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NEWS HEADLINES-26 APR 21

Nigeria records 35 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 164,719. 

India’s deadly COVID-19 variant: FG expert panel meets today, plans additional measures. 

Nigerian will become oasis of peace in Africa - Osinbajo. 

Experts chart course for green, resilient recovery in Africa. 

Boko Haram financing: No secret trial for arrested BDC operatives, Ndume tells FG. 

Fayose accuses FG of employing, defending terrorists, bandits 

Reps may formally debate, call for Pantami’s sack, suspension this week. 

Abiodun commiserates with Sultan of Sokoto over brother’s death. 

Parliamentary workers vow to continue strike unless 36 Govs, Speakers sign MOU. 

Expert canvasses personal branding, digital marketing in school curricula. 

State of Nation: Nigeria can fly again - Kumuyi declares.  

Banditry: Foursquare Church inducts 400 pastors to focus on youth. 

APC caretaker committee to extend tenure. 

APC will chase PDP out of S/South in 2023 - Omo-Agege. 

Obasanjo feigns ignorance of secession agitations. 

Another ESN commander has taken over - IPOB mocks Army. 

ICPC recovers N1.1bn loot in 2021 Q1. 

Nigeria facing Asymmetric, emerging security threats - Defence Minister. 

State Police’ll worsen insecurity says ex-IGP Idris. 

NDLEA seizes N10bn worth heroin, Khat at Lagos, Kano Airports. 

BUSINESS

FG, states broke, another recession looms. 

NLC insists on reversal of power sector privatization. 

SON to destroy N600m worth of substandard tyres. 

Cash crisis: Tough survival choices confront states. 

Why registering for e-dividend is important for investors - SEC. 

E-Payment transactions rise by 325% to N704 trn in 2020. 

TAJBank posts N845m profit, records highest share yield in banking industry. 

Flour Mills invests N65bn in Sugar Dev’t. 

Rising heat may wipe out 80m jobs by 2030 - ILO. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos Police dismiss inspector for extra-judicial killing. 

700,000 people diagnosed annually with malaria in Lagos. 

Ministry, NAPTIP join forces against human trafficking in Lagos. 

We’ll offer free legal services to poor indigent Ogun residents - Abiodun. 

4 security men feared killed as gunmen invade Rivers. 

Wike condemns “barbaric dastardly” attack on security personnel in Rivers. 

Imo Police confirm Owerri robbery, debunk fire in Assembly Complex. 

Troops raid Benue monarch’s palace, chief escapes. 

Kwara tops progressive governors’ achievement chart. 

‘Unholy terrorists’: CAN reacts to bandits’ attack on Kaduna Church. 

Officer who sneaked drugs, phones into prison, nabbed in Kano. 

NDE kicks off training of youth on advance basic scheme in Kebbi. 

Buni’s whereabouts unknown as Boko Haram’s havoc on Geidam enters day 3. 

Thousands flee homes as B/Haram holds Geidam. 

Boko Haram attacks Borno town, Mainok. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Reno to Nigerian Army: Are you strong when you see IPOB, weak when you see Boko Haram?

3 policemen arrested for extorting LASU student of N153,000 in Ogun. 

Stranded commuters lament as fallen container causes gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. 

Accountant shot by robber dies following rejection by Lagos hospital. 

Teenage ‘shisha’ video reinforces need to ban sale of tobacco near schools.  

Meet Olatunji Damilare, artist who paints his imagination to reality. 

Lagos State tourism, EbonyLife Place, Trace partner for EkoBeats. 

JagaJaga reloaded: Eedris replies Keyamo over N3m claim. 

Tweeter deletes Keyamo’s leaked chat with Eedris for ‘violating rules’. 

Oyoyo fashion forward App launched in Nigeria. 

How I was treated badly as a video vixen - DJ Dimple Nipple. 

Excitement as Aspira unveils singer, Davido as brand ambassador for VIVA. 

Real reason late Bolu Akin-Olugbade’s Rolls Royce are up for sale. 

’My Octopus Teacher’ wins Oscar for best documentary

INTERNATIONAL

Amnesty: Global death penalties at lowest in a decade. 

Fresh crisis looms in Chad as issue of Deby‘a successor tears family, military apart. 

Fire kills 82 at Iraqi COVID Hospital, Health Minister suspended. 

End of an era: Cruise ships to soon be banned from Venice. 

SPORTS

UFC 261: Usman earns $1.5m for Masvidal win. 

Nigerian teen goalie sensation, Emmanuel James trains with Super Lig side. 

NOC official says women deserve more from sports. 

JP Morgan offers apology for role in European Super League Fiasco. 

Man City outclass Tottenham to retain league cup. 


GOOD MORNING

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