SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 19/02/2025

Tinubu, Obasanjo, others mourn as Edwin Clark dies at 97

Osun crisis: Police go after killers, LG poll holds Saturday

UCH resident doctors suspend indefinite strike

2 suspected killers of Anambra lawmaker, Justice Azuka, escape from police custody

Sanwo-Olu slashes Red Line fare to N1,000

Dangote’s wealth rises to $24bn after refinery’s operations

2025 MOBO Awards: Ayra Starr is first woman in 16 years to win best African act

Hospitalised pope has double pneumonia – Vatican

US Probes Donations To Nigeria Amid Claim Of Boko Haram Sponsorship

Ukraine protests exclusion as US, Russia raise team to end war

AI Summit: Nigeria, France, 56 others launch platform to bridge digital divides

Workers in 109 embassies groan over six-month unpaid salaries

Ebonyi-born athlete wins bronze at Invictus Games in Canada


DID YOU KNOW?

  • The United States is the largest oil producer in the world, producing 21.91 million barrels per day in 2023. The U.S. has held this position for six years in a row.
  • In photography, the ‘golden hour’ refers to the the period of time just after sunrise or just before sunset when the light is infused with red and gold tones.

Tinubu unveils four environmental health policies to boost sustainability

N54tn budget: N’Assembly raises recurrent vote, cuts N500bn from capital spending

Reps fix Feb 28 for public hearing on tax reform

Reps probe NNPCL, oil firms’ $1.6bn debt to FG

Reps invite INEC chair over vacant House seats

Reps demand urgent crackdown on fake drug syndicates

PDP: Supreme Court to hear Anyanwu’s appeal against sack March 10

A’Court affirms Olaoye as Soun of Ogbomoso

Stampede: Court adjourns Oriyomi Hamzat, Naomi, Fasasi’s case to March 10

Ondo lawyer docked for alleged assault, defamation of Gov Aiyedatiwa

N1.8bn UBEC fund illegally withdrawn under Kwara ex-gov Ahmed – Witness

Ribadu hands over 59 rescued kidnap victims to Kaduna Govt

Military to release 381 ex-terrorists, urges empowerment, monitoring by states

PSC promotes three CPs to AIGs

Immigration arrests 40 illegal migrants in Oyo

Lagos Assembly saga: DSS demands retraction from media houses within 7 days

Energy theft to attract N300,000 fine – FG

Climate change worsening crisis in Niger Delta – Minister

FERMA’s budget insufficient for road maintenance – Minister

Banks must make cash available in ATMs – CBN

National carrier: FG may reopen deal with Ethiopian Airlines

CBN orders bank directors with unpaid insider loans to resign

CBN orders banks to publish details of dormant accounts, unclaimed balances

Talks on bad fuel quality bad marketing antics, says Kyari

FG begins crackdown on exam malpractices

FG lists N368.3bn bond on NGX

SEC expands crypto regulations to boost tax revenue

Govt disburses $68m to 28 states for business reforms

NNPCL, Shell sponsor 5,000 fibroid, hernia surgeries

NRC pledges to make rail preferred transport option

Jonathan wants military to be excluded from election duties

IMSU medical lab students decry induction delay, NYSC mobilisation

Auto Crash: NANS sympathizes with Fed University Lokoja over students’ deaths

Suspected Yahoo boy killed FUNAAB prof in hit-and-run crash – Source

Igbo found a brother in Adebanjo, says Ohanaeze

Johnvents, UK agency invest $40.5m to expand Nigeria’s cocoa industry

Nigeria no longer blacklisted in airplane leasing – Operator

Rotary earmarks N500bn for humanitarian services in 2025

PDP sets N40m for Anambra gov forms

I’m not running Rivers like Nebuchadnezzar’s time – Fubara

South-West Govs to honour Adebanjo with grand funeral – Sanwo-Olu

Sanwo-Olu celebrates Otti’s leadership, economic impact at 60

Makinde to address global education leaders

Fubara, Otuaro, Dakuku, Eradiri, Ikwerre mourn Edwin Clark 

Uba Sani Reinstates Fifth Chukker’s Land Titles

Otti partners EU to boost Abia economic development

Lagos Assembly says Tinubu’s wife not involved in crisis

Lagos Assembly invited DSS for security purpose, not to seal offices– Acting Clerk

Benue Assembly approves removal of chief judge over alleged abuse of office

Rejected Nasarawa Commissioner-nominee apologises to Assembly, cleared

Plateau govt pledges support for Hill Station Resort

Abia to relocate illegal market, hunts fake drug dealers

C’River takes delivery of two aircraft March

50 escape death in Zamfara market explosion

Osun offers 345,000 pupils free eye screening

Lagos task force arrests 44 street traders

Ekiti communities reject Okun state inclusion

We’ll continue to secure Lagos Assembly, says CP Jimoh

Awka Catholic Diocese probes priest over alleged assault on Anambra widow

Kidnappers Kill 2 FCT Residents Over Delay In Ransom Payment

Man arrested for attempting to use 7-year-old nephew for ritual

Islamic cleric, others remanded over Kwara female student’s death

Police dismiss Portable’s ‘madman’ claims, insist singer remains wanted


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2008, Fidel Castro stepped down as Cuba’s president. Castro was 81 years old at the time and had been in power for 49 years.
  • On this day in 1878, Thomas Edison patented the phonograph. It was the first machine able to reproduce recorded sound.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself. – Wayne Dyer

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

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