SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 21/04/2025

‘Defend yourselves against bandits,’ says Danjuma amid Plateau, Benue killings

Power crisis: FG turns to banks for $23bn lifeline

Interest boom: Nine local banks generate N14tn from loans

Enugu to build rail linking South-East cities to Onne Port

Osimhen reaches agreement with United – Report

Burna Boy makes history as first African artist to headline Stade De France

NASA’s oldest astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday

Only 38% of Africa’s population used internet in 2024—Report

US Supreme Court stops Trump from deporting migrants

Netanyahu orders strikes on Hamas after truce rejection

Stray cows will be slaughtered, fed to prisoners, Ghana mayor warns

Nigerian tech entrepreneur wins $30,000 award

Tunde Onakoya reclaims world record in 64-hour chess marathon

Nigerian Uber driver shot dead in US, passenger in critical condition


DID YOU KNOW?

  • In Guyana, people fly homemade kites that were made on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter Sunday) on Easter Monday.
  • Cows are able to walk up stairs but aren’t able to go down them without help.

Tinubu, Tchiani meet soon over Nigeria-Niger ties

Killings: Shettima visits Plateau today, Danjuma calls for self-defence

Insecurity: Senate drafting law on state police, says Bamidele

SERAP sues NBC over ban on Abdulkareem’s anti-Tinubu song

State police off agenda as NEC meets Thursday

Govt may establish building commission, says minister

National Grid: Govt sets terms for willing investors

High bills: Presidency budgets N10bn for solar power

Youths conference grassroots sessions to begin June

Lokpobri, others to endorse new book on local content

FG threatens to blacklist non-performing contractors

Electricity Customers Owe DisCos N497bn In 2024

CBN battles FX pressure amid struggling naira

NNPC slashes petrol price to N935 in Abuja

Exam malpractice: WAEC bars 574 schools from conducting 2025 WASSCE

NIA, police pledge to strengthen third-party motor insurance

SEC to celebrities, influencers, bloggers: Stop promoting Ponzi schemes

NAAT opposes planned release of N50bn to ASUU

Olorunsola delivers EKSU’s 89th Inaugural Lecture tomorrow

Criminalise electoral fraud, Yiaga Africa urges FG

Kogi youths condemn attack on Natasha’s home

Oil Resumption: Don’t be listed among Ogoni oppressors, MOSOP cautions Tinubu

Judgment analysis: Report me to LPDC, Falana dares Wike

Tinubu’s appointments most accommodating, says Omokri

Nigeria Gradually Becoming A National Morgue – Kukah

Marketers may lose N14bn after Dangote petrol price cut

Spice 360 appoints Adefila as MD

2027: APC may hand Tinubu automatic ticket

Youth Party sets May 18 for primary, slashes fees

Nigeria Descending Into Tyranny – Bakare

Benue under siege, says Alia

Proper parenting crucial to nation-building — Abiodun

21 Kebbi council chairmen get intelligence-driven security training

Flood Kills 3, Destroys Over 10,000 Hectares Of Rice Farms In Niger

Edo registers 9000 CofO in 10 weeks

Ondo to raise pension compliance rating

Ogun pensioners hail Abiodun for approving N6.7bn gratuity payment

Ooni lays foundation for N500m Ekiti chiefs’ secretariat, seeks unity

One killed as Sokoto vigilantes repel bandit attack

Gunmen kidnap seven passengers in Kwara

New tenants abduct four children in Delta

Death toll in Lagos building collapse rises to 5, 15 rescued

Man dies during wife’s 60th birthday in Lagos


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1509, Henry VIII was crowned King of England. In popular culture, the monarch is known mainly for his six marriages, two of which ended with the wife’s execution.

I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving. – John Green

Happy Easter Monday

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

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