SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 22/12/2024

Tinubu cancels engagements as 39 killed in Anambra, Abuja food stampedes

Over 25 million phones stolen in one year – FG

$1bn arrears, overheads delay new envoys’ appointments

Amid intense competition, petrol price drops below N900

LASG hospitals operate without dialysis machines as N5.6bn renal centre suffers

Inflation may drop to 34.5% in December – Report

Usyk beats Fury in heavyweight championship rematch

FG commiserates with Germany on Christmas Market attack in Magdeburg

FG denies involvement in Niger Republic pipeline attack

Four Cameroon Ambazonian rebels arrested in Taraba

Nigerians in South Africa condemn Chukwunta’s alleged murder


DID YOU KNOW?

  • ‘Silent Night’ is the most-recorded Christmas song in history. It’s had more than 733 different versions copyrighted since 1978.
  • The song ‘Jingle Bells’, was written in 1850, entitled ‘One Horse Open Sleigh’, for the American holiday, Thanksgiving!

Tinubu, Shettima’s official quarters to gulp N6.36bn for renovation

Speaker demands explanation from CBN on 1,000 staff layoffs

Reps give 19 MDAs 7 days to appear or face sanctions

Edo election tribunal: PDP, APC to call 290 witnesses as hearing resumes Jan 13

85 Chinese accused of cybercrime released on bail

Tinubu has ordered Nigerian military to end banditry in 2025 – Matawalle

Palliatives: 37 killed in Abuja, Anambra stampedes

Yuletide: FG plans 60 buses for inter-state routes

Food production: FG earmarks N7.4bn for NALDA in 2025 budget

FG allocates N960bn for aircrafts, security equipment in 2025

FG earmarks N127.27bn for agric intervention fund

Work ongoing on Sokoto-Badagry superhighway, says Umahi

20km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road for inauguration May 2025 – Umahi

Cash crunch: CBN wields the stick, fines bank N150m for hoarding

Afro-Brazilian heritage promotes cultural diversity in Lagos – First Lady

Oyo, Abuja, Anambra stampedes signs of Nigeria’s systemic failures –Obi

APC rules out NEC meeting, says consultations ongoing

Otti approves N250,000 monthly stipends for Abia traditional rulers

Sanwo-Olu sympathises with victims of stampede, calls for strict crowd control 

A’Ibom gov vows to combat criminality

Katsina gov visits rescued banditry victims, offers support

Cross River gov unveils survey for Bakassi Deep Seaport project

Ogun airport nears completion, says commissioner

Ondo traditional rulers involved in land grabbing will go to jail – AG

2025: Enugu votes N10bn for CCTV, N5bn for security vehicles

Kano to prosecute tax defaulters in 2025, targets N80bn IGR

Yuletide: Stranded Borno travellers lament vehicle scarcity amid transport hike

Anambra rescues 13 children from trafficking Ring

Family of late Emir of Borgu renews calls for justice over use of family land

Fire guts tanker, fuel station in Akwa Ibom

Father of five dies in fight over N500 in Delta

3 innovators win N6.5m in Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1882, the first Christmas tree to be illuminated by electric lights was displayed by Edward H. Johnson, an associate of inventor Thomas Edison and the Vice President of the Edison Electric Light Company, at his home in New York City.

Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory. – Norman Vincent Peale

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