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NEWS HEADLINES -31 AUG 22

NATIONAL

Buhari pledges to support over 500,000 flood victims. 

2023: We won’t succumb to moneybags intimidation –Buhari. 

6,068 Nigerian doctors move to UK under Buhari. 

58 Political Parties set to endorse presidential candidate for 2023. 

Why PDP is in crisis ― Dokpesi. 

Disquiet in PDP over Wike’s ‘preferred candidate’ remarks. 

Ayu, Wike continue war of words amid reconciliation talks. 

2023: Frustrated youths using Obi as symbol –Makarfi. 

Atiku: Our Economy In Deeper Trouble Than APC Willing To Admit. 

2023: We need to bake bigger cakes, not bigger debts — Atiku. 

Jonathan hosts Tinubu, APC governors. 

Buhari’s Nephew Not Leaving APC — Shettima. 

SDP presidential candidate alleges oil wealth stolen daily by corrupt government officials. 

FG engaging foreign countries to deal decisively with insecurity —Lai Mohammed. 

Insecurity Capable Of Aborting 2023 Elections – IPAC. 

Birth Registration: Lagos leads with 94%, FCT follows – Report. 

Immunisation: 64% of Nigerian children risk childhood killer diseases — Survey. 

Nigeria To Attain 95% Digital Literacy By 2030 – Pantami. 

$23m Abacha loot should address our demands – ASUU President. 

APC govs offer to take over negotiation with ASUU. 

ASUU Strike: NUC meets education minister, VCs Sept 6. 

ASUU: Govt to reopen varsities, calls meeting of pro-chancellors, VCs. 

I never used ‘quacks’ for state universities, says ASUU President. 

Fuel Subsidy: Reps Summon CBN Gov, IGP, DSS. 

Kidney donor asks court to set aside order allowing Ekweremadu access to his biodata. 

Katarko Bridge collapses, disconnects Borno, Yobe, Gombe motorists. 

Pilgrim’s guarantor arrested for absconding. 

Again, court refuses Kyari’s bail application. 

ALERT: Four Days Heavy Rain Expected In FCT, 5 States – NiMet. 

Hungry and malnourished, northeast Nigeria endures humanitarian crisis. 

South East: 119 civilians, security personnel killed in 3 months –Report. 


BUSINESS

2023: FG to borrow N11tr, spend N3.36tr on subsidy. 

Nigeria to end fuel imports June 2023 –Kyari. 

‘Implementation of PIA key to weaning Nigerians off cheap petrol’. 

Investors warn against political activities that may destabilise stock market. 

NNPC CEO: Nigeria Will Stop Importation Of Oil By 2023. 

How Nigeria can make N13.58tr yearly from traditional medicine, by experts. 

NCAA Threatens To Ground Airlines Over N19bn, $7.6m Debts. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Sanwo-Olu targets raising Lagos education sector budget above 10%. 

We didn’t receive report of alleged attack on Fayose’s brother, abduction of travellers, say Osun police. 

Group hails Appeal Court judgement on Oborevwori. 

Delta APC welcomes Oborevwori to guber race. 

Alleged rapist in Rivers PDP frolicking with Atiku — Wike. 

Gas cylinder explosion destroys multi-million naira goods in Calabar market. 

Abia people yearn for positive change we can bring — Nwafor, YPP guber candidate. 

Ikpeazu restates commitment to remodel key markets. 

NSCDC nab 2 suspected railway vandals, 3 others in Kwara. 

Town Planners Want Immediate Abuja Masterplan Review. 

Many Trapped As Building Collapses In Kano Market. 

Police rescue 12 kidnapped victims in Zamfara. 

Bauchi police arrest Vigilante men for assaulting housewife sexually. 

Court orders fresh PDP primaries for Hawul/Askira- Uba Federal Constituency in Borno. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Celebrating Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah At 70. 

Meet 19-year-old Ondo monarch who just graduated from secondary school. 

Fake Lagos driver robs passengers of N1.2m valuables. 

 Gas explosion kills Ogun woman, grieving husband laments losses. 

Man rapes friend’s wife in Lagos. 

Man kills friend for buying car, buries body in his Kogi house. 

 Undergraduate lovers die in Kwara hostel, corpses found naked. 

BBNaija: We nominated Amaka because everyone was complaining about her ― Giddyfia, others. 

BBNaija: You’re self-centered –Rachel blasts Giddyfia. 

Why I fell under anointing in church ―Funke Akindele. 

Wizkid ‘Made in Lagos’ makes African history with US Gold certification. 

Vanity Fair Staffer In ‘Inventing Anna’ Sues Netflix For Defamation. 


INTERNATIONAL

Flooding devastates rural areas south of Sudan's capital. 

Pakistan floods are monsoon on steroids - UN. 

Last of the strong ones: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91. 

Spy for Canada smuggled Shamima Begum to Syria. 

'Heavy fighting' as Ukraine seeks to retake Kherson. 


SPORTS

Eagles will erase 0-2 deficit against Ghana on Saturday, says Yusuf. 

FIFA, CAF, others shun immortalisation of ‘Mr. Football,’ Orok Oyo, 14 years after. 

Pinnick has used your tenure, Northern caucus tells Akinwunmi, Idah, Akpoborie, others. 

Bournemouth Sack Manager Parker After Liverpool Loss. 

Swiatek Breezes Through To US Open Second Round. 


GOOD MORNING

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