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NEWS HEADLINES-30 APR 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 62 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 165,055. 

COVID-19: No direct flight with India says NCAA. 

Buhari replies Ortom, expresses disappointment over Govs attack on him. 

NDDC forensic audit: We’re currently being fooled - Okowa. 

FG committed to solving housing deficit - Fashola. 

2023: Many APC Reps have indicated interest to join PDP - Elumelu, Minority leader. 

God has directed me to prophesy against Buhari, Uzodinma - Mbaka. 

Insecurity: Impeach Buhari if he fails to resign, Mbaka tells National Assembly. 

Insecurity: PDP advises FG to convene national dialogue. 

Local councils must be autonomous to eradicate poverty, Jonathan insists. 

Alleged N10bn scam: Secondus demands N1bn, retraction from Afegbua. 

Senate summons Finance Minister m, Attahiru on N199bn anti-terror fund spending. 

Falana accuses NNPC of secret agenda with ‘no remittance’ threat. 

Abe defends Sylva over alleged $650m oil scam cover-up. 

Nnamdi Kanu replies MACBAN over threat to avenge any herdsman killed in S’East. 

Akpabio links Nigeria’s insecurity to Ghaddafi’s fall. 

2023: Why INEC opted for Feb 18 - Yakubu. 

PDP, Ohanaeze, MBF PANDEF back UK’s call on FG to amend Electoral Act. 

COAS confirms attacks on troops by Boko Haram in Mainok, other formations in recent weeks. 

NSA allays fears of security threat as NSCDC deploys officers to Airports. 

BUSINESS

First Bank crisis worsens as CBN sacks Oba Otudeko, Awosika, reinstates sacked MD. 

CBN’s MPC members in policy dilemma over growth, inflation. 

Shell pipelines spill 4,309 barrels of crude in H2’20. 

FG transforming Agric Sector to scale up production - Osinbajo. 

NGX rebounds by 1.75% on Dangote Cement, MTNN gains. 

Buhari hails Ogunsanya as CEO Airtel Africa. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos clears air on conflicting reports over amputee sachet water hawker. 

Winners emerge on 17th Lagos Quran competition. 

Noise pollution: Why we can’t secure conviction of religious bodies - Lagos. 

Lagos East: Appeal Court throws out Gbadamosi, PDP’s Appeal. 

JUSUN strike: Lagos Judiciary workers announce partial resumption.  

Police bar ‘Yoruba Nation Rally’ in Ogun 

Oyo Govt to engage Man O’War to secure schools. 

Amotekun arrests 11 bandits, 183 cows in Oyo. 

38,000 job seekers apply for Edo’s 3,000 teaching jobs. 

Okowa pledges more critical infrastructure in Delta. 

Rivers Varsity, UNIPORT explore entrepreneurship for survival. 

3 killed in Delta renewed hostilities ober ownership of market. 

Stampede in Imo secretariat over alleged gunmen attack. 

NIPOST inaugurates CBT centre in Enugu. 

Insecurity: Food shortage looms as Niger farmers flee farms. 

Shiroro residents negotiate ceasefire with bandits after Govt neglect. 

Nasarawa Govt threatens to sanction fertilizer racketeers. 

Freed Kaduna residents flee homes over banditry. 

Lecturers oppose Kaduna Varsity tuition hike. 

Ganduje: Nigeria can’t progress with current level of corruption.  

Appeal Court upturns High Court judgement on Ibaji State constituency. 

Bandits kill 83 in fresh Zamfara attacks. 

Aftermath of ‘Okada’ ban: Minors hijack commercial tri-cycle biz in Bauchi. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Mastermind of Kankara abduction makes U-turn, returns to forest. 

Woman collapses in church while fasting, dies in Lagos hospital. 

Actress Iyabo Ojo releases Baba Ijesha’s interrogation, confession video. 

Gunmen abduct AAU Prof going to farm in Edo. 

Painter impersonates Oba Elegushi, defrauds Facebook lover of N51m. 

Guest accuses hotel staff of sneaking into room through toilet window to assault her sexually. 

Police parade kidnappers of university students, Health workers in Ogun. 

Basketmouth to release now short film, ”The Confession of a Bandit”. 

INTERNATIONAL

German vaccine company gets boost as 1m jabbed in one day. 

Joe Biden’s Presidency 100 days on: What has he achieved. 

Delhi COVID patient: ‘I was lucky I didn’t wait for test results’. 

India: Experts warn of looming danger, US directs citizens to leave. 

SPORTS

Kamaru Usman pockets career high £1.1m for KO against Jorge Masvidal. 

NOC congratulates world number one tennis player, Musa Mustapha. 

AFN, athletes lament as team Nigeria fails to get visa to World Relays. 

UEFA joins social media boycott to tackle online abuse. 

Man Utd hit Roma for 6 to banish semi-final hoodoo. 

Barcelona’s shock defeat keeps La Liga title race wide open. 


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