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NEWS HEADLINES - 31 AUG 24

NATIONAL

Donald Duke chides Tinubu over purchase of yacht, jet amid hunger. 

NBS GDP Report and Unwarranted Attack on NNPC, Kyari, Tinubu. 

APC rules out removing Ganduje as chairman at NEC meeting. 

LP Crisis: Abure Absent As INEC Meets Parties’ Leadership. 

Obi slams anti-Yoruba lady, insists tribal bigotry is divisive. 

Alleged diversion, NANS withdraws protest threat against NEMA. 

18yrs before WASSCE policy belongs to the archives – CERON tells FG. 

Yar’Adua commends FG on electricity subsidy for public hospitals. 

Petroleum Institute Trains Students, Officials. 

Shiites Kick Over Removal Of Members' Hijab In Detention. 

ECOWAS, WFP Provide $1.6m to Fight Malnutrition, Poverty in N’west. 

TETFund partners military on research, innovation, technology. 

NCC uncovers individuals possessing over 100,000 SIM Cards. 

Why our security can’t track kidnappers’ calls — Investigation. 

PSC promotes Lagos, FCT, six other CPs to AIG. 

Customs FOU confiscates prohibited item worth over N8bn, arrests 14 suspects. 


BUSINESS

Pipeline vandalism, oil theft, others reduce Nigeria’s output by 27.4% to 1.4m bpd in 10yrs. 

Enwereji Replaces Ireti Samuel-Ogbu As Citibank MD/CEO. 

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

NNPCL seeks private operators for Warri, Kaduna refineries. 

NIPCO, NGML to crash energy costs for industries, float Lekki Gas Project. 

Power in Diversity: How Cocktail of Investors Drive Firms’ Performance. 

Carloha Nigeria Showcases Cherry, Offers Discounts on Tiggo 2 Pro. 

CNG: Lanre Shittu Seeks Govt Support for Local Auto Firms with Capacity. 

Outrage as frequent flight disruptions unsettle passengers. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Again, MoneyMaster gets nod for Lagos food discount market.

Lagos raises concern over increasing cases of sexual violence. 

Adebule skill acquisition project to empower 1,000 Lagos West youths. 

Ondo Gov’ship: I Don’t Need Mimiko’s Endorsement - ZLP Candidate. 

Edo: Boycott Candidates Who Boycott Debate - Group. 

Enugu: Engineers lament rot in FG’s multimillion naira Digital Bridge Institute. 

7 Missing As Flood Destroys Houses, Farmlands In Niger. 

Kwara SUBEB Announces 1,611 Teaching, Non-teaching Vacancies in Public Basic Schools. 

NYSC Demands Hostels, Administrative Block for Katsina Camp Officials. 

Epidemic looms in Kano as fresh diphtheria outbreak kills 10. 

Firemen rescue mother, 2 children from collapsed building in Kano. 

I'm Ready To Pay N70,000 Minimum Wage - Kebbi Gov. 

Family Of Kebbi DPO Killed By Soldier Gets N1m. 

Yobe health workers suspend strike. 


HUMAN ANGLE

ICPC boss pays condolence visit to late Justice Ayoola’s family in Ibadan. 

Nigeria-born Kelechi Ndukwe becomes first Nigerian to command US Navy warship. 

CORONATION ANNIVERSARY: That I’m king doesn’t mean everything I was before I was crowned is thrown away — Olu of Warri. 

To mark birthday, Jerry Eze builds 18 houses for widows, gives N100m grants to young entrepreneurs. 

Students Shot Dead In Yobe School. 

Two in police custody for robbing sex workers in Lagos. 

'My 3-Year-Old Child Was Praying', Neighbour Speaks On Fresh Abuja Attack. 

Penis snaps in three when it slipped out during ‘work’. 

Bandits kill man, abduct wife, kids in Abuja suburb. 

American community honours Ara. 

Dakore Egbuson-Akande: At a Point, I Got Disillusioned with Movie Industry. 

Nollywood agog as ‘American Japa’ premieres. 

Family grants Onyeka Onwenu’s request, buries her quietly in Lagos. 

Jennifer Lopez reportedly disappointed by Ben Affleck amid divorce. 


INTERNATIONAL

IDF: Senior Hamas Commader killed in Jenin. 

Mexico elects leftist Sheinbaum as first female president. 

Brazil Supreme Court orders suspension of X. 

Harris campaign raising more money than Trump. 

What I’ll do on day one as President— Kamala Harris. 


SPORTS

Labbadia Rejects Super Eagles' Job After Dispute With NFF. 

Deadline Day Live: Chelsea set to give up on Osimhen deal. 

Saudi's Al Ahli drops interest in Osimhen. 

‘Real Madrid, Hisense partnership will boost fan experience’. 

Al Ahli Agree €80m Fee For Osimhen – Report. 


GOOD MORNING

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