SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 20/10/2024

National Grid Collapses For Third Time In One Week

Tinubu returns to Nigeria after two weeks leave in UK, Paris

Multiple national grid collapses threaten minister’s 6,000MW pledge

SON to Nigerians: Don’t patronise illegal CNG centres

Nigeria seeks fresh $500m W’Bank loan for education

Minimum wage deadline: No action in 26 states as Labour blows hot

State House food budget grows by 20% in three years

Police in show of force ahead IPOB’s Monday sit-at-home order

Davido, Wizkid snub each other at London nightclub

‘Don’t leave tennis’, Djokovic tells Nadal after Saudi showdown

Seven dead after dock walkway collapse in US

Six foreigners caught with explosives in C’River

Tinubu, Shettima’s frequent foreign trips raise eyebrows


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Thousands of people write to God yearly. Every year, Jerusalem receives an influx of letters from thousands of people addressed to “God.” It happens so regularly that there is even a “Letters to God” department of the Israeli postal service.
  • The small intestine is bigger than the large intestine. The small intestine measures at 20 ft long and 1” in diameter. Meanwhile, the large intestine is 5 ft long and 3” in diameter.

NIGCOMSAT: Tinubu approves 4 replacement satellites

‘He Has Been My Counsellor Since I Assumed Office’, Tinubu Hails Gowon At 90

Tinubu hails Oba of Benin on 71st birthday, 8th coronation anniversary

First Lady joins Obasanjo, Jonathan, others at Gowon’s thanksgiving

Reps consider bill seeking military ownership of farms

FG demands dismissal of suit against EFCC, NFIU

Gowon’s enduring legacy inspires generations of military personnel, says CDS

Lagbaja’s absence didn’t create leadership vacuum – Army HQ

FG plans 5% tax on telecoms services, others

FG to exempt baby products from tax

Businesses dying in Nigeria over power failure ­– Adesina, AfDB president

CBN allocates N1.73tn for food imports in six months

Minimum wage: States set for Oct commencement of payment

NERC plans investigative hearing on recurring grid disturbances

We’ll Make Solar Energy Accessible, Affordable To Nigerians Next Year – FG

Govt eyes improved credit access with VREG

Reject bill to arm FRSC, Nigerians tell National Assembly

Approve budgets that improve lives, W’Bank tells FG

Protests’ chilling findings: How 27 protesters were killed, 800 others detained since August

World Bank’s economic advice disastrous for Nigeria – NLC, Afenifere

PETROAN slams FG’s plan for $500m education loan

Chevron discovers new 17,000bpd oil field – Report

Wike, ‘T-Pain’ playing politics with suffering of Nigerians – Atiku

I will continue to be a problem to Atiku, Peter Obi, PDP govs — Wike

Kogi LG Poll: APC wins 21 chairmanship seats, 239 councillorship positions

APC sweeps 23 chairmanship, 255 councillorship seats in Kaduna LG election

LG poll: APC, 19 disqualified candidates sue Adeleke, OSSIEC

Jigawa gov suspends commissioner over alleged illicit marital affair

‘Adultery’: Suspended Jigawa Commissioner Denies Allegation, Threatens Legal Action

Makinde: I’m focused on rebuilding Awo’s legacies, not 2027

Delta flood: Oborevwori establishes five IDP camps

Soludo Shuns Ofala Festival As Rift With Obi Of Onitsha Deepens

Mbah commissions MTN’s four science laboratories in Enugu school

LG poll: Kaduna residents obey movement restriction

LASG warns residents of flash flooding

Nasarawa, Plateau record new cholera cases

Blackout in Kano, Kaduna as vandals destroy towers

Abuja Principal Murdered At Home

10 school children burnt in Ebonyi gas explosion

Police deny chasing man to death in Lagos canal

Police detain six suspected Ambazonian separatists in C’River

Man commits suicide in Ogun


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2020, soldiers of the Nigerian Army opened fire on unarmed End SARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. Amnesty International stated that at least 12 protesters were killed during the shooting.
  • On this day in 2011, the deposed leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, was captured by the National Transitional Council Forces. He was killed by the troops soon after.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. – Sigmund Freud

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

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