SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 16/03/2025

Fuel crisis: Niger begs Nigeria for petrol despite tense relations

Nigeria’s $1.1bn loan request may be granted soon – W’Bank

Only 3% of Nigerian workers access consumer credit – CREDICORP

Diphtheria death toll hits 1,319

NNPCL-Dangote price war: Oil marketers slash purchase amid losses

Dangote refinery imports crude from Equatorial Guinea – Report

U17 WWCQ: Flamingos beat Bantwana 2-0, reach final qualifying round

Family urges Asake to support ailing father, acknowledge daughter

IWD: Ekiti biker MamaSpade embarks on 7000km unity ride to S/Africa

Pope Francis progressing but but still needs in-hospital therapy – Vatican

US expels South African ambassador, says he hates trump

EU commits €46mn to strengthen Nigeria’s social protection system

Remi Tinubu named Grand Patron for 2025 African Women’s Volleyball Championship


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Formula 1 is a racing sport where drivers compete in incredibly powerful cars averaging seven million US dollars and reaching speeds of up to 370 km/h. The roar of an F1 car is loud, around 130 decibels and its specially designed tires can get very hot, reaching temperatures of 120 degrees Celsius.
  • Animals used in farming, such as horses and cattle, need salt blocks because they don’t get enough salt in their food.

Tinubu hails public health icon Prof. Osuide, at 90

N’Assembly sets conditions for insurance brokers

Voters’ number to increase as Senate moves to adopt early voting system – Yar’Adua

Natasha: This is no attack on women in politics, says Nwoko

APC wins as court relocates Benue LG election tribunal to Abuja

NAF strikes kill notorious bandit kingpins, 20 others in Zamfara

Army payroll transactions hit N139bn

It’s unfair to generalise police as corrupt — FPRO

FG To US: Christians Not Target Of Insurgency In Nigeria

FG vows to complete Sokoto-Zaria road project

I didn’t say Obasanjo shouldn’t use Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway – Umahi

FG intervenes in S’West medical lecturers’ strike

FG lists condition for change of name, next of kin by civil servants

Presidency: Tinubu not worried about 2027, focused on economy

Nigeria’s foreign trade payments crash by 33%

FRSC assures compliance with court ruling on faded number plates

TCN refutes BEDC’s claims, says maintenance not responsible for power outages

I won’t stop Rivers Assembly from performing duties — Wike

TETFund queries varsities, colleges over N28.8bn deductions

Sokoto varsity sacks three staff over result alteration, harassment

ASUU LASUED seeks improved engagement with management

Nigeria pushing hungry youths towards revolution — Obasanjo

Probing IBB over my father’s death unnecessary— Abiola’s son

El-Rufai calls for united opposition, invites Amaechi, Aregbesola to SDP

Presidency, SDP leader deny Tinubu’s funding claim

Imo LP suspends 30 SWC members

Buhari’s party loyalty proof of integrity – APC

Amotekun recruitment: Adeleke orders engagement of protesting applicants 

Aiyedatiwa embraces Tinubu’s initiative on rural development

Abiodun endorses Southwest Games 2025

A’Ibom has no dispute with Cross River state over 76 oil wells – Eno

Ogun unveils initiative to cut maternal, newborn mortality  

Lagos sweepers: Supervisors lament poor pay

Oyo begins payment of bursary to students

Abductors demand N30m to free Katsina Qur’anic recitation winner

Rivers Crisis: Angry Protesters Destroy Wike’s Billboards

Edo Policeman ‘Shoots’ Teenage Driver Dead For Not Stopping At Checkpoint

Police kill 6 kidnappers in Abia, rescue 4 victims

53 suspected thugs, drug dealers arrested in Kano

Police detain 74-yr-old for allegedly defiling 13-yr-old girl in Lagos

Girl, 16, commits suicide in Gombe

Two boys die in Delta rivers

Teacher beheads, cuts off student’s genitals in Jigawa


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1968, US troops massacred hundreds of unarmed civilians in Vietnam. The 504 victims of the My Lai Massacre included many children and infants.

Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid. – Ronald Reagan

Good morning

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

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