LG autonomy: 13 states rush to hold council polls
Minimum wage: Labour threatens 30-day strike, alleges plan to decentralise talks
FG warns 22 states of five-day massive flooding
Fed, States, LGs share N1.354tr in June 2024
3,623 cholera cases, 103 deaths recorded in 34 states – NCDC
Court declines Emefiele’s request for foreign medical trip
Yusuf signs Emirate Council Establishment Bill 2024 into law
BBNaija S9: Multichoice announces N100m cash prize for winner
One killed, journalist shot in Kenya fresh protest
US promises timely delivery of attack helicopters to Nigeria
Eric Chelle emerges front runner for Super Eagles job
IMF downgrades Nigeria’s economic growth forecast to 3.1%
Applicants decry N640,000 UAE visa fee hike
DID YOU KNOW?
- The first Olympic Games held in 776BC as part of an Ancient Greek festival to celebrate Zeus, the Greek God of sky and weather. In 393 AD, Emperor Theodosius I, a Roman ruler, banned the games because he considered it a pagan festival which violated Christian tenets. It would take 1, 500 years before the Olympics was revived by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1896 in Athens.
- The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump.
Tinubu orders CDS to curb oil theft, vandalism in Niger Delta
Tinubu hails veteran journalist Olatunji Dare at 80
Akpabio makes case for Fed varsity in Birnin Kebbi
Delay in execution of $2.8bn AKK Gas pipeline project worries Senate
Food security: Reps invite CDS, defence minister over ‘ungoverned spaces’
Kaduna Reps Member, Ekene Adams, Dies At 39
Tribunal orders NLNG to pay FIRS over $27m
Court dismisses suit challenging Arabic inscription on naira notes
Kano govt files fresh charges against Ganduje, ex-commissioner
Gambaryan: Judge orders arrest of prison doctor over Binance executive’s health
Court adjourns Ali Bello, co-defendant’s case until Oct. 7
Navy arrest 8 stowaways, rescues 8 victims of human trafficking, 2 drowning fishermen
Sanctions loom for non-performing power agencies, minister declares
NNPCL meets military, police to curb oil theft
FG denies alleged plans to sell universities to private investors
FG approves new measures to combat malnutrition, food insecurity
FG panel report reveals reasons for Plateau school collapse
Nigeria set to export products to African countries – FG
Govt projects 500,000 metric tonnes of cocoa production by 2025
Police foil attempt to raze Delta INEC office
First Lady emphasises family ties with Sarakis
FG’s policies crippling businesses — NECA, MAN, NACCIMA
Fayose governed poorly, impoverished Ekiti LG workers – NULGE
Burna Boy makes history with 2 billion streams in the UK
I will give my life to this club, says Mbappe at Real Madrid unveiling
Jubilant Ogoni youths welcome reinstated HYPREP coordinator
APC, opposition parties rekindle popularity ahead of Kebbi LG poll
Crisis deepens as Court stops PDP congress in Rivers
Obi mourns demise of LP Rep. Hon, Adams
Federal secretariat: APC chieftain lauds Otti for paying compensation
Oborevwori forwards names of 6 commissioner-nominees to Delta Assembly
Kano gov signs law downgrading Rano, Gaya, Karaye emirs
Scammers hack Osun gov’s phone number —Aide
Pro-Fubara Assembly dismisses Amaewhule faction’s resolution on govt spending
Lagos to offer 100 best corpers automatic employment
Imo revokes licences of 10 orphanage homes over non-compliance
Court adjourns hearing in abduction, alleged murder of Anambra monarch
Ganduje spent N240m state funds on personal lawsuit – Kano
Ekiti govt adopts artificial insemination to boost livestock production
Concerns mount in Anambra market over collapsing security tower
Imo economic adviser joins European DIGITAL SME Alliance committee
Residents demand urgent intervention as erosion threatens Owerri homes, businesses
Ukum Protest: Benue Police arraign 99 suspects, 98 remanded
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 1945, the Potsdam Conference began. The heads of the US, the UK, and USSR met in Potsdam to discuss the terms of the German and Japanese surrenders, and to make post-war plans.