*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 07/07/2025*

10 states borrow N417bn despite higher allocations

Recapitalisation: Five banks hit CBN target ahead of deadline

2027: I’ll run for president, not Atiku’s VP – Peter Obi

Old Presidential Jet Put On Sale After Tinubu’s Acquisition Of N150bn Aircraft

Marketers drop petrol below N900/litre after Dangote’s price cut

Super Falcons begin WAFCON campaign with 3-0 win over Tunisia

Benue, Edo, Bayelsa mobilise as Lagdo Dam threat looms

Police alert Oyo residents over July 7 ‘Black Axe’ cult Founders Day

Lagos delivers 2.5m housing units amid 3.4m deficit – Report

NLC threatens mass action over rising poverty, insecurity

Search for 10 missing girls continue as nearly 80 dead in Texas floods

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons becomes Suriname’s first woman president

S’Africa probes disappearance of Nigerian during drug raid


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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* 12% of the world’s total languages are found in Papua New Guinea, which has over 820 indigenous languages. There are more languages on this island than in any other country.

* The word “velociraptor” comes from the Latin words “velox” which means swift, and “raptor,” which means robber. Literally – speedy robber!
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Nigeria’s unity under attack from terrorists, separatists – Tinubu

Tinubu to military: Crush terrorists, you have my support

Senate awaits judgment copy as Natasha plans return

NDPC slams Multichoice with ₦766m fine for data privacy breach

IG deploys new commissioners to Ondo, C’River, others

NDLEA seizes UK, Saudi-bound cocaine hidden in lipsticks

FG weighs Carter Bridge revamp options

NUPRC earns N28bn from oil licensing fees

Ghost worker audit stalls as MDAs defy OAGF order

FG gets simulation lab to curb substandard solar imports

FG’s Q1 electricity subsidy hits N536bn amid debt woes

Nigeria targets $60m climate support for energy hubs

NiMet predicts three-day rain, thunderstorms from Monday

Nigeria Customs denounces fake CBT shortlist circulating online

JAMB releases mop-up exam results

FG lists Obasanjo-era presidential jet for sale in Switzerland

Nigeria ‘dead’ before Tinubu took over — Wike

ASUP decries eight-month salary delay in federal tertiary institutions

Two die, six injured as Auchi Polytechnic SUG election turns violent

Publish NDDC audit report, prosecute those behind delay, SERAP tells Tinubu

Delta North LG Chairmen disown Anioma state creation document

Nigeria loses $500m annually to war insurance despite piracy-free waters

Tantita, UPU faceoff: Ex-agitator calls for calm

Ogun’s waste scheme better than Lagos plastic ban – MAN

NSITF pays N31m medical bills of Nestle staff

Lagos, Afreximbank unveil export programme for SMEs

Nigerian maritime promising but underperforming — Clarion shipping VP

FG’s reforms mere optics, not real solutions – ADC

Tinubu may only get 30 per cent northern votes in 2027 – Zainab Galadima

‘Rescue Nigeria’ claims by coalition party ADC members selfish – Wike

Makinde’s loyalist resigns as PDP chair in protest

APC Leaders’ Absence During Shettima’s Kano Visit Sparks Debate

ADC begins takeover of PDP structures in Northern states

Edo SDP suspends organising secretary, three others

SDP knocks Aiyedatiwa as water floods Ondo court

Okpebholo okays N1bn annual bursary for Edo students

Nwifuru seeks additional states for southeast

Otti receives three inmates freed after 26 years in prison

Aiyedatiwa applauds Tinubu’s commitment to NDDC

Kano gov appoints Emir of Lafia as Northwest varsity chancellor

Forest guards can’t fight AK-47-wielding terrorists with Dane guns – Alia

Alia approves key appointments across Benue parastatals, tertiary institutions

Nigeria’s economy turning around, A’Ibom gov hails Tinubu’s reforms

Benue Assembly probes LG chair over financial scandal

Ibadan Circular Road game-changer for Oyo’s economy – Commissioner

210 Lagos residents get homes after seven-year wait

Ekiti trains 500 Amotekun, anti-open grazing corps

Oyo allocates lands to cashew merchants

Sokoto demands hostage release before dialogue with Turji

Edo wins 4th EKUS Judo championship

Enugu sacks contractor over poor school construction

Katsina mobilises relief effort as flood ravages community

Storm throws 40 Oyo communities into darkness

Lagos students compete for scholarship

No electricity for Benue police barracks after attack on JED workers

Police declare CSO, CoS wanted for attack on Rivers LG Administrator

Ondo police arrest notorious cult leader, recover stolen cattle worth N41m

Gunmen kill police inspector, abduct wife in Kaduna

21 killed in Zaria-Kano road accident


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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1998, Chief M.K.O. Abiola who won the 1993 Nigerian presidential election died in detention while meeting with a delegation from the United States, headed by Thomas Pickering and Susan Rice. His death sparked protest across the country.

* On this day in 1985, Boris Becker became the youngest person to win Wimbledon at age 17. The German tennis player beat American Kevin Curren.

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The key to serenity is trusting that the universe has your back. – Gabrielle Bernstein

Good morning

*Compiled by Hon. Osuji George osujis@yahoo.com +234-8122200446*