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NEWS HEADLINES-28 DEC 20

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 838 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 84,414. 

20 doctors’ death: NMA submits proposal to FG Jan, seeks prevention training. 

Nigerian Women Affairs Minister tests positive to COVID-19. 

COVID-19: Enforcement of new guidelines begins for UK, S/Africa passengers. 

Buhari’s invitation: Reps Spokesman silent over apology to President. 

National Assembly spends billions of Naira on Constitution Review. 

Lawan bags Igbo traditional title, preaches unity. 

Lawyers gave N9.4bn bribes to judges in 3 years - ICPC. 

How Bajowa saved me from being killed by Dimka in 1976 coup - Obasanjo. 

Nigeria no where close to a failed state, APC replies PDP. 

2023: Showdown in PDP as state chapters battle NWC. 

NDDC: IYC denies calls to sack Akwa, Akpabio. 

Why N’Delta needs peace - Sylva. 

How to realize Igbo presidency - Moghalu. 

Igbo group writes Buhari, seeks review of recent police promotions. 

FRSC moves to enforce speed limiter use, as speed related crashes worry Corps Marshal Oyeyemi. 

BUSINESS

FG records 17.3% shortfall in companies’ income tax. 

Airlines will pay $3,500/passenger for COVID-19 guidelines’ violation. 

CBN intervention, long term facilities lift May & Baker - CEO. 

Stock Market records new high as investors gain N299bn in one day. 

Equities halt losing trend, as 11Plc plans delisting. 

Dangote Cement’s proposed share buy-back propels equities market. 

SunTrust Bank boosts SMEs with N23.96bn loan. 

14 insurers to pay N9.7bn #EndSARS riot claims. 

PMI report indicates contraction in 70% of economic sub-sectors. 

ACROSS THE STATES

COVID-19: Lagos shuts popular Queens Park Event Centre, revokes Licence. 

Lagos seals 12 facilities, begins legal action against violators. 

Displaced traders count losses as Fire guts plank market in Lagos. 

COVID-19: Osun Govt band “cross over night” services. 

Ekiti reawakens youths with enterprise challenge. 

COVID-19: Edo State reactivates isolation, treatment centres. 

Oshiomhole can’t subvert people’s will through judiciary - Shaibu. 

All loans approval for Gov Diri, legitimate, for people - Bayelsa Assembly. 

Wike to re-impose COVID-19 lockdown in Rivers, January. 

Bazia added no value to Wike’s cabinet - Rivers. 

FRSC arrests 79 traffic offenders in Akwa Ibom. 

Euro debt controversy: Wike paid €40,000 loan taken by Bazia, says lender, Lesi Maol. 

2 feared dead during stampede in Otukpo music carnival. 

Gunmen kill 5 in Benue. 

Abducted village head killed in Niger. 

COVID-19: 22 patients in critical condition in Abuja as number rises. 

Gombe Gov mourns Kumo. 

Yuletide: Police warn against use of knockouts in Kano. 

Gunmen kill 2, kidnap 48 others in Katsina villages. 

10 die in Borno Boko Haram attack. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Amotekun ‘neutralizes leader of armed robbery gang, arrests others. 

Stray bullet from personnel of Operation Delta Hawk kills woman in Asaba.  

Man kills Kwara worshipper over Christmas banger on mosque premises. 

Police hold 85-year-old Osun man for allegedly impregnating girl, 12. 

Why traditional institution is in crisis, by cleric. 

Nigerians need someone like Peter Obi, clerics insist. 

Tinubu: Nobody can pay me for my opinion - Bakare. 

Nosa Obaseki: I want to break into Hollywood. 

Veteran Nigerian rapper Biglo is dead. 

My younger brother, Chico’s death a rude shock - Zeb Ejiro. 

Christmas Day deaths rock Nollywood. 

’Bobrisky’ to undergo gender transition surgery. 

I prefer money to love, sex - Ella Mensah. 

Barry Lopez, author who tied people to place, dies at 75. 

INTERNATIONAL

Ghana opposition party to petition against election results this week. 

Niger stages historic elections despite jihadist attacks. 

Central Africa votes in polls marred by violence. 

Uganda Electoral Body suspends campaigns in COVID-19 hotspot districts. 

Jordan detects 2 coronavirus variant cases - Minister. 

Saudi Arabia bans underage marriage. 

Chinese citizen journalist faces trial for Wuhan Virus reporting. 

Thousands without power, planes as Storm Bella lashes France. 

US surpasses 19 million COVID-19 cases - Johns Hopkins. 

Trump signs $900bn COVID Relief Bill. 

SPORTS

Nigeria’s Semi Ajayi scores to earn West Brom crucial draw against Liverpool. 

Onyekuru wants long-term transfer from Monaco. 

Ronaldo ‘knocks out’ 3 contenders to win Player of the Century Award. 

Messi extends Christmas holidays, misses final game of 2020. 

Liverpool stumbles as Allardyce’s West Brom snatch draw at Anfield. 


GOOD MORNING

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