SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 29/08/2023

Customs rejects $54,300 bribe, intercepts N550m Tramadol at Lagos Port

PSC compulsorily retires four DIGs for violating police tradition

Tinubu bars FG officials with no direct participation in UNGA from travelling

First FEC meeting: Revive ailing economy, Tinubu orders ministers

Over 60,000 people killed in Farmers/herders clashes – Reps

Reps call on FG to cancel advert waivers to MDAs

Reps express worry over poor management of over N16bn mass transit scheme

Opu-Nembe killings: Bayelsa Reps caucus asks Tinubu to probe police

Isese: Court summons IGP over detained Kwara traditionalists

NEMA repatriates nine children, 289 adults from Libya prison

EFCC arrests five for forging NSA, AGF’s letterheads

Niger coup: France defies junta’s order for ambassador to leave Niamey

Troops rescue 25 hostages from Boko Haram captivity in Borno

Troops arrest killers of Plateau farmer, neutralize bandits, others 

NAF bombs illegal crude oil refining sites, boats in Rivers

Navy arrests seven suspects stealing fuel from vessel

2023/24 NPFL: Draw holds in Abuja

Flood: Cameroon opens Lagdo dam

Cameroon dam flood to hit states in seven days – FG

Unemployment: Tinubu met economy in bad condition – Finance minister

NBS kicks as ex-statistician general faults new employment data

FCTA demolishes multimillion naira Abuja duplex

FCT NSCDC nabs 20 suspected manhole thieves, vandals

FG rolls out HPV vaccine nationwide Sept 25

NRC MD, management to appear before minister today

OAU debunks trending circular on dress code

UNILORIN is Africa’s youth trade debate champion

Flood: Build more dams, NSE urges FG

I won’t beg for my freedom, says Nnamdi Kanu

Miyetti Allah sets up 55-man legal team over ‘injustice against herdsmen’

Lagos CRU will engender public engagement – Akpata

Falana seeks FG disclosure of foreign reserve status

Nnaji to Aba: expect 24-hr uninterrupted power supply next month

Glo celebrates 20th anniversary, pledges investment in tech

Dangote defends cement price amid criticism

Nigeria grinding to halt under Tinubu –PDP

LP raises alarm over attack of Secretariat in Imo

Mbah unveils $2.1bn project pipeline as Enugu holds inaugural investment roundtable

Akeredolu to return next month

Drama as DSS blocks Shaibu from greeting Obaseki in Church

Edo govt disbands Shaibu’s media team

Palliative: Osun govt begins distribution Tuesday, receives N2bn

Lagos Assembly alleges planned attack on Speaker, others over rejected cabinet nominees

Ogun to roll out 15 CNG-powered mass transit buses in September

Anambra govt warns residents against impending flood

Lagos directs schools to resume Monday

Niger to sell power to other states, says commissioner

LASG inducts 8,650 new employees

Bayelsa raises committees to clear N6bn LG retirees’ pensions, gratuities

Police arrest 116 suspected cultists during initiation in Ogun

Kwara CP declares man who threatened traditionalists wanted terrorist

Residents steal expired foodstuffs from Bayelsa warehouse

Sit-at-home: Anambra traders union seals seven markets for failing to open

Driver kills journalist’s mother in Imo

Seven Kwara communities groan over 18 months’ blackout

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TODAY IN HISTORY

• On this day in 2003, Globacom, Nigeria’s second national telecommunications carrier, started operations.

• On this day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast and devastated the area, especially New Orleans, which suffered catastrophic flooding after its levees were breached the following day.

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