SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 28/05/2025

Tinubu seeks NASS approval for $21.5bn loan, ₦758bn pension bond

Children’s Day: Tinubu, govs promise safe environment

S’Arabia declares June 6 as Sallah day

PDP NEC under pressure as INEC validates Wike-backed secretary

Gunmen kill pastor, seven others in Plateau

Military proposes death penalty for soldiers selling arms to terrorists

2025 Hajj: Over 1.1 Million Pilgrims Arrive Saudi Arabia 

Chinese trade truce lifts US consumer confidence

Ghana shuts embassy in US over alleged ‘money for visa’ scandal 

20 million Nigerians live with mental health issues – WHO

Nigeria’s economic reforms yielding results , says AfDB

NFIU probes N48bn suspicious transfers to Dubai, Hong Kong

Residents crowdfund to rehabilitate dilapidated Ogun school


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. The fictional hero made his debut appearance in 1938 in DC Comics “Action Comics #1, and the Superman logo was trademarked for this release.
  • Both prefixes Sept and Hept mean seven.

Tinubu arrives Lagos for ECOWAS 50th anniversary celebration

Tinubu appoints new governing council members for UNN, NAU, Abuja Varsity

Tinubu Approves Upgrade Of Kano Poly To Tech Varsity

Tinubu celebrates oil industry stalwart Sunmonu at 70

Senate rues INEC chairman’s absence, postpones hearing on PSC

Ibas to defend Rivers budget before joint NASS c’ttee— Senate

Senate Moves To Curtail Illicit Drug Trade In FCT

Tears, tributes as Reps honour late colleagues

Reps seek overhaul of MOFI Act

Stolen Funds: Nigeria Recovered $763.7m, £6.4m Since 2017 – Fagbemi

El-Rufai, police to pay N900m over Kaduna elders’ detention

Ex-AMCON MD’s alleged N76b, $31.5m fraud trial: Court asks EFCC to disclose evidence

Alleged Abuja Land Fraud: Court orders arrest of FCTA Director, 11 others

Anambra drug market: Traders sue NAFDAC over alleged N700,000 extortion

Aide received $17.1m for Emefiele for 3 years – EFCC investigator reveals

Insiders aiding international bank hackers – EFCC chair

Two soldiers killed as troops confront ISWAP in Borno

Kidnapped Afenifere youth leader ignored invitation for debriefing – Police

FG clears 200,000 passport backlogs, pays ₦28bn debts — Tunji-Ojo

FG expands school feeding programme to include 20 million out-of-school children

CBN unveils instruments to boost Islamic finance

FG directs JAMB, WAEC, NECO to blacklist fraudulent CBT centres, candidates

NELFUND disburses N57bn loans to 298,124 students

FG moves against airspace violations by foreign aircraft

NiMet predicts three days of heavy downpour in 14 States

NAFDAC rejects VDM’s ₦.7m traders’ extortion claim 

NAFDAC raids fake drug factory in Delta 

Abuja suicide bomber attempted to sneak into Army barracks -NEMA

First Lady unveils expanded AGILE programme

Negotiate Yoruba nation exit now, Akintoye writes Tinubu

Afenifere appoints Olu Falae as chair

LagRide drivers lament app failures, poor services

Berger Paints pays N347.8m dividend

$300 helicopter fee raises more dust

Fresh $24bn borrowing may balloon Nigeria’s debt to N183tn

Children’s Day: 12-year-old emerges one-day CEO of Wema Bank

Otti’s second anniversary impactful, worth celebrating – Obi

PDP NEC fails to resolve issues, Fixes another meeting for June 30

I won’t attend PDP activities with Wike, Ortom as members – Lamido

Mass defection rocks Sokoto PDP as key traders’ leaders join APC

Ex-finance commissioner joins Osun governorship race

Emergency rule prevented anarchy in Rivers – Ibas

Alia laments military’s inability to tame Benue killers

Children’s Day: Aiyedatiwa urges collective action against bullying in Ondo

Uzodimma canvasses tactical precision to combat terrorism

Abia plans $1.3bn medical city to curb brain drain

Kebbi Reintroduces History Lessons In Schools

Lagos warns building owners over Certificate of Fitness

Kwara trains 384 school support officers

Residents laud Nnewi LG chair over erosion project, others

Female FRSC official kidnapped in Plateau

Eight kidnapped WASSCE students, 11 others rescued in Rivers after 21-days

Industrial machine kills employee in Ogun factory

One killed, 10 rescued in Lagos building collapse

Speed Darlington probed by Lagos DSVA, NAPTIP over alleged defilement of 15-year-old


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was established with its administrative headquarters in Abuja
  • On this day in 1937, Volkswagen (VW) was founded. The automobile manufacturer whose name means “People’s Car” in German is one of the world’s biggest. It produced classics like the VW Golf and the VW Beetle.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. – Julius Caesar

Good morning

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

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