SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 17/02/2025

Telecoms tariff hike: FG deploys security agents as NLC insists on protest

FG steps down merger of NCAA, NAMA

NIMC gets FG’s nod for overhaul of national identity system

Accidental Airstrike Wipes Out Family Of 6 In Katsina

Abuja mob kills two suspected one-chance operators

APC sweeps Katsina poll, wins all 34 LGs

Alleged N96b fraud: Edo panel indicted Obaseki, impeached LG chairmen

Iyabo Ojo returns to Nigeria for second phase of daughter’s wedding

US to drop Nigeria deportees in Lagos – Envoy

Netanyahu vows to destroy Iran’s terror axis with Trump’s support

US Embassy, Lagos Consulate to close Monday for Presidents’ Day

OPEC forsees lower Dangote refinery petrol price

AU Summit: Nigeria calls for joint maritime task force for Gulf of Guinea

ERROR: Yesterday, in the ‘Did You Know’ series, we published that the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove occupies 78 hectares. According to the National Commission for Musuem and Monuments, it sits on 75 hectares. The error, a slip, is regretted and we apologise.


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Before the 1990s, black South Africans were forcibly removed from their homes. They were not allowed to vote or engage in politics and were reduced to labour for white South Africans. Those over 16 were also issued passbooks that limited their movement within the coutry.
  • A baker’s dozen is 13. Its origin comes from medieval England where bakers that sold overpriced loaves of bread were flogged. To avoid being flood, bakers began adding an extra loaf to a dozen.

President, governors celebrate El-Rufai at 65

USAID: Ndume urges probe of B’Haram funding

Tinubu has reduced debt service burden to 67 percent, says Deputy Speaker

President should address N’Assembly twice a year — Reps

Reps move to regulate police deployment to VIPs

I still face four lawsuits from Afe Babalola’s firm – Farotimi

Alaafin: Oyo prince asks court to sack Owoade

Army destroys 25 illegal refineries, seize 95,000 litres of stolen oil

Five directors jostle for federal accountant general’s seat

FG to engage 28,000 Nigerian health workers on USAID payroll

WACT-APMT begins direct shipping from Asia to Onne Port

NNPCL takes 15% stake in Starzs CNG station

FG plans property, ground rent task teams in states

FG begins Emerging Technologies Institute construction in Kano

NSCDC to register 50,000 schools under Safe School initiative

Personal loans rose to N3.3tn in November – CBN

NMDPRA grants Falcon 25-year gas distribution licence

FG partners Zipline on rural healthcare, drone tech

43,923 candidates scored over 5 credits in WAEC 2024

Relief Materials For IDPs Hoarded In Abuja Classrooms

Borno missing children rise as B’Haram steps up recruitment

Not all sickle cell patients need bone marrow transplants, says foundation

I didn’t betray Africa over GMO adoption, says outgoing AU commissioner

Adebanjo: Adeboye, Anyaoku, Osinbajo, Obi, ex-govs attend commendation service

5,000 buildings unoccupied in Bauchi, Jigawa – Housing network

CDHR demands Egbetokun’s removal over tenure elongation

10 insurance firms rake in N493bn revenue – Report

Accion MFB, CrediCorp partner on affordable tricycle financing

PETROAN denies claim in viral video, says NNPCL petrol of highest standards

Tinubu Will Be Re-Elected In 2027 – Gov Sani

Former Kaduna governor, senators, others explain defection to APC

NLC withdraws members in Osun LGs amid Adeleke, APC faceoff

Approve Bauchi oil exploration to seal re-election, Dogara tells Tinubu

Gov Nwifuru urges Army to end sit-at-home in southeast

Green Rail construction begins soon – Sanwo-Olu

We did not demolish building with occupants inside – Enugu Govt

Enugu raises N3bn for security trust fund

LG crisis: Adeleke, Oyetola trade words, Labour suspends services

Edo records 13 Lassa Fever deaths, confirms three Monkeypox cases

LAWMA warns against recycling in unlicensed facilities

Lagos to demolish illegal Banana Island buildings

Alaafin’s coronation in jeopardy over unknown whereabouts of Osun monarch

Youths raze Police station in Ondo over alleged death of detainee

Three policemen arrested for extorting N100,000 from expatriate in Lagos

Kidnapped Catholic priest, two others regain freedom in Rivers

Dismembered girlfriend died from asthma – Kwara killer cleric


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1863, a precursor of the Red Cross and Red Crescent was founded. The “Committee for Relief to the Wounded” was created by a group of citizens in Geneva, Switzerland.

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl. – Benjamin Jowett

Good morning

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

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