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NEWS HEADLINES 26 JUN 24

NATIONAL

Tinubu Presides Over FEC Meeting. 

Tinubu to Send 2024 Supplementary Appropriation Bill to N’Assembly Tomorrow. 

Cholera: Tinubu directs FEC to set up c’ttee to oversee emergency operations. 

FEC steps down minimum wage memo for further consultations. 

FEC approves $1.442m for ammunition, N1.99bn CNG vehicles for NDLEA. 

FG urges journalists to offer compelling, positive alternatives to counter terrorists’ ideology. 

FG bans single-use plastics, styrofoam packs in MDAs. 

Be firm, ensure prompt negotiation to avert strike, ASUU tells FG. 

Exempt varsities from IPPIS, fulfill agreements, ASUU tells FG. 

NLC transition committee storms LP HQ, demands Abure’s resignation. 

Labour Convenes Emergency Meeting Over FEC's Decision On Minimum Wage. 

Minimum Wage: Govs To Convene Emergency Meeting Wednesday. 

Senate didn’t approve new presidential jets, says Akpabio. 

Maintain neutrality in Rivers, Kano crises, HURIWA advises police. 

Some Governors Are Threats To Stability Of Traditional Institutions - Atiku. 

NELFUND Postpones Student Loan Application for State-owned Institutions. 

Court orders Emefiele to forfeit $1.4m bribery proceeds. 

Hopes high, Nnamdi Kanu will regain freedom soon — Deputy Speaker. 

Family accuses military of abducting community leader. 


BUSINESS

Worst Of Naira Volatility Over – Cardoso. 

CBN directs banks, IMTOs to pay diaspora remittances in naira. 

AMCON Posts N108bn Profit In 2023 Financial Result. 

NAIC Provides N1.01 Trillion Insurance Cover to Agricultural Projects in 5 Years. 

Nigeria’s Oil Block Bidding Process Will Spur Investment, Increased Production – Experts. 

Application Open for Access Bank’s Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton Programme. 

Energy, agriculture, infrastructure key areas for cooperation with China says Nigerian Foreign Minister. 

Afenifere seeks reversal of Heritage Bank’s licence revocation. 

How Nigeria can reduce debt-servicing cost. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Stop paying lip service to water provision, Sanwo-Olu tells stakeholders. 

Edo guber: PDP candidate takes campaign to diaspora. 

NDLEA convicts 201, seizes illicit drugs in Delta State.   

Reps’ minority leader, Rivers embattled Speaker, others in solidarity walk for Wike. 

UAE to support Bayelsa on agric, gas, seaport devt. 

Businessman decries plot to demolish house, reallocate land to minister in Enugu. 

Army cracks down on illegal refineries, arrest 13 suspects, recovers 2 boats in Abia. 

Kogi IGR Increases To N23.5bn. 

Gwagwalada Council Denies Closing Zuba International Market. 

Bandits demand N20m levies, taxes monthly from Benue communities. 

Two killed, many wounded over land dispute between communities in Nasarawa. 

Speaker Abbas Hails Gov Uba Sani On 'Best Governor' Award. 

Kano commits over N1b to transform health  sector. 

Yusuf rescues Bayero’s daughter in Lagos after The Guardian report. 

Protesting Bauchi students barricade road over robbery attacks. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Customs Officer Slumps, Dies During National Assembly Sitting. 

'Please, I Need Water', Last Request Of Customs Officer Who Died At National Assembly. 

Dismissed NECO Officer Arraigned Over Certificate Forgery. 

Family, Groups Demand Justice After Attack By Pastor, Others. 

Two FUDMA staff, another escape from terrorists’ hideout. 

Court dismisses lawyer’s N20bn suit against hospitals, FCT Minister over wife’s death. 

39-year-old woman dies after injection, police begin probe. 

Man stabs girlfriend to death in Lagos.  

Naira Abuse: Court Strikes out Charge Against Cubana Chief Priest, Orders Him to Pay N10m. 


INTERNATIONAL

Five killed, 31 wounded in Kenya as protesters invade parliament. 

Julian Assange agrees to plea deal with Biden to avoid imprisonment in US. 

New York judge partially lifts Trump gag order in hush-money case. 

Macron's election gamble puts French democracy on the table. 

UK cabinet minister admits placing three election bets. 


SPORTS

Enugu Rangers to beef up team ahead of CAF Champions League. 

Paris Olympics: We’re Ready To Surpass Previous Achievements – NOC. 

Euro 2024: Mbappe, Lewandowski score penalties as France, Poland draw. 

Napoli may reduce Osimhen’s release clause, to sign Lukaku. 

Uninspiring France Second in Group D, Austria Stun Netherlands. 


GOOD MORNING

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