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NEWS HEADLINES-28 APR 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 156 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 164,912. 

Medical specialists advocate 2-week closure of Airports to foreign flights. 

Govs cry out, demand action from Buhari as 21 more Nigerians killed. 

Insecurity: It’s time to seek help - Saraki tells Buhari. 

Insecurity: Buhari seeks US help, wants AFRICOM relocated to Africa. 

No partnership will resolve Nigeria’s security situation - UK. 

People in Govt sabotaging security agencies - Borno Elders Forum Dean. 

Insecurity: No President’ll expose his citizens to banditry, danger - Tinubu. 

Tinubu vows to sustain Nigeria’s progressive agenda beyond 2023. 

Nigerian politicians own properties worth $400m in Dubai. 

Boko Haram may overrun Abuja, senators warn. 

CISLAC: Enemies of State attacking security personnel, infrastructure. 

Violent attacks: Northern coalition warns UK to stop protecting IPOB. 

52 Northern groups ask UN, others to back Biafra agitation. 

Nigerians love APC, can rule beyond 2023 - Tinubu. 

Tinubu rubbishes reported rift with Buhari after Villa closed door meeting. 

Darkness awaits us if we don’t end attacks on out citadels of learning - Atiku. 

Pantami: Part of Buhari’s plan to Islamize Nigeria, says MASSOB. 

Stop inciting violence, can cautions Muslim leaders. 

Report ranks Nigeria third worst country in the world. 

ADC offers TuBaba, DJ Switch, Musa, others free tickets to contest 2023 elections. 

NDDC Board: Ijaw youths under pressure to suspend strike.  

JUSUN apologises to Ngige over ‘unfriendly labor cost’. 

EFCC places red flag on Bitcoin, forex trading, others. 

BUSINESS

FG awards section 2 of Apapa/Oshodi Expressway. 

Minister calls for investment in local production of Bitumen. 

Electricity tariff review: Consumers, experts urge FG to soft-pedal amidst economic woes.  

Uncertainty in oil market as OPEC postpones meeting. 

Another ‘Apapa’ emerges in Ejigbo. 

Customs makes log book mandatory for vehicle importers.

FG creates vehicle database to checkmate duty evasion, theft. 

Local airlines spend N44bn yearly on overseas maintenance. 

Bears resurface on NGX, indices down by 0.03%. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Traffic congestion: We need to do more to restore sanity in Apapa environs - Lagos Govt admits. 

Your days are numbered: Lagos tells motor park touts. 

Ekiti 2022: Ex-Rep member to lead Bisi Kolawole’s campaign, over 200 member campaign committee constituted. 

Edo Govt pledges financial autonomy for judiciary. 

COVID-19: Delta orders Junior staff to resume work. 

Gunmen in white bus kill 2 soldiers, one civilian at checkpoint  in Ebonyi. 

Policeman killed as gunmen attack bank, fuel station in Ebonyi. 

Hoodlums set Federal High Court Abakaliki ablaze - Police. 

Outrage greets 12 years jail term for Salome Abuh’s killers. 

Gunmen kill 6 in attack on Benue IDP Camp. 

Gov Ortom in tears as armed herdsmen militia invade Benue IDP’s camp, kill 7 injure many.  

Buhari standing aloof,  body language shows he’s Fulani President - Ortom. 

Insecurity: Declare state of emergency - Benue Gov tells Buhari. 

Kaduna Assembly suspends 3 lawmakers, declares ex-Speaker’s seat vacant. 

Bandits release video of pregnant student abducted in Kaduna. 

Ransom payment hasn’t stopped kidnapping, says El-Rufai. 

El-Rufa’i, Tambuwal call for collective action against bandits. 

Insecurity: Kano Govt closes down school over fear of attack. 

Family of murdered student in Taraba seeks compensation. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Royal father, wives, son nabbed for kidnapping in Cross River. 

Pregnant Lagos businesswoman’s corpse found in bathroom. 

Mob lynches kidnap suspect, sets police station, patrol vans ablaze. 

NIDCOM mourns Nigerian who drowned trying to save drowning Briton. 

The Charly Boy Show returns with a bang. 

Idumuje-Ugboko: Delta town similar to biblical Garden of Eden. 

Music Business for Africa (MBA 2021): A revolutionary campaign designed for entrepreneurs and employees in the creative industry. 

MTN, Nengi, Josh2funny, others emerge GAGE Awards 2021 winners. 

Justin Bieber accused of cultural appropriation after debuting new dreadlocks. 

INTERNATIONAL

ECOWAS Court orders Ivorian Govt to release detained citizen since 2018. 

Macron condemns Chad violence, opposes ‘succession plan’. 

Medical supplies arrive in India as coronavirus cases hit new records. 

Brazil’s health authority rejects Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V. 

AstraZeneca denies breaching EU vaccine contract. 

US State Dept withdraws diplomats from Kabul

SPORTS

Lagos judo organizes seminar for women. 

Enyimba in make or mar clash with Orlando pirates. 

25 years after, Chioma Ajunwa Foundation celebrates Olympic Gold. 

Nagelsmann set to take over Bayern from next season. 

Europa League specialist Emery, threatens Arsenal’s shot at salvation. 

Mayweather to fight YouTube star, Logan Paul on June 6. 


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