*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 23/05/2025*

Dangote refinery slashes petrol prices by N15 nationwide

FG files criminal defamation charges against Senator Natasha

Bandits kill two soldiers, others in Benue ambush

‘I’m happy FG responded to our plea,’ says Zulum; returns to Marte

Gov Otu restores power supply to two LGAs after 11 years

Aruna Bows Out To Calderano At ITTF World Championships

One-day FUOYE VC lauds Tinubu’s student loan initiative

Trump revokes Harvard University’s authority to enroll foreign students

Nigeria to pay $100m capital contribution to ECOWAS Bank — EBID Official

Keyamo appointed chairman of West African ministers

52,000 Nigerians relocated to the UK in 2024 – Report

US court jails Nigerian for $1m scam

Committee recommends Ghana cover repatriation, burial of Olanrewaju’s remains


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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is a technique where live fly larvae (maggots) are introduced into a wound to consume dead tissue, pus, and slough, effectively cleaning the wound and removing debris. MDT is often used for chronic wounds, diabetic ulcers, and wounds with antibiotic-resistant infections where other treatments have failed.

* Owls can rotate their heads 270 degrees because they have twice as many vertebrae in their neck as humans do.
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Tinubu sends N1.48trn Rivers budget to N’Assembly

Tinubu inaugurates NNPCL board

Tinubu approves maritime bank, appoints president

One-Party State: We Didn’t Force Anyone To Join APC – Tinubu

NASS adopts Tinubu as sole APC presidential candidate for 2027

Akpabio urges more funding for national space agency

P&ID Case: We’ve recovered $200m bond, $10m award —AGF

FG to retrieve cost of prosecution of P&ID case from Irish firm – AGF Fagbemi

CJ transfers six Rivers emergency rule suits to Abuja

FG suit: Akpabio, Yahaya Bello, others to testify against Natasha

Tight security as court declines to stop Owa Obokun’s coronation

Two varsity graduates bag 30 years jail for kidnapping Ekiti student

Lagos secures over 120 convictions of sex offenders in one year

13,500 terrorists, others killed in two years –NSA

Kanu’s IPOB, ESN illegal, incomparable with S’West Amotekun – DSS

Navy: Stowaway incidents drop by 40% on Nigerian waterways

Father of slain Oyo student serial offender – Police

Customs seizes fake drugs worth N3.2b in Apapa

2027: APC Governors Adopt Tinubu As Sole Presidential Candidate

South-West govs roll out regional economic masterplan

Oyetola appoints Aderogba CEO of regional maritime development bank

Families at forefront of development, says minister in Turkiye

Tinubu listens well but follows his mind, says minister

East-West road for completion in December, Eleme axis opens in 10 days – FG

FG plans industrial hubs in Kano, Abia, Ogun

Nigeria invests $1bn in telecom overhaul

CBN Treasury Bills auction attracts N1.17tn bids

FG to raise N300bn via bond auction

FG directs AMCON to begin shutdown process

INEC to embrace AI in election management

FCT Prisons: 56 inmates freed, 33 Shiites convicted – NCoS

NRC worker caught stealing railway signal cables

500 polytechnic students begin CNG conversion training

Western oil firms exploited weak Nigerian laws – Jonathan

First Lady donates N100m to boost creative education for Nigerian children

First Lady set to launch humanitarian outreach in Abia

Ex-Judge urges FG to convert Emefiele’s seized houses into shelters for the poor

HURIWA condemns Tinubu’s submission of Rivers budget to NASS, labels it ‘Unconstitutional’

SANs challenge Tinubu’s Rivers budget presentation

Otedola hails Tinubu, Cardoso’s reforms as FirstHoldCo regains profitability

Foreign transactions fall 91% to N63bn on NGX

Dangote gets distributor for polypropylene export

Indomie lauds fan club on 20th anniversary

Rising Stars Basketball Championship holds July

2027: Amaechi, Imoke head anti-Tinubu coalition committees

Boko Haram: We tackled insecurity, APC let It spread – PDP

Ganduje: PDP Members Joining APC Because Their Party Is Gasping For Breath

Nigerian voters, not govs ‘ll decide Tinubu’s fate in 2027 – Wabara

LP factional chairman Okafor dumps party, says Obi can’t govern Nigeria

2027: LP will give women more opportunities to contest elections — Abure

2027 election: APC backs Tinubu, opposition searches for strong competitor

Otti not backing Tinubu’s re-election – Abia LP

Eno perfects APC defection plan, rallies commissioners

2027: Makinde for president posters flood Kano

Otti unveils 20 electric buses

Kano clears 84 stranded Cyprus students’ N2.24bn tuition

Gombe votes N353m for abattoir, livestock market

Don’t take loans to execute projects, Niger warns LGs

Sokoto donates 140 patrol vans to security agencies

Jigawa trains Shari’a court judges

Lagos upscales healthcare digitisation with EMR Rollout

N2.6bn disbursed to over 8,000 vulnerable residents – LASG

OSGOF conducts 2025 promotion exams for workers

Bauchi, FERMA strengthen ties on road development

NOA warns Gombe students against exams malpractices, drug abuse

Kwara Emir urges Army to establish base near Kainji Park

Five arrested for diverting Kebbi’s N184m agrochemicals

Police arrest suspects for counterfeit currency, illegal arms in Niger

Fire guts Bayelsa jetty, destroys foodstuffs

Three die, one hospitalised after consuming poisoned food in Katsina

Gunmen machete security guards, rob residents in Abuja estate invasion

Patient credits maggot therapy after near-amputation scare

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany was established. The proclamation of the Grundgesetz, Germany’s current constitution, marked the birth hour of the republic.

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You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. – Lucille Ball

Good morning


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*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 22/05/2025*

No Zamfara lady on trial for converting to Christianity – Govt

We have Boko Haram informants among politicians, soldiers – Zulum

NCoS offers N5m reward for information on fleeing inmates in Osun

JAMB announces mop-up examinations for absentee candidates

Benue NASS APC Caucus endorses Tinubu for 2027

Naira appreciates to N1,615/$ in parallel market

Tottenham beat United to win first European title since 1984

Fortnite returns to Apple store after five-year ban

US singer Chris Brown freed on £5m bail in UK assault case

Ex-Ukraine MP with pro-Russian ties assassinated in Madrid

Trump ambushes South Africa president Ramaphosa with ‘genocide’ accusation

UK inflation hits 15-month high as utility bills soar

Germany warns Nigeria, neighbours against Russia alliance

Petrol price war closes nearly 5,000 fuel stations


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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* The Empire State Building is the most photographed building in the world. At 102 stories, it stands prominently among the New York City skyline with other skyscrapers and a distant view of the water.

* Raphael Nadal holds the title for the most Grand Slams ever won on Clay. He won the French Open 14 times.
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Tinubu celebrates Nigerian-born new mayors in London

Dangote’s $19bn Refinery investment could have yielded $120bn in tech – Shettima

Nigeria among Africa’s top investment destinations – Speaker Abbas

Senate seeks Military base in Adamawa amid Boko Haram attacks

Senate moves to formalise casual jobs in informal sector

Senate summons NAFDAC over unwholesome fruit ripening practices

Reps move to curb bank profiteering, push for support to real sectors

Reps to probe driver’s licence issuance irregularities

Reps to investigate non-payment of presidential wage award to pensioners

Senator calls for relocation of old buildings near Abuja airport

Rep Dasuki Asks FG To Allocate Seized 753 Duplexes To Military

Natasha accuses police of bias in handling petitions against Akpabio, Yahaya Bello

Shadow Government: Court slates June 25 for hearing, orders service on Utomi

Court warns Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer against unprofessionalism

Three internet fraudsters bag 30-month jail term in Rivers

Internet fraudster jailed 24 months, forfeits N124m in Kwara

Music teacher bags life jail for raping 9-year-old pupil in Lagos

IG orders probe of slain Oyo WASSCE candidate

N45,000 quarterly imprest inadequate for police operations, says Sheidu

Minister, EFCC boss inspect 753-unit estate recovered from Emefiele

I almost resigned after UTME error – Oloyede

Oyetola rallies France for Nigeria’s IMO bid

Keyamo, stakeholders set for aviation book launch

FG urges oil firms to shore up production to meet OPEC quota

FG bans night driving for fuel tankers

Nigeria spends $2bn on external debt in four months

Salary crisis: FG plans intervention funds for 109 foreign missions

No more jobs for uncertified engineers in oil sector — FG

CBN sets 12-month deadline for new AML standards

2025 Hajj: NAHCON airlifts 32,549 pilgrims

FRSC, Actors Guild to unveil first road safety film festival

Ogun Customs rake in N15bn in Q1

Immigration warns of maritime insecurity

AFRIMA plans to empower 1.2 million youths

7,000 jobs created through Ogoni clean-up — HYPREP

Wike defends FCTA’s N1. 78 trillion 2025 statutory budget

NCC hands over digital ICT park to varsity in Katsina

Lawyers oppose compulsory voting bill

BudgIT: NASS Inserted 11,122 Projects Worth N6.9trn In 2025 Budget

Lagos transport policy best in Nigeria, says institute

Groups submit MoU to National Assembly for Ibadan state

I’m still on FG’s wanted list — Igboho

₦1bn constituency allocations: Onjeh challenges lawmakers to publish list

Telcos battle 33 outages in May

Fidelity Bank CEO invests over N760m in shares

Taravest: Dangote, Elumelu pledge fresh investments in Taraba

Luft Pay TV debuts in Lagos

Dangote supports Benue women entrepreneurs with cash grants

Tinubu’s meeting with Pope, insult to Christianity — Babachir Lawal

Ajaero vows to take over LP secretariats, Abure kicks

Defections: I won’t abandon PDP, says Makinde

Kano gov approves N6.8bn for dam construction

Gov Sani appoints two new Commissioners, revives Ministry of Information

Cult-related violence: Edo loses over $1b worth of investments yearly – Okpebholo

Lagos loses N19bn properties to fire incidents

Lagos unveils drone surveillance to boost security

Oyo unveils annual schools census report

Protesting Edo youths barricade highway over insecurity, bad roads

Five arrested after police dismantled illicit fertiliser production in Bauchi

Man arrested for stealing neighbour’s car in Lagos

Adamawa man nabbed for dressing like a woman

Family seeks N30m to save Ogun graduate with failing kidneys

Adamawa NSCDC officer promoted for returning pilgrim’s lost N850,000

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1973, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was established in Nigeria order to foster peace and unity. Under the one-year scheme, graduates of higher institutions below the age of 30 are drafted to serve the motherland.

* On this day in 1960, the most violent earthquake in recorded history hit Chile. The Great Chilean Earthquake rated 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. According to estimates, between 2230 and 6000 people were killed.

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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free. – Nhat Hanh

Good morning


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*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 21/05/2025*

Bandits kill 19, raze houses in fresh Katsina attack

Protesters storm Oyo secretariat, demand justice for schoolboy killed by stray bullet

Father of student hit by stray bullet drove against traffic – Oyo govt

FG to auction 753 duplexes seized from Emefiele

CBN retains 27.50% interest rate again

May 29: Tinubu to review ministers’ scorecards

NCoS launches manhunt as seven inmates escape from Ilesa prison

Lagos to enforce single-use plastic ban from July 1

Enugu demands 13% oil derivation share

Workers protest withheld salaries, pensions in Abuja

Maradona death trial suspended

World Bank supports Nigeria’s rainwater farming



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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Vaseline’s invention dates back to the 1860s when 22 year old chemist, Robert Chesebroug, discovered petroleum jelly in Titusville, Pennsylvania. He then developed a purification process, which is still used today

* In football, a goal scored directly from a corner kick is called an Olympic goal “Olimpico.”
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Tinubu returns to Abuja after Vatican trip

AI deployment: Tinubu approves training of five million workers

Tinubu hails Prince Obelawo at 95

Akpabio, stakeholders urge Africa to end raw material export dependency

Senate moves to create Asset Recovery Agency

N’Assembly staff pension bill passes second reading

Reps to FG: Regulate importation of foreign textiles to boost local production

FCT’s N1.78 Trn Budget Scales 2nd Reading At House Of Reps

Reps committee urges states to adopt anti-corruption laws

Reps panel demands independent probe into 2025 UTME errors

EFCC begins trial of oil magnate Akindele over $35m fraud

Defamation: Court okays Falana’s suit, fines VDM N200,000

ICPC chair questions West’s right to label Africans as corrupt

NAF unveils civilian harm mitigation, response plan

Customs seize over N104.4m PMS in Adamawa

Source foreign students to boost revenue, Gbajabiamila tells varsities

States to draft new framework for LG autonomy

Federal panel submits key report on census funding

Nigeria spending heavily on border surveillance – Minister

DisCos performance in power supply disappointing – FG

AMCON, AMPs to tackle over N4tn debt burden

Dollar outflow for fuel imports surges 119%

Lawsuit delaying 40,000 underage candidates’ results – JAMB

Student loan: NELFUND decries low applications by Rivers varsity

Sallah operations: NRC fixes damaged Osogbo rail track

FCT Teachers, LG Workers Give Conditions To Suspend Strike

Wike declare 19 days of project commissioning for Tinubu’s second anniversary

Relief for ABSU students as NUC grants full accreditation to five key programmes

Protest erupts in Calabar over arrest of UCTH nurses after patient’s death

NBA condemns compulsory voting bill

NANS condemns killing of student in Oyo State, demands justice

Exam Crisis: Ohanaeze Ndigbo calls for suspension of JAMB Registrar

Padding: NASS, BudgIT disagree over N6.93trn projects in Budget 2025

CSOs flay misuse of Cybercrime law against journalists, others

Ecobank raises $125m in Eurobond

Fidson hits N44.64bn market cap in 30 years

Flybird gets NCAA approval to operate MRO

NAHCO declares N11.6bn dividend

Shun quack calibration service providers, SON urges manufacturers

Lagos electric vehicle plant targets 10,000 yearly output

Time names Dangote among top 100 world philanthropists

Umahi urges Peter Obi to join southeast leaders in endorsing Tinubu for 2027

All PDP Osun senators endorse Tinubu for 2027

PDP begs southeast to reconsider exit threat over Ude-Okoye nomination

APC pegs FCT Area Council chairmanship forms at N20m

Fubara welcome to join Rivers APC, says chair

LP crisis: Otti’s camp tackles INEC over Abure recognition

Why Govt House wasn’t our top priority – Otti

Sanwo-Olu harps on transparency in civil service commission

Imo gov to host 2025 Ahiajoku festival in Imo

Gombe gov signs electricity law, approves N1.15bn for solar street lights

Abia postpones Tinubu’s visit to inaugurate projects

Nasarawa gov denies 2027 senatorial ambition

Tinubu didn’t create the problems he’s fixing, but he’s doing a good job – Eno

Oyo Assembly bows to pressure, makes Council of Obas chairmanship rotational

Oyo Assembly seeks justice for student killed by police stray bullet

Plateau raises 11-man panel to probe killings

Abia recruits 5,300 teachers

Anambra to privatise Kaolin Factory

Lagos to invest N3tn in coastal erosion communities

Open grazing no more sustainable in Benue – Miyetti Allah

Katsina Emir dethrones village head over kidnap, rape allegations

Catholic Church mourns as Anambra priest dies while playing tennis

Missing Lagos banker’s body found in morgue with machete cuts

Randy man nabbed for matcheting Abia teenager

Father sets wife, children ablaze over alleged infidelity, daughter dies

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 2021, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other army officers died in a plane crash in Kaduna

* On this day in 1904, FIFA, the world governing body of association football, was founded. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is responsible for the organization of the World Cup, which is one of the world’s most viewed sporting events.

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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. – Rosa Parks

Good morning

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*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 20/05/2025*

UTME resit: JAMB to release results of 379,000 candidates Wednesday

NAFDAC confirms temporary lifting of ban on sachet alcohol

Borno residents observe one-day fast over Boko Haram menace

Gunmen kill soldier attending strippers’ party in Anambra

INEC recgonises Abure faction’s nominee for Anambra gov poll

APC, PDP trade blame over Osun LGs three-month shutdown

Trump govt to pay family of woman killed during Capitol riot $5m

Britain, Canada, France warn Israel over ‘egregious actions’ in Gaza

Pope’s offer to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks, receives global backing

BASA: Nigeria, UAE allow ticket sale in foreign currencies

Nigerian teenager’s corpse recovered from Ireland river

Nigerian boxers rage as Oluwasegun’s corpse remains in Ghana

NiDCOM facilitates return of actress Jumoke George’s daughter from Mali


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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Since 1924, it has been made compulsory for Australian citizens over the age of 18 to vote in federal elections, by-elections and referendums.

* There’s an ant species unique to New York City. Called ManhattAnts, biologists found them in a specific 14-block strip of the city.
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Southeast Reps Caucus demands outright cancellation of 2025 UTME

Alleged defamation: Natasha petitions IGP over ‘Prof Mgbeke’, Akpabio

Delta opts out of suit against Rivers emergency rule

Court dismisses Shaibu’s N50b suit against ex-Governor Obaseki, others

N6.9bn fraud: I’ve no case to answer, Fayose tells court

N76bn fraud: Lawyer’s absence stalls AMCON ex-MD’s trial

EFCC arrests 120 over ‘internet fraud’, seizes ‘26 exotic cars’ in Lagos

DSS Nabs Another Kidnap Kingpin Going For Hajj

Army storms bandits’ camps in Benue, destroys kingpin’s hideout

Army probes ‘assault’ on detective by soldiers in Ebonyi

Navy inducts new aircraft to boost counter-terror operations

Joint security team rescues three kidnapped victims in Kogi forest

NAFDAC busts fake healthcare providers in Rivers, arrests one

FG lists rising revenue, lower debt as reform gains

Capital market is anchoring $1tr economy target, says Edun

Nigeria’s economic reforms on course, Bagudu tells World Bank

Keyamo proposes single African air transport market

FG pays Nasarawa N9.7bn for Lafia airport takeover

Upgraded Oyo airport begins operations 2026

Fed Govt to deploy 90,000 km fibre optic to boost Internet connectivity

NITDA to drive digital inclusion with 1,600 ICT centre

NELFUND pays April upkeep allowance to loan beneficiaries

Nigeria’s banking system resilient, safe, says CBN

FG promotes 18 to Assistant Corps Marshal in FRSC

CAC, NIBSS unveil API to deliver specialised services

FRSC vows crackdown on fake driving schools

Speak your language to your children, Soyinka urges Africans

Bauchi varsity gets NUC accreditation for 17 courses

EKSU, others secure NUC accreditation for 31 courses

Tussle Over VC Deepens In Katsina Varsity As Aspirant Writes Minister

Manufacturers kick as TCN awards $100m contract to Chinese firms

PETROAN alarmed over prolonged Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna refineries’ repair

Brewery sector rebounds with N1.9tn revenue

Insurers begin campaign to enforce third-party policy

OPS presses for rate cut as MPC convenes today

Naira-for-crude deal caused reduced petrol prices – Dangote

Marketers import N436bn petrol amid row with Dangote

Aside poverty, fanaticism also driving insecurity in the North – MBF

Compulsory voting bill violates Nigerian constitution – Falana

Shadow govt: Lawyer hails DSS for challenging legality in court

Tinubu’s 2027 bid: APC courts opposition govs with high-stakes offers

Oyebanji’s second-term endorsement divides Ekiti APC

Coalition: Obi remains with Labour Party – Obedient Movement

Obi: I’m not desperate to run for office

Mutfwang swears in five perm secs in Plateau

Kano gov swears in new commissioner for internal security

I’m laying foundation for good governance in Rivers – Ibas

Sanwo-Olu swears in heads of education, power, electoral commissions

Sanwo-Olu inaugurates two housing estates

Gov Idris mourns ex-EFCC boss Bawa’s brother

Aiyedatiwa revives abandoned Ondo children’s parliament

Edo Deputy Speaker Oligbi-Edeko resigns

Kaduna council re-endorses Tinubu, gov for second term

Bauchi deploys fresh strategies to bolster security

LASG resolves Okun-Ajah, Mayegun land dispute

Lagos builds 61 roads, repairs over 1,000

Ekiti boosts water infrastructures with solar-powered facilities

Kaduna urges Miyetti Allah collaboration to foster peace

Ibadan, Ogbomoso monarchs reject Alaafin as permanent council chair

Emir Sanusi turbans Ganduje’s nephew as village head

Itsekiri youths denounce INEC’s ward delineation report, hold peace walk in Warri

Police grill officer for assaulting Lagos Uber driver

Niger police arrest ex-soldier, two others for abducting students

Suspected Ogun ritualist nabbed for cutting baby’s head

Gombe stepfather risks life jail over rape of two-year-old daughter

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 2006, the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest power station, was officially opened in China. Despite its benefits, the project remains controversial because it flooded archeological and cultural sites and displaced some 1.3 million people.

* On this day in 1873, blue jeans were patented. Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis invented the garment, which today represents one of the most popular types of trousers worldwide.

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If people aren’t calling you crazy, you aren’t thinking big enough. – Richard Branson

Good morning

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*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 19/05/2025*

Tinubu, Obi, Fayemi share light moments at Pope’s inauguration

2027 coalition: Atiku camp offers Obi VP role in one-term deal

Herdsmen, bandits strike in Benue, Kebbi, Imo, Ondo, Kogi, kill 33

Boko Haram on the verge of taking Marte LG – Zulum

LP Rep, 1,000 others join APC in Enugu

15 UTME applicants declared missing found, reunite with families

FX reform, others grow govt revenue to N12tn – W’Bank

CBN slashes FG loans by over N4tn

NNPCL refineries not producing enough petrol – DAPPMAN

Pope Leo XIV pledges peace in the world

Former US president Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer

NIDCOM receives 13 trafficking victims rescued from Ghana, Mali

FG grants China approval to establish electric vehicle factories

Nigerian pastor Omotoso deported from South Africa

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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Coal was discovered in Enugu in 1909 by a team of British geologists led by Albert Kitson. By 1915, mining in commercial quantities started, giving Enugu the appellation of ‘Coal City’. In 1950, the Ogbete mine and others were merged into the Nigerian Coal Corporation, which held a monopoly on coal and coke until 1999.

* Walking has been an Olympic sport since 1904
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Nigeria’s diversity must be used for progress, Tinubu tells Catholic bishops

Tinubu approves licences for North’s oil project

Tinubu declares National Sports Festival opened, urges competition with integrity

FG’s electricity debt balloons by N800bn – Senate

2025 JAMB: Deputy Speaker demands urgent reforms after technical crisis

FHC CJ redeploys 5 judges, reassigns case files

UBA moves to join suit challenging IBEDC sale

ICPC stopped theft of N1.6bn through tech — Chairman

PSC begins promotion interviews for inspectors across 17 police zonal commands

152 security personnel killed in five months – Report

Resurgent attacks: FG, Borno revamp anti-terror strategy

Military destroys 28 illegal refineries in Niger Delta

Army denies neglecting fallen soldiers’ widows

NDLEA intercepts AK-47 concealed in maize sack, seizes Tramadol in Taraba

Preparation in top gear as Lokpobiri confirms African Energy Bank launch

Tuggar to attend third AU-EU ministerial meeting in Brussels

Pate hails Ihekweazu’s WHO health emergencies appointment

DMO allots N4.3bn FG savings bonds

FG, states repay over N13trn debts in 18 months

NSF: Medal haul begins as Team Lagos win women’s weightlifting gold

LP leadership: INEC to seek legal opinion before taking decision

NOA hails Kwara for erecting tallest flagpole in West Africa

NSF: Odegbami, Onakoya hail Ogun’s sports infrastructure, seek sustainability

FCTA To Construct Bus Terminals At Bwari, Gwagwalada

Varsity unions reject sharing formula for N50bn earned allowances

Yabatech bags ICAN award for producing most chartered accountants

Account for N500bn or face lawsuit, SERAP tells NNPCL

HURIWA demands transparency in FG’s conditional cash transfer claims

Utomi’s shadow government plan alien to Constitution, says Omokri

NPA, terminal operator rehabilitate 970m of Apapa quay apron

TotalEnergies declares N13.58bn dividend

11Plc unveils more CNG stations in Lagos, Oyo

DBN targets N3tr to extend loans to MSMEs

Odu’a Investment declares N518m dividend

Tantalizers acquires Grand Media entertainment firm

Telcos plan virtual network operators summit

NNPP apologises to Tinubu over attacks by Kwankwaso

Opposition Kicks As N/West APC Endorses Tinubu For 2nd Term

PDP’s impunity started in 1998 – Prof. ABC Nwosu

Tinubu most favoured to win 2027 poll – Yakasai

Governor Namadi to Jigawa PDP lawmakers: ‘Start counting your days, APC is taking over’

Uzodimma to speak at African Air Forces Forum

Sanwo-Olu receives Premier League trophy in Lagos

Kwara gov urges calm after boat tragedy claims 37 lives

Soludo condemns murder of Aguleri PG, attack at Isuofia checkpoint

Eno’s administration committed to deep seaport Project realisation

Aiyedatiwa, lawyer differ over delayed cabinet formation

LASG, firm empower 530 youths with tech skills

Lagos probes Katsina workers recruitment by Dangote Refinery

Cross River unveils digital C-of-O scheme

Oyo to host high-level international tourism summit in July

LASG recovers N773.6m, 38 properties for residents

Osun screens 4,126 market women, others for hypertension

Send away killer herders from Benue – Tor Tiv urges MACBAN

Olu of Warri, Zulu King sign economic, cultural pact

Nasarawa cattle rustler in police net, AK-49 rifle recovered

Two octogenarians, poly student nabbed in nationwide drug raids

Three rescued, others trapped in Lagos building collapse

Suspected Lagos cultists kill shawarma vendor

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1743, Jean-Pierre Christin invented the Celsius thermometer. The centigrade temperature scale, which is based on the freezing and boiling point of water, is used by most countries around the world. Exceptions include the United State, Belize, and Palau.

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The best time to do something significant is between yesterday and tomorrow. – Zig Ziglar


Good morning


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‎ *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


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‎ *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


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‎*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 16/05/2025*

Parents fear WAEC, UTME overlap as resits begin today

Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 23.7%

NELFUND mulls extending student loan to private varsities

U-20 AFCON: South Africa defeat Flying Eagles 1-0 to reach final

Barcelona wins 2025 La Liga title

BUA, Dangote cement to crash prices for govt’s projects

Niger approves six months maternity leave for women

LASIEC writes INEC over three LP factions in Lagos

Davido: I’d have been a journalist if I wasn’t a musician

Oil prices tumble on hopes for Iran nuclear deal

Uganda army chief threatens voters who don’t choose his father

Canada commits $10m to halt malnutrition in five northern states

ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to release man detained for 16yrs without trial

Tinubu to Malian envoy: West Africa is stronger together


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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Invented by Samuel Morse in the 1830s, Morse code was a revolutionary communication system that used a series of dots, dashes and spsces to represent letters, numbers, and punctuation. It allowed messages to be sent over telegraph lines in minutes, instead of weeks. On May 24, 1844, Morse dispatched the first telegraphic message, “What hath God wrought?”, over an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore.

* Taurophobia is the fear of bulls.
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Tinubu to join world leaders at Pope’s inauguration

Tinubu to Gov Alia on Birthday: The nation stands with you

Shettima urges EU-Africa synergy for transformative growth

N’Assembly divided as compulsory voting bill advances

NASS to ensure only registered architects participate in government projects – Speaker

BSC/HND dichotomy undermining polytechnic graduates – Speaker

Senate urges Tinubu to sign Forest Security Bill to address insecurity, kidnapping

Senate seeks stiffer penalties for oil theft, terrorism charges for major offenders

Senate names 20-member panel to organise security summit

Local Automobile Industry Patronage Bill scales 2nd reading in Senate

Reps To Probe Mass UTME Failure, Order Release Of Under 16 Candidates’ Results

APC Reps increase to 205 as PDP, NNPP lawmakers defect to ruling party

Fagbemi, Kekere-Ekun, Pantami To Headline MULAN Conference In Kwara

Edo poll: A’Court reserves judgment in Ighodalo’s suit against Okpebholo

Court nullifies Edo LG chair, deputy’s impeachment

Court of Appeal affirms nullification of Ebonyi council polls

Court dismisses £950tn rights suit against Atiku, others

Influencer VDM re-arraigned for allegedly cyberbullying Nollywood actresses

10 Thai sailors, vessel convicted for trafficking cocaine, fined $4m

Troops dislodge terrorists during raid on Sambisa

Renewed terror attacks temporary, CDS assures

OAGF to tackle irregular payments in constituency projects

Nigerian envoy seeks funds for new embassy building in Ankara

APC governors: World Bank, IMF’s assessment vindicates Tinubu

NCDC deploys emergency teams as Lassa fever kills 138

FG to implement 100% subsidised healthcare initiative for vulnerable Nigerians

FG to prioritise emergency works on Benin–Sapele road

Minister clears NELFUND of alleged fraud in student loan disbursement

Don’t create more schools, fund existing ones — Minister tells NASS

Minister inaugurates 2025 FCT hajj ministerial committee

Bala Mohammed threatened to slap me, insulted my father – Minister Tuggar

FG approves new procurement thresholds for MDAs

NYSC DG warns Gombe corps members against negative content

Economic strain: Inflation surges above 30% in Abuja, 10 states

NEMA urges states to provide safer grounds ahead of flood

Over 12,000 residents benefit as REA inaugurates 2.5MW at NDA

Africa needs $600bn annually for energy growth – NUPRC

FCCPC seals fake consumer protection office in Abia, arrests operator

Customs warns importers, agents against false declaration, evasion of duties

North-Eastern varsity gets NUC accreditation for 12 programmes

Osun rector begs Adeleke to confirm 17-year contract staff, decries funding challenges

KASU Has Resumed Academic Activities – VC

North Central poly students lament campus insecurity

COEASU urges JAMB to conduct holistic review of UTME results

NANS backs new ASUU president to elevate varsities

Dare Adeboye Foundation awards scholarships to 300

NJC reforms restoring trust in Nigeria’s judiciary – Watchdog

UTME glitches: Obi, Ezekwesili, others worry over impact on students, parents

Salem Baptist wins BSN quiz competition

Bet9ja Foundation supports 180 communities with boreholes, others

Private sector backing Tinubu against food hoarding — BUA chairman

Access Holdings shareholders approve N125bn dividend

Modular refineries decry exclusion from naira-for-crude deal

Nigeria ranks 3rd in Africa’s hotel devt – Report

Lagos motorcycle ban cost manufacturers 25% market share – MAN

Presidents after Obasanjo to blame for growing Boko Haram menace – Atiku

NNPP loses two Reps to APC

Ganduje, DSP pay sympathy visit to Kano top politicians

Defections: We don’t want Nigeria becoming one-party state — APC

Abductors Of Ondo APC Chair Tie Ransom Bearers Inside Forest

Delta deputy gov, Nwoko’s camps fight over APC leadership position

Drugs: Stop castigating Tinubu, UK-based professor warns

Gov Bago releases N822m to Niger’s 274 wards

Insecurity: Oyebanji demands more police personnel in Ekiti

Ondo assembly receives N33.86bn 2025 budget proposal for oil-producing areas

Prison Congestion: Ogun CJ frees 67 inmates

Lagos bans night construction to curb building collapses

Oyo approves N109bn for circular road

Bauchi approves N100m for families of vigilantes killed by bandits

No evidence anybody died after eating rice — Ogun Govt

Despite Govt’s ban, street begging still thrives in Anambra

Kaduna partners foreign investors to boost metals-mineral sector

266,000 Ekiti girls vaccinated against cervical cancer

Kwara shuts schools over violence

2025 Hajj: Lagos airlifts 1,062 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

Lagos neighbourhood corps unveils marine, forest guards

Windstorm cripples Gombe water supply, repairs begin

Fire guts Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital in Lagos

Owa Obokun’s 10-day coronation events begin Friday

Ex-militants in Ondo protest exclusion from Amnesty Programme

Cross River communities demand action as Oron-Calabar waterway turns deadly

Bandits’ petrol supplier arrested in Katsina

Three in police custody for possessing explosive materials in Borno

Adamawa man arrested for alleged sodomy of four minors

Guardian, four others arrested for selling two-week-old baby in Lagos

Group donates tricycle to 12-year-old Gombe physically challenge pupil

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1975, Junko Tabei became the first woman to conquer Mount Everest. The ascent by the Japanese adventurer came 22 years after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit.

* On this day in 1929, the Oscars were awarded for the first time. The first Academy Awards were presented at a private dinner with about 270 attendees. Today, it is the world’s most important entertainment awards ceremony.

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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self. – Fred Rogers

Good morning


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‎*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 15/05/2025*

Mass failure: JAMB boss weeps as human error forces Lagos, S’East resits

Rising insecurity: Tinubu, govs to deploy 130,000 new forest guards nationwide

DSS drags Pat Utomi to court over shadow govt formation

NNPCL didn’t remit N500bn revenue in 2024 – W’Bank

Health workers urge govt to resolve salary delay or face strike

NIMC’s enrolment hits 120m

Tension in Ogun, Lagos over alleged ‘deadly rice’ in circulation

Military rule enabled corruption, violated civil liberties – Gowon

State varsities now 68 as Benue gets second approval

Mexican influencer shot dead during live stream

Petrobras seeks return to Nigeria’s oil sector, eyes deepwater fields

AFRIMA 2025: AU awards host city right to Lagos

US deports 6 Nigerians for various offences

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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* The Buddha commonly depicted in statues and pictures is a different person entirely. The real Buddha was actually incredibly skinny because of self-deprivation.

* Chocolate, macadamia nuts, cooked onions, or anything with caffeine is harmful to dogs.
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Tinubu taken courageous decisions to fix Nigeria’s economy – Shettima

Conduct of national census long overdue, says Akpabio

Senate confirms five INEC RECs

Senate probes MDAs to unmask Federal Character principle violators

Abbas laments shipping glitches, revenue loss to Nigeria’s neighbours

Reps seek mandatory diphtheria immunisation in 774 councils

‘Enforce Disability Act in aviation sector’, Reps tasks NCAA

Reps to investigate remittances to RMRDC

Bandits feeding kidnapped babies to dogs, Zamfara rep alleges

Bill to establish National Rice Development Council scales second reading in Senate

Alleged N3.1bn fraud: EFCC presents final witness against Suswam

Court dismisses First Bank’s applications in suit against GHL

Alleged terrorism: DSS denies keeping Nnamdi Kanu in solitary confinement

17 suspected Internet fraudsters arrested in Kwara

CBEX: EFCC removes Ellie Bitar from wanted list, intensifies suspects hunt

Ribadu: FG committed to protecting Nigeria’s critical assets from emerging threats

FG inaugurates smart police station in Abuja

FG scores Tinubu high on economy

Minister counters ICPC’s N71bn fraud allegation in NELFUND

FG approves two power projects for Oyo State, concessions hydropower plant

FG launches $500m climate investment platform

Apapa Customs post N1tn revenue

Fed Govt sets up committee to standardise varsity fee payments

Student Loan: Allow students with applications to sit for exams, Govt tells tertiary institutions

NAHCON airlifts 14,165 pilgrims in five days

Don’t hold more than 60,000 Riyals for Hajj, NAHCON cautions pilgrims

Japa worsening health sector crises – Unions

Agriculture key to Nigeria’s progress – Oluremi Tinubu

FCTA warns against underage gambling, unveils new gaming framework

Underfunding, brain drain impact Nigerian versities’ global ranking – Registrars

Kogi varsity VC urges Nigerians to leverage on AI

Taraba college lecturer found dead in suspected suicide

Abia agric varsity student slumps, dies during football match

LASUSTECH student gets Gani Adams’ N300,000 scholarship

Renaissance donates equipment, drugs to Rivers teaching hospital

Seplat to revive 400 idle oil wells

Fidelity Bank reclaims N1tn market capitalisation

FCMB Capital bolsters gas infrastructure with N11.85bn bond

16,285 benefit from LAPO free medical outreach

Edo Assembly appoints new PDP Whip amid uproar

Lagos APC receives over 100 petitions challenging LG primar

Southeast PDP threatens pullout from party

Plateau PDP asks Lalong to account for N2.1bn spending

Anti-Ibas protesters deny financial inducement by Fubara

Tinubu more popular in Kaduna now than under El-Rufai, says Sule

Sanwo-Olu seeks wider tax net for MSMEs, wealthy Nigerians

Sanwo-Olu lauds Charterhouse Lagos’ vision

Oborevwori, ex-SSA disagree over security situation in Delta

Otu inaugurates C’River diaspora commission

Zamfara generating zero revenue from solid minerals – Lawal

Oyo approves N4.5bn, monument for Bodija explosion victims

Cholera outbreak: Plateau records 3 deaths, 5 confirmed cases

C’River, NGO partner to deworm 912,000 children

Oyo launches export-ready food products

LASG trains over 23,000 workers in digital literacy

2 killed, scores missing in renewed A-Ibom, Cross River boundary clash

Family raises the alarm over missing Lagos banker

Ekiti man arrested for stealing motorcycle from dealer during testing

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 2008, over 100 people were killed in a pipeline explosion Ijegun, a suburb of Lagos. The explosion occured after after a bulldozer struck an oil pipeline

* On this day in 1948, Egypt, Syria, Transjordan and Iraq invaded Israel. The First Arab-Israeli War was initiated by Israel’s proclamation of independence on the day before the invasion. It lasted nearly 10 months and caused thousands of casualties on both sides.

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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. – C. S. Lewis

Good morning


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*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 14/05/2025*

Boko Haram Kills 4 Soldiers In Renewed Onslaught On Military Bases

Mass failure: JAMB, VCs to review UTME results Thursday

CBN unveils diaspora BVN platform, targets $1bn monthly remittances

Repairs: Ijora-Marine Bridge to be shut for 21 days

Three Kebbi senators formally defect to APC

Tunde Ednut becomes US citizen, receives presidential lifetime achievement award

Uruguay’s ex-president Mujica dies at 89

Controversy Over Qatar’s $400m Jet Gift To Trump

Macron threatens fresh sanctions if Russia rejects Ukraine ceasefire

Netanyahu vows full-scale military push in Gaza amid hostage talks

Ghana president tells firms to pump oil ‘like there’s no tomorrow’

Russia denies exploitation of Nigerian women in factories

Nigeria’s FX inflow under threat as US mulls 5% tax on diaspora remittances

Wike, Umahi to showcase Tinubu’s achievements in London

US shares Wigwe’s helicopter crash report with FG
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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* In December 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize the sale, cultivation, and distribution of recreational cannabis, putting it at the forefront of a growing list of nations that have liberalized their cannabis laws in recent years.

* The word ‘vaccine’ is derived from the Latin word for cow (vacca).
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I won’t be distracted from doing what’s right — Tinubu

Tinubu, Akpabio, govs pay Clark final respect

Tinubu hails Adeleke at 65, praises his pan-Nigerian outlook

Shettima to IsDB: Nigeria is ripe for investment

Tinubu not forcing lawmakers to defect to APC — Senate leader

Senate seeks deployment of more troops to N’East to curb Boko Haram resurgence

Senate amends regional commission acts to allow more executive appointments

Bill to convert YABATECH to varsity scales second reading in Senate

Porous borders threaten Nigeria’s security — Speaker Abbas

Reps plan inter-university centres as beneficiaries of TETFund funding

Reps reject bills on rotational presidency, INEC’s power to register political parties

Court condemns Natasha’s wrong use of social media

Court to deliver judgment on Natasha’s suspension case June 27

Ganduje loses bid to quash $413,000, N1.8bn bribery charges

N5.5b suit: SERAP’s false allegations cast our officials in bad light – DSS tells court

INTERPOL nabs Canadian, Nigerian for suspected fraud in Abuja

EFCC arrests Fred Ajudua over alleged $1.43m fraud

CDS commend troops on operational achievements in North-west

NAF to induct new aircraft May 16, donates hospital to Nasarawa community

Police oppose IPoB’s Biafra Day lockdown

Police rearrest escaped suspected kidnapper of Anambra lawmaker

Police deny airlifting food items to bandits

Police demote sergeant, reprimand two others over alleged assault

Nigeria needs $10bn annually to fix power sector crisis – Adelabu

Nigeria’s new crude blend, Obodo, enters market

FG promises 20,000 affordable housing units

Oyetola signs performance bonds with heads of NIMASA, NIWA, NSC, others

FG lists N4.3bn savings bonds on NGX

Fed govt integrates AI into curriculum

Rural electrification attracted N5.8bn private investment – REA

NiMET predicts heavy rainfall, warns of cholera outbreaks

Nigerians don’t read enough… only 2,000 people downloaded CBN document  —  Cardoso

FG picks NACCIMA boss, others for African Union MSME Forum

NAFDAC seizes N47m fake toothpaste, spaghetti, others in Niger market

Cash transfer missed millions of needy Nigerians – W’Bank

Nigeria, W’Bank project reclaims degraded land

Flooding: NEMA begs Uzodimma for emergency response equipment

NOA warns corps members against shortcut to wealth

Govt saved N31bn through demurrage automation – NSC

Obasanjo, Atiku, Sambo, Others In Abuja As Sule Lamido Launches Autobiography

FG voided June 12 to avoid paying Abiola N45bn – Lamido

Settle FG’s N45bn Debt To Abiola’s Family, Lamido Tells Tinubu

FCTA bus terminals will curb ‘one chance’ menace – Wike

NUC accredits fresh courses for Unilorin, LASUSTECH

Bauchi teaching hospital probes patient’s death

UTME: Psychologists urge action after Lagos student suicide

Cultism, social media abuse cause for UTME failures — POCACOV

Iniquity has brought Nigeria to where it is today – PFN President

Tinubu committed to S’East dev – IPOB lawyer

NANTA visits Turkish airline, seeks partnership

Julius Berger vows to tackle Lagos traffic congestion

Lasaco, Lagos disburse N978m to families of deceased civil servants

Nine banks earn N2.3tn interest on N61.6tn loans

Dangote refinery cancels June maintenance – Report

Oshiomhole calls Atiku defection expert, asks him to write a book

PDP tackles Uzodimma over N2. 1bn spent on Hajj, party

PDP may not survive till 2027 — Suswam warns

I’ll support Tinubu any day, any time, any how — Gov Sule

Tinubu’s second term non-negotiable, says Okpebholo

Otti approves immediate employment for 19 tech graduates

Makinde launches Oyo free medical mission

Sanwo-Olu hosts Guinness World Record holder, Ayelabola Ololade

Sanwo-Olu’s wife, foundation fund free paediatric surgeries

Oyo Assembly seeks mandatory ID verification, guest logs in hotels to curb cybercrime

Osun Assembly passes vote of confidence in Adeleke

Nasarawa Assembly passes bill to regulate mining activities

Abia govt acquires Aba mega mall

Zamfara disburses N33.6bn World Bank empowerment fund

Ekiti begins recruitment of over 500 Amotekun, Agro-Marshals Corps

Lagos unveils bus reform initiative to transform public transport

Abuja barber to attempt Guinness World Record for longest haircut marathon

Ogun female broadcaster slumps, dies at work

Edo youths back Okpebholo’s crackdown on cultism

25 Imo communities reject inclusion in proposed Orlu State

Rivers women protest kidnapping of eight WAEC students

Another Niger Delta varsity graduate killed in Bayelsa cult clash

How I killed Delta PoS operator over N10,000 – Hotel manager

16-year-old female student fakes own kidnap, demands ₦2m ransom

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 2013, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states after a series of deadly attacks by Islamist militant groups.

* On this day in 1948, Israel became an independent state. The announcement by Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, triggered a 10-month armed conflict known as the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. It started the day after the proclamation as troops of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan and Iraq invaded the young nation.

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Patience is the companion of wisdom. – Saint Augustine

Good morning


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*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 13/05/2025*

Boko Haram kills five soldiers in Borno military base attack

Alleged internet fraud: Court fixes July 2 for trial of 109 foreigners

N54.9tn budget: FG, W’Bank at odds over funding strategy

Fed Govt repays first N100b Sukuk

NNPCL To Resume Kolmani Drilling In Northeast

Sex-for-grade: Varsities, polytechnics crack down on over 50 lecturers

Kano varsity shuts female hostel over immorality

2Baba, Makhadzi, Stonebwoy to headline AFRIMA launch in Ethiopia

Aruna leads Nigerian contingent to World Championships

First group of white South Africans arrive US as Trump claims they face discrimination

Trump administration revokes temporary protections for Afghans

UK unveils plan to slash annual immigration by 100,000

NAHCON airlifts over 9,000 Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

Nigerian Team wins business pitch competition for Agritech solution



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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Food tastes different when you’re flying. Altitude changes your body chemistry, making certain flavors taste different than how they taste when you’re on the ground.

* Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.
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Tinubu celebrates veteran journalist Lekan Sote at 70

Speaker Abbas: Lawmaking alone not enough without implementation, oversight

Speakers conference seeks more action against insecurity

How ex-AGF diverted N868m defence funds using front companies – Witness

Contempt claims stall Natasha’s harassment suit against Akpabio

Court adjourns suit challenging suspension of Fubara, others

Two bag six months jail for spraying naira notes at Lagos event

Court okays request to release Kwara student’s remains for burial

Boko Haram landmine kills two education staff in Borno

CDS visits Russia, lists Nigeria’s military needs

61st Anniversary: NAF begins aerial rehearsals in Abuja, Lagos

Police oppose IPOB’s Biafran Day lockdown

Gunmen abduct Benue Immigration officer, demand N20m ransom

Former military administrator Olubolade dies at 70

FEC okays plans to reduce cost of medicines, create jobs

FEC approves N1.2trn for roads, power, aviation projects

FG renews life assurance for president, VP, federal workers

FG issues new N300bn Sukuk series

FG to restructure two underperforming DisCos – Power Minister

How aircraft manufacturer frustrated Nigerian airline – Keyamo

INEC plans 142-point electoral reforms ahead of 2027

NIMASA unveils 12 banks to disburse Cabotage Fund

NEDC engages scholars to counter misleading Arabic doctrines

Economic reforms boosted govt revenue to N31tn – World Bank

CBN policies may lower inflation to 22.1% – W’Bank

CBN rolls out measures to sustain FX inflows amid falling oil prices

Manhole: FG moves to criminalise usurpers of govt assets

TETFUND threatens to cut financial support to non-performing institutions

UTME mass failure: JAMB engages VCs, IT experts, others to probe alleged technical glitches

NAICOM unveils revised regulation for leased aircrafts

Wike to withhold Area Councils’ allocation over teachers’ strike

UniAbuja Appoints New Acting Registrar

Bauchi varsity trains 46 lecturers on research, grant application

Tinubu’s vision will make Nigeria great –Fasoranti

Fubara’s visit to Wike, sacrifice for peace — Rivers elders

Dangote reduces petrol to N825/litre amid competition with importers

Airtel Money plans IPO to compete in fintech market

Agents oppose $100 tariff on Nigerian-bound cargoes

NNPP Kano lawmaker defects to APC

Lagos APC aspirants protest today over LG primaries

Primaries: Lagos APC inaugurates Election Appeal Committee

Defections: PDP’s collapse imminent — Ganduje, Wike

PDP will survive defections, bounce back in 2027 — BoT chairman Wabara

Makarfi announces Lucky Igbinedion’s appointment to PDP BoT

2027: I remain loyal to President Tinubu, committed to APC – Sule

Fubara suspension: Ibas seeks time to file defence in court

Gov Yusuf Orders Recruitment Of 17,600 School Guards, Approves N200m Loan For Teachers

Edo: Okpebholo calls for arrest of NBM president for alleged forgery

Gov Idris lauds First Bank, says mining investment underway

Bayelsa set to immortalise Clark amid tributes from Jonathan, Diri

Lagos pledges support for National Sports Festival

Lagos State reschedules 2025 public service examinations to May 23

Kano to recruit 17,600 guards for public school security

Learning Centres Established For Out-Of-School Children, Divorcees In Adamawa

Niger shuts brothel, beer parlours near mosque

LASG targets N3tn idle assets to boost IGR

Kebbi NURTW hails Gov Idris over mass transit scheme

Plateau harps on hygiene as cholera kills four

Sokoto NLC urges Gov Aliyu to pay LG retirees’ gratuity

Tension in Ondo community as herdsman dies in clash with vigilance group

Delta protesters barricade police headquarters, demand

American couple donates foodstuff to 100 indigent persons in Imo

Kidnapped Kebbi woman freed after ransom payment

Abductors collect N5m, food items before releasing Delta victim

Man arrested for killing sister’s boyfriend in Kano

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1909, the Giro d’Italia cycle race was held for the first time. The Giro is one of the world’s most important cycle races. Luigi Ganna won the first edition, which went from Milan to Naples and back.

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Mass failure: UTME candidates to sue JAMB over technical glitches

Viral video: Nigerians dare EFCC to arrest Tompolo over alleged Naira abuse

2027: I’ll campaign with Oluremi Tinubu — Patience Jonathan

PDP govs, NWC, others in crucial meeting ahead of NEC meeting

I’m not desperate to return as Rivers gov – Fubara

Lagos council polls: 10 APC women to contest in July

Amokachi urges Osimhen to make EPL Move

Zelensky announces May 15 Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul

Nigeria, others affected as UK clamps down on care worker visas

Our country a home, not hotel, Badenoch decries UK immigration crisis

FG rescue 78 trafficked victims in Cote D Ivoire

Japa: Many Nigerians are suffering high-level frustration abroad – Immigration lawyer

Tinubu receives lifetime Africa achievement prize in Ghana


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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Caffeine is the most commonly consumed psychoactive substance globally. It stimulates your central nervous system as well as your muscles, heart, and other parts of your body that help control blood. Caffeine works by blocking adenosine, the neurotransmitter that tells your brain it’s tired.

* In Japan, chefs have to train for over two years in order to qualify to serve pufferfish, a delicacy, which if prepared wrong, can kill the person eating it.
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Tinubu to get Ogoni crude exploration resumption report

Tinubu celebrates business tycoon Eludoyin at 77

South-South commission’s MD not Akpabio’s daughter, says Senate

Speaker Abbas loses mother-in-law

Supreme Court holds valedictory session for late justice Ogwuegbu May 14

Rivers emergency rule: FG taps ex-AGF, 11 SANs as Supreme Court battle looms

Court orders EFCC to return $20,000 seized from acquitted defendant

Court orders FG to release gas flaring data

Troops recover 591,000 litres of stolen products in Niger Delta

NSCDC seals illegal refinery, seizes petroleum products in Anambra

Soldiers arrest two notorious gunrunners in Plateau

Over 80 Army captains begin promotion exam today

NDLEA arrests Iran-bound woman with cocaine in private part, stomach, bag at PH airport

FG moves to unlock N23tn pension funds for national development

FG, states add N57tn to debt in 18 months

FG makes U-turn, endorses Senate security summit

Nigeria’s airports below global standards, FG to upgrade MMIA — Keyamo

FG promises December completion of Akure-Ikere road

LP Crisis: INEC keeps factions in suspense

CBN earns N3.1bn interest on FG’s ways and means

NIMC raises fees for NIN data modification services

NPA refutes multi-billion Naira fraud allegations

‘Nigeria First’ policy will boost local goods patronage – NASENI

FG’s PPP garment factories ready to dress paramilitary nationwide – ICRC

First Lady inaugurates 100-bed mother and child centre in Imo

ASUU slams Nigeria’s institutional weaknesses, corruption in governance

CIBN to hold annual general meeting

Four million cattle, 50,000 lives lost to northern violence – Miyetti Allah

Southern Kaduna professors hail Tinubu, Sani for boosting development

Falana demands probe of alleged diversion of $3.4bn IMF loan

DJs unveils championship with NCC backing

Air Peace jet hits antelope at Asaba airport, NCAA clarifies delays

Enugu Air, CNG buses, transport terminals to take off this month

AGRA, Nestlé, TechnoServe unveil $1m climate-smart agric project

Access Bank rewards customers with over N6.6bn

Dangote tackles marketers, insists on capacity to meet fuel demand

Nigeria, Africa can work if we tackle corruption, rascality in governance – Obi

Saraki chairs PDP govs’ seven-member reconciliation committee

Hajj: Sanwo-Olu promises 1,432 Lagos pilgrims robust welfare package

Bauchi governor inaugurates committee to curb farmer-herder clashes

Governor Sani raises alarm over rising drug abuse among youths in northwest

Aiyedatiwa, Makinde, Bamidele hail Afenifere leader Fasoranti at 99

Oborevwori, Diri bag doctorate degrees at Nigerian Maritime University convocation

Lagos to become year-round tourism destination – Commissioner

A’Ibom advocates N5bn monthly federal allocation to boost tourism

Ekiti warns contractors against project delay

Joining Army not death sentence, LASG tells youths

LASBCA removes Ikeja shanties over security threats

Itsekiri are Yoruba descendants, says Alaafin

Ladoja to chair 2025 world egungun festival

Bello Turji’s threats force residents to flee Sokoto communities

Police arrest 17 over killing of two Bayelsa varsity graduates

Man arrested for defiling 12-year-old girl in Lagos

20-ft container falls, kills two dispatch riders in Lagos

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 2006, a pipeline explosion in the fishing village of Inagbe Beach, near Lagos, Nigeria, killed over 250 people and displaced 276,000 people. The blast occurred when a truck rammed into a gas processing plant near a vandalized petroleum gas pipeline.

* On this day in 2008, a massive earthquake rocked China. The magnitude 7.9 quake left some 69,000 people dead, 18,000 missing, and 4.8 million homeless. It was the deadliest earthquake in China since 1976 when the Tangshan earthquake killed over 240,000 people.

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