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NEWS HEADLINES - 19 AUG 24

NATIONAL

Presidency Announces Tinubu's Trip To France Days After Chinese Firm Leaked It. 

Shettima: Heads of Agencies Must Be Guided By Laws in Preparing 2025 Budget. 

FG warns agencies against recruitment without approval. 

Fake degrees: FG orders varsities to submit matriculation lists. 

Contractor Allegedly Committed Suicide After Amosun Terminated Agreement – Pat Utomi. 

You Have Habit Of Shoddy Business Deals, Amosun Fires Back At Pat Utomi. 

‘No NASS Approval For New Presidential Jet’. 

Food crisis may worsen as flood hits 10 states. 

Self-Centred Leaders Stunting Nigeria’s Economic, Political Growth — Obasanjo. 

Nigeria’s woes due to human error, not constitution — Lamido. 

2027: Ganduje Denies Presidential Ambition As Posters Flood Social Media. 

Renowned photographer, Akinleye, others to speak at World Photography Day. 

South-east Governors Seek to Combat Youth Unemployment with Empowerment Initiatives. 

Police Committee Dismisses Fraud Allegations Against Executives. 

CAPPA supports no smoking campaign in Nollywood. 

Troops kill Boko Haram commander, ‘Abu Rajab, in Sambisa. 

NDLEA nabs businessman that ingested 88 wraps of cocaine. 

Three kingpins, 16 others bag 302 years in jail for drug trafficking. 


BUSINESS

NESG Inaugurates Council To Champion Economic Reforms. 

Nigeria needs law to overhaul revenue collection, regulate cryptocurrency landscape – FIRS chairman. 

 MTN, others get permits to generate electricity. 

Harsh Economy: Drop in passenger traffic unsettles domestic airlines. 

Economic crunch: UK varsities record 65% drop in deposits by Nigerian students. 

Bank recapitalisation: Retail investors may be shut out, experts warn. 

Diesel price soars 73%, petrol 28% in July - NBS. 

8m Metering Gap Stifles Liquidity In Power Sector — FG. 

Elumelu Hails Sundry Foods At 20 As It Employs 4,000. 

Tariff removal will adversely affect local production, stakeholders express fear. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos Residents Buy Fuel In Jerry Cans As Scarcity Persists. 

Group provides medical treatment for Lagos community. 

Soldiers, LASTMA in standoff over unannounced road closure in Lagos. 

Traders seek IG wife’s support to stop Lagos market demolition. 

Police nab suspected cultist, murderer in Ogun. 

Open defecation: Ogun to begin enforcement, prosecution of offenders. 

Ondo govt installs Akinmoye as new Ode-Erinje monarch. 

Edo Guber: Let’s focus on devt, not tribe or zone — Akpata, LP candidate. 

Two to die by hanging for armed robbery in Delta. 

Police nab robbery kingpin over Rivers' explosion. 

 Rivers: Chieftain slams APC deputy secretary for ignoring court ruling. 

Kidnapped Anambra commissioner, wife regain freedom. 

Goods destroyed as midnight fire guts Anambra market. 

Gunmen abduct three in Enugu College. 

Uzodimma moves to fast-track electricity generation, distribution in Imo. 

FCT Police seal church as Sunday service turns violent. 

FG Supports 300 IDPs to Farm on 150 Hectares Donated by Plateau State Govt. 

Insecurity: Benue Losing Nigeria’s Food Basket Status. 

Troops foil invasion of Kaduna community by terrorists, kill 2. 

Police foil kidnap attempt, rescue seven in Katsina. 

Sokoto monarch still in captivity, 22 days after. 

Opposition Rejects Bauchi LG Poll Results As PDP Sweeps All 20 LGAs. 


HUMAN ANGLE

2 Victims Escape As Bandits Doze Off In Kaduna Forest. 

I was raped, my private part bruised by my colleague, 36yr old mother of 2 cries out. 

How peeling corn for roadside roaster turns new job for men who lost their jobs. 

Ex-Chief Registrar, Borno Cooperatives Society, wife, 2 others die in fire incident. 

Widow, five children die after eating local delicacy in Kano. 

Davido’s father Adedeji Adeleke donates N1bn to church. 

‘They should settle their rift, I have tried’ – Jude Okoye speaks amid Psquare feud. 

What’s life like when you ‘japa’ to Germany?  

‘I am Igbo’ – Jamaican reggae icon, Buju Banton reveals. 

French film giant Alain Delon dies aged 88. 

Godfather II actor John Aprea dies at 83. 


INTERNATIONAL

US pushes for Gaza truce as Israel and Hamas trade blame. 

EU health agency prepares for rise in imported mpox cases. 

Manhunt in Spain after boy killed playing football. 

Donald Trump: I’m Much Better Looking Than Kamala Harris. 

Indonesia’s new capital: Costly bet or sound investment?  


SPORTS

Paris Olympics: Customs CG Hosts Team Nigeria’s Wrestlers. 

Tersoo, Emmanuel Set For US Training Tour After Winning Tennis Tourney. 

Rune Ends Draper’s Cincinnati Run In Quarter-Finals. 

Mbappe to start against Mallorca for Madrid Liga debut. 

Man City beat Chelsea to start Premier League title defence. 


GOOD MORNING

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