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NEWS HEADLINES-25 AUG 20

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 321 new cases of Coronavirus, total confirmed cases now 52,548. 

COVID-19: Our fatality case on decline, FG says as figure reaches 1,000. 

International flights resumption: Lift COVID-19 patient, pay $3,500 fine - FG. 

International travellers who evade Nigerian tests face travel ban - PTF. 

No infrastructure for COVID-19 testing at Airports - NCAA. 

FG to strengthen pre-boarding testing against COVID-19 transmission. 

Air travel won’t improve till 2022 - Minister. 

COVID-19: No date for full resumption of schools. 

Nigeria gets polio free certificates. 

FG to commence virtual NEC meeting. 

Katsina, Bayelsa, 3 others insolvent - FG. 

Obasanjo, Tambuwal’s Meeting steers PDP. 

Nigeria will emerge largest producer of Avocado by 2030 - Obasanjo. 

Speculations of running for vice-President is baseless, says Dogara. 

I’ll make public my choice presidential candidate in 2021 - Ngige, Labour Minister. 

Buni reconciles Sylva, Amaechi.  

Why Mailafia did not honor police investigation- Legal team. 

EFCC Probe: I never conspired to witch-hunt Magu - Malami. 

UNILAG Senate elects Prof Ogunsola Acting VC. 

Why FG should dump water bill, by AUPCTRE, CAPPA. 

Stop blaming Buhari for hardship, high cost of food items - Badaru. 

Minister defends New NBC Code, says ‘in best interest of country’. 

Senate spits fire, flays NTA-Startimes’ ‘unfruitful’ partnership of 12 years. 

$500m Chinese loan already approved, probe unnecessary - Reps. 

Northern Govs salute Sultan at 64. 

Anger in S’East over Enugu massacre. 

No meeting in Enugu for now, we will retaliate - IPOB. 

IPOB, Police Clash: Why didn’t police invite army, Air Force over killer-herdsmen, Ohaneze scribe asks. 

BUSINESS

Nigeria’s economy records worse decline in 10 years. 

6.1% shrinking of economy: FG won’t be able to service debts, fund budget - MAN, others. 

Coca-Cola builds plastic recycling hubs to promote economic inclusion. 

Sterling launches Energy Package for Homes, firms. 

Banks, TelCos defy recession as COVID-19 pandemic lingers. 

C&I leasing plans N10bn Bond Issue, to boost presence in digital space. 

Stock Market defies negative GDP, appreciates 0.03%. 

Border closure: Nigeria loses N460bn to petrol smuggling in 1 year. 

Afrimaxbank financial performance in first half of 2020 pleasing - Oramah. 

DAAR Communications records 36% loss reduction. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Edo Gov Poll: APC petitions CJ over suit to disqualify Ize-Iyamu. 

Judge handling suits against Ize-Iyamu’s candidacy linked with Wike - APC. 

Ize-Iyamu’s simple agenda created by Oshiomhole, cannot solve economic problems - Orbin. 

Edo Assembly invasion: Court orders suspects to be remanded. 

8 years after, former Rivers Assembly leader apologizes to fellow lawmaker he almost killed. 

Lagos Health Commissioner, Abayomi, tests positive for COVID-19, isolates at home. 

Lagos to shut Ketu-Mile 12 section of Ikorodu. 

Crisis brews in Ogun community over Monarch’s installation - Ipokia ruling house. 

Katsina poultry farmers lose N216m to theft, banditry. 

Bandits invade Kaduna village, kill one, abduct teachers, students, set church on fire. 

Sultan meets El-Rufai over S’Kaduna killings. 

COVID-19 protocol violation: Over 21,000 sent for community service in FCT - NCOS CG. 

FCTA demolishes 50 illegal shops in Kpadna community. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Oyo suspected serial killer narrates how he escaped from police custody. 

Woman dumped in septic tank by traffickers, struggles for survival. 

Police arrest suspected Aiye Cult members over planned attack. 

Suspected serial killer hacks Ogun community leader to death. 

Enugu Monarch arraigned for falsely calling self engineer. 

Fake kidnap: 20-year old Ekiti Lady, accomplice get community service sentence. 

Smugglers kill newly wedded Customs Officer in Oyo. 

Meet Töme, Nigerian French-Canadian singer shooting for the stars. 

How SB Live set social media on fire with music. 

Amitabh Bachchan resumes filming after recovering from Coronavirus. 

INTERNATIONAL

Deaths from Coronavirus across globe top 800,000. 

Mali: Junta set to free Kaita, offer 3-year transitional rule. 

Sudan ready to work with international criminal court on war crimes. 

Serbia turns brandy into hospital disinfectant. 

Jacob Blake: Shooting of black man by Wisconsin Police condemned by Joe Biden as Civil unrest grows

TikTok files lawsuit over ban ordered by US President Trump

AfDB: Nigeria increases its shares ahead of Adesina's re-election

China says it's been vaccinating doctors and border workers since July

SPORTS

PayTV’s acquisition of La Liga rights excites Nigerians. 

Yes, there was bribe-taking in Eagles, Chidi Nwanu explodes. 

Israel Adesanya not fazed by Paulo Costa’s challenge. 

PSG star, Neymar reflects on Champions League defeat. 

Liverpool clears air on Coutinho’s Barcelona Champions League ‘clause’. 

Barcelona to pay Liverpool £4.5m for Coutinho’s Champions League win. 

Djokovic shrugs off injury to win NY opener. 

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