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NEWS HEADLINES-28 FEB 21

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 fingers security agents as IPOB lawyer escapes assassination attempt in Abuja. 

Foiled arrest: Ozekhome, US group urge Igboho to seek court protection. 

How theater revamp will deepen artistic enterprise. 

New VC of Federal University launches weekly bulletin. 

‘Banana peels’ Bawa must avoid as EFCC Chair. 

Reason herders are causing problems in Nigeria - Ummah Getso, former YPP VP candidate. 

Why Buhari is keeping Oyeyemi as FRSC Chief. 

I survived 3 assassination attempts as COAS - Buratai. 

How Buratai escaped Boko Haram ambush thrice - Maj Banjo. 

Presence of elected LG administrations will reduce security challenges - Lawan. 

Amnesty program issued fraud alert. 

Nigeria’s Super Tucano Aircraft to arrive this year - US. 

BUSINESS

FG to sell oil in Naira to $15bn - Dangote Refinery. 

Petrol price will definitely increase - Realink MD/IPMAN PRO. 

Recession exit: Test of resilience of Nigeria’s economy. 

Dangote, BUA to employ Kwankwaso foreign scholarship beneficiaries. 

Group drags EFCC to court, demands Aiteo Chairman’s prosecution. 

Recapitalization as bridge to insurance sector’s stability, nation’s economic growth. 

ACROSS THE STATES

LASU Governing Council shortlists 9 profs for VC position. 

Aregbesola did not collect salary as Gov, aide insists. 

Insecurity: Oyetola urges residents to volunteer information on criminals. 

Agba says Obaseki’s claim on Benin storm-water project misleading, mischievous. 

Imo people mandate Uzodinma to recover all property, money stolen from state. 

Looters of Imo property, patrimony must return them, insists Uzodinma. 

4 shot dead as bandits return to Kagara. 

Freed Kagara victims now in Minna. 

We nearly died as bandits starved, tortured, dehumanized us - Freed Kagara pupils. 

How we secured release of Kagara schoolboys, others - Gov Bello. 

Govt, abductors negotiate, set to release 317 Zamfara girls. 

Kaduna Electric petitions police commissioner over assault on staff. 

Ganduje fires aide who criticized Buhari. 

Insecurity: Kano Govt shuts down tertiary institutions. 

HUMAN ANGLE

How students’ notes taking can determine their examination performance. 

Yoruba, not my people, behind kidnappings in Igangan - Seriki Fulani. 

Police rescue abducted Bayelsa civil servant, arrest 2 kidnappers. 

I want a man with fear of God, one who’ll see me as queen - Nkiruka Ngana, Miss Olamma. 

Wini Lazarus dedicates movie to Bello, Tinubu, others. 

Why I forgave Burna Boy for sending thugs after me - Mr 2kay. 

We’re better off as solo artistes - Paul and Peter Okoye. 

Indian rooster kills owner with cockfight blade. 

Lady Gaga’s dogs recovered safely. 

Black Lives Matter designers make history in Milan. 

INTERNATIONAL

Ghana: Empowering women through poetry. 

S’Africa receives second batch of Johnson and Johnson vaccines. 

Mass protests in Tunisia as political crisis deepens. 

German experts say Coronavirus will spread to Dec levels again. 

Police van torched in Barcelona protest against rapper’s jailing. 

US airstrike in Syria, a warning to Iran - Biden. 

Biden urges Senate to swiftly pass $1.9trn stimulus bill. 

SPORTS

Rivers Utd will bounce back against Akwa Utd, says Eguma. 

We receive punches like men, we deserve equal pay - Boxer Shogbamu. 

Klopp voices fears over Henderson as Liverpool injury crisis deepens. 

Ronaldo scores as Juventus held in Verona. 

Mbappe on target twice in PSG cruise. 

Barcelona brush aside Servilla to reignite La Liga hopes. 

Stones send Man City 13 points clear. 

Tokyo 2020 C’ttee to add 11 women to board. 

Woods ‘in good spirits’ after latest treatment. 


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