Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 18th August 2024 [Sunday]

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 18th August 2024 being Sunday.

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 18th August 2024] [Sunday]

1. Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has vowed not to allow Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, a Chinese company, to defraud Nigeria. In a statement on Saturday titled ‘Zhongfu firm is an imposter, it’s Chinese against Chinese dispute,’ Amosun asserted that Zhongfu has no legal authority to seize any Nigerian asset.

2. A part of the popular Kaura Modern Market, situated opposite the Prince and Princess Market in Abuja’s Kaura District, was engulfed in flames on Friday night. Reports on Saturday revealed that the fire, which began around 11 pm, destroyed approximately 40 shops, with goods such as food items, appliances, and household essentials lost in the blaze.

3. President Bola Tinubu has cautioned government officials and Heads of Agencies who have no official role at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings in New York to refrain from traveling to the United States. This directive was announced on Saturday by the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.

4. Amnesty International has reported that over 1,000 #EndBadGovernance protesters are currently detained in various prisons across the country. The global human rights organization accused the Nigerian authorities of intensifying their crackdown on peaceful protesters by bringing over 1,000 of them to court.

5. The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, revealed that a bread seller, falsely mobilized for the scheme by the University of Calabar in Cross River State, is among those discovered. Recently, the NYSC voided 101 certificates, bringing the total to 178.

6. On Saturday, the Federal Government warned that it would revoke the licenses of oil marketers found guilty of hoarding Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as gasoline. This comes in response to the ongoing fuel scarcity in Abuja, Niger, Nasarawa, Kaduna, and several other states.

7. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo declared on Saturday that Nigeria’s main problem is leadership. He asserted that if the country could achieve effective leadership at all levels, everything else would fall into place.

8. Akinade Matthew, a farmer in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, has raised an alarm after herders destroyed five hectares of his maize and cassava farm. Akinade, speaking to journalists, reported that herdsmen invaded the farm located in Ikoyi last week.

9. Protests by dissatisfied members disrupted the Local Government congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State on Saturday. The protests arose from alleged alterations to the list from the previous ward congresses and the diversion of congress materials.

10. Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen triumphed over Stuttgart 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the German Super Cup on Saturday after a 2-2 draw. Victor Boniface’s early goal was equalized by Stuttgart’s Enzo Millot before Leverkusen’s Martin Terrier received a red card before halftime.