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NEWS HEADLINES-30 SEP 20

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 187 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 58,647. 

Schools reopening: COVID-19 cases may rise - FG. 

80 passengers tested positive 7 days after arrival - PTF. 

Nigeria declares Thursday public holiday for independence. 

Buhari to present 2021 budget next week. 

Buhari seeks approval to reimburse 5 states N148bn. 

Buhari asks Senate to confirm 8 nominees as Supreme Court Justices. 

Buhari commissions Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri Rail to link Abuja. 

FG moves to stop hoodlums from looting aircraft crash sites. 

Magu’s lawyers planting false publications against Panel - Salami. 

Humanitarian Ministry denies diverting N2.72bn school feeding fund. 

Boko Haram will soon be history, says Buni. 

Governance: It has never been this bad, says CAN. 

CAN tables 10-Point demand, says lopsided appointments generating tension. 

P&ID: London court orders release of $200m to FG. 

Malami hails court order releasing $200m P&ID legal fee to Nigeria. 

FG rewards Nigeria @60 creative contest winners. 

2020 budget further endangered as Govt suffers $14 billion revenue loss. 

NERC suspends electric tariff hike for 14 days. 

Reps in shouting match as Speaker withdraws National Water Resources Bill. 

Gbajabiamila directs re-gazetting of Water Bill for House reconsideration. 

COVID-19 stalled passage of 713 bills - Gbajabiamila. 

2023: Yoruba group drums support for Igbo Presidency. 

Judge urges counsel to prepare for speedy trial of El-Zakzaky. 

Falana-led coalition lists 12 demands, writes Buhari to implement them or it will continue to support the strikes and protests by downtrodden Nigerians. 

12,000 NDDC projects abandoned - Akpabio. 

Boko Haram: Air Task Force kills scores of terrorists in latest strikes in Borno. 

BUSINESS

Insurance leaders should be flexible - Experts. 

Solid minerals export earnings dip by 80% to $3.16bn in 6 months. 

NNPC to grow Nigeria’s has utilization. 

Why we are diversifying energy supply - FG. 

PoS, mobile transactions decline. As experts blame banks. 

ACROSS THE STATES

All we seek is justice for slain colleague - C’River PDP youth. 

Edo: PDP Govs Pay unscheduled visit to Oba Ewuare II. 

Shun godfatherism, don’t control Obaseki, Ewuare tells PDP. 

Delta LG Polls: Burutu will function without FG allocation under me - Forteta. 

Uduaghan came alone, left alone says Delta APC. 

Diri wrong seeking payment for Soku wells money to Bayelsa- Wike. 

Osun deputy chief of staff charged with $120,000 fraud. 

Ondo 2020: Political violence erupts in Ondo, 10 injured. 

$2.2bn 4th Mainland Bridge: Lagos begins EIA of Project, engages stakeholders. 

Sanwo-Olu gets AfriSAFE Award nomination for COVID-19 response. 

Olorogun breaks record as first female mace bearer in Lagos Assembly. 

Women protest herdsmen destruction of farms in Ebonyi. 

Kwara budgets N135m as COVID-19 palliative for private schools. 

Singer, Yala resigns appointment as SA to Kaduna Speaker. 

Troops kill 2 bandits, arrest 3, recover arms in Kaduna. 

Katsina Govt reopens schools Oct 5 - Govt. 

HUMAN ANGLE

2 dead as unknown assailants attack Fulani herdsmen’s camp in Ebonyi. 

4 persons drown while fleeing flood in Delta. 

Malaysia returnee shot dead in Abia. 

Fraud: Ex-banker jailed 98 years, to return N49m, $368,000. 

Man ‘arrests’ Nsukka deity for making his business fail. 

Worshippers flee as hoodlums attack Akwa Ibom church, shoot one. 

Suspected cultists kill Delta girl, remove vital organs. 

Late Dagrin’s former Manager, Olamus slumps and dies. 

Burna Boy shades Sowore over Fela, says politicians are all the same. 

N20m at stake as Tuface, Sound Sultan unite for Naija Hood Rep. 

BBNaija: Lagos Govt awaits Laycon to pay tax in 2021. 

Lagos, Ogun demand tax from Laycon after BBNaija win. 

Ghanaian Actress, Jackie Appiah, reacts to getting pregnant for Liberian President, George Weah. 

‘I am a woman’ singer Helen Reddy dies aged 78. 

INTERNATIONAL

New research says liquid water might exist in Mars. 

A new energy source: Electro-Centric Energy. 

WHO to probe ‘sex abuse’ by aid staff in DR Congo. 

S’African Airways operations suspended. 

Trump, Biden meet in bitter first debate. 

SPORTS

Odogbolu Monarch wants Israel Adesanya’s next fight in Nigeria. 

253 golfers set for IGC Captain, Lady Capt’s day tourney. 

After 81 years, Africa to host World Table Tennis Championship. 

Insua tips Reds to maintain dominance after Thiago arrival. 

Liverpool have set the standard Arsenal have to reach - Arteta. 

Serena digs deep to find way past Ahn into second round. 

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