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NEWS HEADLINES-31 MAR 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 121 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 162,762. 

Easter: FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays.

Buhari chairs security meeting ahead of London medical trip. 

Identify bandits, kidnappers, sponsors, take them out, Buhari orders Service Chiefs. 

Medical trip: Buhari’s internet savvy, transmitting power to Osinbajo unwarranted - Garba Shehu. 

Gunmen kill 31 as Buhari tasks Service Chiefs to be proactive. 

Army: Recruitment of 50m youths comment, an error, says Tinubu’s aide. 

Bad weather prevents Govs, others from attending Tinubu’s colloquium. 

We’re ready for comprehensive national census - NPC. 

I won’t support tenure elongation for Buhari - Lawan. 

Senate Panel faults FG’s €995m loan request for Agric Mechanization. 

Reps summon FIRS Boss, query tax waiver for P&G. 

Chinese loans: Selfish lawmakers have put Nigeria in jeopardy - Amaechi. 

Igbo President: S’East should start courting other zones - Eyiboh. 

PDP faction suspends ex-Gov Aliyu of Niger for anti-party activities. 

PDP’s drive for merit-based 2023 presidential primary rankles S’East. 

Nigeria lost 97% of forest resources to poaching - NCF. 

We’ll continue to register new parties, says INEC. 

IYC accuses FG of always persecuting Ijaw leaders. 

NSCIA tackles CAN over judicial appointments. 

Alleged $1bn Arms Deal: CSOs kick against plot to remove Munguno as NSA. 

We’re making progress in addressing banditry, insurgency - Attahiru insists. 

Military asks NASS for more funds for research. 

Police arrest 16 suspects, recover arms, ammunition, explosives. 

BUSINESS

Customs propose ban on vehicles above 7 years. 

Shippers Council to go after those frustrating e-call up system. 

Stevedores, terminal operators negotiations on rates review. 

Barge operators set up P&I Club for members. 

We borrowed $2.5bn from China for Lagos-Ibadan rail, says Amaechi. 

Non-interest capital market has potential to deepen financial system - SEC DG. 

Agribusiness: NASC charges stakeholders to abide by Seed Act 2019. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Secession: New constitution’ll tackle prevailing challenges - Ekiti elders. 

Ekiti 2022: Ado LG PDP stakeholders constitute over 400-member committees for Bisi Kolawole. 

Protests as Ogun dumps 1,500 casual teachers’ recruitment. 

Ondo monarch warns residents on meat consumption as 30 cows die mysteriously. 

Wike fires Rivers commissioner while holding media press conference. 

No reason given yet as Wike sacks Environment Commissioner. 

Rivers APC crisis: Amaechi’s zoning of Guber to riverine, Greek gift - Abe. 

Aircraft clash: Okorocha, Imo monarch battle continues. 

Herdsmen attack Ebonyi communities, kill 20, destroy property, others. 

Abia mourns as Ikpeazu loses deputy Chief of Staff. 

Umahi retains detainees pending normalcy in warring Ebonyi settlements. 

Anambra Guber: Aspirants in confusion over Oye, Edozie leadership tussle. 

Police sue Anambra SDP Chairman, 15 others for Libel. 

Contractors Aliyu Govt paid N1.7bn couldn’t be traced - Witness. 

Court stops Kwara Govt from taking over Ile-Arugbo. 

Catholic rejects imposition of hijab on Kwara Christian schools. 

Catholic priest shot dead in Benue. 

11 tankers burnt in Kaduna inferno. 

100 Kaduna victims in bandits’ dens, others live in fear - CAN. 

FG bars senate from upgrading Adamawa Health facilities to tertiary hospitals. 

HUMAN ANGLE

BRT driver docked for reckless driving, manslaughter. 

Code of Conduct Tribunal Chairman assaults security guard at Abuja plaza. 

Man rapes 4-year-old girl in Ogun. 

I’m traumatized by sight of wife in bed with another man, husband of 8 tells court. 

Family accuses Lagos Police, hotel of covering up teenager’s death. 

Security guard invites robbers to rob employer. 

Family members beat teacher unconscious, assault corper for punishing Ogun pupil. 

Man, 25, defiles neighbor’s 4-year-old daughter in Ogun. 

Police arrest two over death of 20-year-old lady in Enugu. 

NSCDC arrests 55-year-old man for defiling minor in Ilorin. 

Meet Tubrizzy, ’The Fine Boy Gangster’. 

INTERNATIONAL

WHO Chief toughens tone on China with lab probe call. 

French strike in Mali killed 19 civilians in Jan - UN. 

S’Africa imposes alcohol ban over Easter in virus curb. 

Turkey detains 218 people linked to failed coup. 

As under Trump, US report avoids ‘Occupied Territories’. 

SPORTS

Super Eagles end qualifying series on high, beat Lesotho 3-0. 

NFF hails late Laloko as ‘astute football administrator’. 

NSF 2020: Edo threatens to disqualify COVID-19 non-complaint athletes. 

Mauritania, Ethiopia qualify for Africa Cup of Nations. 

S’Africans lament Bafana Bafana ouster from AFCON 2021. 

Ronaldo helps Portugal past Luxembourg, Belgians join Qatar protests in Belarus rout. 

Independiente dreaming of return of prodigal son Aguero. 


GOOD MORNING

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