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NEWS HEADLINES-22 FEB 21

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, others. 

BUSINESS

Expect to pay N195/liter for petrol, marketers tell Nigerians. 

NCAA lifts ban on Boeing 747 Max Aircraft. 

Exit from recession key indicator of ESP’s performance - Presidency. 

Interswitch launches platform to boost SME growth. 

We’re losing $362.5 annually to cowpea ban, NAQS DG laments. 

ASHON advocates measures to support commodities exchange. 

Core investors reject concession plan of Lagos Trade Fair Complex. 

Equities pricing: Earnings reports, dividend expectations to temper bearish sentiment. 

IMF, analysts split over growth forecast for Nigeria’s economy. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos deploys App to validate authenticity of COVID-19 PCR tests. 

No one can displace me in Osun APC - Aregbesola. 

Police arrest 3 herdsmen for arson, attempted murder in Ogun. 

Exiting appointees commend Akeredolu for not politicizing governance. 

Difficult terrain, funding, threaten APC registration exercise in Cross River. 

NILDS tasks Abia Assembly on financial autonomy. 

NBS: Abia now Nigeria’s third most preferred investment destination. 

Enugu Govt tasks parents on teaching, enforcing indigenous languages at home. 

Police arrest Okorocha over alleged forceful entry of into sealed property in Imo. 

Imo Govt sent thugs to attack me - Okorocha. 

Orlu: Residents deserting communities over military operations. 

Bandits raze Catholic Church, homes in Kaduna. 

Years after Zaria killings: Vicitms of Army, Shi’ite clash await compensation. 

Abductees of Govt Science College, Kagara regain freedom. 

Controversy surrounds Niger students, workers’ release, abducted travellers freed. 

Billiri chieftaincy tussle: Buhari condemns violence. 

Taraba stakeholders seek discovery of Lassa fever vaccine. 

TCN, Borno Govt to restore power supply in Maiduguri and environs. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Impersonation: Fake soldier bags 6 weeks jail term in Lagos. 

Death of my son won’t deter me from sending others to school, says father of slain Kagara boy. 

Guard electrocuted while plucking pawpaw in Lagos. 

Delta mortuary attendant nabbed over missing corpse of 58-year-old woman. 

Butcher shot dead by gunmen in Delta community. 

28-year-old man nabbed for killing 4 kids in Bauchi. 

Revenue touts assault policeman in Aba. 

I was never married, Google lies - Actress, Ejine Okoroafor. 

There’s a lot of money on Instagram - Happiness Adebayo. 

A lot of people don’t understand what real romance is  - Nadia Buari. 

INTERNATIONAL

Mine blast kills 7 Niger election officials. 

Fog delays delivery of Ebola vaccines for Guinea. 

WHO Chief calls on Tanzania to combat COVID. 

Libyan Interior Minister survives attack west of Tripoli. 

Pfizer jabs 95.8% effective against COVID - Israel Health Minister. 

Russia starts giving COVID vaccine to homeless. 

SPORTS

Oyo Govt backs Babate’s 5-a-side football tourney. 

Noble the hero as Enyimba beat Rivers United to advance. 

Osimhen rushed to hospital. 

Premier League: West Ham up to fourth as troubled Tottenham crash again. 

Sterling strikes early as leaders Man City sink Arsenal. 

Djokovic defeats Medvedev to win Australian Open. 


GOOD MORNING

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