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NATIONAL Nigeria records 240 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 155,657.  COVID-19: FG to vaccinate 109m Nigerians in 2 years.  COVID-19: Nigeria to take delivery of 3.92 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine.  Jangede abduction will be the last - Buhari.  Bishop Chukwuma hits Buhari for handling situation with kid gloves.  Rumbles in National Assembly over alleged lopsided promotions.  Ethnicity, religious biases fueling insecurity - National Assembly.  Don’t gloat over banditry, kidnappings, killings in the North - Fani-Kayode warns Southerners.  2023: Zoning presidency is undemocratic, says Gov Bello’s support group.  Agitators demand arrest of Gumi, Bauchi Gov over stance on banditry.  FRSC warns against reckless driving as Third Mainland Bridge opens.  NRC plans 16 trips along Lagos-Ibadan rail line.  There were plots to kidnap my children during consolidation- Soludo.  2020 admissions: Heads of tertiary institutions fix June 15 deadline.  EndSARS: Kingsley Moghalu advises Ni

NATIONAL Nigeria records 341 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 155,417.  COVID-19: Nigeria gets vaccine March 2  - SGF.  As Nigeria marks 1 year of index case, NCDC calls for continuous adherence.  Zamfara abduction: My son, Ganduje’s aide in security custody - Tanko Yakasai.  Fayose demands release of Ganduje’s aide arrested for asking Buhari to resign.   DSS confirms arrest of Salihu Tanko Yakasai.  Buhari owes Nigerians explanation for decay in National Security - CNG.  Third Mainland Bridge opens to traffic after 6 months closure.  Any state where children are kidnapped should shut down in protest - Soyinka.  APC registration: Ward leaders threaten suspension as Oyegun, Health Minister register.  Jangebe Girls: PDP tasks presidency to speak up on alleged complicity.  Kagara abduction: 4 bandits swapped with freed victims.  Kagara students: Bandits punished children of security operatives severely.  Fears over fuel scarcity as CSOs tackle labor unions.  Nnamdi Kanu fi

NATIONAL Nigeria records 600 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 155,076.  National unity: Buhari has performed beyond expectations, says DG APC Support Groups.  Zamfara kidnapping: Resign now or deal decisively with terrorists, bandits - Ganduje’s aide tells Buhari, Govs.  Zamfara abduction: We won’t succumb to blackmail by bandits, says Buhari.  They shouldn’t mistake our restraint as weakness or sign of fear - Buhari.  ‘Your words mean nothing’ - Aisha Yesufu slams Buhari.  Miyetti Allah’s bombshell: Herdsmen carrying guns on social media are photoshopped.  South East bipartisan meeting of APC, PDP, APGA, others holds on March 7.  Full academic activities to resume in Federal Universities as NASU, SSANU end strike.  We’re under siege, war is imminent - S’West farmers.  Insecurity: Anybody blaming APC is Nigeria’s enemy - Sen Nwogu.  Come for me after arresting bandits terrorizing the country, Igboho tells FG.  No attempt to arrest Igboho - DSS. Insecurity: Violence kill

NATIONAL Nigeria records 634 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 154,476.  Year after COVID-19 case, Nigeria tests 1% of population.  COVID-19: FG to present supplementary budget for vaccination.  Ooni unveils COVID-19 herbal drugs.  Ministry to present draft National Policy on 5G Network at FEC.  FG declares readiness to deploy 5G network.  Nigeria to disconnect Niger, Benin over N2.60bn electricity debt.  National Security: NSA warns against 5G network, expresses national security concerns. Buhari vows to deal with bandits, warns against ethnic profiling.  Buhari meets Malami, new EFCC boss.  Osinbajo to lead discussions at Banks’ CEOs Summit on Economic Growth tomorrow.  FG maps out 30 grazing reserves for NLTP Project Implementation.  FG plans tolling on 12 highways.  We’re committed to buying, promoting Made in Nigeria vehicles - FG.  Fani-Kayode: Focus on governance, leave opposition members alone, Secondus warns APC.  Differential wage bill: Oyo, Delta, Gombe, other

NATIONAL Nigeria records 655 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 153,842.  Insecurity: Reps reject motion to allow citizens carry arms.  My detention experience taught me great lesson - Metu, ex-PDP spokesman.  Nigerians to have access to information on EFCC operations - Abdulrasheed Bawa.  Deregistration: Court dismisses African People’s Alliance suit against INEC.  Atiku’s daughter, Fatima, denies revalidating APC membership.  Uzodinma now Igbo saboteur - MASSOB.  Ex-Service chiefs’ confirmation as ambassadors offends Nigerians - Wike.  Trial of 5,000 Boko Haram suspects begins soon - FG.  NLC shuts down CAC amidst resistance from TUC.  CAC says protest illegal as NLC grounds operations.  Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) advocates improvised empowerment model for ex-militants.  Saraki Peace Committee plans to meet S’West PDP next week.  Osibogun urges S’West Govs to stop killer-herdsmen incursion into Yorubaland.  Niger Delta militants return, vow to destroy all infr

NATIONAL Nigeria records 571 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 153,187.  COVID-19 variant: Experts seek mass testing to prevent spread.  1 in 5 persons infected with COVID-19 in Lagos, 2 others - Survey.  Records show global decline in COVID-19 cases - PTF.  Constant use of earphone damages the ears - Experts.  Buhari restates commitment to lift 100m out of poverty.  Cyber terrorists causing anxiety in Nigeria - Buhari.  Senate confirms Buratai, Olanisakin, others as non-career ambassadors.  Confirmation of Nigeria’s ex-Service Chiefs: Ambassadorial portfolio insufficient to stop ICC investigation.  Reps okay bill to remove minimum wage from exclusive list.  We shall fight criminality with every legal means - S’West Govs.  Quit notice: MACBAN moves to stop cattle sales to south, threaten to sue Ortom.  Nigeria’s collapse imminentl, Catholic bishops warn.  NGF considers talks with bandits, others.  Repair of Enugu-PH Expressway to be completed July 2021 - Fashola.  Fani-K

NATIONAL Nigeria records 542 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 152,616.  New COVID-19 variant discovered in Nigeria, 15 countries.  Fake COVID-19 vaccines in circulation - FG.  Nigeria won’t purchase vaccines from private organizations, says FG.  Dodo resumes duty as Buhari’s ADC as Abubakar bows out.  FG knows hideouts of killer-herdsmen, bandits - Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.  PDP flays Buhari’s Govt for pushing Nigeria into failed state.  PDP mocks APC over extension of membership registration.  S’East Govs wade into Uzodinma, Okorocha feud.  FG: Govs to have final say on petrol price hike, meet Thursday.  Labor seeks openness in determining fuel price template.   2023: Nobody can match candidature of Tinubu - Ogun monarchs.  UNILAG records 95% success in non-physical PUTME.  NAFDAC to shutdown packaged water factories endangering health of Nigerians.  Isa Yuguda: Fulani are being treated unfairly in Nigeria.   Court grants Fayose leave to travel abroad.  Aregbesola should acce

NATIONAL Nigeria records 521 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 152,074.  68 civil society groups blame Buhari over insecurity.  Nigerians have shed enough blood, says Buhari.  President has failed - PDP.  NAF aircraft crash: Eyewitnesses narrate pilots heroics.  How NAF plane crashed 4 mins after takeoff.  NAF releases names of 7 officers involved in Air Accident of Knigfly Aircraft.  Crashed NAF aircraft scheduled to conduct surveillance over abducted Kagara students/teachers.  Kagara: SERAP asks Buhari to probe, recover ‘billions missing from UBEC, SUBEBs’.  Beware of APC members dancing on Ige’s grave - Aregbesola.  Court orders suspension of AKK gas pipeline project.  Inadequate polling units may mar elections, says INEC.  Double standards: Northerners in charge at NEDC, N/Deltans not fully in charge at NDDC - Sen Ekpenyong.  Cleric blames insecurity on Govs’ helplessness, seeks state police, restructuring.  COAS gives troops 48 hours ultimatum to recover Marte, othe