SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 20/03/2024

Delta killings: 3 suspects nabbed, moved to Army HQ in Asaba

Delta bloodbath: Gov meets Tinubu, N’Assembly demand thorough probe

Court denies Kanu bail, S’East Reps demand end to trial

Violence will cease in South East once I’m released, says Nnamdi Kanu

Abia Assembly passes bill to stop pension for ex-govs, deputies

FG names 15 terrorism financiers, BDCs, plans sanctions

Reign of terror: 165 farmers killed March, farms deserted as bandits demand N3bn

Power station collapses, blackout hits Abuja, Kogi

Subsidy removal: FG, states, LGs allocations hit N10.14tn

NSIA, NSP sign agreement for Shiroro Solar Generating Company

Tinubu writes Reps, seeks improved pay for judges

N30tn loans: Senate uncovers fresh infractions, summons Cardoso

Senate amends extradition law for offenders outside Commonwealth

Senate passes NYSC Trust fund Bill

Senate passes N446bn FIRS 2024 budget

Reps pass N1.28trn 2024 FCT budget

Bill seeking 5 months leave for widows passes 2nd reading at Reps

Reps to quiz minister over $300m malaria loan spending

Four health workers arraigned over alleged organ harvesting

Army rescues 16 kidnap victims in Kaduna

NAF bombs terrorists’ logistics base in Niger

FG begins distribution of 42,000 metric tonnes of grains

Withheld salaries: FG meets SSANU, NASU today over strike

FG inaugurates steering committee for Nigeria’s ID4D project

No mining licences without local value addition – Alake

FG working to increase patronage of Onne, Rivers, Warri, Calabar ports, says Oyetola

FID on $25bn Nigeria-Morocco pipeline for Dec — Kyari

ICPC, CoDA renew pact on asset recovery, illicit financial flow

President’s wife inaugurates Bauchi ICT centre, education facilities

Africa Games: Tobi Amusan wins women’s 100m hurdles heat

Subsea cable cuts: Services successfully restored – MTN

Dangote, MTN, others lose N1.7tn to naira depreciation

Zenith Bank appoints Adaora Umeoji first female CEO 

APC fixes N50m for Ondo gov forms

Sanwo-Olu faults FG control of Lagos waterways

I Call Tinubu Twice Daily Over Insecurity – Gov Sani

Kano governor shares palliatives to hospital patients

Plateau: Mutfwang boosts fire fighting capability, inaugurates rapid response vehicle

It’s our collective interest to make Tinubu succeed, says Gov. Adeleke

Aiyedatiwa approves N200m loan for artisans in Ondo

No innocent citizens will suffer for Delta killings – Gov. Oborevwori

Edo Assembly demands CJ’s panel for Shaibu’s impeachment

Lagos Assembly to hold public hearing on land grabbing

Eight suspended Zamfara lawmakers sue Speaker, AG

Oyo CJ frees 18 sick inmates, 20 others

LAGESC arrests 63 for crossing highways, trading on streets

Police close to rescuing kidnapped Edo PDP chair – CP

Man Jailed 15 Months For Stealing Qurans From Abuja Mosque


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2003, the United States invaded Iraq, assisted by the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland. The Iraq War, which was termed illegal by then UN Secretary, Kofi Annan, caused hundreds of thousands of Iraqi deaths.
  • On this day in 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono married. After the wedding in Gibraltar, the artistes spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam with a Bed-In for Peace, which lasted a whole week.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – Richard Grenier

Good morning

Compiled by Joe Agbro Jr., (@Joeagbro), Joeagbro@gmail.com, +234-8056745268

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