SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 28/10/2024

Hardship Bites Harder As North Enters 8th Day Without Electricity

Again, varsities face lockdown as workers begin strike today

20 states begin payment of minimum wage to workers

Mohbad’s widow agrees to DNA test to determine son’s paternity

NiDCOM rescues 17 Nigerian girls tafficked to Ghana

Pressure mounts on naira, falls to N1,740 in parallel market

FG plans tax overhaul to access $750m W’Bank loan

‘Shettima’s Life At Risk’, Borno Speaker Demands New Aircraft For VP

Over 100 airlines died in 40 years – Minister

Ballon d’Or: Special being only African, says Lookman

Iran president says not seeking war with Israel but vows to retaliate strikes

UN holds emergency meeting in Iran after Israeli strike


DID YOU KNOW?

  • The lungs are the only organs that can float on water. Each lung cavity has about 300 million balloon-like structures called alveoli.
  • Reigned in 1930-1974, Haile Selassie I was the last emperor to rule Ethiopia.

President orders military chiefs to wipe out bandits

Tinubu congratulates Vietnam’s Luong Cuong on his election as president

Senate committee charges NDIC on liquidation of failed Heritage Bank assets

Reps tackle Umahi for failing to address Nigeria’s poor road network

Murder of musician: Police conclude probe, begins trial of implicated inspector

Banditry: Fed Govt clears, restates confidence in Matawalle

Army begins enlisting ex-soldiers to bridge manpower shortfall

NDLEA officers nab drug suspect, reject N10m bribe

NSCDC arrests illegal Chinese miners in Nasarawa

EFCC to track funds as LG autonomy begins November

Tight grip: Govs devise new strategies to keep LGs under control

Blackout: We’re Doing Everything Possible To Restore Power In North – TCN

Fed Govt targets 600,000 farmers to boost food production, fight inflation

Accidents: FG to ban wooden boats on inland waterways

Helicopter crash: NSIB to deploy ROV for rescue operation

Helicopter Crash: Only Three Bodies Recovered So Far – NNPC

Sokoto-Badagry super highway promises economic growth-Bagudu

Ground rent crucial for revenue growth, says Dangiwa

FG, Kano Govt Distribute Agric Inputs To Farmers

Farmers rake in N1bn yearly through sugar masterplan – FG

FG Moves To Teach Maths In Yoruba

Nigeria clinches two positions in CoSPAL as Tinubu’s CoS, SAA get elected

REA, Anfani sign MoU to catalyse 1,500MW renewable projects

EEDC to shut down old prepaid meter Nov. 24, urges residents to comply

Families hurting from high prices — IMF

Electricity accounts for 35% of manufacturers’ cost structure — MAN

Banking stocks hit N7.91tn market cap amid fresh recapitalisation round

Bakare to present book, unveil solar project at UNILAG

Otedola donates N3.7b Engineering building Phase II to Augustine University

CNG: Dangote invests $280m in conversion, others

Union Bank offers staff five-month maternity leave, crèche facility

Rivers LG Allocation: Ex-militants threaten to target oil facilities in Niger Delta

Wike, Fubara feud: PANDEF moves to reconcile parties, raises committee

Power crisis: Blackouts crippling businesses – Peter Obi warns

LG poll: Respect laws, APC tells Kano gov

APC, Edo govt trade words over 4,000 teachers recruitment

Lobbyists angry against Tinubu for appointment snub — APC

Bago suspends IBBUL VC

Otti approves N70,000 minimum wage for Abia workers

Nwifuru approves N75,000 minimum wage for Ebonyi workers

Soludo insists on N70,000 minimum wage for Anambra workers

Edo gov-elect Okpebholo denies planning $45m Chinese loan

Kano swears in council Chairmen, Councillors

Ekiti approves proposed 2025 budget for legislative processing

Ekiti child mortality rates drop by 50% – Commissioner

Blue Line rail resumes operation after fire incident

Lagos SEC approves LASUCOM’s upgrade to medical varsity

Ogun to screen 350,000 residents for diabetes, hypertension

Over 1,000 militias in Benue forest – LG chair

‘We Can’t Cope’, Abuja Civil Servants Abandon Their Vehicles Over Fuel Hike

200 offenders arraigned for contravening Kwara environmental law

Five die in Adamawa herders, farmers’ clash

Ogun teacher suspended over pupil’s death

Gunmen kidnap Anglican priest in Anambra

Mother seeks help over missing 17-year-old daughter in Lagos

Abuja building collapse claims seven


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1938, Germany expelled about 17000 Polish Jews and sent them to Poland which refused to take them in.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good morning

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

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