SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 14/08/2023

15,634 retirees with pensions below N10,000 exit scheme – PenCom

Naira slides further as dollar shortage hits banks

Fresh fuel price hike looms as landing cost rises by 37.4%

Forex crisis: Marketers propose N720/litre, suspend fuel imports

Niger Coupists: Nigeria Would Have Been Affected If We Didn’t Take Over

Niger junta bows to pressure, demands meeting with ECOWAS

Tinubu hails veteran journalist Ekpu at 75

Akpabio, Abass dragged to court over alleged N110bn on bulletproof cars, others

NJC denies ceding powers on judges’ appointments, promotions to govs

ICPC grills agric ministry officials over massive fraud

‘Enjoyment Allowance’: Akpabio Acting As If We Are Kids, Each Senator Got N2m – Ndume

Military pledges loyalty to Tinubu, backs democracy

NAF jets destroy illegal refineries in Rivers, IPOB camps in Anambra, others

CCB shuns request on Tinubu, Shettima’s assets

Report on reconstitution of MDAs’ boards untrue, says SGF

FG to settle N187.32bn contractors’ debt by Nov 2023

22,658 Kano households get NEMA relief materials

NAFDAC seeks 30% cut in salt consumption

Transportation cost increased by 98% in one month – NBS

FRSC arrests 162,834 traffic offenders in six months

CBN staff loans jump by 113%, hit N40bn

Govt approves 154 digital money lenders

Guinea Insurance gets regulator approval for 1.8 billion shares issuance

We’ve Not Cleared Tobi Amusan Of Doping, Says World Athletics

FHA mortgage bank disburses N10.6bn to 962 beneficiaries – MD

Deeper Life marks 50th anniversary

Obey court order, free Kanu, ASITU tells Tinubu

30 PWDs get Mohammed Fawehinmi’s scholarships

Obasanjo decries pervasive corruption in Nigerian politics

I retired from IBB regime to preserve my integrity – Odigie-Oyegun

Billionaire Indimi’s Daughter Weds Turkish Businessman

El-Rufai Absent At Son’s Wedding

Don’t dump El-Rufai, VON DG begs Tinubu

Attacks on Ganduje cost Kwankwaso ministerial slot, says APC spokesman

APC policies anti-people -Pastor Bakare

Kano Gov Reopens 33-Yr-Old Hospital Shut Down By Ganduje

Shaibu manipulated NYCN election for his selfish gov ambition— Obaseki

Otti bans operation of commercial motorcyclists

Ekiti: Governor suspends commissioner less than 1 week after inauguration

Viral video: I’m still on medical vacation, Akeredolu tells Nigerians

Akeredolu returns soon, says Ondo govt

Lagos extends closure on CMD road by eight days

Kano suspends fee hike by private schools

Fuel subsidy: Lagos offers free antenatal, child delivery services

Fund stalls work on Ado-Ekiti-Akure road

Gombe Bridge Collapses After Downpour

Lagos pledges more youth-oriented programmes

Ogun ‘Highway Robber’ Names Police Inspector As Gun Supplier

Hoodlums burn Imo monarch’s house, vehicles

I bathed with human head to boost my business — 26-yr-old suspect

Work resumes on Lagos canal after PUNCH report

---

TODAY IN HISTORY

• On this day in 2009, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido, announced the immediate removal of the CEO’s, Managing Directors and Executive Directors of five Nigerian banks – Oceanic Bank Plc, Afribank Plc, Intercontinental Bank Plc, Union Bank Plc and Finbank Plc

• On this day in 2016, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the 100-metres at the Rio de Janeiro Games, becoming the first person to win the event in three consecutive Olympics; he later claimed an unprecedented third straight gold medal in the 200-metres.

---

You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it. – Magic Johnson

Good morning

Compiled by Joe Agbro Jr (@joeagbro), joeagbro@gmail.com, +234-8056745268