*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 26/02/2025* Court exonerates Naira Marley, Sam Larry of Mohbad’s death JAMB insists on March 8 deadline as over 1.5m apply for UTME FCCPC summons MultiChoice over planned subscription price hike Traders sue NAFDAC, SON for Onitsha drug market closure, allege theft Plot against Murtala Muhammed started from Day 1 —IBB Lagos Assembly Crisis: Meranda Poised To Resign As Party Leaders Settle For New Speaker One-third of Elon Musk’s DOGE staff resign in protest Ex-Brazil president Dilma Roussef hospitalised in China Kemi Badenoch slams Trump’s Ukraine peace plan, says it rewards Putin UK, Nigeria missing as US releases eligible countries for visa waiver programme FG inaugurates Nigeria-Korea information access centre, eyes digital job growth To read beyond the headlines, click: https://dailyshot.ng/some-nigerian-newspaper-headlines-26-02-2025/ ----------------------------- *DID YOU KNOW?* * The most remote place in the world is the Tristan da Cunha islands in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. They’re 2,434km from Saint Helena, the nearest inhabited place. * The only muscle that never tires is the heart. If you live to age 70, your heart will have beat around 2.5 billion times! ----------------------------- Tinubu presides over APC National Caucus meeting Tax Reform Bills will drive Nigeria toward $1trillion economy – Senate N30trn Ways and Means: Senate panel accuses CBN of frustrating probe Senate refers Senator Natasha to Ethics Committee for probe Senate backs Akpabio as Natasha files N100.3bn defamation suit Reps propose alternative funding for security agencies Prosecute illegal drug dealers, re-open Onitsha market, Southeast Reps caucus tells NAFDAC Gas dispute: NLNG may pay $380m to Vitol, Glencore EFCC arraigns 16 more Chinese for cyberterrorism Mohbad withdrew assault complaints against Naira Marley before death – DPP Army determined to end terrorism, says COAS Nigeria’s W’Bank debt may hit $9.2bn as FG eyes six loans Ribadu denies 2031 presidential bid, Presidency knocks El-Rufai FG secures foreign funds for Lagos-Calabar coastal highway Fed Govt partners Ekiti farm to enhance food security Nigeria hosts first ITU summit as FG pledges $2bn for digital infrastructure Visa-on-arrival policy not scrapped — Tunji-Ojo Keyamo admits funds paucity in tackling aviation challenges El-Rufai hurt over ministerial snub, says Onanuga Customs Withdraws 4% Import Charges Nigeria can surpass $1trn GDP target, says NNPCL boss Kyari Terrorists exploit socio-political vulnerability to remain relevant, says NCTC boss Fed Govt unveils minimum standards for senior secondary school education FGN bond auction records N1.63tn subscriptions FG orders RMAFC to fast-track revenue allocation formula review NBS: GDP grew by 3.84 percent in Q4 2024 Ecobank, firm eye $700bn global furniture market Transcorp Power targets 25% of Nigeria’s electricity generation Operators kick as 15% port charge hike begins March 1 S’East stakeholders demand Nnamdi Kanu’s release, establishment of human rights bureau June 12 annulment: Falana vows legal action against IBB over 1993 detention Tinubu govt not marginalising Muslims, APC tells Shari’ah council APC dismisses anti-Ganduje plot as El-Rufai absent from NEC meeting Anambra guber: APC rakes in N350m from sales of nomination forms Gov pledges promotion of Igbo language, culture in Abia Okpebholo cries for protection as 24 killed in Edo violence Imo Assembly pardons, recalls four suspended members Kwara screens 5,290 applicants for 1,800 teaching jobs Obasa awaiting ruling before returning to Assembly – Lawyer 52 arraigned for environmental offences in Ekiti LASG begins consultation on Purple Line Rail project Ekiti LG sponsors 100 UTME candidates Ogun monarch orders arrest, detention of PUNCHman over trending video Police Detain Officer Who Shot Immigration Personnel In Niger Delta family, hospital disagree as father’s corpse disappears from mortuary Two Ekiti teachers jailed 44 years for raping minors ----------------------------- *TODAY IN HISTORY* * On this day in 1885, in a race to share Africa to European powers, the Berlin conference gave Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England. * On this day in 1991, the world’s first web browser was presented to the public. The browser “WorldWideWeb” (later renamed “Nexus”) was developed by Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist best known as the inventor of the internet. ----------------------------- People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often. – Jeff Bezos @readandreaporg