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NEWS HEADLINES ~ 27 JAN 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria Records 1,267 New COVID-19 Infections, Toll Now 124,263

FG directs GL 12 employees, others to work from home till Febuary 28

Buhari admits COVID-19 exposed Nigeria’s technology deficit

Buhari orders NASENI to bridge COVID-19 research gap, others

Buhari Removes Service Chiefs, Appoints Replacements

Meet The New Service Chiefs: Who Are They, What Have They Done?

20 Generals may go as Buhari replaces service chiefs

Sack Of Service Chiefs At This Time, Great Impunity ― Southern, Middlebelt Leaders

Service Chiefs: Nwodo faults Buhari over non-inclusion of Igbo

Fulani herdsmen: Catholic bishops back S’West govs on regulation of activities

Oyo/Ondo crises: FG urges Nigerians to put unity, peace above all 

Orlu residents count losses from army, IPOB deadly clash

IPOB justifies clash with soldiers

Orlu crisis: ‘Ndigbo will blame Uzodimma for deaths’

Shooting in Abuja as police, Shi’ites clash

Niger Delta Group Urges Buhari To Stop Employment At NDDC During Forensic Audit

PIB: Oil Host Communities Want NDDC Scrapped

FG Extends Registration For Survival Fund For 29 States

President has abandoned Nigerians – PDP

1.4m Nigerians benefitted from cash transfer programme, says FG

Buhari orders finance ministry, FIRS to remit all NASENI funds

Minister pacifies NIMC workers, raises panel to address grievances

We’ve licensed telcos to provide NIN, says NIMC

NECO postpones GCE, reschedules papers missed during #End SARS

2020 SSSCE to begin February 8, says NECO

Court dismisses exam fraud charges against Adeleke’s co-accused

Court orders final forfeiture of ex-Gov. Yari’s money in 2 banks

Electoral Act: INEC chair, senators in final push to amend law

Clampdown on Peoples Gazette as telcos block access to news website

BUSINESS

CBN Retains 11.5% Interest Rate, Lifts Economy With N8.8tr In 1 Yr

High recurrent expenditure raises debt servicing challenges, says CBN

Banks’ credit to economy hit N25tn in 2020

IMF Projects 5.5% Global Economic Growth

N20trn shipping revenue hinges on cabotage law implementation

LCCI Sets Priorities For Gov’t In 2021

Gas industrial revolution as new normal for Nigeria beyond crude oil economy

Stock Market Records N259bn Gain

Flour Mills Records N5.65bn Profit

Food price watch: Ikg of tomato rises by 17.51% –NBS

Slash on imported vehicles’ duties begins next week – Customs

Customs intercepts pangolin scales, lions’ bones at Apapa Port

SON Seeks Policy To Repatriate Fake Goods

Route expansion: Air Peace launches multiple domestic routes, resumes suspended routes

Netherlands doles out €400,000 for controversial livestock project

Olam Wins Employer Of Choice Award

FG Tasks Engineers On Ending Fossil Fuel Dependence

ACROSS THE STATES

AEDC Alerts On Power Interruption In Parts Of Abuja

EFCC arrests 21 Yahoo boys in Rivers, Oyo

Hisbah Arrests ‘Organizers’ Of Sex Party In Bauchi

Kano Directs Boarding School Principals To Relocate To School Premises Or Get Sacked

Millions lost as fire razes 70 shops in Lagos

Sanwo-Olu begs Buhari for more slots as FG launches 774,000 ESPW jobs in Lagos

Hoodlums Set Sunday Igboho’s Residence On Fire – Police

Those Who Burnt My House Will Run Mad In 48 Hours – Igboho

Herdsmen have no alternative, must register, says Ondo

Fulani Herdsmen Storm Ekiti Forest Reserve, Destroy Multi-million Naira Maize Farm

No Sinner Will Go Unpunished, Produce Officers Who Killed Osun Policeman, CP Tells DSS

Kidnapped Edo Immigration PRO Regains Freedom

Ex-PDP chair’s widow, 13 travellers kidnapped in Kogi

13 Escape Death In Anambra Multiple Road Crashes

Three feared dead, four abducted in Abia, A’Ibom boundary clash

HUMAN ANGLE

Anambra Govt Cautions Prophet Who Asks Adults To Bathe Naked Inside River To Become Rich

Outrage as police sack single female cop for getting pregnant

Soldiers arrest kidnap suspect after collecting N1m ransom

Driver pursued by Lagos task force kills bricklayer

Court orders Adamawa suspected witches to heal three-year-old

Safe House rescues Niger girls, women

Funke Akindele’s ‘Omo Ghetto’ becomes highest grossing Nollywood movie

INTERNATIONAL

WhatsApp clears misinformation, reassures of account security

IMF raises concern over uneven COVID-19 vaccination, recovery

Merkel admits she has lost 'control' of crisis – devastating details leaked from meeting

Britain Passes a Grim Milestone of 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths

U.S. unveils air-quality monitors to track pollution in Lagos, Abuja

Uganda withdraws troops from opposition leader’s house

SPORTS

Los Angeles, fans remember Bryant one year after deadly crash

Court Throws Out Two-Year Suit Against NBBF

Joshua vs Fury: AJ to get first fight contract draft today

Chelsea appoint Thomas Tuchel as coach

Solskjaer Grateful For Backing From Manchester United Board

Saka shines as Arsenal beat Southampton, Ibrahimovic sees red in Milan derby

GOOD MORNING

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