SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 24/08/2023

₦1m ransom paid for my release, kidnapped corper narrates ordeal

Naira relapses to N900/$ in parallel market

Wagner Boss Presumed Dead In Plane Crash Amid Niger Coup Crisis

Amusan qualifies for World Athletics Championship 100m final

President, Barau, others salute Sultan of Sokoto at 67

Senate probes public procurement under Buhari

Reps Begin Probe Of ‘Unremitted’ Housing Funds

Job scam probe: Reps angry over refusal by 300 MDAs to honour summons, issue final warning

Alleged N6.9bn fraud: FG, Emefiele explore plea bargain option

Court strikes out Emefiele brothers’ suits against DSS, AGF

Lagos, Kano, 25 others shun ecological funds probe

Military, Police begin search for kidnapped Zamfara corpers

Niger: Slain soldiers to be buried in Abuja Friday

Navy alerts Nigerians on fake advertisement of recruitment

Implementation of new varsity curriculum begins September 2023 – NUC insists

Gunmen abducted 3,620, demanded N5bn in one year — Report

‘Our actions in Ukraine is to stop war unleashed by West’ – Putin

Putin offers to host next BRICS summit in Russia

UNDP to organise intensive leadership retreat for Nigerian governors in Rwanda

North-East: US commits $9 million support to natural disaster victims

First womb transplant carried out in UK

NLC threatens to pull out of NHF for non-remittance of contributory funds

FG connects over 40,000 MSMEs to 103 mini-grids

Umahi promises to redesign Lokoja-Ajaokuta express road

Minister gives eight-month ultimatum for Abuja light rail completion

I did not buy N300m bulletproof car – Wike

Nigerians require more re-orientation – information minister

Reports on 6000 houses demolition, N300m vehicle false – FCTA

NDDC denies owing workers 6 months salaries – Spokesman

N6b paid as compensation to injured workers in 12 years, says NSITF MD

NDDC: Stakeholders demand provisions for flood control measures in 2024 budget

Current data, call tariffs not sustainable – Telcos

Freight forwarders threaten to shut ports over extortion

All eyes on Judiciary advert: Agency apologises to ARCON

Customers protest Discos’ plan to retrieve prepaid meters

Mixed reactions trail Kumuyi’s comment on Tinubu’s administration

Delta Reps member to know fate as tribunal reserves judgement

LG poll: Oyo APC reschedules primary for Friday, Monday

Makinde presents N70m Prado Jeep to Saheed Osupa

Fuel subsidy removal: I’m shocked, scared of FG’s lack of plan for Nigerians –Obaseki

Palliative: We’re yet to receive FG’s N5bn — Osun Govt

We got only N2bn loan, says Katsina govt

Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet: Lagos lawmakers reject 17, clear 22 commissoner, SA nominees

Kwara Assembly confirms 18 commissioner nominees

Edo: Lawmakers decry incessant kidnap cases

Kogi guber: Govt bans campaign posters in Lokoja, Kabba, others; caution fee is N50m

Diphtheria: Kano requires 6m doses of vaccine to combat outbreak 

…Ogun disclaims fake website promising free funds

Anambra: Security operatives sack community leaders,traders under Nkpor bridge

NDLEA launches manhunt for Lekki drug dealer who crushed operative to escape arrest

She’s not our member – Aba NBA denies ‘Baddest Lawyer’ Ifunanya

Rivers: 12 suspected ‘Yahoo boys’ arrested for burying newborn alive, police begin probe

Police warn against false alarm over genital disappearance in Nasarawa

Ezza-Effium/Effium crisis: Soldiers escape death as war persists in Ebonyi community

Osun DSS operative stabs agent over disagreement on electricity bill

A’Ibom man kills son, dumps burnt corpse in pit toilet

Uk-based Nigerians develop dating app, Tramatch

Femi Adebayo arrests man for pirating ‘Jagun Jagun’, vows to go after others


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1991, 1991 Ukraine gained its independence from the Soviet Union after a failed coup to remove Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • On this day in 2006, Pluto was declassified as a Planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and classified as a dwarf planet

Don’t neglect the gold in your own back yard. – Ben Okri

Good morning


Compiled by Joe Agbro Jr (@joeagbro), joeagbro@gmail.com, +234-8056745268

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