*Banditry: Newly married butcher killed in Niger market attack (DailyTrust)*Palliatives: 2 Nasarawa varsity students die in stampede, 23 hospitalised (Channels)

Banditry: Newly married butcher killed in Niger market attack (DailyTrust) A newlywed man, identified as Sani, was among 21 persons shot dead by bandits who invaded a weekly market in Madaka, an agrarian community in Rafi Local Government Area of…

*Dangote names Lagos refinery road after Herbert Wigwe (Tribune)*Tinubu returns to Nigeria after Qatar visit (DailyTrust)

Dangote names Lagos refinery road after Herbert Wigwe (Tribune) The Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has named the road leading to his Lagos refinery after the late Herbert Wigwe. Tribune Online reports in February that the Chief…

Football as a religion in Nigeria — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Nothing excites and unifies Nigerians like football, especially when the national team, the Super Eagles, can claim a continental or world title.  It was the typical Nigerian night of high hopes on Sunday, February 11 when Super Eagles squared up…

*Labour considers N1m as new minimum wage (Punch)*Lagos police arrest leader of one-chance robbery syndicate (Nation)

Labour considers N1m as new minimum wage (Punch) The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero,  has stated that if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 Million…

*Many feared dead as boat capsizes in Anambra (Punch)*Tinubu orders probe of Humanitarian Affairs Ministry over alleged N585m fraud (Leadership)

Many feared dead as boat capsizes in Anambra (Punch) Many persons, including women and children on board a yet-to-be-identified boat, have been feared killed as their boat capsized on the River Niger water. It was gathered that the incident happened…

*Reps move to reduce powers of CBN governor (Vanguard)*FG, Lagos flag off Third Mainland Bridge repairs (Guardian)

Reps move to reduce powers of CBN governor (Vanguard) A bill to create the position of Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria, separate from the position of the governor, scaled second reading in the House of…

*No man’s land: Rhodes Vivour cautions Obasa against divisive laws (Punch)*INEC ad hoc officers allege difficulty in uploading presidential election results (Guardian)

No man’s land: Rhodes Vivour cautions Obasa against divisive laws (Punch) The Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos state for the 2023 election, Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour has condemned the comments made by Rt. Hon Mudasiru Obasa, Speaker of the state…

*Jealous lover bags jail term for bathing ex-girlfriend with acid (Punch)*NEC suspends subsidy removal (Vanguard)

Jealous lover bags jail term for bathing ex-girlfriend with acid (Punch) A 32-year-old carpenter, Onyekachi Agu, poured acid on his ex-girlfriend and his rival was on Wednesday sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Lagos State High Court sitting in…

*Lagos commuters stranded as commercial drivers protest extortion by ‘‘agberos’’ (Vanguard)*Nobody can chase you from Osun, Adeleke assures Aregbesola (Punch)

Lagos commuters stranded as commercial drivers protest extortion by ‘‘agberos’’ (Vanguard) Commuters on Wednesday were left to trek long distances to their various destinations after commercial bus drivers refused operating to protest against daily exorbitant fees collected by officials of…

*Axe-wielding man hacks 100-year-old grandmother to death (Punch)*IWD: NBA celebrates female pioneers in legal profession (Nation)

Axe-wielding man hacks 100-year-old grandmother to death (Punch) A 37-year-old man, identified as Artur B., hacked his 100-year-old grandmother, Amalie G., to death using an axe. The incident happened on Monday in Hamburg, Germany, according to a Daily Mail report…

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