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Top Headlines for Thursday, Jan 23

How US pulling out of WHO will affect Nigeria’s health sector
https://thestreetjournal.org/how-us-pulling-out-of-who-will-affect-nigerias-health-sector/

Jeremiah Useni, former FCT minister is dead
https://thestreetjournal.org/jeremiah-useni-former-fct-minister-is-dead/

ICPC charges TETFund contractors with diverting N2.2bn student training funds
https://thestreetjournal.org/icpc-charges-tetfund-contractors-with-diverting-n2-2bn-student-training-funds/

First Lady commissions NYSC digital museum, television station in Abuja
https://thestreetjournal.org/first-lady-commissions-nysc-digital-museum-television-station-in-abuja/

Tinubu inaugurates Abuja Army barracks named after him
https://thestreetjournal.org/tinubu-inaugurates-abuja-army-barracks-named-after-him/

Sokoto market fire destroyed over 500 shops – NEMA
https://thestreetjournal.org/sokoto-market-fire-destroyed-over-500-shops-nema/

Court affirms death sentence for Ramon Adedoyin in OAU student murder case
https://thestreetjournal.org/court-affirms-death-sentence-for-ramon-adedoyin-in-oau-student-murder-case/

Zenith Bank dismisses 66 staff, promotes 4,165
https://thestreetjournal.org/zenith-bank-dismisses-66-staff-promotes-4165/

Alleged organ harvesting: Ekweremadu’s wife secures freedom from UK prison, returns to Nigeria
https://thestreetjournal.org/alleged-organ-harvesting-ekweremadus-wife-secures-freedom-from-uk-prison-returns-to-nigeria/

Oyo govt releases N20m grants to victims of market fire outbreaks
https://thestreetjournal.org/oyo-govt-releases-n20m-grants-to-victims-of-market-fire-outbreaks/

Secondary school students beat teacher to coma in Kogi
https://thestreetjournal.org/secondary-school-students-beat-teacher-to-coma-in-kogi/

Rape: FCT high court sentences 52-year-old bishop to 20 years imprisonment
https://thestreetjournal.org/rape-fct-high-court-sentences-52-year-old-bishop-to-20-years-imprisonment/

Anambra man sets wife ablaze over allegations of infidelity
https://thestreetjournal.org/anambra-man-sets-wife-ablaze-over-allegations-of-infidelity/

Ogun: Court sentences man to death for killing sex worker
https://thestreetjournal.org/ogun-court-sentences-man-to-death-for-killing-sex-worker/

NELFUND disburses N136.7m to Benue varsity
https://thestreetjournal.org/nelfund-disburses-n136-7m-to-benue-varsity/

Tinubu names Kayode Opeifa as MD NRC
https://thestreetjournal.org/tinubu-names-kayode-opeifa-as-md-nrc/

Alleged organ harvesting: Ekweremadu’s wife secures freedom from UK prison, returns to Nigeria
https://thestreetjournal.org/alleged-organ-harvesting-ekweremadus-wife-secures-freedom-from-uk-prison-returns-to-nigeria/

Oyo govt releases N20m grants to victims of market fire outbreaks
https://thestreetjournal.org/oyo-govt-releases-n20m-grants-to-victims-of-market-fire-outbreaks/

Secondary school students beat teacher to coma in Kogi
https://thestreetjournal.org/secondary-school-students-beat-teacher-to-coma-in-kogi/

Rape: FCT high court sentences 52-year-old bishop to 20 years imprisonment
https://thestreetjournal.org/rape-fct-high-court-sentences-52-year-old-bishop-to-20-years-imprisonment/

Anambra man sets wife ablaze over allegations of infidelity
https://thestreetjournal.org/anambra-man-sets-wife-ablaze-over-allegations-of-infidelity/

Ogun: Court sentences man to death for killing sex worker
https://thestreetjournal.org/ogun-court-sentences-man-to-death-for-killing-sex-worker/

NELFUND disburses N136.7m to Benue varsity
https://thestreetjournal.org/nelfund-disburses-n136-7m-to-benue-varsity/

Tinubu names Kayode Opeifa as MD NRC
https://thestreetjournal.org/tinubu-names-kayode-opeifa-as-md-nrc/

Grammy award winning singer, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy has served a warning to his controversial colleague, rapper, Darlington Okoye Achakpo aka Speed Darlington, not to... read here>>>https://thestreetjournal.org/speed-darlington-regains-freedom-as-burna-boy-sounds-note-of-warning-to-him/

Trump sworn in for 2nd term as 47th US President
https://thestreetjournal.org/trump-sworn-in-for-2nd-term-as-47th-us-president/

Ondo: Police ban tinted glass, covered plates
https://thestreetjournal.org/ondo-police-ban-tinted-glass-covered-plates/

Delta: Sen. Ned Nwoko dumps PDP for APC over leadership crisis
https://thestreetjournal.org/delta-sen-ned-nwoko-dumps-pdp-for-apc-over-leadership-crisis/

NCC approves telcos’ request for tariff increase, caps hike at 50%
https://thestreetjournal.org/ncc-approves-telcos-request-for-tariff-increase-caps-hike-at-50/

We’re not your usual Nigerian politicians, Wike tells FCT residents
https://thestreetjournal.org/were-not-your-usual-nigerian-politicians-wike-tells-fct-residents/

Only 100,000 POS operators registered – CAC
https://thestreetjournal.org/only-100000-pos-operators-registered-cac/

You’re ‘denigrating’ Nigeria to gain party acceptance, Presidency knocks Kemi Badenoch
https://thestreetjournal.org/youre-denigrating-nigeria-to-gain-party-acceptance-presidency-knocks-kemi-badenoch/

Moment Kumuyi prayed at Donald Trump’s inauguration (Video)
https://thestreetjournal.org/moment-kumuyi-prayed-at-donald-trumps-inauguration-video/

I never smoked, long stopped drinking alcohol, yet I had kidney disease, lost my sight – DJ Jimmy Jatt
https://thestreetjournal.org/i-never-smoked-long-stopped-drinking-alcohol-yet-i-had-kidney-disease-lost-my-sight-dj-jimmy-jatt/

President Bola Tinubu has approved the annual recruitment of... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/fg-approves-appointment-of-30000-police-officers-annually-for-6-years/

A trigger-happy policeman has gunned down a 17-year-old boy, Emeka Odogwu, in Ozoro community, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State.

The incident was said to have occurred on...Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/policeman-kills-teenage-boy-in-delta-over-fireworks/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

A doctor whose name is Donatus Nwasor has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen from his clinic in Utagba-Uno, Ndokwa west Local Government Area (LGA), Delta state on Wednesday, November 27.

This was revealed by the...Details & photos here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/gunmen-kidnap-doctor-from-his-clinic-in-delta/

The commssion in a statement released on Friday, November 22, said she was arrested in Unguwan Kanawa, Kaduna State, following credible intelligence linking her to obtaining money from job seekers on fraudulent promise of... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/efcc-arrests-woman-for-involvement-in-employment-scam-in-kaduna/

The approval was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, following the submission of the... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/gov-adeleke-approves-n75000-as-minimum-wage-for-osun-civil-servants/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has arraigned two members of a syndicate, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim for attempted fraud and... Photos & Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/abuja-court-arraign-2-for-attempted-fraud-impersonating-efcc-chairman-photo/

The police command in Kaduna have arrested five kidnappers, a spiritualist, and a notorious car thief, while also recovering a stolen Toyota Hilux vehicle, after raiding a criminal hideout in... Details & Photos Here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/kaduna-police-arrest-5-kidnappers-car-snatcher-spiritualist-recover-stolen-vehicle-other-items/

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA in Kano seized 709.979 kilograms of... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/ndlea-sieze-709-9kg-of-illicit-substances-arrest-129-in-kano/

Three persons have been killed and several others injured in a community in Akwa Ibom State after a truck lost control and r... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/truck-veers-into-into-shops-kills-three-injures-others-in-akwa-ibom/

Pastor Christian Duru, the Secretary of Imo State Artisan Association (ISARTA), is currently cooling off in the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) for defrauding the state government of the sum of N30 million over a... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/dss-remands-pastor-for-defrauding-imo-govt-n30m/

A recent review of Nigeria’s national debt for the second quarter of 2024, released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, shows that the average debt burden per Nigerian citizen has...Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/each-nigerian-owe-n619501-says-nbs-as-external-internal-debts-hit-n134-3trn/

Between July 2023 and September 2024, maintaining and operating Nigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet cost at least N19.43 billion.

This expenditure covers a variety of items, notably ‘Fo... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/how-fg-spent-n19bn-on-presidential-aircrafts-in-15-months/

A Kano State High Court, on Monday, November 11 ordered that one Mannir Ibrahim-Abdullahi, 43, be remanded in a... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/kano-court-remands-man-for-raping-minor-to-death/

About six people have lost their lives, with scores injured, after angry youths attacked Fulani res... Detail here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/6-killed-many-injured-in-reprisal-attack-on-kebbi-community/

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has confirmed the emergence of a new terrorist group, known as ‘Lukarawas,’ which has started... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/military-confirms-new-terrorist-group-lukarawas-operating-in-nigeria/

The immediate Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, who was arrested and has been held by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has now spent a second night in their custody.

Okowa is under...Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/ex-delta-gov-ifeanyi-okowa-spends-2nd-night-in-efcc-custody-over-n1-3trn-fraud/

The dollar soared and Bitcoin reached an all-time high on Wednesday, November 6 as investors anticipated a win for Donald Trump at...Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/dollar-soars-bitcoin-hits-record-high-as-investors-expect-trump-win-at-us-polls/

The Bauchi Police Command has disclosed that a two-year-old girl was raped to death in... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/2-year-old-raped-to-death-in-bauchi/

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 130 suspects comprising 113 foreign nationals (87 males and 26 females), primarily of Chinese and Malaysian origin, and their 17 Nigerian collaborators (4 males and 13 females) for their alleged involvement in...Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/police-arrest-124-foreign-nationals-17-nigerians-in-abuja-for-cybercrimes/

Invaders have again struck in Benue State killing six persons in an attack suspected to be...Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/herdsmen-attack-benue-community-kill-6-raze-down-houses/

Bandits have abducted at least 16 people in a recent attack on Bena village and surrounding... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/bandits-abduct-16-farmers-in-kebbi/

The Imo State Police Command reported a significant operational success in the fight against crime in Imo state on Tuesday, October 29.

According to a release signed by the command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, “operatives from the command’s Counter-Terrorism Unit repelled an attack by... Details here>>>
https://thestreetjournal.org/police-foil-ipob-attack-in-imo-kill-1-injure-several-others/