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NEWS HEADLINES- 29 MAY 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 63 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 166,254. 

We’re making conscious effort to embrace emerging technologies- FG. 

Osinbajo hosts Liberian Vice President. 

May 29 Special: Buhari hasn’t rewarded many of us who worked for him since 2015 - Amb Ibrahim Kasai. 

‘Use May 29 Speech to accept your failure in governance’, PDP tells Buhari. 

Buhari’s administration has recorded giant strides in 6 years - Presidency. 

Nigerians will praise Buhari at end of his tenure - Presidency. 

May 29: Presidency, Reps disagree over Buhari’s 6-year score card. 

Lai to Nigerians: Don’t succumb to doomsday predictions. 

SERAP drags FG, Kogi to UN over arbitrary detention of activists Larry and Victor. 

ICPC nabs syndicate, 2 FRSC officials for certificate forgery. 

EFCC seized jewelry worth N14.6Bn, houses worth $80bn from ex-Minister Diezani. 

Nwodo demands additional state creation for S-East. 

New Chief of Army Staff resumes. 

Nigerian troops raid IPOB Camp in Agbochia forest, kill 7, arrest 5. 

Why we allowed younger pilots to fly Army Chief, others - NAF. 

IPOB’s sit-at-home: Write your wills, police tell hoodlums. 

BUSINESS

NGX rebounds by N111bn after persistent lull. 

Naira devaluation: BDCs get dollars at N393, sell for N494. 

CBN releases framework for non-bank acquiring. 

Total transforms into TotalEnergies. 

NNPC trading surplus increased to N39.85bn in one month - Report. 

Registration: SEC gives crowdfunding promoters June 30 deadline. 

ACROSS THE STATES

National Day of Mourning: CSOs, labour storm Lagos Assembly, demand emergency session on insecurity. 

Lagos Council Poll: Orelope-Adefulire sues for peace ahead of APC primary. 

Supreme Court dismisses certificate forgery case against Obaseki. 

Edo 2020: PDP hails Obaseki’s victory at Supreme Court. 

Delta 2023: There is an agreement by Francis Ewherido. 

Gunmen kill 3 policemen in Delta. 

Pharmacists Council of Nigeria seals 301 medicine shops in Enugu. 

NUJ raises concern over incessant attacks on public infrastructure in Enugu. 

Reviving integrated farms not for Ruga in Imo - Izodinma. 

Sit-at-Home: Police assures Imo residents of safety. 

Umahi charges security agents to defend themselves from attackers. 

Kwara Govt to spend N14bn on education sector. 

Nasarawa, Flour Mills sign $300m MoU for sugar production. 

Fear as herdsmen kill 42 in Benue. 

50 killed, thousands displaced in fresh Benue, Taraba attacks. 

Detailed: Effects of banditry, kidnapping in Kaduna. 

Bandits kill 8 persons in Kaduna. 

Kaduna spends N800m on 42 students to study overseas. 

Kebbi boat mishap: 76 corpses recovered so far. 

Borno Govt resettles displaced persons occupying schools. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Rotimi Amaechi releases gospel song. 

Supreme Price: The untold stories of policemen killed during #EndSARS protest. 

How disturbing voices of suspected demons forces school’s closure. 

‘I only had carnal knowledge of one, used fingers to penetrate 2’, man who defiled own underage daughters confesses. 

Suspected cultist jumps into River to evade arrest, dies. 

I was advised to lie low after clash with Remi Tinubu at Constitution Review hearing - Arinola Oloko, Lagos politician. 

For paying N3m out of N10m ransom, kidnappers killed my 30-year-old son - Olayinka, Kwara herder. 

How I escaped having to die along with Ooni Sijuwade as expected of Sarun - Ile-Ife High Chief, Adeyeye. 

Prophet Ndabosky, Rita Edochie keep mum over Ada Jesus burial. 

Why celebs associate with my brand - Akinbode Opeyemi. 

I might act nude if paid in foreign currency - Jessica Fabulous. 

Streams: Scales and Davido team up on ”This your body”.  

Oscars delayed by a month as pandemic rules extended. 

INTERNATIONAL

Central African Republic: Residents of capital, Bangui face acute water shortages. 

Pope Francis sends inspectors to Cologne amid Church sex scandal. 

Vatican punishes Polish bishop over sex abuse negligence. 

Many killed after mass shooting ‘during union meeting’ in US. 

SPORTS

D’Tigers begin Afrobasket hunt against Kenya, Mali, Côte D’Ivoire. 

Adequate infrastructure crucial to sports development - Pinnick. 

Oboh vs Fury: Pay off Wilder and fight Joshua. 

Semenya fails in second attempt to qualify for Tokyo Olympics. 

Free agent Alaba joins Real Madrid on 5-Year Contract. 

UCL Final: City face injury scare as Gundogan withdraws from training. 


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