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NEWS HEADLINES 27JUN24

NATIONAL

Drug abuse: Tinubu promises to prioritise prevention strategies. 

Tinubu not indifferent to challenges bedeviling North — Shettima. 

Agbese commends Tinubu for restoring trust in government. 

Tinubu not indifferent to challenges bedeviling North — Shettima

How Aso Rock Spent N244m On Tyres In One Day. 

Regulators now revenue agents in Nigeria – Peter Obi. 

Minimum Wage: Governors' Emergency Meeting Kicks Off In Abuja. 

FG, ASUU agree to prevent strike. 

'Presidential Jet': Senate Convenes Emergency Sitting Over Supplementary Budget. 

Nigeria Recorded 75,000 New HIV Infections In 2023 — NACA. 

It’s offence to release skit, music video without our classification – NFVCB. 

FG investigating unauthorised websites sale of NIN slips — Tijani. 

Drop Arms, Seek Dialogue, Chief Of Army Staff Tells Aggrieved Groups. 

Marwa: NDLEA Records 52,901 Arrests, Secures 9,000 Convictions in Three Years. 

2 million people in South-South use psychoactive substances – NDLEA. 


BUSINESS

CBN reforms boost diaspora remittances by $172m in a month. 

CBN Mandates Banks, IMTOs to Pay Diaspora Remittances in Naira.

Good Prices: More Farmers Shift To Sesame, Peanuts, Melon. 

Fire torches Dangote refinery effluent plant. 

‘Minor Fire Incident’ at Dangote Refinery Fully Contained, Says Management. 

Equity market rebounds with N95bn gain. 

NGX unveils digital investment platform. 

BudPay to Powering African Businesses with BudPay Business. 


ACROSS THE STATES 

Police To Prosecute Tricycle Operators Violating Lagos Traffic Laws. 

 NDLEA seizes 10,000kg marijuana, secures 241 convictions in Ondo. 

Makinde secures Tinubu’s approval to upgrade Ibadan Airport to international status. 

Edo Poll: SUBEB boss unveils initiative to mobilise voters. 

Why we are intervening on Federal roads – Delta Govt.

Fubara: How My Opponents Plotted To Use Explosion To Force Emergency Rule In Rivers. 

Estate Surveyors laud Mbah’s strides in land reforms, security. 

2,600 Killed In Benue Communities Attacks In One Year – Amnesty International. 

Bandits demand N20m levies, taxes monthly from Benue communities.  

Osun monarch, four others docked for allegedly burning palace, robbery.  

NDLEA arrests 150 drug traffickers in Nasarawa. 

El-Rufai Sues Kaduna Assembly Over N432bn Probe. 

Kaduna: Police confirm eight drowned, two rescued after ‘Junior WAEC. 

Kaduna: SOKAPU condoles with families of drowned JSS students. 

Kano Varsity Matriculates 25 Students. 

Sokoto Govt Still Targeting Sultan, MURIC Raises Fresh Alarm. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Second Republic Senator, Kunle Oyero, Dies At 100. 

 Police arrest killers of Ekiti PoS operator, rice hawker.

 Rivers court begins trial of three ex-soldiers, others for robbery. 

Mohbad: Protesters storm US lab, demand clarification on toxicology test. 

 American actors understudying Nollywood processes - Kanayo O. Kanayo. 

#CHIVIDO2024: Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun Congratulate Davido, Chioma. 

#CHIVIDO2024: GAC Motors gift Davido, Chioma new SUV on wedding day. 

 My dad had a vision I ended as a gospel musician - Davido. 

Portable Slams Zlatan Ibile, Says He is Reason for Missing Davido’s Wedding. 


INTERNATIONAL

90% of tramadol seizures globally occur in Africa – UNODC. 

Guinea Junta Leader's Ex-Deputy Dies In Detention. 

Kenyan Govt Bows To Pressure, Withdraws Tax Plan After Violent Protest. 

WikiLeaks Founder Assange Returns Home A Free Man. 

Trump, Biden gird for historic US presidential debate. 

US jails ex-Honduras president for 45 years on drugs charges. 

 Iran picks new President. 


SPORTS

Ex-Super Eagles international Odemwingie now professional golfer. 

Belgium Into Last 16 As Draw Sends Ukraine Out Of Euro 2024. 

Hungary striker Varga leaves hospital after horror Euros injury. 

Foden temporarily leaves England Euros camp. 

‘Osimhen’s attitude, character scaring suitors’. 


GOOD MORNING

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