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NEWS HEADLINES -30 AUG 24

NATIONAL

Tinubu Canvasses Stronger Bilateral Relations Between Nigeria, Brazil. 

Birthday: Shettima asks well-wishers to shelve congratulatory adverts. 

British Envoy Lauds Geometric Power’s Business Model, Says It’s Impressive. 

Monarchs in captivity for over 4 months, group writes Tinubu. 

FG Inaugurates NSIA Board, Wants Sustainable Future for Unborn Generations. 

Crash Food Prices In 1 Month, FG Tells Traders. 

FG Threatens to Invoke ‘No Work, No Pay’ Rule on Striking Resident Doctors. 

FG establishes committee to enhance risk management in Nigeria. 

Govs' jobs bazaar: States’ wages rise by N900bn. 

Drive education reforms, FG tasks TETFund. 

Court throws suit against #EndBadGovernance protests, security chiefs. 

Reps ask Canadian govt to prosecute Nigerian threatening Yoruba, Binis with poison. 

APC plots to recapture Edo, South-East states. 

Labour movement worth dying for — Ajaero. 

NLC President Ajaero leaves police headquarters after questioning. 

WAEC: 18 years age limit may stifle gifted children, Afe Babalola warns FG. 

GAIN Partners FG, NGOs  to Tackle Nutrition Challenges. 

Minister seeks UN support to boost energy targets. 

Troops kill terrorist kingpin Dan Fulani, over 1,000 others. 

Military neutralises 1,166 terrorists, apprehends 1,096 suspects –DHQ. 

Presidential fleet: 200 families displaced as NAF demolishes houses. 

New DSS DG assumes office, pledges covertness. 

Eight NDLEA officers rewarded for intercepting illicit drugs, arresting suspects. 


BUSINESS

NEPC: Non-oil Exports Yielded $2.7bn at Half-year. 

Naira appreciates to N1,615 in parallel market. 

CBN Report Warns Of Rising Financial Strain For Citizens. 

Lower Windfall Tax Gradually, CIoD Tells FG. 

FG signs pact with Boeing for Nigerian airlines. 

Aradel Acquires $19.5m Marginal Oil Fields from NNPC, TotalEnergies. 

BUA Cement’s Revenue Surged To N460bn In 2023. 

Digital Exchange: SEC Grants Busha Digital, Quidax Technologies ‘Approval-in-Principle’. 

Citibank Nigeria Appoints Enwereji as New MD/CEO. 

FCCPC Reads Riot Act to Traders, Market Associations, Others Over Undue Price Hikes. 

North Central Emerge Highest Zone With Average Domestic Airfare in July. 

Legal Battles Imminent as AMCON Insists on Arik/Aero Merger Exit Plan. 

S’East: Low patronage, insecurity, multiple taxation choke hospitality sector. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Bill on local council administration scales second reading in Lagos. 

Lagos traders allege harassment, petition govt. 

LASUSTECH VC fumes over upsurge in sexual harassment. 

How Oyebanji Won the Hearts of Ekiti Pensioners. 

Ajayi: Ondo People, Not Any Godfather, Will Decide Who Becomes Next Governor. 

Edo: APC, PDP in war of words over plot to rig election. 

Edo guber: Ighodalo, Okpebholo, Akpata, others sign peace pact Sept. 12. 

Winners Emerge as Bayelsa SUBEB Holds Teacher Appreciation Day. 

Akwa Ibom Police Commissioner Dies After 6 Months In Office.

Late CP Akwa Ibom, Ayilara, buried.  

Kidnap lord who abducted Akwa Ibom Judge, others killed in Cross River. 

Enugu LG Poll: Ganduje threatens ENSIEC with lawsuit over APC factions. 

Family protests killing of final year undergraduate by Anambra vigilantes. 

Appoint minister from Plateau, APC tells FG. 

Police, Vigilantes Rescue Driver, 3 Others From Kidnappers In FCT. 

40,000 Jobs Expected From Abuja Industrial Park – Wike. 

We No Longer Eat 3 Square Meals, Kaduna Residents Lament. 

Gombe Gov Revokes Land Rights Over Irregularities. 

Yobe Govt Promises Free Land to Airport Investors. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Man Jailed 9 Months For Stealing 2 Tubers Of Yam. 

I Returned $10,000 To Please Allah — Airport Worker. 

Truck crashes into electricity poles, injures man in Rivers. 

Nigerian-Filipino teen reconnects with father after years of separation. 

Police nab Lagos nurse over failed cosmetic surgery. 

Best Fitness Hub In Abuja (Where Residents Find Love, Romance). 

DPO Gunned Down At Military Checkpoint In Zamfara. 

BEATEN & BRUISED: This Final-Year LASU Student Is Crying For Justice. 

Why people call me controversial pastor - Damina. 


INTERNATIONAL

Nepal is losing young men to Russia’s war in Ukraine. 

Trump says insurance or Govt should pay for IVF. 

Canada Bars Visitor Visa Holders From Applying For Work Permits. 

Ukraine F-16 destroyed during Russia attack. 

Typhoon Shashan: at least 4 people killed in Japan. 


SPORTS

Nigeria’s poor run on the world stage continues in Peru. 

D’Tigress Make History As First African Team To Break Into FIBA Top 10. 

Favour Ofili: From ashes of disappointment to Olympics history. 

Liverpool Sign Juventus Winger Chiesa. 

Chelsea confirm Lukaku’s £30m exit as Antonio Conte hails ‘unique’ star. 


GOOD MORNING

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