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Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Sunday, July 28, 2024

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July 28, 2024

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Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country.

1. Senator Ifeanyi Ubah dies in London

Senator representing Anambra South, Ifeanyi Ubah has died while in a medical trip to the United Kingdom.Read more

2. Ex-NBA president, Agbakoba, urges Tinubu to copy Obasanjo on how to raise funds to run govt

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, has proffered a solution on a way out of the present financial crunch which the current administration of President Bola Tinubu finds itself.Read more

3. Nigeria tightens security at borders ahead of #EndBadGovernance protests

The Federal Government has tightened security at the nation’s borders ahead of the planned nationwide protests slated for August 1.Read more

4. #EndBadGovernance: Shettima urges Nigerians to shun planned protest

Vice President Kashim Shettima has appealed to the youths to shun the planned nationwide protest slated to begin on August 1.Read more

5. PDP defies court orders, holds ward congress in Rivers

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday conducted a ward congress in Rivers State in defiance of court orders.Read more

6. INVESTIGATION…‘I cured thousands of cancer patients’: How Facebook allows spread of health misinformation with digital ads

Meta, owner of Facebook, is allowing health misinformation and disinformation to run freely on its platform, an investigation has revealed.Read more

7. NNPC confirms fuel scarcity in Lagos, Abuja, cites operational hitch

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has blamed the latest crisis in fuel supply and distribution across the country on a problem associated with the discharge of a couple of vessels at the seaports.Read more

8. CBN injects $148m into FX market amid Naira depreciation

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intervened in the foreign exchange market, injecting a sum of $148 million into the system.Read more

9. Police arrest 5 for alleged involvement in sale of two-month-old baby

Police operatives in Lagos have arrested five persons, including a couple, over their alleged involvement in the sale of a two-month-old baby in the state.Read more

10. Olympics: FIFA sanctions Canada for drone-spying on rival team

World football governing body, FIFA has handed a ban on Canada Women’s coaches and has stripped the team of six points after they drone-spied a rival team at the Olympic Games.Read more

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