SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 17/08/2024

Shock as videos, photos link gunrunner to government officials

How 20 UNIJOS medical students were kidnapped in Benue – Police

FAAC disburses N1.358tr in July Federation Accounts Revenue

FG threatens to withdraw fuel marketers’ licences over hoarding

69% of inmates awaiting trial, says NcoS

Chinese Firm Releases One Of Seized Presidential Jets

Seized presidential jets: Policemen detained, brutalised our top officers, alleges Chinese firm

19-year-old Nigerian, Iwezue, bags African Emerging Leaders Conference Award

Tourism: Abuja to get tallest Christmas tree in Africa

Naira depreciates to N1,590/$ in parallel market

NIS to repatriate 22 Cameroonian migrants


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Russia is the largest country in the world with an area of 17, 075, 200 square kilometres. It spans 11 time zones across two continents (Europe and Asia) and has shores on three oceans (the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic)
  • Babies don’t shed tears until they’re at least one month old.

Tinubu returns to Nigeria from Equatorial Guinea

Tinubu launches healthcare initiatives, to establish 10 oncology, diagnostic facilities

House seeks collaborative efforts to end Mpox epidemic

Alleged misconduct: NJC sets up four committees to investigate 27 judges

Kogi NUJ petitions CJ over journalist’s detention

FG spent N63.6bn on military equipment in seven months – Report

FG disburses N130b to PHCs

Mining Development Fund gets N2.5bn boost

FG unveils National Broadband Alliance

FG designs, explores Chinese funds for 4th legacy road project

30% of Nigerian teachers left service in three years -UBEC

We Have Trained 1,445 Healthcare Workers In Oxygen Management – UNICEF, IHS Nigeria

Claims of my of Igbo origin makes me laugh – Obasanjo

Arewa Youth Forum distributes 2,400 bags of FG rice to 436 groups in Kaduna

Ohaji Egbema Elders Forum backs Tinubu’s economic reforms

Zion ministry to hold world conference in Imo

PDP to inaugurate reconciliation, disciplinary committees Aug. 21

Sule fumes as gunmen kill Fadama III project coordinator in Nasarawa

I’m in hurry to deliver my N100b infra projects for Osun — Adeleke

Anambra Commissioner, Wife Kidnapped En Route To Abuja

Bayelsa procures PPE to tackle monkeypox

Edo hires 5,500 teachers to fill vacancies

Osun shuts steel mill, others over tax evasion

Residents, business owners decry one week power outage in Aba

Lagos diverts traffic for pedestrian bridge demolition in Ikeja

LAGESC, police, Army round up 68 miscreants in Lagos

Immigration officer killed over land dispute in Niger

Okada riders responsible for attack on BRT bus — Lagos police

Fire guts 7-storey building in Lagos

Police apprehend suspected ritualist selling human parts in Ibadan

Police investigate death of 70-year-old Niger beggar

Woman arrested with AK-47 hidden in garri sack

Gunmen kidnap eight people, injure 12 during traditional ceremony in Anambra


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1960, Gabon gained independence from the French. France had occupied Gabon since the latter part of the 1800’s.

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden. – Marcus Garvey

Good morning

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

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