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NEWS HEADLINES~30 JAN 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 1,114 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 128,674. 

Coronavirus kills 193 Nigerians in 20 days. 

COVID-19 regulations: Most Nigerians unaware of existing law. 

Police assures strict enforcement  of COVID-19 regulations.  

COVID-19: We have confidence in Buhari- Sultan of Sokoto, Muslim clerics. 

Buhari writes Senate, seeks confirmation of Service Chiefs. 

Senate says won’t cut short recess to confirm Service Chiefs. 

FG’s failure to license Amotekun to bear arms, illegal - Falana. 

Northern Govs hail Buhari on appointment of Service Chiefs. 

Court vacates order releasing Zeenat Zakzaky for COVID-19 treatment. 

FG mulls lockdown of Lagos, Abuja, others over rise in COVID-19 infections. 

Govs must build Ruga for Fulani herdsmen in their states for peace to reign - Prof Usman Yusuf. 

How Obasanjo truncated Tinubu’s ambition to become Buhari’s VP - Oyinlola. 

Parent of Chibok missing girls confirms daughter among escapees from Boko Haram captivity. 

FG distributes 20,000 each to 8,000 women in Lagos. 

Sadiya distributes N160m to 8,000 Lagos rural women. 

UK schools receive £30m illicit funds, mostly from Nigeria - Report. 

Buhari departs Abuja to participate in APC registration exercise in Daura. 

Buhari in Daura for 4-day official visit. 

Quest for power, money behind rising ethnic/religious tension - Presidency. 

Fight at Reps’ PIB Public Hearing: House’ll arrest offenders - Spokesman. 

2023: Group to buy nomination form for Yahaya Bello. 

Buratai reduced army to Hausa-Fulani caucus, 142 Northerners out of 210 promoted - Intersociety. 

I left Nigerian Army better than I met it - Buratai. 

Insurgency warfare new to Nigerian Army - Buratai. 

Military took back captured territories from Boko Haram under me, says Olanisakin. 

Irabor, new CDS assumes office, vows to improve security situation in the country soonest. 

Criminals have taken over our forests. 

BUSINESS

FG begins N4bn Kano Solar Project. 

5 million users to benefit from firm’s e-commerce App. 

Dutch court rules shell liable for Niger Delta oil oil spills. 

Chevron reports annual loss of $5.5bn on lower oil prices. 

Total issues N15bn commercial paper. 

AfCFTA: FG pushes ECOWAS brown card scheme. 

Bitcoin gains over $6,000 aided by Elon Musk’s Twitter bio update. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Apapa/ Oshodi Gridlock: Area ‘B’ Command policemen abandon, LASTMA abandon duty post, as commuters suffer. 

You goofed comparing ‘agberos’ with doctors, ex-Communications Minister tells Lagos Dep Gov. 

Angry youths attack Ondo commissioner, disrupt meeting on registration of APC members. 

Quit notice: Uneasy calm in Ibarapa. 

Diri constitutes committee on NDU ASUU, HIJAC demands. 

PDP heads to tribunal over Imo North by-election result. 

November Gov’ship election, opportunity to prove Anambra as PDP State - Okeke. 

Kwara farmers express concern over indiscriminate bush burning. 

Bandits kill 12 locals, burn houses in Kaduna Fulani village. 

Kebbi: Kidnappers, rapists get death sentence. 

Gombe still applying Bauchi State laws 25 years after creation.  

Boko Haram attacks Dikwa town in Borno. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Court rejects bail for father who allegedly raped daughter in Osun. 

Court remands man, 44 over alleged rape of 14-year-old girl. 

Kidnappers shot the man I met in their den to show me they could kill - Akinbami, Ekiti Oil Magnate. 

It’s ‘spiritual 419’ for my pastor lover to dump me - Adamawa Lady. 

Why I started acting like a woman - Zicsaloma. 

Amotekun Commander, Ibadan Poly lecturer, 3 others die in road crashes. 

Bandits raid POS, kill cashier in Aba. 

Photographer posing as Customs officer defrauded me of N1.9m - Woman tells court. 

Nnamdi Kanu is grossly misunderstood - Yule Edochie. 

Real reason Folorunso Alakija lost Forbes’ rating. 

DK Regan plans to impress with new EP. 

Hosting events across Europe has helped my career - MC Fantasy. 

Woman delays thief with oral sex, allowing police to catch him. 

Cicely Tyson dies at 96, Tyler Perry calls her grandmother he never had. 

INTERNATIONAL

COVID-19: Worldwide infections now 101.5m. 

First ever Arab fashion week for men kicks off virtually. 

China to ‘no longer recognize’ UK-issued passport for Hong Kongers. 

S’Carolina detects first US cases of South African coronavirus variant. 

Hospital fire kills 4 COVID-19 patients in Romania. 

SPORTS

Edo athletes in dilemma over camping for sports festival. 

Work resumes at Uyo township stadium after suspension. 

Premier League to trial concussion subs from Feb. 

Arsenal may parade ‘new boy’ Odegaard against Man Utd. 

Guardiola says tactical switch powered Man City to top of premier league. 

New Castle’s Joelinton faces club discipline over virus breach. 


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