*‘I thought I was patriotic,’ PhD graduate regrets leaving UK to earn N250k in Nigeria (Vanguard)*EFCC Vs. Yahaya Bello: Court adjourns to January 21 for ruling or arraignment (Leadership)

‘I thought I was patriotic,’ PhD graduate regrets leaving UK to earn N250k in Nigeria (Vanguard) A PhD holder, Usman Isyaku who returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom (UK) out of patriotism has shared his regret with the experience,…

*FG okays 18-year age limit for WAEC, NECO (Nation)*Borno commissioner dies in his room (DailyTrust)

FG okays 18-year age limit for WAEC, NECO (Nation) The federal government has banned individuals below the age of 18 from sitting for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO). The announcement was made by the…

*Court discharges 6 #Endsars protesters (Vanguard)*Tinubu’s wife gives N50m business grant to 1,000 women in Kaduna (Nation)

Court discharges 6 #Endsars protesters (Vanguard) An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted six men charged with breach of the public peace during the 2020 #Endsars protest. They are: Daniel Joyinbo, 31, Adigun Sodiq, 28, Kehinde Shola,32,…

*Petrol Scarcity: FG threatens to revoke licenses of oil marketers (NewTelegraph)*UNICAL mobilised bread seller who didn’t attend school for service – NYSC (DailyTrust)

Petrol Scarcity: FG threatens to revoke licenses of oil marketers (NewTelegraph) Amid the persistent petrol scarcity across the country, the federal government, on Saturday, threatened to revoke the operating licences of oil marketers who were found guilty of hoarding Premium…

*Reject social media regulation bill, SERAP tells Akpabio, Abbas (Punch)*Opebi-Link Bridge: Lagos adjusts traffic diversion plan for reconstruction (Vanguard)

Reject social media regulation bill, SERAP tells Akpabio, Abbas (Punch) The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, “to reject the recently reintroduced social media regulation bill.” SERAP…

*Lagos cop accuses police of maltreatment for attempting to resign (Punch)*Why corporal was arrested after opting to resign – Lagos police (Guardian)

Lagos cop accuses police of maltreatment for attempting to resign (Punch) A police officer, Corporal Fauzziyah Isiak, has lamented how the Nigeria Police Force detained her after she put in her resignation. Isiak, who narrated her ordeal on Twitter, said…

*Late Sound Sultan accepted, fed, clothed me -Singer Spyro reveals (Vanguard)*Many estates in Abuja are proceeds of money laundering – EFCC Lawyer (DailyTrust)

Late Sound Sultan accepted, fed, clothed me -Singer Spyro reveals (Vanguard) Nigerian singer, Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, popularly known as Spyro, has revealed how the late veteran singer, Sound Sultan accepted, fed and clothed him when he had nothing. The ‘‘Who…

Israel Adesanya knocks out Alex Pereira to regain UFC middleweight crown

A spectacular second round knockout was all Israel Adesanya needed to defeat his long-time nemesis Alex Pereira and exorcise a demon. Adesanya suffered a controversial points loss to Pereira in their first fight, a kickboxing match. In their rematch, also…

Adesanya knocks Pereira out, reclaims UFC middleweight title

Israel Adesanya has reclaimed the UFC middleweight title from Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 287 at the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida on Sunday morning. The knockout came from nowhere as Pereira was initially on the offence.…

*CBN raises cash withdrawal limits (Vanguard)*Fuel scarcity: Depots dry up, Nigerians face bleak Christmas (Punch)

CBN raises cash withdrawal limits (Vanguard) The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has raised its weekly cash withdrawal limits set for individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and N5 million, respectively. The earlier limits pegged individual cash withdrawals per week…

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