SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 17/12/2024

Ademola Lookman wins 2024 African Footballer of the Year Award

Super Falcons win national team of the year at CAF awards

Nnadozie wins women best goalkeeper of the year at CAF Awards

FG okays 2025 budget, sets $75 per barrel oil benchmark

Alleged defamation: I didn’t send anybody to beg Afe Babalola — Farotimi

Inflation Rises To 34.60% In November

EFCC’s Largest Single Bust: 193 Foreigners, 599 Suspected Nigerian Crypto Fraudsters Arrested

FG renames UniAbuja Yakubu Gowon varsity

Naira appreciates to N1,660/$ in parallel market

‘Aiming to stop ‘carnage,’ Trump vows to talk with Putin, Zelensky

Nigeria to benefit from ECOWAS US$350m women empowerment project

‘78,000 bags and phones were snatched in UK,’ Pastor Adegboyega counters Badenoch


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Christmas is a festival that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe was the son of God. Most people celebrate it on December 25. But, no one actually knows the exact date Jesus was born
  • Nigeria’s National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos was completed in 1976 in preparation for the Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977. It shares the same architectural design as the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria, but is four times bigger.

2025 budget: FEC orders final adjustments as Tinubu presents Wednesday

Yuletide: Tinubu approves free train rides for two weeks

Tinubu appoints eight new permanent secretaries

Tax reforms will promote equity – Tinubu

Jonathan felicitates ex-President Buhari at 82

Supreme Court dismisses suit seeking Tinubu’s removal over drug, CIA allegations

Ex-presidential candidate fined N5m as S’Court dismisses suit against Tinubu

Court limits ICPC’s powers to freeze accounts

EFCC re-arraigns ex-bank MD Atuche for forgery

EFCC nabs 792 suspected crypto fraudsters in Lagos

FG, World Bank allocate $600m for rural roads

FEC approves €161m Siemens power project

Defence bureau seeks TETFund’s support to produce weapons

Major shakeup as police get 11 new AIGs, 16 commissioners

Confusion At CCT As Umar, Kogo Parade Selves As Chairman

Fed Govt laments absence of comprehensive crime database

FG approves N263bn for power substations

Trade unions, students got 124 CNG buses, says agency

2025 Budget: Fed govt to fund N13tn deficit through borrowing

Nigeria’s exports to ECOWAS hit N1.5tn – NBS

FG, states to validate $700m project against climate change

W’Bank plans $1.65bn loans for Nigeria next year

Nigeria, African countries need $74bn for debt servicing – AfDB

NNPCL supported Dangote refinery establishment with $1bn loan – Official

Yuletide: Police to maintain stop-and-search points, assure residents of safety

Polytechnic principal lecturers get three-year ultimatum to obtain PhD

No evidence I’ve been seen in night club – UK-based Pastor Tobi Adegboyega

ALGON Urges States Yet To Conduct LG Polls To Do So

NANS gives FG 14-day ultimatum to fix Adamawa, Borno roads

Glo expands data roaming services for Nigerian travelers

UBA donates N500m to Lagos security trust fund

Transcorp Hotels appoints Oshogwe CEO

DBN, AFD support businesses with €825,000 grant

2027: Regionalism Shouldn’t Form Basis For Choice Of President – Shekarau

N80bn Zaria projects will provide jobs, enhance education in Kaduna – Gov

Fubara plans higher institution, land reclamation for Opobo Town

Tinubu economic policies have impoverished Nigerians, says Delta gov

Buni urges newly sworn-in appointees to uphold integrity

Adamawa Assembly denies passing law to remove Lamido

Enugu seeks UNESCO recognition for historic sites

NLC ends 16-day old strike, signs agreement with Nasarawa govt

Bauchi schools start two-week warning strike over minimum wage

Yuletide: Police reassures of water-tight security in Borno

Osun pensioners demand N25,000 raise

Oyo cracks down on street trading

16-year-old FUTA student wins NCDMB national undergraduate essay competition


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2010, a Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire, as a protest against the economic conditions in Tunisia. He died 18 days after at the age of 26. His protest and death were a catalyst for the Arab Spring – protests in Tunisia and around the Arab world.

Hope is not found in a way out but a way through. – Robert Frost

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

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