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1. Abimbola Emerges Winner of 'Nigeria Queen' Pageant [This Day] At the just concluded Nigerian Queen Pageant 2021, Red Carpet and Reality TV Show Host, Abimbola Abayomi emerged the 13th Queen of the pageantry. Abayomi is a fashion model and a lover of the screen whose career as a host and has risen to become a name to be reckoned with.
    
   
2. Victor Osimhen Defenders' Nightmare [This Day] As a result of coronavirus related issues and shoulder injury, Victor Osimhen did not have the dream start he had hoped for when he moved to Napoli for a Serie A record transfer fee. However, the Nigerian seems to have finally settled and he's fast becoming a menace to defenders in the Italian and Europa Leagues as Leicester City, Udineze and his last victim-Sampdoria can testify. Little wonder the main discussion in Italian football circles now is on how to stop the 'moving train'
    
   
3. U.S.$1.2 Million NNPC 'Bribe' Used to Finance Jonathan, Buhari Elections - Report [Daily Trust] CSOs demand probe, prosecution of govt officials
    
   
4. Nigerian States Should Protect Girls by Ending Child Marriage [allAfrica] Over 10 million children are out of school in Nigeria and the global pandemic has only made it harder for young people to stay in school. There have been dire consequences for girls, who are at-risk of being married off.
    
   
5. Naira Hits All-Time Low At Official Market [Premium Times] The currency didn't do well at the black market either.
    
   
6. China Aims High in Bilateral Relations, Trade With Nigeria [This Day] Abuja -- Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun has said the bilateral relations and trade between China and Nigeria would soon reach a new higher level.
    
   
7. Self-Determination Is a Legitimate Course - Yoruba Assembly [Vanguard] Ibadan -- The conglomerate of Yoruba groups, Yoruba Assembly, yesterday, sought unity in the call for self-determination agenda while suing for peace among the Yoruba ethnic groups.
    
   
8. Codeine, Sniper, Others Increase Organ Damage - NAFDAC [Daily Trust] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the abuse of codeine among youths as well as the wrong use of sniper and insecticides to preserve foods.
    
   
9. 300 Petitioners Stranded As Lack of Funding Cripples Abuja #EndSARS Panel [Premium Times] This first of a two-part series captures how the federal government's failure to fund the #EndSARS panel in Abuja has dashed the hopes of over 300 victims and relatives of victims of police brutality.
    
   
10. Police Arrest Suspected Kidnappers of Baptist School Students - Official [Premium Times] Bandits on 5 July invaded Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna and kidnapped over 100 students.
     
    
11. Beatz Awards Call for Entry As Don Jazzy Pledges Support [This Day] The producers of The Beatz Awardstm, Eliworld, have invited professionals and industry players working behind the scenes in the Nigerian music industry to submit creative materials that were released during the year in review (September 2020 - August 2021) to be considered for nomination.
     
    
12. Global Services Trade On Recovery Trajectory, Says WTO [This Day] The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has projected that the recovery being experienced in global services trade might extend into the third quarter of 2021.
     
    
13. Nigerian Soldier Filmed Assaulting Female Corps Member [Premium Times] The army says it was embarrassed by the incident, and apologised for it.
     
    
14. Tackling Issues of Capacity and Enhancing the Relevance of Scholarship [Premium Times] Academic researchers need to find creative ways of bridging the gap between the town and the gown
     
    
15. Pamphlet Recommends Corps Members Pay Ransom If Kidnapped - It's Fake, NYSC Reacts [Vanguard] The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has debunked the news making rounds on social media that corps members travelling on "high-risk" roads are advised to alert their "family members, friends and colleagues to have someone on ground to pay off the ransom that could be demanded" in case they are kidnapped.
     
    
16. 'ICSAN Creating Employment Opportunities for Akwa Ibom Youths' - State Chairman [Vanguard] Uyo -- CHAIRMAN of Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria, ICSAN, Akwa Ibom State chapter, Barr. Ime Asibong has said the body through its programmes has been empowering youths in the state for better job opportunities.
     
    
17. Lagos APC LG Congress - We Are Yet to Receive Any Petition - Appeal Committee [Vanguard] The All Progressives Congress, APC, Local Government Areas, LGAs, Congresses Appeals Committee, Lagos State, as constituted by the National Secretariat of the party, on Thursday, said, it has so far, yet to receive any petition against the conduct of council congresses in the state.
     
    
18. Ngige Hinges Implementation of Past Labour Agreements On Availability of Funds [This Day] The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has said the federal government is basing its implementation of past agreements with various labour unions on availability of funds and capacity to fulfill their demands.
     
    
19. Poverty, Direct Cause of Insecurity, Says Finance Minister [This Day] Abuja -- The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has declared that a direct relationship exists between governance, poverty, and insecurity, stressing that poverty is a direct cause of insecurity.
     
    
20. Nigeria Committed to Food Security, Buhari Tells World Leaders [This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the commitment of the federal government to attaining food security.
     
    
21. Three Kidnappers of 120 Bethel Baptist Students, 47 Other Crime Suspects Arrested [This Day] Abuja -- Fifty crime suspects including three kidnappers of the 120 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, were paraded by police in Abuja.
     
    
22. Govt's 795 Ongoing Projects Will Lift Millions Out of Poverty - Fashola [This Day] Abuja -- The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday said the ongoing 895 contracts and 795 infrastructural projects nationwide were part of President Muhammadu Buhari administration's plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.
     
    
23. Emefiele Woos Foreign Investors, Insists Prospects Abound in Nigeria [This Day] Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele has called on Nigerians in the diaspora and other foreign investors to take advantage of the opportunities in the country.
     
    
24. U.S.-Africa Policy Chief Hails Buhari's Counter-Terrorism Advice [This Day] The Founder of Rosslyn Group, a Washington-based government relations firm specialising in Africa, Mr. John Rosenberg, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari's August 15, 2021 article published in The Financial Times of London.
     
    
25. Oil Prices Rise On Tight Supply, Hit Three-Month High [This Day] Abuja -- Oil prices extended gains yesterday riding higher on growing fuel demand and crossing $76 for the first time since July this year.
     
    
26. Global Citizen - Ending Covid-19 and Setting Roadmap Against Poverty in Developing Countries [This Day] The current global situation calls for drastic actions given the numerous challenges that include the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty in poor African countries, climate change and inequality.
     
    
27. Court Fixes Nov 30 for Suit Challenging Sanusi's Banishment [Daily Trust] A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed November 30, 2021, for judgment in the suit the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, filed to challenge his banishment to Awe, a remote community in Nasarawa State.
     
    
28. As Harvest Sets in, Middlemen Mop Up Grains [Daily Trust] Despite the commencement of the harvest of food items in many parts of the country, prices of the commodities keep rising in major grain markets and cities across the country.
     
    
29. 2023 - PDP Zoning Committee Considers South for National Chairmanship [Daily Trust] Barring last-minute changes, the Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Zoning Committee is set to recommend the zoning of the national chairmanship position to the South, it was gathered Thursday night.
     
    
30. PDP Delusional for Seeking Emefiele's Resignation, Says APC [Vanguard] Abuja -- The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has described as "delusional", the call by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP on the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele to resign from office.