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[Premium Times] The summit will coincide with the International Day of the Girl Child, held globally on 11 October every year.

[Premium Times] The judge declared the nomination of Mr Akinlade as "irregular, null and void."

[Vanguard] Abuja -- A nonprofit organization, Save the Children International, SCI, Thursday, disclosed in a survey that 83 per cent of children in 15 countries experience climate change and inequality.

[Leadership] The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said troops of Operation Hadin Kai killed 19 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)/ Boko Haram terrorists and arrested 42 logistics suppliers while 418 terrorists surrendered to troops in two weeks.

[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will not relent until it recovers all the $5 billion stolen from Nigeria by the late General Sani Abacha and his family and stashed in western countries.

[Leadership] Former president Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said Nigeria cannot make any meaningful progress with the level of deep ethnic and religious division it is experiencing.

[Premium Times] The lawmakers took the controversial action after Mr Omehia parted ways with Governor Wike and began supporting Atiku.

[Vanguard] ... Insists on return to federalism

[Vanguard] The average fare paid by air passengers for a specified single route journey increased by N28,236 to N65,042, Year-on-Year, YoY, as at August 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said. This is a 77 per cent increase from N36,805 paid by passengers in the corresponding period of August 2021.

[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented that though his administration has recorded successes in the war against insecurity, challenges have evolved and assumed other dimensions in some areas, and instructed service chiefs to replicate the successes recorded in the fight against terrorism in the northeast in other parts of the country.

[Vanguard] ... NCAA yet to sanction airlines selling tickets in dollars

[Vanguard] The federal government, Thursday, disclosed that four states of the federation have not only reached the 70 percent target of fully vaccinated eligible population for COVID-19 but also have the highest number of fully vaccinated persons.

[Vanguard] No fewer than 30 people, mostly women and children, who were fleeing a terrorist attack in their community in Zamfara State, drowned on Wednesday when two canoes they were travelling in capsized.

[Premium Times] "You need energy, people and knowledge to become a better person. School won't give you the expertise you need".

[Premium Times] BHCPF is meeting the government's target of strengthening primary healthcare facilities for effective service delivery, but the efforts still look like a drop in the ocean.

[This Day] Making the World Trade Organisation (WTO) more responsive to the needs of people starts from listening to their views and concerns and contributing with concrete solutions to a sustainable and inclusive recovery, the Director General of the global trade body, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said yesterday.

[This Day] ValueJet has announced that it would open its booking portal and would start flight operations from Monday, October 10, 2022 with flights to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Asaba and Jos daily and plans to increase routes and frequency when its fourth and fifth aircraft arrive.

[This Day] Despite the outrageous fares that foreign airlines charge Nigerian passengers, coupled with the economic hardship in the country, Nigeria still records high outbound flights, THISDAY investigation has revealed.

[Premium Times] The terrorists and their collaborators were arrested in the North-east region in the last two weeks.

[Vanguard] The Super Eagles of Nigeria have slipped by one spot to be ranked 32nd in the world in the October world ranking by global football governing body FIFA.

[Premium Times] The remaining 23 victims of the Kaduna train attack were released on Wednesday.

[Premium Times] The show will be a fusion of Big Brother Naija and Big Brother Mzansi, the South African version of the show.

[Premium Times] The bank doubts that is possible, saying it is unlikely the world will meet the goal of ending extreme poverty in 2030.

[Premium Times] The Forcados terminal is operated by Shell. A spokesperson for the company could not be reached as the known phone line did not connect.

[The Conversation Africa] Babies should ideally weigh about 2,500g or more at birth. Birth weight is a vital indicator of foetal and neonatal health. If a newborn weighs less than 2,500g - because they are preterm or their growth in the womb was restricted for some reason - they are more at risk of death, disability and noncommunicable diseases.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Last weekend's seizure of US$100 million worth of cocaine described as the biggest bust in Liberia's history, is the latest in a long-line of recent smuggling operations which criminal gangs are using to transship drugs. FrontPageAfrica has now learned from documents in its possession that TRH Trading Corporation in whose name the container was sent, is a victim of a wider scheme.

[Premium Times] The North Africans' victory over Nigeria saw them rise four spots to 37th place.

[RFI] Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months.

[HRW] Reform of French Universal Jurisdiction Laws Needed

[Nigeria Health Watch] We got to Zenith Medical & Kidney Centre at 6:50am, and already, the place was beginning to fill up. Thankfully, we were early enough for my father to get connected to a dialysis machine before 7:30am. My mother and I found a parking space in the shade and tried to make ourselves comfortable. It was going to be a four hour wait, but before it was over, there would be a kilometre long line of cars; snaking from the gate of the Medical Centre, all the way to the junction. I'm used to the sight by now, bu