06/08/2026
*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES + 06/08/2026*
Troops, DSS free 308 Kwara, Niger kidnap victims in ‘biggest rescue operation’
FG eyes $50bn investments from 22 offshore projects
Osun poll: IG deploys 15,000 policemen, warns troublemakers
Osun account frozen over suspicious funds movement, says EFCC
Dangote Refinery drops PMS to ₦1,165/Litre, Diesel to ₦1,570/Litre
WAFCON: Super Falcons thrash Egypt 6-2 to reach quarter-final
Kwara abductees regain freedom after 6 months in captivity
Fake agency probe: Adeyemi rejects closed-door Reps quiz
Lagos professors earn less than secondary school principals – ASUU
WAEC results reveal 38.5% failed five key subjects
US introduces $250,000 visa bonds for select immigrant applicants
Dangote meets Canada’s PM over investment opportunities
Three foreigners injured in South Africa anti-migrant march
India arrests four Nigerians in drug crackdown
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*DID YOU KNOW?*
* Early English-language news pamphlets called corantos were initially printed in Holland during the 1620s because printing domestic news in England was illegal.
* Central Africa is the only place in the world where wild mountain and lowland gorillas live.
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Tinubu lauds rescue of 308 kidnap victims in Kwara, Niger
President hails ex-Army chief Tarfa at 85
AGF Fagbemi tasks Legal Aid Council on prison congestion, rights violation, others
2027: Court sacks Ondo Rep as APC candidate
Indimi seeks to join appeal against $43.5m judgement awarded to daughters
Army puts N60m prize on wanted ISWAP gov, deputy
PSC approves posting of new CPs to Edo, Delta, Anambra, Abia, others
17 terrorist family members surrender amid military offensive
Arms proliferation: NSCDC dismisses 2, exonerates mining commander
Customs intercept pangolin scales, ivory tusks, other items worth ₦362m
Consultation with religious bodies to go on, says SGF
Construction ongoing at Ogun, Ondo, Akwa Ibom ends of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway
FG orders payment of civil servants’ outstanding wage award before August 15
FG flags off 13.92MW solar mini-grid project in Yobe
FHA clears N12bn debt, remits N3bn to FG, says MD
We’ve started paying depositors of 46 microfinance banks — NDIC
NPC launches nationwide digital birth, death registration
FG pledges regional response to flooding in S’East
FG moves to tackle C’River erosion, flood disasters
Benue, Nasarawa, Ogun, Edo farmers to access tractors in new leasing scheme
FG plans eight sports, education centres of excellence
2026 WASSCE: 1.2m candidates secure credit in English, Maths
Abuja earth tremor: Fed Govt assures residents of safety
We’ll protect genuine investors, not land speculators in FCT, says Wike
NBA faults EFCC as Osun account freeze sparks row
Bus preaching ban threatens religious freedom – PFN
Poverty, not religion, driving North’s education crisis – Kukah
Nnamdi Kanu’s family raises fresh health concerns
Some domestic airlines may go extinct in 30 days – Onyema
Lagos signs MoU to restructure commercial bus operations
Coronation opens N20bn infrastructure fund offer for investors
EAAIF deploys $83m to build 728 telecom towers
Seplat to complete 10% NNPC JV sale December
Heirs Energies doubles crude output to 55,000bpd
Post-primary crisis: Utomi, Galadima head NDC reconciliation panel
Bode George: Tinubu and I are no longer enemies
Osun N20,000 palliatives spark APC vote-buying allegation
Tinubu’s troop pay hike divides opposition
Dagbolu Dry Port revival tops Oyebamiji’s trade agenda
Makinde, Obi fault Nigeria’s leadership, Methodist Church seeks action on insecurity, economy
Lagos artisans get N1.9bn support as Sanwo-Olu pushes entrepreneurship
Diri inaugurates Yenagoa bridge sponsored by Rep
Attacks: Kebbi gov convenes emergency security meeting
Oyebanji awards N2m, scholarship to spelling bee champion
Nasarawa gov nominates eight new commissioners
Ondo lawmakers halt Speaker’s impeachment, await APC intervention
Delta woos foreign investors in agriculture, energy sectors
Aba residents, businesses count losses over two-week power outage
Kano nabs fake health workers running illegal outreach
LASG registers 150 disability-owned businesses with CAC
Sokoto communities deserted after bandits attack
Police arrest another suspect over killing of UNIJOS graduate Ibrahim Mbaya
15-year-old boy drowns in Jigawa pond
Three children found dead in Anambra native doctor’s residence
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*TODAY IN HISTORY*
* On this day in 1945, US bombs Hiroshima. In the first of the only two times nuclear weapons have been used in warfare, the United States dropped a nuclear bomb, nicknamed Little Boy on the industrial city of Hiroshima in Japan. Over 150,000 people were estimated killed by the resulting explosion.
* On this day in 1926, Gertrude Ederle, an American Olympic swimmer swam across the English channel a body of water between England and France, in 14 hours and 34 minutes. Only 5 other people, all men, had swum across the channel before Ederle.
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