SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 26/12/2024

Tragic Christmas: 22 injured as bus rams into celebrants in Gombe

Airstrike Kills 10 Sokoto Villagers

Military denies bombing civilians in Sokoto, targets terrorists

Anambra lawmaker Hon. Azuka kidnapped on his way home

Insurgency: NAF to acquire more attack jets, helicopters – CAS

Delays, Overcrowding Mar Free Train Ride

Osimhen visits hood ‘Olusosun’ in Lagos to celebrate Christmas

W’Bank suspends loan fees for poor nations

35 feared dead as Azerbaijani jet crashes in Kazakhstan

25 survive Kazakhstan plane crash, 22 hospitalised

Nigeria in talks with Saudi Arabia to strengthens economic ties

INTERPOL declares 14 Nigerians wanted for human, drug trafficking


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Yuletide or Yule is a winter festival that originated in Scandinavia which was celebrated by drinking toasts to the gods Odin, Njord, and Freyr. The word “Yule” comes from the Old English word ġéol and the Norse word jól.
  • Some present-day Christmas customs such as the Yule log and Yule singing are connected to older pagan Yule traditions.

Tinubu congratulates Ganduje on 75th birthday

Shettima reassures Nigerians of govt’s commitment to welfare, security

Senate leader lists merits of Tinubu’s proposed tax reforms

Court affirms Amiwo-Osinloye family’s ownership of 21.5 acres

1.8mbpd shows fight against oil theft yielding results – COAS

34 arrested in NDLEA raid on drug dens in Kano

FG spends N8.73bn on airport power infrastructure in 2024 —Report

FG budgets N1tn for special power interventions, multilateral projects

Yuletide: Customs auction seized petrol to ease transportation

CBN disqualifies 41.65m shares in Access Holdings rights issue

Nigeria gets $285m foreign capital from African investors –NBS

NBS budgets N35m for cybersecurity training amid website hack

Tax reform: Lagos, Rivers to suffer loss in VAT sharing

FERMA repairs 23-km inter-state roads through direct labour

Telcos eye Tinubu’s reforms to ease multiple taxation burden

Petrol price reduced in response to market – Dangote

Oando raises oil production to 30,000bpd after Agip acquisition

LASU workers suspend strike over salaries

RSUTH doctors demand housing scheme, foreign training, exchange programme

UniAbuja protest: SERAP urges Tinubu to probe police assault on Channels TV crew

City Boy Movement awards N14m to tech innovators in Ogun

Failure of government behind hunger crisis, tragic stampedes – Bishop Kukah

Akeredolu’s widow rejects Aiyedatiwa’s memorial lecture for late gov

Gov Buni approves recruitment of 424 health workers in Yobe

Gov. Sani commissions 12 roads in Kaduna 

Okpebholo swears in perm secs, warns against laziness

Jigawa gov loses mother

Kano gov urges peaceful coexistence, donates N20m for Christmas celebrations

Governor Alia extends Christmas, New Year holidays for Benue civil servants 

Gov Aliyu Creates Transport, Skills Development Ministries

Kano commits N670m to tackle malnutrition, boost child health

Ekiti clears 3,000 hectares for mechanised farming

Kaduna Disco pledges to replace obsolete meters

LASG warns clubs against overcrowding

LWC pledges better water supply in Lagos

Christmas day inferno: Equipment, goods worth over N200m destroyed in Onitsha fire outbreak

Traders rejoice as Delta LG cancels ‘Christmas Levy’

Man nabbed for killing four-year-old son in Edo

Man arrested for raping, impregnating 16-year-old girl in Ogun


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2006, several hundred people were burnt to death when fuel from a vandalized pipeline exploded in Abule Egba, Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian Red Cross said 269 bodies were retrieved.
  • On this day in 2004, a massive tsunami caused damage and killed about 200, 000 people in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The tsunami was precipitated by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

The true value of a gift is the sentiment behind the gifting. – Shri Radhe Maa

Happy Boxing Day

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

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