08/08/2025
*Welcome to popular stand today Friday 8th August 2025*
*Punch*
* Katsina collates citizens’ needs for 2026 budget planning
* Glitched grades: WAEC in crisis over result errors
* ADC caught in crossfire as Atiku–Obi rivalry escalates
* Correctional Service sacks 15 officers, demotes 59 in major sweep
* NCAA stops Fuji star K1 de Ultimate from flying for six months
* US to host Armenia, Azerbaijan for 'peace signing,' Trump says
* NCAA stops Fuji star K1 de Ultimate from flying for six months
* How Obasanjo insulted me over diesel deregulation – Otedola
* Navy deactivates 71 illegal refineries, recovers 411,000 litres stolen crude
* Katsina collates citizens’ needs for 2026 budget planning
* Experts decry Nigeria’s $27.4m contraceptive commodity funding gap
* How Obasanjo insulted me over diesel deregulation – Otedola
* Navy deactivates 71 illegal refineries, recovers 411,000 litres stolen crude
* US doubles bounty on Venezuela’s president to $50m over drug trafficking charges
* YIAGA’s Itodo condemns premature campaigns, demands tougher sanctions
* Flood alert: FG warns 198 LGs in 30 states threatened
* SGF denies demanding payment for FG appointments, blames scammers
* Osun speaker, monarch reconcile after leaked audio rift
* Adire belongs to Egba, Ogun Assembly replies Adeleke
* Flood alert: FG warns 198 LGs in 30 states threatened
* 15,000 Kaduna women get N5bn empowerment grants
* Ogoniland gets four water projects as FG renews clean-up commitment
* Only 15% Niger mothers breastfeed exclusively, says UNICEF
* Police back Edo crackdown on illegal revenue collection
* UK varsity honours ex-FUNAAB DVC
* FRSC warns motorists as court invalidates hand-painted number plates
* EU pledges extra €250,000 aid for Benue, Plateau IDPs
* Officers risk sanctions for lobbying promotions, police warn
* Benue’s N15bn brewery to create 1,500 jobs
* Nigeria has over 66,000 licensed medical, dental professionals – Minister
* Hotels, clubs must seek approvals for parking, traffic management – LASG
* Panic as Ebonyi gov orders official vehicle audit
* Lagos graduates 30,000 from vocational skills centres
* NEMA tests emergency preparedness with flood drill in Kebbi
* Govt officials visit Ikorodu drainage site, console flood victims
* Group proffers solutions to defence, security sector corruption
* Banditry: Sokoto locals seek military action to reclaim ancestral land
* Flood crisis national emergency, warns NSCDC boss
* Harmonious workforce prevented strikes in UBTH for eight years - CMD
* Bauchi tasks communities on education
* Kano improves access to maternal healthcare, delivers HIV, hepatitis kits
* Group proffers solutions to defence, security sector corruption
* Bauchi children suffering chronic malnutrition – UNICEF
* ‘Sanusi didn’t comment on MMIA renovation’
* Katsina engages residents in 2026 budget planning
* Atiku awards scholarships to three Yobe girls for global excellence
* FMC partners medic giants to address cancer treatment
* Gombe residents call out lawmaker over abandoned project
* Sokoto SEMA strengthens disaster response capacity
* 2027: Borno youths, women pledge support for ADC
* Centre urges action on ACJA for speedy justice delivery
* Late ex-pilot Okunbo hailed for contribution to human development
* Osun APC demands Adeleke's CSO probe over party member 'illegal' arrest
* DSS, EFCC demand retraction over report on NNPC GMD Ojulari
* 2027: No vacancy in Niger Govt House, says Vatsa
* Correctional Service sacks 15 officers, demotes 59 in major sweep
* ADC vows to challenge APC in Borno
* 300 repentant terrorists in rehab, over 2,600 already graduated – FG
* ADC caught in crossfire as Atiku–Obi rivalry escalates
* Yoruba groups declare support for Oyebanji’s re-election
* Rivers stakeholders urge Tinubu to halt LG poll, reinstate Fubara
* Ibadan markets shut as Olubadan Olakulehin is buried
* Rivers elders ask Tinubu to halt LG poll, reinstate Fubara
*Vanguard*
* Presidency rejects claims of Nigeria’s collapse, says hunger projections exaggerated
* Heavy floods to hit 198 LGs in 31 states, FG warns
* Telecoms blackout looms as base station operators, diesel suppliers battle
* 2023: Peter Obi never spent Labour Party funds on campaign – Ex-Treasurer
* Trump orders US colleges to reveal race data to prove fairness
* Solicitude foundation trains Delta youths on goat rearing
* 13 suspects face prosecution as Mining Marshals shut down illegal quarry in Abuja
* Blue Economy: Freight forwarders raise alarm over sabotage of govt reforms
* FX forward contracts: CBN reviews legal actions against defaulters
* Protest against armed herders attacks: Benue people shun beef, turn to pork
* Heavy floods to hit 198 LGs in 31 states, FG warns
* Out-of-school children: North must take responsibility
* Telecoms blackout looms as base station operators, diesel suppliers battle
* Heavy floods to hit 198 LGs in 31 states, FG warns
* First lady donates 10 TB diagnostic machines, ₦1bn to FCTA
* ValueJet Airline drama: FG slams 6 months no-fly ban on K1
* H1’25: Foreign investors transactions up 113% to N1.14 trn
* Insecurity: Sokoto families abandon homes as 30 communities protest in Zamfara
* 2023: Peter Obi never spent Labour Party funds on campaign – Ex-Treasurer
* FG dismisses 15 correctional personnel for misconduct
* Flood: FG’s Alau Dam project progressing on schedule – Minister Utsev
* Tennis: Venus Williams falls at first hurdle in Cincinnati
* Rapper MC Hammer sued over failure to pay car loan
*The Nation*
* WAEC: SSCE results being reviewed over technical glitches
* Federal Govt disburses N493b to 5m households
* My mother, by Doyin Abiola’s daughter
* Kwam 1 banned from air travels
* Stakeholders fault receivership claims on Egbin, Ikeja Electric, FIPL
* Coronation Infrastructure Fund to list on NGX
* Flooding: NEMA, states make contingency plans
* EU, stakeholders to accelerate Nigeria’s energy transition
* Economic crisis exaggerated, says Presidential aide
* Stakeholders fault receivership claims on Egbin, Ikeja Electric, FIPL
* EU, stakeholders to accelerate Nigeria’s energy transition
* Coronation Infrastructure Fund to list on NGX
* Investors scramble for insurance stocks on new sector’s Act
* Fed Govt dismisses 15 NCoS personnel, demotes 59
* ‘North has no qualms about Tinubu’
* Anglican bishop urges focus on poverty alleviation
* Ending TB demands local funding, focus, says First Lady
* Nurse gets kudos for professionalism
* Ogun community leaders urge firms to emulate Lafarge
* Lagos pushes for HIV sustainability as Council adopts bold measures
* Akume: beware of job scammers
* NLC, Atiku demand Sowore’s release
* GMO foods safe but must be properly labelled, says NAFDAC DG
* Foundation launches Okpebholometer to track Edo governor’s promises
* Ogun community leaders urge firms to emulate Lafarge
* Lawyer joins Oborevwori’s team
* WOFAN trains farmers, other son first aid, conflict resolution
* Pioneer EKSU registrar gets kudos at 85
* Court affirms FRSC’s power to confiscate licences over number plate violations
* Firm commits to advance technology transfer to Nigeria
* Top 10 possible contenders for 2025 Ballon d'Or
* NCAA petitions AGF, IGP to probe, prosecute KWAM 1 over safety breach at Abuja airport
* FG disburses N493bn to 5million households as Tinubu unfreezes NSIPA's accounts
* Customs admits system glitch, clears backlog amid cargo clearance woes
* Fed Govt launches N200,000 loan scheme for Nigerian youths
* JUST IN: One dies, others injure in Abia road crash
* FG tackling insecurity with technology - Dasuki
* Osun govt urges mothers to prioritise infants over husbands in breastfeeding campaign
* We've spent N50bn on agribusiness in three years, says Oyebanji
* Presidency rejects Daily Trust's 'alarmist' editorial
Queeneth Njoku.