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NEWS HEADLINES 25 JUN 24

NATIONAL

North West Summit: We Are Committed To Securing Nigeria - Tinubu. 

It’ll take decades to eradicate banditry in Northwest Nigeria— Sultan. 

Tinubu appoints ex-Lagos commissioner Olatunji Bello as CEO FCCPC. 

Tinubu, Buhari, Zulum, Yusuf condole with Shettima over mother-in-law’s death. 

FG unveils armed unit to combat touting, others at airports. 

N30tr Ways and Means probe fully on course — Senate. 

FG loses millions of dollars to false CSR claims by multinationals — Lawmaker, Prof. Orogbu. 

Minimum wage: Approve N250,000 demand to match inflationary trend, Labour tells Tinubu. 

Minimum wage: Be patient with Tinubu, Presidency pleads. 

Cholera: FG Activates Emergency Centre As Disease Kills 53, Cases Rise To 1,528. 

HMO moves to capture 190m Nigerians in health insurance scheme. 

Four research teams get $250,000 grant to strengthen ecosystem. 

2027: Northern Politicians’ Visit To Buhari Plot To Unseat Tinubu – Shehu Sani. 

Sanwo-Olu, Obaseki, Otti, others arrive Abeokuta, as southern governors meet in Ogun. 

Buni, Zulum, Fintiri tour Pakistan to understudy post-insurgency disaster mgmt. 

Hajj: Grumbling Over Delay In Payment Of Airlines As Operators Threaten Service Withdrawal. 

Varsities Groan Under Heavy Electricity Bill. 

EXPOSED: El-Rufai, Tinubu’s Minister, Labour Leader, Atiku’s 23-Year-Old Daughter, Other 'Owners’ Of N1.49trn Properties In Dubai. 

Buhari govt ‘lavished’ $100m World Bank women empowerment loan on meetings — Minister. 


BUSINESS

Naira down to N1,505/$ in parallel market. 

Your Statement Laced With Inaccuracies, Marketers Reply Dangote Refinery. 

Business registration possible in 24 hours, says CAC ambassador. 

FG retools oil bidding process, focuses on production bonus. 

Annual Report: NGX Slams N76.8m Fine On 9 Firms. 

Otedola Increases Stake In First Bank With N17.2bn Share. 

Crypto Traders Lose Over $280m. 

Flutterwave Lays Off 3% Of Its Workforce. 

Shoprite To Close Abuja Branch June 30. 


ACROSS THE STATES

FAAN confirms electrocution of thief at Lagos airport, launches security team. 

Ondo: Aiyedatiwa Tackles Ajayi Over Comments On LCDA Nullification. 

Ibadan residents storm IBEDC office over blackout. 

Egungun festival: Ibadan indigenes warn masquerades against hooliganism, thuggery. 

Obaseki: Edo funding new minimum wage, others with savings from reduced cost of governance. 

Rivers LG Crisis: Ex-Chairmen Support Police Barricade On Secretariats. 

Fubara overturns Wike’s decision to revoke ex-Army General’s property. 

Mbah moves to boost revenue through gaming industry. 

Terrorists Occupy Niger Communities, Slaughter Chickens, Pound Yam. 

Plateau: Langtang-Shendam Bridge Collapses After Heavy Downpour. 

Masquerades, Residents Clash In Kogi Community. 

Kogi Gov’ship: Ajaka Denies Withdrawing From Legal Battle. 

Operatives arrest woman supplying bullets to terrorists in Katsina. 

Sokoto Gov Planning To Depose Sultan - MURIC. 

Sultan Must Be Guarded Jealously, Shettima Tells Sokoto Govt. 

Boko Haram Terrorists Abduct Judge, Wife In Borno. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Teachers are like gods in Nigeria, arrogant — UNILAG don. 

Flood Sweeps Away 16-Year-Old Boy In Ogun. 

Commercial driver bags life imprisonment for defilement. 

Certificate forgery: Court grants bail to dismissed NECO staff. 

Cleaner bags life jail for sexually assaulting baby in church. 

Bamise: Defendant’s injury in prison delays trial. 

 Missing Ogun pregnant woman faked abduction, found in Kwara – Police. 

Church accuses ex-member of alleged blackmail over vehicle gift, false debt. 

Missing three-year-old boy found after PUNCH report. 

UNIZIK graduate escaping prankster’s tricycle robbery dies, friend hospitalised. 

Davido, Chioma’s thrilling ‘love story’. 


INTERNATIONAL

Egypt blames Hajj deaths on ‘unregistered’ Mecca arrivals.  

Looting, Smuggling Impeding Aid Delivery In Gaza - UNRWA. 

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange released from London prison after reaching a deal. 

Princess Anne in hospital for minor injuries and a concussion. 

At least 22 die in a fire at a factory of lithium batteries in South Korea. 


SPORTS

Amusan Inspires Team Nigeria To 4x100m Relay Gold. 

Ogunbote Says He’s Not Sure Of His 3SC Future. 

Mbappe Is Getting Better Every Day — Deschamps. 

Ex-Sports Minister, Bayo Lawal, Dies At 83. 

Joshua’s camp to unveil next opponent tomorrow. 


GOOD MORNING

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