*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 25/05/2025*

NNPC announces Port Harcourt refinery shutdown for maintenance

Mass burial in Taraba as herders slaughter scores

Varsity unions threaten strike over N50bn allowances

Borno offers scholarships to female UTME candidates scoring over 250

Gombe defends 14-year-old girl fleeing forced marriage in Taraba

NAPS demands explanation on overnight WAEC exams in Asaba

Osimhen agrees three-year deal with Al-Hilal

Arsenal join race to sign ‘star boy’ Lookman

Facebook deletes old live videos, gives users 90-day window to save content

After brief X outage, Musk says refocusing on businesses

N. Korea detains three over warship launch accident

Sierra Leone reports more than 3,000 mpox cases, 14 deaths

UAE national to face charges in Nigeria over $307,500 scam

How I was sold for prostitution in Mali – Actress Jumoke George’s daughter


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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* The Sistine Chapel in Vatican is a historic building of such acclaim that over five million people come to visit it every year. It takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who commissioned its construction on the foundations of the original Capella Magna in 1477.

* The only apps that were on the first iPhone in 2007 were all only Apple’s apps. These days, there are over 1.4 million apps for iPhone.
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Tinubu appoints Nnamani, Anyim, Shema, 18 others into federal agencies

Tinubu hails pro-democracy activist Ayo Obe at 70

Obasanjo, Shettima, Adeleke, Abiodun light up Ogun Games

Tinubu’s Inclusion Of 12 Northerners In New Appointments Good Omen – Ndume

Ondo gov tribunal delivers judgment June 4

P-Square’s Peter cross-examined in alleged $1m fraud case

Military arrests five foreigners in Plateau

Police extradite fugitive over multi-million dollar fraud

One killed as troops raid ESN camp

Troops stop oil theft of N533.5m, arrest 51, deactivate 18 illegal refineries

Tinubu’s reforms drive customs revenue to record ₦1.3tr in Q1 2025 – Adeniyi

FG begins repairs on Lagos-Ibadan bridges

753 Emefiele’s forfeited duplexes not yet for sale, FG warns Nigerians

Ilorin crash: NSIB recovers data card as onsite probe begins

FX inflows through money transfer operators hit $4.76bn – CBN

FG probes night examination in Unity School Asaba

FG to unveil three cancer centres May 29

FG eyes 15,000 jobs as minister inspects steel facility

Osun jailbreak: FG intensifies border watch after murder suspect recapture

REA adds 120 job opportunities to renewable energy space

N56.85bn Disbursed As NELFUND Marks 1 Year

NELFUND celebrates first anniversary with over 550,000 applications

NCAA to meet Kenya Airways over fine, passenger maltreatment

Hajj: NAHCON team holds prayer in S’Arabia for Tinubu, Nigeria

First Lady expands food security drive to vulnerable groups nationwide

ASUU laments neglect of universities, demands fulfilment of promises

UI student wins Amnesty International’s 2025 inter-varsity debate

Metering: MOJEC backs Tinubu’s ban on importation

Establishing agency won’t eradicate malaria without political will – Physicians

Most Nigerian pastors are extremely poor – Bishop Ighele

Biafra: Under Tinubu, Southeast has only one minister, 3 assistant ministers -Uwazurike

Nigeria won’t slip into one-party state – Abba Moro

2027: ADC leaders split over takeover by anti-Tinubu coalition

Atiku shuns Adeleke, visits Aregbesola amid setbacks for coalition

I may not contest again after 2027, says Obi

Adeleke eases curfew in Osun communities ahead Eid El Kabir

Gombe gov kicks as northern coalition faults anti-terror efforts

Ibas promises to revamp Rivers technical, vocational centre

Uzodimma demands swift probe of JAMB website hackers

Hajj 2025: Kaduna Airlifts Over 3,700 Pilgrims To Saudi Arabia

Defection report leak: A’bom bars Channels crew from govt house

Kogi not under siege – State gov’t

Police neutralise bandit, rescue 5 kidnapped victims in Katsina

Suspected herdsmen abduct two siblings in Imo community

Gunmen kill family of four in Anambra

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1963, 32 African countries formed a coalition against white rule. The Organisation of African Unity was founded to promote decolonization and end white minority governments in Africa. The OAU was replaced by the African Union in 2002.

* On this day in 1977, the first Star Wars film was released. George Lucas’ epic space opera is one of the most popular works in movie history.

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Believe in yourself and believe in love. Love something. – Andrew Wyeth

Good morning


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