SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 31/12/2024

Warri refinery has resumed operations – NNPCL

N18bn disbursed to 101,330 Borno flood victims – Govt

Court freezes 24 bank accounts over alleged terrorism financing

Death-for-fowl: Olowookere released from kirikiri correctional facility

Wike’s camp protests as Fubara presents budget to three-man Assembly

Ogun gets electricity regulatory oversight licence

Aproko Doctor donates solar system to Epe hospital

Lateef Adedimeji’s Lisabi emerges as one of Nigeria’s most-searched films of 2024

US announces $5.9 bn in military, budget aid for Ukraine

Venezuela fines TikTok $10m after over viral challenge deaths

Transport ministry plans 57% of budget for Lagos railway

90% public, private sector workers to pay lower taxes – Oyedele


DID YOU KNOW?

  • Famous Scottish poet Robert Burns’ ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is sung to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight, not just in Scotland but in many countries around the world.
  • A YouGov poll found that 32% of people between 18-24 will make a resolution for the new year. In the 55+ age bracket that number plummets to only 10%

Warri Refinery re-opening: Tinubu lauds NNPCL on historic milestone

Tinubu approves federal university for Southern Kaduna 

National Assembly set to pass N49.7trn 2025 budget in February 

Nigeria must diversify beyond oil for sustainable growth – Speaker Abbas

Ndume urges Borno youths to expose Boko Haram collaborators, embrace farming

Court orders temporary forfeiture of $49, 700 recovered from ex-INEC REC

Alleged 52.9m fraud: Court gives EFCC go ahead to freeze 67 bank accounts

NCS intercepts 2,000 bags of rice, 844 rifles

Govt targets 3mbpd oil production, says Lokpobiri

Presidency blasts Bauchi governor over remarks on Tinubu

FG votes N53bn for 103 foreign missions renovation

FG’s borrowings drive up money supply 51% to N108.96 trn

Yuletide: Keyamo shares rice, cows in Delta 

2025 Budget: 20 MDAs To Spend N14.3bn On Computers

Wike commends progress on Judges’ Quarters, other projects in FCT

We Can’t Guarantee Quality Service Without Tariff Review –Telecom Operators

Citibank marks 40th anniversary

Warri refinery: Marketers project price drop as production resumes

KFC Nigeria unveils festive meal

34% interest rate stifling investments, food production, says Lawan

Tinubu didn’t hire anybody to insult El-Rufai – Onoh

Philanthropist begins campaign to restore 21-year-old Gombe amputee’s hands

JCI Lagos Metropolitan gets 53rd president

Tinubu should probe 436 deaths in accidental bombing — Amnesty

Insecurity: IPOB tackles Soludo, faults gov on Kanu’s release

Adeleke, APC clash over alleged attempt to access N56billion loan facility

2027: Kwankwaso dismisses claims of rotational presidency deal with Atiku, Obi

PDP crisis deepens as Udeh-Okoye declares self party’s national secretary

Fubara presents 2025 appropriation bill of N1.19tn to Oko-Jumbo-led Assembly

Governor Ododo presents N3 billion to 80 communities in Kogi

Governor Sule signs 2025 Appropriation Bill of N384.3bn into law

Aiyedatiwa signs N43.4bn 2025 Ondo appropriation bill

Gov Abiodun signs N1.054trn 2025 appropriation bill into law

Oyebanji signs N375.7bn 2025 budget into law

Okpebholo renames Edo varsity

Complete Akeredolu’s unfinished projects, family tells Aiyedatiwa

Sibling opposes choice of Haastrup as Owa Obokun designate

One killed, another injured in Benue Gov’s convey vehicle crash 

Kano enrols prison inmates in health scheme

NLC hails Okpebholo as Edo workers get 13th-month salaries

Seven die as hoodlums, security operatives clash in Anambra

Amotekun nabs three phone thieves in Ekiti

Gunmen abduct two pastors in Adamawa

LASG arrests 54 in Lekki, VI raids


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 1983, a military coup in Nigeria overthrew the civilian government of Shehu Shagari and installed Maj-Gen Muhammadu Buhari.
  • On this day in 1907, the annual tradition of dropping a ball at 11:59 pm to mark the start of the New Year was organized for the first time by Adolph Ochs, the owner of the New York Times

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. – Tony Robbins

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

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