SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 20/07/2024

Nigeria’s first large-scale lithium development project kicks off in Kaduna

Cholera: Imminent arrival of vaccine excites FG

Global IT hitch: Nigeria passengers groan as foreign airlines cancel, delay flights

Another 263 Boko Haram terrorists surrender

Dangote, Akpabio, 8 Govs In Lagos As Saraki Buries Mother

Govt announces 90-day traffic diversion on Lagos bridge

China bridge collapse kills 11 after heavy rains

Biden rejects calls to step down from presidential race

FG fines Facebook, WhatsApp $220m for violating consumer, data laws

Nigerians can get S’Africa visa in seven days – Envoy


DID YOU KNOW?

  • The first storey building in Nigeria was built in 1843 in Badagry, Lagos, by built by Reverend Henry Townsend of the Church Missionary Society (CMS). One of the occupiers of the house was Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who translated the bible from English to Yoruba.
  • It is impossible to fold a piece of A-4 paper more than eight times

Tinubu vows to revive ALSCON

Senate leader Bamidele raises alarm over alleged campaign of calumny against him

Reps ask Dangote, Lafarge to justify cement price hike

I am right, Nigerians are hungry, suffering – Sen Ndume insists

‘I’m not a tourist,’ Ndume rejects new Senate position

Rivers crisis: Appeal Court dismisses suit against Tinubu, Fubara, Amaewhule

APGA sues INEC for backing Njoku as national chairman

Police arrest 296 kidnappers, 176 rape suspects in 6 weeks

Navy chief presents 2-bedroom flat to widow of personnel killed by terrorists

Crime Rate Declining In Nigeria – IGP

FG to spend N3tn on new minimum wage, pensions, gratuities

FG offers three bonds valued at N300bn for subscription

19 airports may go on concession, says Keyamo

FG to train 500,000 youths on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

FG unveils blueprint for Africa’s digital trade transformation

FG shuts down gold mine in Kogi

LG allocations rise by N900bn as FAAC hits N13tn in one year

Blackout looms in Abuja, three states as TCN suspends AEDC

NAFDAC shuts Sokoto bakery for using saccharine, bromate

Vote-buying increased by 5% in 2023 election, says NBS

Sports Minister denies traveling to UK in search of Eagles Coach

11 varsity students killed, 22 kidnapped in three months – Investigation

Osimhen to get €4m wage increase at PSG

NUPENG, PENGASSAN call for probe of IOCs

Dangote’s diesel better than imported ones, -Spokesman

NLC leaders endorse N70,000 new minimum wage offered by Tinubu

Northern coalition to FG: 740 trucks of rice can’t reduce hunger

Ozekhome, NEF leader fault Ndume’s sacking

Obi betrayed Atiku, I’m done with him – Okupe

I’m an unofficial APC member, says Shaibu

I never promised to pay N80,000 as minimum wage – Fubara

Adeleke promises to pay N70,000 minimum wage

Gov Alia donates N2 billion to BSUTH to establish Cancer Center

Obaseki wanted me dead –Shaibu

I’ve resumed, will work from home, Shaibu tells Obaseki

Enugu, investors seal $300m Africa Medical City Deal

A’Ibom govt augments FG’s donation with 24,000 bags of rice

Ogun set to register aditional 100,000 farmers under OGFIMS

RRS, LNSA embark on ‘show of force’ in Lagos

FCT begins first round maternal, newborn and child health week Saturday

Corruption in govt scares Nigerians from tax payment -Udeigbo, Abia traders chair

Oyo police recover N16m, AK-47, 1,346 live ammunition from suspected criminals

‘Suicidal’ Abuja mast climber released from police custody, to start PoS business

Mother of teenager gang-raped by church’s guards cries for justice

Catholic priest flogs choir members over failure to clear church field in Enug


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. Carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who would become the first humans to walk on the Moon, the spacecraft safely landed on the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon.

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do. – Michael Phelps

Good morning

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

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