 zonal congresses

LP vows to challenge Rivers LGA Polls in court

Rivers crisis: PDP loyalists take over Emohua council secretariat

My ultimate goal now is to install an APC governor in 2027 – Sule

We can’t allow incompetent persons to handle huge LG funds in Nasarawa – Sule

Zulum inaugurates 500 resettlement estate for Borno IDPs

Governor Alia swears in 23 new council chairmen

Burning council facilities, act of irresponsiblity – Gov Fubara

Ododo approves N72,500 minimum wage for Kogi workers, gives tax relief

Otti approves funds for running costs to head of institutions

‘No autonomy in governance’ – Gov Eno explains LG autonomy to newly elected chairmen

FCT primary schoolteachers suspend 20-day strike

Plateau declares Wednesday work-free for LG poll

Adamawa vaccinates 199,371 against cholera

Katsina begins construction of 152 housing units for IDPs

South Korea foundation trains 200 Katsina rice farmers

Kwara prosecutes five landlords for not providing toilet facilities

Lagos Taskforce impounds 82 Okada in statewide enforcement operations

32,000 Lagos residents suffering from tuberculosis – Report

Police rescue foreigner from IPOB as two policemen shot in Anambra

Phone Snatchers Stab Man To Death In Niger

Sex worker stabs client to death in Lagos

Nigerian student Ayelabola sets new Guinness World record for longest catwalk


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1948, Arne Larsson, a 43-year-old man, became the first recipient of an internal pacemaker. While it worked only for a few hours, Larsson lived long after the pacemaker stopped working. He died in 2001 at the age of 86.

You cannot fix what you will not face. – James A. Baldwin

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

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