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NEWS HEADLINES-25 FEB 21

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 infrastructure in Lagos, Abuja. 

Northern groups dissociate from Gumi’s comment on military. 

Arewa elders hit Gumi over religious profiling of soldiers. 

NDLEA intercepts container load of Tramadol in Apapa port. 

Victims of NAF plane crash for burial today. 

BUSINESS

NNPC says N206 is landing cost of petrol, Labour rejects N206 pump price. 

DisCos receive 203,116 electricity consumers’ complaints in Q2, 2020 - NERC. 

FG considers new options to deliver prepaid meters. 

NPA records 6.6% decline in vessel call. 

Nigeria’s revenue prospects brighten as oil hits $67. 

WorldRemit backs CBN on new USD bank account opening process. 

United Capital’s profit up by 61% to N7.95bn. 

Zinox boss, others vindicated in N170m FIRS contract suit. 

Airport concession: Catalyst for job creation, economic boost - SSG. 

Nigeria losing 0.2m barrels of oil daily to theft, vandalism - NNPC. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos disasters caused by indiscipline, carelessness - LASEMA. 

Again, Lagos closes Third Mainland Bridge tomorrow. 

Magodo residents tackle IGP’s team over chairman’s foiled arrest. 

Akeredolu, new deputy sworn in for second term. 

How I survived attempts to impeach me, ex-Ondo Dy Gov. 

Elders intervene as Oyetola, Aregbesola’s aides differ on ex-Gov’s comments. 

Wike accuses NDDC of spending N10bn to unseat him. 

Rivers State APC crisis: Supreme Court to deliver judgement March 5. 

Oruku town union boss killed, 70 houses burnt in fresh crisis. 

Obiano in Anambra, no problem with US immigration - Aide. 

My Govt will empower one million youths annually - Soludo. 

Okorocha, Uzodinma trade words over demolition of radio station’s gate, fence. 

Theodore Orji condemns burning of police station in Aba. 

Ikpeazu berates Adeyemi over unprovoked comment at Senate. 

4 police officers gunned down in Anambra. 

Ebonyi warring communities differ on boundary demarcation. 

WAEC registration: Kwara Govt warns principals against extortion.  

Bandits kill 18 in Kaduna - Govt. 

We’ll starve schoolboys to death - Niger abductors. 

New police commissioner assumes duty in Sokoto. 

No apologies for defending herdsmen - Gov Mohammed. 

Maiduguri explosions’ survivors recount close shave with death. 

HUMAN ANGLE

CMS Grammar School wins Black History Month Essay Competition. 

Fleeing driver arrested with boss’ stolen car in Ogun. 

Children arrested for detaining father for 7 months over Lagos property. 

Man, 28 commits suicide in Ekiti. 

Kidnappers of poultry farmer in Ibadan demand N100m ransom. 

Confusion as FUTO freshman allegedly hangs self. 

Again, community leader killed in Enugu community, 2 months after monarch was killed. 

”Mr Macaroni” , Nengi, Erica, Aisha Yessufu, Airopay make Gage Award 2021 nomination shortlist. 

Chrissy Teigen reacts to being unfollowed by Biden on Twitter. 

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny to publish political thriller. 

INTERNATIONAL

Global COVID-19 cases near 120 million. 

Appeal court affirms N10m judgement against Facebook. 

Senegal must ready for ‘battle’ with jihadists, says President. 

Guinea launches Ebola vaccination campaign. 

China to donate second batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Zimbabwe. 

South African Govt boosts spending on vaccination program. 

S’Africa’s Zuma arms deal corruption case to be heard in May. 

London Heathrow Airport dives into £2bn annual loss. 

SPORTS

Tiger Woods is awake with rod, screws, bolts, pins holding shattered leg together. 

Troubled Spurs ease into Europa League last 16. 

Ibrahimovic to juggle week of football, music at San Remo festival. 

Man City cruises past Gladbach to brink of Championships League last eight. 

Messi scores twice as Barcelona dispatch Elche. 

Joshua to Fury: I’m the boss. 


GOOD MORNING

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