SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 20/12/2024

Dangote Slashes Petrol Price To N899 Per Litre

Three killed in Niger multiple bomb explosions

Yuletide: FG slashes interstate transport fares by 50%

Ibadan tragedy: Tinubu orders probe as Ooni’s ex-queen detained, deaths rise

Debt servicing, salaries take N24.8tn in 2025 budget

26,000 children infected with HIV in 2023—NACA

Again, national sports festival postponed till May 16

Wike revokes Buhari foundation, SGF, ex-CJN, others FCT land

Putin Ready To Talk Ukraine Deal With Trump

Again, Israel Accused Of Acts Of Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing In Gaza

SpaceX to launch more private astronaut missions to ISS

Mysterious illness in DR Congo likely malaria – Africa CDC


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Santa Claus is from ‘Sinterklaas’ which means Saint Nicholas in Dutch. St. Nicholas was a Christian bishop who lived in the 4th century – known for being kind and generous, he later became the patron saint of children.
  • The classic image of a happy and plump Father Christmas or Santa Claus that we know today was inspired from Coca-Cola ads, drawn in 1931 by illustrator Haddon Sundblom.

Tinubu approves major redeployment of federal permanent secretaries

2025 budget passes second reading, N’Assembly adjourns till Jan 14

50% salary cut: Reps to return N704m to Tinubu

Reps approve extension of 2024 budget implementation to June next year 

Suspension of 18 Edo LGA chairmen illegal, unconstitutional — AGF

Yahaya Bello gets N500m bail, barred from foreign trips

Demolition: Court Awards N8.5bn Damages Against Kano Gov’t 

Nigeria has achieved 80% success against kidnapping – NSA

S’Court, Hajj commission, others, high corruption risk – ICPC

US-based Nigerian, accomplice jailed 40 years for drug

Turkey-based Nigerian passenger jailed one year for drug trafficking

Madein returns to office as Accountant General of Federation

PenCom to remodel micro-pension scheme – DG

NACCIMA, BOI partner to disburse N75bn MSME fund

LASERC to regulate Lagos electricity market – FG

LGs plan tenement rate, market levies’ takeover, project N361bn revenue

FG allocates N845bn in 2025 Budget for minimum wage adjustments

FG unveils free AI academy

6,000 Kano wheat farmers get FG’s subsidised inputs

NELFUND commiserates with Borno varsity over death of two students

Christmas: First Lady donates 22,800 bags of rice, N95m to northern states’ Christians

Marketers project N950/litre as Dangote lowers petrol price

NLC demands suspension of tax reform bills for broader consultation

IPoB lawyer, Ejiofor hails judgment discharging 5 Biafra agitators in Umuahia

NAFSAT condoles with Alabidun over wife’s death

Rita Dominic appointed chairman of Miss Nigeria board

Buhari not owner of seized Abuja land — Garba Shehu

Insecurity: Don’t politicise NBS reports, Atiku warns FG

Tax bills: Dogara tackles northern govs, Shekarau group demands review

Kaduna opened bank accounts for 2m poor citizens – Gov

Edo traders will get interest-free loans from January – Okpebholo

Ekiti airport open for private jets landing January – Oyebanji

Oyebanji hails Babalola for funding Ekiti Airport facilities

Rivers crisis: Don’t fight back despite provocation, Fubara urges loyalists 

Oyo tragedy: Ebonyi cancels Makinde’s birthday lecture

LASG begins 2,200 police housing units, donates 260 vehicles

Anambra’s monthly IGR rose to N5.2bn in 2024 — Soludo’s aide

Alleged N17bn spent on assembly gate, fake news – Lagos Speaker, Obasa

OSSIEC to recruit 8,000 staff for Osun LG poll

75,000 customers spent N2.5bn at Lagos agro hub – Govt

Revenue: FCT-IRS records N252.8 billion in 2024

Nasarawa PoS operators float task force over persistent fraud cases

Commuters lament deplorable state of Gombe-Potiskum highway

Awujale, Akarigbo, Daniel urge unity to realise Ijebu State

Ignore distractions, Obong of Calabar tells Fubara

Sultan warns against rising malnutrition among Almajiris

Woman who assaulted FRSC official not a police officer – Lagos PPRO

Probe begins on theft of Anambra visually-impaired woman’s ATM card

Family holds memorial for JK Randle


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1803, France officially handed over the territory of Louisiana to the United States.

Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness. – Al-Ghazali

Good morning

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

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