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NEWS HEADLINES-29 MAR 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 104 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 162,593. 

FG dispels possibility of fake COVID-19 vaccines. 

Taste and smell gone forever ? The anguish of COVID survivors. 

Resident doctors threatens to embark on nationwide strike April 1. 

House Speakers meet in Bauchi, resolve for financial autonomy. 

Needless tenure elongation of federal appointees. 

FG warns against encroaching on national monuments. 

Atiku: To save ourselves, we must help Buhari’s Govt. 

Presidency tackles Atiku over Nigeria’s failed-state comment. 

Insecurity: Govt doesn’t know what to do, says CAN. 

Most Nigerian airports not viable, says Senate Committee. 

House C’ttee hails decision of Service Chiefs to work under CDS. 

Magu’s fate hangs, 5 months after Salami report. 

APC celebrates Tinubu@69, calls him a true Democrat. 

Nigeria going through storm - Tinubu. 

IYC suspends Asari Dokubo, others over declaration of Biafra de facto customary Govt. 

We’re not part of Oduduwa Republic - Northern Yoruba community. 

Incompetent Govt ‘missed road’, breeding insecurity - Ango Abdullahi. 

Moghalu convenes summit to mobilize influential youth voices for good governance. 

There will be no Nigeria if Igbo are denied presidential ticket in 2023 - Ohanaeze warns. 

Nigeria to partner 3 African countries on crimes in Gulf of Guinea. 

BUSINESS

FG decries wasting $600m investment, vows to revive moribund oil, gas projects. 

SEC sets N50m paid up capital for warehousing collateral management companies. 

TelCos may lose N25bn over prolonged SIM lockdown. 

Daily fuel consumption hits 72.72m liters, marketers blame smuggling. 

DBN launches 3 products for MSMEs. 

Opposition swells over $1.5bn refinery rehabilitation, N120bn monthly subsidy. 

Hand PH refinery to private firms, Peterside advises Govt. 

Fuel crisis looms as tender drivers threaten strike. 

Calabar Port ships first cocoa export to US in 14 years. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos PDP warns Sanwo-Olu against plan to shelve council polls. 

Lagos council polls: PDP’s allegation on caretaker c’ttee, baseless. 

COVID-19 Vaccine: 7,300 residents so far receive first jab in Enugu. 

Ikpeazu, Abaribe excited as PDP wins Abia by-election. 

Abia: I’ll not challenge result of Saturday’s by-election - APC’s candidates. 

Akwa Ibom: Prof Ogban’s conviction’ll restore confidence in electoral process - Igini. 

Police arrive Benue to probe attempt on Ortom’s life. 

Plateau PDP, APC lock horns over N59bn terminated contract. 

Kogi still missing as Nigeria’s vaccination rises to 513,626. 

CAN protests, prays against kidnapping, killings in Kaduna. 

Police foil kidnap attempt, rescue 5 victims in Kaduna. 

Ganduje leads Tinubu to Emir of Kano’s Palace. 

PDP clears Sokoto LG poll. 

Borno Assembly passes vote of confidence on Gov Zulum, denies impeachment rumors. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Eze Ilomuanya attacks Okorocha with walking stick aboard Abuja-bound flight. 

Police: How we arrested pastor aiding IPOB Gang killing our men. 

CAN youths demand release of abducted RCCG members. 

Ogun mother of 6 kills one-month-old baby, cites frustration. 

Policeman shoots truck driver dead in Plateau. 

Family kicks over planned handover of mentally-ill woman’s baby to Lagos couple. 

Teenager rams vehicle into 4-year-old, others in Lagos. 

Police arrest 6 suspected robbers, cultists in Lagos, recover arms. 

Auto crash kills one, injure 8 others in Kano. 

Study links miscarriage to risk of dying younger. 

Being sexy not just about looks - Actress, Bianca Matthew. 

How Omotola, hubby kept the nuptial fire burning for 25 years. 

Speeding driver dies, kills female pedestrian in Anambra. 

We gamble with loot in the day, regroup and rob at night - Robbery suspect. 

Plaintiff loses after lawyer refuses to wear mask in court. 

INTERNATIONAL

Slum in Sierra Leone capital gutted by fire. 

Gun ownership tempts more S’Africans as insecurity grows. 

Ex-Madagascar president, Didier Ratsiraka, dies at 84. 

Protesters funerals held across Myanmar after Saturday ‘massacre’. 

Union calls strike for Amazon workers in Germany. 

Merkel urges premiers to stick to tighter Coronavirus restrictions. 

SPORTS

Osinbajo to declare 20th National Sports Festival open. 

Former NFF Technical Director, Kasimawo Laloko is dead. 

Orji Kalu hails Eagles’ qualification for 2021 AFCON. 

Rohr to change team as Lagos decides gate fee for Eagles/Lesotho game. 

S’Africa fails to qualify for AFCON after Sudan defeat. 

Fury’s dad casts doubt on Joshua fight. 

GOOD MORNING

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