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NEWS HEADLINES-30 OCT 20

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 150 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 62,521. 

COVID-19: Nigeria’s economy too fragile for another lockdown - Buhari.  

Lekki Tollgate Report: Amnesty International doesn’t run this country - Presidency reacts. 

Buhari won’t order parallel probe into Lekki shooting, says Presidency. 

Lekki shootings: How troops moved to Tollgate - Amnesty Int’l. 

Buhari gives ministers one week to submit report on #EndSARS. 

FG begins nationwide distribution of 1m free meters in Kano,Kaduna Lagos. 

FG: Payment of new electricity tariffs resumes next week. 

FG announces 2 days total closure of Third Mainland Bridge. 

Nigerians seek end to killings as Muslims mark Eid-El Maulud. 

S’East Govs, leaders vow to resist killings. 

S’East floats EndSARS victims’ support fund. 

Senate queries Foreign Affairs Ministry for ‘spending N248m without approval’. 

WHO, US blocking Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as WTO DG.  

Okonjo-Iweala: We’ll continue to engage relevant stakeholders - FG. 

Tambuwal: Devaluation of Powers, solution to Nigeria’s challenges. 

Blank shells fired at Lekki protesters - Ex-Army Spokesman. 

Policemen killings: IGP begins Commands’ tour, Force admits cops’ morale low. 

BUSINESS

Talks still ongoing over Pan Ocean’s N240bn debt, AMCON clarifies. 

Rice millers to shutdown plants over looting. 

Looting: MAN seeks financial support for affected businesses. 

Labor unions, FG in epic battle over airport concession. 

Technology, innovation will galvanize N13trn livestock industry - NAIS. 

Banks in panic update of servers. 

#EndSARS: LCCI postpones 2020 Lagos Trade Fair. 

20 returnees, 120 others to participate in US Academy for women entrepreneurs. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Traditional worshippers berate Makinde for exclusion from peace meeting. 

Sanwo-Olu to launch reconstruction of Epe/Ibeju-Lekki Expressway. 

We left Lagos roads due to #EndSARS violence, says LASTMA Boss. 

#EndSARS protest: Lagos traffic officials to resume full operations. 

Lagos okays Nov 2 for reopening of schools. 

OPC pledges to help Osun recover loot in hiding. 

Protests: Fish out Hoodlums in 7 days - Umahi to Council Chairmen. 

Akwa Ibom shuts borders for LG Poll tomorrow. 

I’m not in politics for money but to serve, says Obaseki. 

Relocate or be treated like terrorists, Rivers CP tells IPOB. 

Oil well judgement won’t affect relationship with Bayelsa - Rivers. 

Eid-el Maulud: Nasarawa Speaker seeks prayers for end to national challenges. 

Bandits kill 30, abduct women, girls in Katsina. 

Many feared dead as bandits attack Zamfara village. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Lekki shootings: Untold story of survivors. 

TVC recounts station destruction, says 250 workers jobless. 

Yoruba groups’ meeting ends in disarray, members harass convened. 

Kalu mourns renowned Igbo musician Prince Chukwuemeka Maduka (Morocco).  

#EndSARS protest stripped Nigeria naked - Utomi. 

Most of our young people are high on drugs all the time - Lagos lawmaker, Alli-Macaulay. 

Bizzare: Hoodlums kill police inspector, cut off manhood in Ebonyi. 

My husband didn’t join #EndSARS protest, he was killed while coming from his shop by a policeman guarding a VIP - Ekiti widow. 

Sympathizers rescue 67-year-old man who jumped into Kwara River. 

#EndSARS: Hoodlums stole COVID-19 equipment. 

Hoodlums looted our office, stole PPEs, says WHO. 

Kidnapping: 6-year-old boy abducted, father killed, N3m demanded in Nasarawa. 

How 21 pupils, others die as school bus, trailer collide in Enugu. 

Many injured, 10 trucks razed as fuel tanker explodes in Lagos. 

Road users trapped in Owode, Mile 12 as truck falls sideways. 

Obaship tussle rocks Ondo community as hoodlums kidnap regent. 

Toke Makinwa tests positive for COVID-19. 

Reactions as Wizkid releases his “Made in Lagos” Album. 

INTERNATIONAL

Ivory Coast: Tempers, stakes run high for Saturday polls. 

Leaders slam ‘contempt’ for Islam amid row over Mohammed cartoons. 

World leaders condemn deadly stabbings in France. 

Armenia-backed militias destabilizing fragile Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh Region - Diplomat. 

First time voters in Florida favor climate, immigration. 

COVID-19 vaccine could be ready Dec - US disease expert. 

SPORTS

Udala FC of Anambra wins AIFL Season 4 playoffs to emerge champions. 

Ahmad Ahmad to seek second term as CAF Boss. 

NFF moved 2021 AFCON qualifier from Asaba to Benin on technical grounds. 

Thigh injury could sideline Neymar until international break. 

Jack Nicklaus receives backlash following statement on voting Trump. 

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