*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
--------------------------
*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.
--------------------------
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. – Rosa Parks
Good morning
*Compiled by Hon. Osuji George osujis@yahoo.com, +234-8122200446*
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
--------------------------
*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.”
--------------------------
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
--------------------------
*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.
--------------------------
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. – Rosa Parks
Good morning
*Compiled by Hon. Osuji George osujis@yahoo.com, +234-8122200446*
*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
--------------------------
*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.”
--------------------------
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
--------------------------
*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.
--------------------------
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. – Rosa Parks
Good morning
*Compiled by Hon. Osuji George osujis@yahoo.com, +234-8122200446*
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