Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 14th July 2024 [Sunday]

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines for Today 14th July 2024 being Sunday.

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 14th July 2024 [Sunday]
 

1. Former President Donald Trump was quickly taken off the stage with blood on his head and ear after shots were fired shortly after his rally began in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump is currently safe and expected to survive, according to two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the situation.

2. A serving police inspector, identified as Hussaini Umar, was reportedly murdered by suspected members of a ‘one chance’ syndicate in Abuja. The deceased, attached to the Force Intelligence Bureau (FID), had reportedly boarded the gang’s vehicle from Maitama Junction in the city center to his home in Dei-Dei community, FCT, on Friday night.

3. Former Senate President Pius Anyim, along with former gubernatorial candidates of opposition parties in Ebonyi, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday. Anyim, previously with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), switched to the APC with some of his supporters during the grand finale of the APC campaign for the Local Government Area elections in Ebonyi.

4. A fire outbreak, suspected to have been set by unidentified individuals, reportedly destroyed a palace at the Gidan Rumfa where the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, resides. According to palace sources, the incident occurred on Friday night around 11 pm.

5. A building located at Plot C31, Sultan Dasuki Road, Kubwa, collapsed on Saturday morning. Four people, including a corps member, were rescued and taken to the hospital.

6. Distraught parents were desperately searching for their children on Saturday, about 24 hours after a collapsed school building killed 22 pupils in Jos. The tragic incident also left about 132 injured victims hospitalized in various hospitals around the Plateau State capital.

7. President Bola Tinubu appointed new leaders for key agencies on Saturday as part of his renewed hope agenda. The new appointments were announced in a statement by the President’s spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale.

8. Dangote Petroleum Refinery is set to import a cargo of Brazilian crude, Bloomberg reported on Friday. This would add to the large number of overseas barrels of crude feedstock that the Nigerian firm is importing.

9. Six internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced to six months in prison each by the Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State. A statement posted on X by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday revealed that Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu found the defendants guilty of charges including criminal impersonation, love scams, and identity theft.

10. President Joe Biden condemned the violence that broke out at a rally held for his major opponent in the November election, Donald Trump, in Pennsylvania. In a brief statement, Biden expressed relief that Trump was doing fine and called on Americans to unite against violence.