04/06/2026
*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES + 04/06/2026*
Over 600 pupils, teachers abducted despite N145bn Safe-School scheme
School abduction: Oyo Assembly rejects negotiation with bandits
Police launch manhunt as gunmen abduct Adelabu’s sister, nephews
Five abducted Kwara worshippers feared dead in captivity
Nigerians can now sell excess solar power back to grid – NERC
CBN releases FX guidelines, approves export of $50,000
Banks make N209bn from account maintenance fees in three months
Jonathan not in 2027 race, associates insist
Lagos attains five-star rating in state performance index
Report rates 38% of Tinubu’s campaign promises unfulfilled
Naira now N1,398 /$ in parallel market
US sanctions M23, FDLR Commanders over Eastern Congo conflict
Africa can raise $469bn without tax hikes – AfDB
Looted weapons from Libya found with Nigerian extremists – UN
4 Nigerian artistes on official album for 2026 World Cup
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*DID YOU KNOW?*
* Every living organism – from the smallest bacteria to the largest trees and animals – requires nitrogen to survive. Nitrogen is a fundamental building block of life.
* The orbicularis oculi, which circles the eye socket and controls blinking, is the body’s fastest muscle.
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Tinubu approves 2026 oil block licensing round
Rising insecurity: Senate begins state police constitutional push
Senate to FG, security agencies: Deploy all resources to rescue kidnapped school children
Senate passes Malaria Elimination Agency Bill
Senate seeks national re-orientation programme over rising indiscipline
Reps urge urgent FG action over fresh Taraba clashes, displacement
Reps back Bash Ali’s Guinness boxing dream, rule out government funding
61 Opposition Lawmakers back Ugochinyere for Minority leader
Owo church attack: Four terrorists get death sentence
EFCC arraigns oil magnate, two others over alleged N691.6m fraud
ADC leadership tussle: New judge fixes June 8 to hear Bala Gombe’s suit
Ekiti council vice chair remanded over alleged self-kidnap
Gunmen attack immigration office in Ogbomoso, loot arms
Nigeria attracts $10.37bn capital importation in Q1 2026 – NBS
Voter data leak: Police detain INEC official, quiz Wike’s aide
FG seeks stronger Nigeria-Israel partnership in agriculture, security, technology
FG credits prison reforms for decline in repeat offenders
FG courts investors at London Stock Exchange
Ekiti 2026: INEC rallies stakeholders for PVC collection drive
NEPZA, 20 agencies adopt revenue transparency platform
NERC flags off net billing regulations 2026 for renewable energy export to DisCos
Federal Govt warns against harassing mining marshals
FCT general hospitals receive 48 modern Vein-Finding devices
NLC backs teachers’ strike, demands release of abducted pupils
IFC, Standard Chartered launch $300m finance facility
CardinalStone completes N21bn Fidson Rights Issue
RusselSmith transitions to Arridex
NLNG awards contracts for three new vessels
Accord: we have no presidential candidate for 2027
Aftermath primaries: Obi rallies NDC aspirants for unity
Structure hijack forced my exit from APC — Omo-Agege
Tambuwal demands action after fresh Sokoto bandit attacks
Oborevwori inaugurates 18km roads
Alia appoints Eunice Ogbenyi acting Benue Head of Service
Alia swears in new Benue High Court judge
Nasarawa Assembly passes 37 Bills, goes on recess
Kaduna gets electricity, agriculture, climate laws
Ogun: No invasion threat, security agencies on alert
Lagos backs National Games to develop talent
Abia doctors shelve planned strike
Gridlock returns as trucks shut Mile 2 axis of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway
Ogun school hit by fresh gas leak, scores hospitalised
A’Ibom youths protest over Conoil’s host community snub
Protest in Ekiti over 16 worshippers held after ransom
144 arrested in Lagos street-begging raids
Bauchi teenager in police custody over teen’s drowning
Kano man dies fetching phone from well
Final-year female varsity student found dead on Kogi highway
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*TODAY IN HISTORY*
* On this day in 1989, thousands died in the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Using assault rifles and tanks, Chinese troops massacred unarmed civilians who had taken part in pro-democracy protests.
* On this day in 1783, the Montgolfier brothers demonstrated the first hot air balloon. The flight of the Montgolfière lasted only about 10 minutes, but it secured the French inventors a place in the history books.
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May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. – Nelson Mandela
😁😁😁 Good morning
*Compiled by Joe Agbro Jr., [email protected]