SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 18/10/2024

FAAC shares N1.298tr to Fed, States, LGAs for September 2024

Reversing Tinubu’s Policies’ll Spell Doom For Nigeria — W/Bank

Skyrocketing inflation: Nigerians lament hunger, W’Bank says 129m trapped in poverty

Cholera death toll hits 378, Mpox 102 – NCDC

Fed Govt gets 846,000 doses of malaria vaccine

JAMB directs tertiary institutions to admit underage candidates until August 2025

Don Jazzy donates N100m to VeryDarkMan’s NGO

Italy prohibits couples from travelling abroad for surrogacy

Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua impeached

227,000 displaced individuals return to CAR as stabilization efforts gain momentum

AFCON: Libya jittery as CAF demands response to Nigeria’s protest

Marburg: FG activates declaration forms for inbound passengers


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Milk can help lower anxiety and depression. Research has shown magnesium, calcium, Vitamin B & D, and theanine in milk lower symptoms of anxiety and depression. Vitamin D increases serotonin production, the hormone that produces feelings of happiness.
  • The Rubik’s cube is the best-selling toy of all time. Since it was introduced in 1980, over 350 million Rubik’s cubes have been sold.

Independent candidacy bill scales second reading

N14m I Earn Monthly As Senator Not Enough – Orji Kalu

Mohbad: Primeboy sues police over alleged rights abuse

Emefiele: Court okays EFCC’s request to present witnesses virtually

Court halts railway construction in Kano

Many Arms Used By Terrorists Belonged To FG – Ribadu

Police recover 612 stolen vehicles using new E-CMR system

PCNGI sympathises with victims of Edo CNG car explosion 

FG declares end of fuel, FX subsidies

Edun: N10tr savings from subsidy removal for infrastructure, others

FG distributes 1,500 tricycles to cooperatives

INEC fixes November 8, 2025 for Anambra governorship poll

FG orders Discos to replace phased-out meters

FG plans N1.1bn private sector funding in power sector

FG capital spending drops by 25% – CBN

Jigawa explosion: FG pledges to support rebuilding Majiya town 

Crude oil production dips by 26391b/d in September

FG inaugurates panel to toll $112.53m Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Makurdi roads

Nigeria removed from aviation watchlist as compliance score rises – Keyamo

Dangote now worth $28bn after refinery project – Report

UNILORIN produces 256 first-class graduates

SCI supports UNIMAID with N14m equipment for weather monitoring

Babalola seeks inclusion of private universities in students loan 

Students set Kebbi college provost’s residence ablaze over alleged extortion

Labourer dies of electrocution inside Ogun private varsity

Northern elders confident of Tinubu’s ability to tackle insecurity

Pyrates raise monkeypox awareness at markets

Setback For Obi Faction As INEC Recognizes Abure As LP Chairman

APGA, opposition ready as INEC holds Anambra poll Nov 2025

FG’s reforms not working, Bauchi gov counters World Bank

I will defend justice in Rivers with my last breath, says Fubara

Oyebanji signs anti-land grabbing law, two others

Edo gov asks Okpebholo to wait till Nov 12 to begin governance

Herdsmen’s menace: We’re determined to enforce Anti-Open Grazing Law — Delta govt

Niger has overtaken Benue as food basket – Commissioner

Delta police warn P.O.S operators against aiding kidnappings

Rivers offers 100 scholarships as Wigwe varsity takes off

Borno records 34 deaths in three boat accidents

Lagos urges low land communities to relocate over Oyan dam release

Commuters, motorists stranded as downpour floods Lagos roads

Courts Jail 6 For Internet Fraud In Kwara

Four police officers face trial for bribery in Imo

Police set to arraign 1,274 suspected criminals in Kano

Zamfara kidnap: We ate leaves, drank filthy water to survive—A’Ibom ex-corps members

I did not rape nor kill Bamise – BRT driver


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1998, a devastating pipeline explosion which continued for five days took place in Jesse, Delta State, Nigeria, claiming over 1,000 lives.
  • On this day in 1867, Alaska became a part of the United States when the US purchased the large and sparsely populated territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Alaska was admitted to the Union as a state in 1959. October 18 is annually celebrated as Alaska Day in Alaska.

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