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NEWS HEADLINES-01 FEB 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 685 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 131,242. 

NMA calls for full enforcement of FG’s COVID-19 law. 

COVID-19: Why Pfizer vaccine is delayed - FG.

States fail to make vaccine plans, FG blames politics for delay. 

MTN partners AU on COVID-19 vaccination, donates $25m. 

Wear face masks or risk lockdown, FG warns Nigerians. 

Experts, nurses differ as presidency warns of fresh lockdown. 

Why Nigeria should favor healthcare over COVID-19 vaccine. 

Invest in R&D to stop over-dependence on US, Europe for COVID-19 vaccines, NMA tasks FG. 

N4.4bn NASS funds probe: Direct your grievances to appropriate C’ttee, Senate replies SERAP. 

FG reopens Third Mainland Bridge ahead of schedule. 

Third Mainland Bridge remains closed till Monday night. 

FG faults global graft ranking, insists crusade on course. 

Afenifere, Ohaneze, M’Belt back Ganduje. 

100,000 clerics mobilize for interfaith prayer and fasting. 

Ohaneze factions lock horns over National Secretariat. 

PDP accuses Buhari of violating COVID-19 protocols. 

Group urges EFCC, ICPC to probe Yari over alleged N290bn fraud. 

Nigeria in leadership deficit says Obasanjo. 

Why I presented Yar’Adua for Presidential Election despite his kidney transplant- Obasanjo. 

Yorubas in diaspora declare support for S’West security arrangement. 

Chief of Defence Staff debunks news of release of Chibok girls in Borno. 

Insurgency: Zulum assures Service Chiefs of support. 

New Service Chiefs arrive Maiduguri to tackle insurgency. 

As IGP Adamu retires today: Buhari to appoint new police boss. 

Buhari fails to summon Police Council Meeting, IGP tenure ends today. 

BUSINESS

Entrepreneur, 4 staff benefit from FG MSME survival fund. 

Equalization deal will deepen gas utilization in Nigeria - IPMAN President. 

Investment houses warn on bullish run, say it’s not sustainable. 

Zenith bank emerges Nigeria’s most valuable banking brand. 

How infrastructure concessions yielded N2.4bn in 8 months. 

Financial Act (2020): Fallacies in FIRS’ new powers over SMEs. 

NIMASA assures Turkish Ambassador over kidnapped seafarers. 

Naira gains as external reserves rise $1.11bn in Jan. 

Naira may weakens to 470 in 2021- Rewane. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Wear face mask or go to jail for 6 months, Sanwo-Olu warns Lagosians. 

COVID-19: Lagos Govt approves N200m to support FG’s treatment centres. 

Lagos threatens action against event centres, other COVID-19 protocol violators. 

PDP members, others to join APC in Lagos - Official. 

COVID-19: Gov Oyetola appeals to residents to adhere to protocols. 

Lanlehin, Makinde trade words over insecurity in Oyo. 

Ondo APC not in crisis or factionalized over membership registration. 

Fayemi mourns death of Ekiti Assembly member, Juwa Adegbuyi. 

Fresh registration: Petroleum Minister, Sylva revalidates, mobilizes Bayelsans for APC. 

LEPSA commiserates with Okowa over his father’s death. 

Okowa shifts project commissioning due to House Leader, father’s death. 

Udom charges communities to treasure intervention in industries. 

Orlu: EUC gives Govt 1 month ultimatum to set up judicial panel. 

Registration: Former PDP lawmaker, 500 others defect to APC in Enugu. 

Ganduje calls for ban on cattle movement from North to South. 

COVID-19: Japan, UNDP, SDGs empower 2,320 people in Kano. 

Sokoto families recount ordeal caused by water contamination. 

Insurgents kill 2 policemen, 1 CJTF member in Borno. 

Zulum appoints new Shehu of Dikwa. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Labor mourns Didi Adodo. 

Police arrest 9 land-grabbers in Ogun. 

Gunmen kill POS operator in Aba. 

NPF driver arrested in Osun with Lagos stolen car. 

Herdsmen brutality: I slept on floor for 6 days, LCDA boss recalls kidnapping experience. 

Kidnappers kept me in cave, gave N10,000 for slippers - Niger victim. 

Family of slain Imo lecturer blames Air Force, seeks justice. 

Herdsmen are vacating Ondo forests, but leaving on their paths trails of destruction, blood and tears. 

Police arrest 7 suspects for multiple abduction, child pornography. 

I derived my brand name, ’Datjoblessboi’ from insults. 

Singer/Actress, Yinka Davies loses son. 

Nigerian short film, ’Lizard’ unveils for 2021 Sundance Film Festival. 

INTERNATIONAL

COVID-19: WHO experts probe ground-zero China Market. 

Transparency International: 2020 has shown corruption can kill people. 

Kenyan public debt surges by $11.8bn in 2020. 

Biden, US Democrats unveil plan to more than double minimum wage. 

SPORTS

Adegoke sets world-leading time at AFN all comers. 

Semi Ajayi: I always planned to play for Nigeria. 

Goal scoring machine, Onuachu impresses Klopp. 

‘Sad’ Spurs stunned as Trossard boosts Brighton. 

Salah ends goal draught as Liverpool beat West Ham. 

Albania’s first female boxer punches past the patriarchy. 

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