SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 09/10/2024

Marketers to begin direct Dangote petrol purchase

Nigerians May Pay More For Petrol As NNPC Quits Middleman Role

21 feared dead as two boats collide in Lagos

FDI crashes to record low of $29.8m

Oyo, Zamfara, 24 others attracted zero foreign investments in one year

Violence: Fubara orders probe, Wike alleges disobedience to court orders

FG 31-member panel to begin talks with ASUU

Hajj Fare To Hit N10m As NAHCON Announces End To Subsidy

Lenacapavir injection shows 96% efficacy in HIV prevention study

Osama bin Laden’s son, Omar, ordered to leave France

Brazil lifts ban on Elon Musk’s X

Evacuate now, Biden begs residents in storm-battered Florida 

ECOWAS president advocates reforms to check coups

S’Korean investors planning four Nigerian refineries – FG


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Mormyrops Oudoti is a freshwater fish only found in Mali. A great delicacy in Bamako, it is referred to as the ‘elephant fish’ because of its elongated tubular snout. The Bozo people, who live on the shore of the River Niger, are known for fishing the elephant fish.
  • Monopoly is the most played board game in the world. Over 275 million Monopoly boardgame sets have been sold worldwide. It has also been translated into 47 other languages apart from English.

Slow growth rate necessitated reforms, says Tinubu

Shettima Unveils Framework For FG’s Nationwide Nutrition Programme

Senate demands increased funding for varsities

Flooding: Dredge Rivers Niger, Benue now, Senate tells Tinubu

Supreme Court hears 16 State’s suit challenging EFCC’s powers Oct 22

Otti faction loses as court declares Abure LP chair

OPL 245 trial: Two Italian prosecutors convicted for hiding vital documents

Borno: Two soldiers, others killed in Boko Haram road ambush

NAF appoints Akinboyewa as new spokesman

Buy equity in local refineries, FG tells NNPC

Nigeria recorded $2.60bn in capital importation for Q2 – NBS

Dodan Barracks renovation to be completed December – Presidency

FG shops for perm secs from eight states

Nigeria saves N3bn by decongesting correctional centre – Tunji-Ojo

Lagos-Abeokuta Road: Reconstruct with concrete or leave – Umahi tells investor

Fed Govt to begin repair work on Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Monday, says Umahi

FG threatens to terminate RCC’s contract over road construction delay

PDP to inspect Edo poll materials today – INEC

NDDC Project HOPE enrols 3.2 million youths

National Anthem: First stanza’ll be rendered at official functions — NOA

NIWA donates safety kits to Niger boat operators

FG releases guidelines for tertiary institutions’ exit from IPPIS

UITH clinical lecturers serve 21 days strike notice

Don’t refund N24bn for Nasarawa, Kebbi airports, experts tell FG

Stop crude-for-loan deals, Dangote tells govt

We’re Taking Steps To Address Insecurity, Disunity In North – ACF

NBA, opposition reject Imo LG poll

Speed Darlington released from police custody

AbdulRazaq using demolition to intimidate citizens, alleges Saraki

Fubara sets up panel to probe killings, destruction of LG secretariats

Sanwo-Olu clears N68b pension

Makinde presents N79.3b supplementary budget to assembly

AKISIEC Insists APC Won Akpabio’s LG, Accuses Absconded Official Of Mix-Up 

Lagos won’t obey court order stopping arrest, fines by VIO — Commissioner

N4bn spent on Jigawa students evacuated from Sudan – Govt

Patients Lament As Kaduna Health Workers Down Tools

Owerri residents urge Uzodimma to fix deplorable road

Bandits kill abducted Kebbi district head

Police arrest 14 for vandalising transmission towers in Bayelsa

Randy Lagos teacher bags life jail for rape

Grandma, 4 children, die after consuming pap in Ondo

Kebbi fishermen kill hippopotamus responsible for emir guard’s death


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2012, Malala Yousafzai was shot at and injured while going home from school. She survived the attack and has since become a leading voice for the education of girls. In 2014, at the age of 17, she received the Nobel Peace Prize along with Kailash Satyarthi, making her the youngest recipient of the prestigious award.

Find the good. It’s all around you. – Jesse Owens

Good morning

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

***Apologies for mix-up in dates yesterday. Sometimes, we can’t avoid making silly errors***

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