SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 21/01/2025

NCC approves 50 percent tariff increase for telcos

Trump returns as 47th US President, rejects transgender, illegal immigration

50% tariff hike: Nigerians may spend N6.74tn on calls

BVN enrolments hit 64.8m

Niger tanker explosion death toll rises to 98, 69 injured – NSEMA

IBB Specialist Hospital performs first brain surgery

Suspended RCCG pastor, Iluyomade, unveils new ministry in Lagos

Bitcoin hits all-time high driven by Trumpmania

Billions Of Dollars Would Be Needed To Rebuild Gaza- UN

Nigeria, France strengthen mining ties with key commitments at Saudi forum

W’Bank bans two Nigerian firms, CEO over corruption

Kumuyi leads prayer at Donald Trump’s inaugural prayer, praise meeting

Kemi Badenoch will soon learn her lessons, says ex-minister Akinyemi


DID YOU KNOW?

  • “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
  • An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Tinubu resumes work, receives briefs after Abu Dhabi Summit

Shettima arrives Davos for 2025 WEF

Akpabio addresses Ivoirien Parliament, canvasses African unity

N’Assembly summons Edun, Bagudu over solid minerals allocation

Court Fixes Jan 30 For Dangote’s N100bn Suit Against Oil Marketers

N12.3bn fraud: Otudeko, Onasanya absent, court orders substituted service

Court remands 35-year-old on assassination attempt on Lokpobiri

Ex-AMCON MD, others arraigned for alleged N76bn

Four NYSC members, eight poly students arrested for Internet fraud

Military mocks terror kingpin Turji after killing son, foot soldiers

NAF refutes alleged involvement in NNPCL wellhead explosion in Rivers 

Police disagree as report alleges high crime rate in Lagos

EFCC to auction 850 recovered vehicles

Only 100,000 POS operators registered – CAC

Your Rhetoric Won’t Affect Nigeria, Presidency Tells Kemi Badenoch

N46bn for labour ministry insufficient to attain set objectives – Minister tells NASS

Keyamo announces plans for aircraft manufacturing firm

Dismantle speed bumps on highways, minister orders controllers

Farmer-herder crisis: More northern states adopt RUGA to curb clashes

We’re tackling unemployment headlong – FG

CAC: AI to be deployed for name reservation, registration 

NAHCON fixes N8.3m as 2025 Hajj fare for north, N8.7m for southern states  

We are strengthening audit systems to tackle corruption in procurement – BPP DG

Wike hails Tinubu, commissions 5km Abaji road

Security operatives raid FCT market, recover stolen manhole covers

NDDC promises timely delivery of Edo road

PEBEC to establish commercial courts, state councils

I never thought I’d experience fertility issues – Actress Ini Edo

NUJ condemns DSS attack on journalists at Edo election tribunal

PDP seeks Tinubu’s help to recover Edo secretariat

2027: Okpebholo pledges 100 percent votes for Tinubu in Edo

Sanwo-Olu welcomes new Lagos speaker, pledges harmony with Assembly 

Ekiti gov pledges to boost FUOYE’s infrastructure

Niger plans 3,000 modern houses for displaced persons

Katsina releases N3bn for community development, each ward gets N10m

Kwara shuts forests to tackle illegal tree-felling, others

Edo unveils waste management equipment

Police ban tinted glass, covered plates in Ondo

MOSOP gives condition for Ogoni oil exploration

500 Kaduna households displaced after bandits’ attacks – CDA chairman

Gombe, UNICEF fight malnutrition with 5,830 therapeutic food

Kano vows to support Fulani community, urges end to stigmatisation

Police arrest Akwa Ibom pastor for defiling own daughter

Man arrested over killing of 10-year-old Delta girl

Three drown, 19 rescued as Rivers boat capsizes

Adamawa cable thief dies vandalising high tension pole


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1976, Concorde took off on its first scheduled flights. Two of the supersonic aircraft took off from Paris and London simultaneously.
  • On this day in 1993, Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. – Giorgio Armani

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

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