Here is today’s edition of our daily newspaper summary you can’t afford to miss.
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President Bola Tinubu has requested that the new seven ministerial nominees be vetted and confirmed by the Senate.
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The Presidency also noted that the dismissal of some ministers was predicated on factual data and the Nigerians’ scorecard.
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Nigerian players Ademola Lookman and William Troost-Ekong are among the esteemed nominees on the Confederation of African Football’s eagerly awaited shortlist for the 2024 Men’s Player of the Year award.
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Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Tigran Gambaryan, has departed Nigeria after eight months of detention.
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The BRICS alliance has added Nigeria among 13 new nations officially as partner countries, according to an announcement at the BRICS summit.
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Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has been recognized as the Best Aviation Minister in Africa by the Africa Airspace Watch Initiative (AAWI).
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Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has announced the approval of a new minimum wage of N80,000 for workers in the state.
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The federal government, yesterday, disclosed plans to increase Nigeria’s Compressed Natural Gas, CNG conversion by 733 per cent to 250,000 in June 2025, from 30,000 in October 2024.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said the circulating variant of poliovirus type 2 has decreased by 38 per cent in Nigeria within a year.
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Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has ordered troops of Operation Fansar Yamma to produce wanted terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji.