‎ *SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 18/05/2025*

After 10 Years: 11,000 IDPs Relocate As Borno Shuts Camp

ISWAP Kills 50 Farmers In Borno

Economic reforms: Public debt drops to $94.22b from $113b

23 states arrive Ogun for national sports festival

Govs, BoT kick as Saraki panel fuels fresh PDP crisis

Death scare, oversupply drag 50kg rice price to N54,000

Naira appreciates to N1,598.72 against Dollar

World Bank to construct latrines for 1,500 households in Katsina

10 inmates escape New Orleans jail through toilet hole

Severe storms, tornadoes kill more than 25 in US

Iraq pledges $40m to rebuild Gaza as Israeli strike kills 140

29-year-old Nigerian-British woman becomes UK’s youngest mayor

NAHCON airlifts 20,515 Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia in one week

34,000 Nigerians secured US citizenship in three years – Report

Favour Ofili sets new world record in 150m

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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* In Iran, giving the thumbs up is the same as giving the middle finger

* Hippos can run faster than humans
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Tinubu arrives Rome as world leaders gather for Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration

Tinubu celebrates Mary Lar at 90, hails contributions to education

Senate committee appoints consultant on international partnerships

Southeast Senators query JAMB’s exam glitch

Reps to hold public hearing on sugar development act Thursday

Alleged $1m, £34,537 Fraud: EFCC presents Peter Okoye against ex-P-Square manager

Soldiers sustain operations nationwide, nab wanted terrorists’ collaborators – DHQ

DSS threat: I am not afraid to die, says Pat Utomi

TCN begins reconstruction of collapsed towers on Kainji-Birnin Kebbi line

Foreign investors pull out N420bn from NGX

FG executes 1,500 water, sanitation projects nationwide in two years – Minister

FG eyes more oil barrels from Bauchi, Gombe

Low-sulphur crude production declines again

FG urges cancellation of satellite campuses

Anambra: INEC publishes particulars of candidates, urges thorough scrutiny

Nigeria police neglected for over 40 years –NPTF Executive Secretary, Sheidu

13,000 teachers undergo test to renew licences

Lagos hospital pays N20m monthly for 3-hr daily electricity — Medical Director

NiMet unions await minister’s intervention after suspending strike

NDPHC, partners to deploy 20MW solar power in Kano

My Father Was Jailed For Insisting I Go To School – Atiku

Wike dismisses 2027 presidential bid rumours, pledges loyalty to Tinubu

UNIZIK gets new Acting VC

Education is game changer, says Atiku as AUN holds 16th graduation ceremony

NANS urges FG to intervene in FUOYE management crisis

Kwankwaso denies saying Tinubu asked him to join APC

I’m waiting for PDP to zone presidency to South — Wike

Labour Party honours Obi of Onitsha as unity icon

Lagos LG polls: Abure-led LP faction elects 26 chairmanship candidates

2027: Northwest APC endorse Tinubu for continuity

APC wasn’t forged out of convenience, but conviction – Al-Makura

YPP candidate Chukwuma raises the alarm over lawyer’s killing in Anambra

Nobody can stop Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 – Jandor

Avoid bringing shame to Abia, Otti charges intending pilgrims

Bauchi gov appoints 7 Perm Secs

Sokoto to sustain liquor, intoxicants crackdown, says Aliyu

2025 Ibadan Cultural Festival: We’ll give traditional rulers their due – Makinde

A’Ibom gov vows to fire commissioners who abandon official duties

Insecurity: Zulum declares Monday fasting, prayer day

Zulum bans tree felling, declares sanitation day

Kano gov suspends aide over comment on alleged Kwankwaso’s defection

Adeleke orders review of ‘shoddy’ road project after community protest

Niger doles out N822m to boost community projects across 274 wards

Katsina to host national statistics meeting on state GDP

Bauchi approves new salary, welfare package to lure doctors, health workers

Lagos rejects smelly, mosquito-infested city claims

Kogi traditional healers to sanction members aiding criminals, yahoo-boys

Bandits abduct 20 in Zamfara midnight raid

Police begin probe as stray bullet kills varsity student in Benue

Body found hanging on tree in Anambra bush, police begin probe

Gas explosion kills two, injures six in Anambra market

Teen accidentally shoots, kills younger sister with father’s gun in Delta

Ondo traditional ruler docked for flogging villagers

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed Emperor of the French. Even today, the French leader, a native of Corsica, is widely known for his successful military campaigns – and his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.

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Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear. – Edgar Allan Poe

Good morning


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