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NEWS HEADLINES~31 JAN 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 1,883 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 130,557. 

COVID-19 vaccine: Nigeria’s procurement suffers setback over budget delay. 

School resumption: Anxiety in states over COVID-19 spike. 

2021 Budget: We’ve nothing to hide, our books will always be open - Buhari. 

Elites not interested in rating, but harassing my Govt - Buhari. 

Buhari gets new ADC. 

Anger as 10 APC Govs accompany Buhari to Daura for APC registration. 

Buhari urges bottom-up structure for APC. 

APC: No more endorsement of candidates from Abuja - Buhari. 

APC registration: Buhari revalidates membership in Daura. 

APC registration exercise: Omo-Agege, Emerhor mobilize members in Delta. 

Constitution review: Judicial reforms, gender issues, ballot, others to top agenda - Omo-Agege. 

Lekki shootings: We treated gunshot victims, others for days, says Reddington surgeon. 

Ex-Speaker, Dogara buries father-in-law in Bauchi. 

Strict adherence to safety protocols can keep schools safe - Experts. 

Nigeria can’t work, Tony Momoh roars in support of restructuring. 

Jostle for 2023 heightening ethnic tension, says APC Govs forum DG. 

Declare killer herdsmen terrorists now, Onitiri urges Buhari. 

Ekiti model can end farmers/herders conflict - Miyetti Allah scribe. 

Service Chiefs: Nwodo scorns Buhari over non-inclusion of Igbo. 

Consolidate on predecessors’ efforts, HURIWA tells new Service Chiefs. 

Soldiers speak from battlefield. 

Army thwarts Boko Haram attack on Borno community. 

Ambush: Troops kill Boko Haram commanders. 

Army/herdsmen connivance: Soldiers force victims to retract torture accusation. 

Insurgents kill soldiers, abduct 2 female cops in Borno - Report. 

Uncertainty as IGP Adamu retires tomorrow. 

Drug haul as NDLEA seizes N30bn cocaine at Lagos Airport. 

NDLEA seizes N28bn cocaine from hairstylist, others at Lagos Airport. 

BUSINESS

Tobacco control: CAPPA launches TakeApart Nigeria report. 

NSE emerges Africa’s best performing stock exchange in January. 

Nigeria must invest $2bn yearly in research to spur economic growth - Bogoro. 

COVID-19: Another lockdown’ll wound Nigeria - CBN. 

$670m Brass Methanol Plant to create 35,000 jobs: FG. 

COVID-19: UAE bans transit flights from carrying Nigerians to Dubai. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Tuition fee hike: LASU students reject Sanwo-Olu’s gesture, want reversal to N25,000. 

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos near 48,000. 

Badagry: Day Sanwo-Olu brought relief to residents. 

Motorists lament closure of Airport link bridge. 

Fulani herders attack 2 as tension mounts in Ibarapa. 

Oyo crisis: Farmers flee as herdsmen allegedly attack Igangan again. 

OGSG, NCAM commence SAWAH Eco-Technology dry season rice harvest. 

Ekiti PDP: Olujimi loyalists vow to challenge Fayose’s group Appeal Court win at Supreme Court. 

3 victims of Port Harcourt gas plant fire dead. 

Rivers LG Polls: Abe’s faction holds primaries. 

Ugwuanyi constitutes Water Corporation Board. 

Benue arrests father, son for cattle rustling. 

COVID-19: Niger to make wearing of face masks compulsory. 

Kaduna secondary schools resume Feb 1. 

Kidnapped Taraba youths rescued. 

63 ATBU students win FG scholarship. 

Agency apprehends 16,904.31kg drug, arrests 544 suspects in Borno. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Gunmen kidnap 21 travellers along Kaduna-Kachia Road. 

I slept with my daughter just once - Father. 

Why you should never let your husband take you for granted. 

Women know all men are obsessed with size. 

Why I’m still single - Chinenye Uyanna, actress.  

Ladies, life is beyond sex and catfish pepper soup - Eva Chris. 

How I contracted COVID-19 from my kids - Victoria Inyama. 

Lagos DJ, Babus dies of COVID-19 complications. 

COVID-19: MultiChoice big price relief for customers. 

Woman shows off baby with step-son after affair with him. 

T.I and wife Tiny, “Emphatically Deny” sexual abuse allegations. 

French police break up orgy involving 100 people after breaching COVID-19 rules. 

INTERNATIONAL

Thousands flee violence in Central Africa Republic. 

S’Africa police seize haul of ‘miracle’ anti-COVID drug. 

COVID-19: Egypt to receive first AstraZeneca vaccines. 

Travellers reach Germany from mutated virus areas despite entry ban. 

Hundreds stage new anti-Govt protest in Tunisia. 

SPORTS

Semi Ajayi: I always planned to play for Nigeria. 

Rohr owed 5 months salary, Alloy Agu yet to receive pay in 22 months. 

Impatient, fast: That’s Super Eagles’ style, nothing else will work - Sylvanus Okpala. 

Ahmed returns as CAF President after court ruling. 

Goal scoring machine Onuachu impresses Klopp. 

Man United stumble again in Arsenal stalemate. 

WBA,IBF, WBO, WBC unification fight: Joshua either stops Fury early or is knocked out - Oboh. 


GOOD MORNING

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