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NEWS HEADLINES- 01 DEC 20

 NATIONAL

Nigeria Confirms 145 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 67,557

Avoid frivolous trips to vulnerable nations, PTF warns Nigerians

Transport sector workers to get N4.9b COVID-19 support from FG

END-OF-YEAR TRAVEL: NCDC urges Nigerians to limit non-essential domestic, international travels

FG warns against Christmas carol, tells Nigerians abroad to stay away

UN chief ‘strongly condemns’ Borno killings

Zabarmari Massacre: Buhari Orders Armed Forces To Take Fight To Insurgents

Northern Women Protest Borno Farmers’ Killings

Blame game as Borno buries victims of Boko Haram insurgency

Governors, senators, PSC, others seek rejig of security architecture

Governors meet to create new national security order

Villagers gave information to Boko Haram, says DHQ

3 Sentenced To Death For 2016 Kidnap Of Reverend Sisters

Ezekwesili seeks independent probe of Buhari’s mental, physical health

Amaechi reveals what is more important to Buhari’s govt than restructuring

Why Nigeria relapsed into recession, by SGF

FG waives N1.3trn in Import Duty, VAT

Survival Fund: FG launches Transporters Track Scheme for South-East, reveals beneficiaries of N30,000 grant

Tourism now major catalyst for economic growth ― Lai Mohammed

N400m Budget: Reps Place IAR&T On Status Inquiry

Rep calls for strengthening of Electoral Act, institutions

Over 100 Million Nigerians Have No Official Identity ― NIMC DG

FG Saves N53bn Contracts In Water Ministry

FG inaugurates committee on provision of health insurance for retirees, elderly

560,000 Nigerians living with HIV untreated

3.5m children of nomads are out of school, says Nomadic Education Commission

South, M’Belt leaders ask British lawmaker to prove graft claim against Gowon

Looting: UNICAL lost 1.3 billion to #EndSars protest – Sen Nwaogu

Ekanola Elected UI Acting VC

24,416 Students Jostle For Admission Into 110 Colleges

Nigerians Tackle Garba Shehu, Demand Apology

Abuja-Kaduna Train: E-Ticketing Ready Before Year End – NRC

Security agencies arrest Maina in Niger Republic

EFCC re-arraigns First Nation Airways MD/CEO

FG to Treat Fresh #EndSARS Protest as Attempt at Regime Change

BUSINESS

N32bn Judgment Debt: Innoson Urges Court to Restrain GTB from Transmuting into Private, Financial Holding Company

Italy Fines Apple $10m Over Water-Resistant iPhones

Nigeria’s oil rig count dips by 30% in one month

Naira at crossroads as illegal forex deals persist

Parallel Market Trades At N500 To One Dollar As CBN Adjusts Exchange Rate

CBN boosts dollar supply with new rules on domiciliary accounts, remittance

Beneficiaries Of Diaspora Remittances To Receive Payment In Dollars ―CBN

Investors told to harness agricultural potentials of Urhobo land

N69.4bn Unpaid Debt: Jimoh Ibrahim Tackles AMCON

ACROSS THE STATES

#EndSARS: List of states with judicial panels of inquiry

Zulum: let’s battle Boko Haram with mercenaries

Governors helpless on insecurity, says El-Rufai

2 Travellers, 2 Bandits Killed As Security Rescues 39 Victims In Kaduna

Demolition: 6,000 Traders To Lose Shops At Kaduna’s Unguwan Rimi Market

Bandits invade Katsina villages, kill 7 farmers

Kano Assembly okays Ganduje’s N20bn loan request

INSECURITY: Why Amotekun is ineffective in S-West — YCE, Afenifere, Agbekoya, others

‘Oyo to begin biometric capturing for Okada riders’

Ondo NULGE recounts on N357m illegal deductions

LASG begins clampdown on tank farm operators without license

Pirates hijack passenger boat in Rivers, kill one, abduct two

Wike keeps mum as vigilante chair says church explosion targeted at gov

Imo begins Okigwe-Owerri, Owerri-Orlu roads’ reconstruction for N55bn

Sacked Imo council chairmen vow to petition NJC over judgement

HUMAN ANGLE

Court martial convicts, demotes Major-General Adeniyi over leaked video

Lekki Shootings: Panel Lacks Power To Sanction Military – Army Lawyers

Wizkid wins 2020 BET Soul Train Awards [See the full list of winners]

Villagers kick as Ogun demolishes houses, shrines

How my wife was killed in police, commercial driver feud, by don

Taxi driver’s murder: Rivers family demands N100m compensation

INTERNATIONAL

Pirates Hijack Motor Vessel, Kidnap 4 Crew In Gulf Of Guinea

Canada asks citizens to avoid Nigeria over insecurity

Ghana poll: Akufo-Addo, Mahama to sign peace pact

Ethiopia declares military operation in Tigray over

Trump news: Wisconsin and Arizona last battlegrounds to certify results confirming Biden victory

Trump virus adviser quits as vaccine hopes given new boost

Biden picks Nigerian-born for Treasury job

UK to borrow £394b to increase doctors’ pay, tackle recession

SPORTS

Maradona’s Surgeon Responds Tearfully To Investigation Into Star’s Death

Maradona was unmanagable

Pinnick restates commitment to football development, reaffirms decision to stand down

Ibrahimovic reveals he considered retirement and explains how he's working to repair Milan's mentality

Chelsea unrelenting in pursuit of Chukwueze

We have missed Osimhen – Gattuso

GOODMORNING

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