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NEWS HEADLINES~25 APR 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 51 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 164,684. 

World Malaria Day: Nigeria, other African countries may adopt vaccine by October. 

Killing of students, barbaric terror attack - Buhari. 

Soyinka to Buhari: Nigeria is at war; seek help, stop improvising with human lives. 

ECWA President urges Buhari to redress injustices driving Nigeria to anarchy. 

Nigerians must fight as one to overcome current challenges - Tinubu. 

People are reporting killings as if it had never happened before - Garba Shehu. 

Pantami: PDP, ex-Buhari associate, TMG attack presidency. 

Killing of ESN top commander: Hope Uzodinma has stirred hornet’s nest - IPOB. 

Gen Okoloagu to IPOB, MASSOB: You don’t go to war for marginalization. 

UK suspends asylum policy for IPOB, MASSOB. 

Echoes of restructuring, good governance, pulsating as nation bids Odumakin farewell. 

I never awarded CCTV contract as FCT Minister - Gov Bala Mohammed. 

My purported detention by EFCC, falsehood fabricated from pit of hell - Akpabio. 

Why I met twice with EFCC chair same day. 

Northern Govs condemn killing of Kaduna Varsity students. 

2023: Igbo don’t need special unity to produce President - Ohuabunwa, Amucheazi. 

Yoruba kings not United, Oduduwa Republic not achievable. 

COREN harps on restructuring of schools curricula. 

NAPTIP reunites victim with family after 20 years. 

800 students kidnapped in 3 months IBP. 

Soldier missing after bandit attack on military camp found dead. 

How Boko Haram survives on weapons stolen from Nigerian military. 

Legions fighting for Gadaffi may have joined Boko Haram - Gen Role, ex-GOC. 

Boko Haram cuts off network in hometown of acting IGP. 

BUSINESS

NNPC pledges to work with stakeholders to ensure sanity in downstream sector. 

Financial experts disagree over alleged printing of N60bn by CBN. 

How we spent $5.6Bn COVID-19 fund - FG. 

Infrastructure Devt: FG grants N20bn tax waiver to NLNG. 

FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N680bn. 

Nigeria-China N720bn currency swap deal on slow pace 3 years after. 

Why Nigerians can’t get prepaid meters. 

ACROSS THE STATES

New law: Lagos may takeover Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode’s cases from EFCC. 

Ekiti: We can no longer go to farms- Farmers cry out. 

BCOS quarters: Makinde’s aide tackles APC. 

Cross River Migration Control DG, Abuo calls for legislation to back labor migration. 

Gov Uzodinma‘a house on fire, vehicles burnt, one feared dead. 

‘Mastermind’ of attack on Imo Police HQ shot dead. 

2023: Enugu East rallies godfathers against Ugwuanyi’s kinsmen. 

Anambra Poll: Njoku-led APGA faction holds primaries June 25. 

Commissioner: Ebonyi First Lady never said she won’t vote for her husband in APC. 

Suspected Fulani herders kill 17 in Benue. 

Medical unions appeal to Kaduna Govt to improve security in health facilities. 

Banditry: Zamfara State Govt bans sale of petroleum products. 

Zamfara vows to overwhelm bandits in 4 days, Niger says can only pray. 

HUMAN ANGLE

4 years on, Isiaka Adeleke’s sweet memories linger. 

Army said my 2 sons, 3 other wedding guests were killed by mistake - Taraba pensioner. 

Police arrest 2 suspected ritualists with human skulls. 

I pray Nigerians won’t be like Chad where bandits killed president - Rev Ayokunle. 

Traffickers conceal drugs inside statue of Blessed Virgin Mary. 

How Nigerian dancer, Poco Lee got his stage name.  

Emir of Kano loses mother. 

Osora Moje hosts his first solo art exhibition at centurion showroom. 

Baba Ijesha: We’re sad, disappointed, say theatre practitioners. 

SDGs: Miss UN launches family pageant. 

Charity work means more to me than anything else - Kanu Nwankwo. 

INTERNATIONAL

Biden: Climate fight holds great economic opportunities  

Biden makes history: Declares Century-old killing of Armenians ‘Genocide’. 

Technologies arm professional farmers in China. 

SPORTS

Why Nigerian men don’t like marrying female footballers - Super Falcons goalie. 

Rivers Angels, Delta Queens, FC Robo battle for title, CAF ticket. 

NPFL: Be consistent, Eguma, Ilechukwu tell MC. 

NFF’s disciplinary committee’s meeting hasn’t changed anything - Vandrezzer. 

Super League ’flat-earthers’ in UEFA President’s sights. 

New Castle deny Liverpool win in battle for top four. 

UFC 261: It hurts to be knocked out in my family’s presence, Masvida laments. 

Djokovic concedes upgrades needed after Belgrade failure. 

Tsitsipas to challenge Nadal for final - Barcelona. 


GOOD MORNING

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