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NEWS HEADLINES - 26 MAY 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 37 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 166,098. 

4,683 Nigerians get second dose of AstraZenca vaccine - FG. 

Nigeria needs family doctors to achieve universal health coverage - SOFPON. 

On 5-G, the world will move on without Nigeria. 

Buhari under fire. 

SANs fault presidency attack on grazing ban, NEF slams Buhari. 

Group flays NGF for canvassing increase in fuel price. 

Methodist Bishop wants lawmakers to sacrifice part of their salaries.

Sultan to FG: Tell us where recovered loots are. 

Tinubu harps on unity, says Nigeria not a rat village. 

Devolve power to states: Nigerian Press Council tells FG. 

Criminality, banditry will not end in Nigeria without restructuring - Peter Obi. 

ASUU alleged bribe-for-salary in AGF office, massive IPPIS fraud. 

You’re complicit in secession bid, Northern elders tell Southern Govs. 

Nigeria will remain one despite challenges - Edwin Clark. 

Miyetti Allah not against ban on open grazing - Chairman. 

Act fast against PDP’s sponsored attacks on INEC, APC charges security agencies. 

2023: APC burning INEC offices to frustrate credible polls, PDP alleges. 

EFCC narrows N10bn fraud probe to 10 PDP items’ spending. 

Supremacy battle: ISWAP fighters arrest more Shekau’s commanders, meet surrendered top Boko Haram members. 

BUSINESS

CBN retains rate 11.5%. 

Over 92 stakeholders attend BASICS - II, first cassava seed business summit 2021. 

MAN says petrol price hike inevitable, demands transparency. 

NEPC urges exporters to take advantage of ECOWAS, AfCFTA trade agreements. 

Konga lines up over 100,000 tech devices at Konga Tech week. 

OML 118: NNPC, SNEPCo, others sign 20 years deep water agreement.  

ACROSS THE STATES

#EndSARS: 7 months after, Lagos still counting its losses - Sanwo-Olu. 

Lagos LG Poll: Surulere Chairman aspirants, stakeholders back Suleiman Yusuf. 

LASG installs 18 new traditional rulers. 

Oyo to pass whistleblower protection law. 

Delta gets £4.2m Ibori loot. 

Delta APC charges Okowa on £4.2m recovered from Ibori. 

Okowa greets Edwin Clark at 94. 

‘I am not coming’ : Akwa Ibom Gov, Udom Emmanuel dispels defection rumor. 

Cross River PDP has not acquired new secretariat - Chairman. 

Ayade shuts Canaan Table Tennis Club Hall, goes tough on opposition. 

APC to Ikpeazu: You’re governing Abia like your hamlet. 

Police confirm accidental shooting of officer by police in Ebonyi. 

No bomb explosion in Ebonyi but teargas on policeman on duty - PPRO. 

SON destroys N2m expired, substandard goods in Niger. 

Vigilantes chase kidnappers out of Kogi community. 

Killings: Defend yourselves: CAN tells Plateau residents. 

Kaduna teachers, others protest alleged annexation of houses. 

Police in Jigawa arrest 5 over alleged attack on APC chairman. 

Fr. Bello for burial in Kaduna June 1st. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Osoba recounts traumatic experiences after leaving office as Ogun Gov. 

2 killed, several others injured in Bauchi gas explosion. 

Scores escape death as fuel tanker explodes in Lagos. 

Man kills roommate, sells body parts for ritual in Bayelsa. 

Kidnapped FUNAAB student regains freedom. 

Abducted FUNAAB student, tortured, says family. 

We blocked farm sale to raise N150m for FUNAAB student, 2 others’ freedom - Police. 

21-year-old nabbed for defrauding 500 investors of N2bn. 

Varsity students pounce on, strip man disguising as woman to see lover. 

Maroon 5 features posthumous verses from Nipsey Hussle and Juice WRLD in new album. 

”Fast and Furious” star, John Cena apologises for calling Taiwan a country. 

Mark York, who played Billy Merchant in ”The Office” dead at 55. 

INTERNATIONAL

More than 170 children missing following volcanic eruption in DR Congo. 

Mali’s Vice President deposes detained president, premier. 

‘Halt the genocide, stop Israel now’, Muslim Women, Rights Groups tell UN, Biden.  

Philippines to take delivery of 2 war helicopters in September. 

SPORTS

NFF felicitates with Okala, Oshoala, Balogun, Aribo. 

Pinnick charges C’ttee to develop women’s football from grassroots. 

Arsenal’s Willian mulls Chelsea return as Inter Milan lurk around. 

Solskjaer ‘confident’ as Man Utd, Villarreal clash in Europa League final. 


GOOD MORNING

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