SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 17/10/2024

Tears as Jigawa buries 153 tanker explosion victims

NNPC still sole Dangote petrol buyer – Marketers

Naira weakens to 1,705/$ at parallel market

FG, Labour agree on how to crash transport fares, food prices

Power grid collapse inevitable – FG

Re-negotiation of 2009 agreement: CONUA protests exclusion, as SSANU, NASU kick

Parents of two little boys shot by NDLEA officials demand N2b compensation

Months after, 350 escapees from Suleja, Maiduguri prisons at large

WAFU U-20: Flying Eagles rounding off preparation in Lome

Sanwo-Olu, Anyaoku, Osoba, others eulogise late Iwuanyanwu

US, India lead 172 nations at RIFF 2024

Falola inaugurates African ancestral study in Ghana varsity

Nigeria denies apologising to Libya over Super Eagles’ detention


DID YOU KNOW?

  • The brain of a human contains approximately one hundred billion neurons
  • The lint that collects in your pockets is called gnurr.

Shettima heads to Sweden for bilateral talks, investments

Lawmakers demand repairs of refineries

Senate okays 21 federal commissioners for RMAFC

Present 2025 Budget Now, Reps Tell Tinubu

Fuel price hike: Reps warn of unrest as FG, Labour meeting deadlocked

Bill on prudent management of resources passes second reading in Reps

IBD Dende seeks withdrawal of N500m suit against journalist, Soyombo

Senior NNPC official faces contempt proceedings for allegedly flouting court orders

Bureau de change operator sues EFCC N1.2bn

Oil magnate, Akinduro, sues EFCC for unlawfully declaring him wanted

Customs seizes arms, ammunition worth N9.58b in six years – Adeniyi

750 tons of illicit drugs seized in three years – NDLEA

NDLEA winning anti-drug war, says Marwa

Reports of security agents deployed to impede senators’ duties, baseless – Presidency

Tinubu, Shettima’s Absence Won’t Create Leadership Vacuum – Presidency

Nigeria’s high interest rate will stay for long — W’Bank

World Food Day: We’re doing all we can to tackle hunger — FG

Foreign remittances surge to $600m

Fed Govt offers N10b CALM loan to facilitate CNG conversion

Tax Reforms: FG not introducing new taxes, says FIRS boss

FG boosts aircraft leasing with IDERA

Minister, Lokpobiri directs Regulatory Authority to probe Jigawa tanker tragedy

Nigeria to boost oil production with FPSO project – Lokpobiri

25% of development levy for student loan – FG

6 Years After, NSIB, UNILAG Renew Deal On Metallurgical Lab

NASU threatens to resume suspended strike

Polaris Bank, NCF partner on tree-planting initiative expansion

Illegal cocoa farmers destroying Ogun forest reserves —Timber dealers

EFCC an unlawful organisation, Agbakoba writes National Assembly

Fuel Isn’t Expensive—Nigerian Incomes Are Too Low, Chidoka Argues

APC, PDP trade words over Makinde’s call for Ondo REC redeployment

Edo poll: I have confidence in Judiciary, says Ighodalo

LP still holds Obi, Otti in high esteem despite conflict – Spokesman

PDP may postpone NEC meeting, govs plot Damagum’s exit

Era of part-payment, delayed salaries gone – Aiyedatiwa

100,000 women, youths trained in agric ventures – Sanwo-Olu

Minimum wage: Lagos fixes N85,000, Delta N77,500

Niger earmarks 70% 2025 budget to education, health

Lagos NURTW unveils 3,000 CNG tricycles worth N10.2bn

Bandits reign, businesses grounded as govt abandons 170km Katsina highway

LASG to plant one million trees, says commissioner

Four Abia cybercafé operators remanded for forgery

Man bags 20 years jail for rape in Ekiti

Edo mother seeks help for daughter with liver disease


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1960, classes began at University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) with an enrolment of 220 students and 13 members of the academic staff.
  • On this day in 1814, vats of beer at the Meux and Company Brewery burst, flooding city streets with 610,000 liters of beer. The almost 15 feet tall wave of porter killed 8 people, some of whom were gathered for a funeral.

You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way. – Marvin Minsky

Good morning

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

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