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NEWS HEADLINES-31 MAY 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 30 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 166,315. 

COVID-19: Erring passengers risk jail or N500,000 fine. 

FG receives donations of PPEs worth $8m from UNICEF. 

End 6 years of disregard for rule of law - SERAP tells Buhari. 

Michael Okpara Centenary Celebration holds in Abuja June 3.   

ESP: One million Nigerians benefitting from survival fund - Presidency. 

Ahmed Gulak shot dead in Imo State. 

Buhari talks tough, APC, ACF condemn ex-Jonathan’s aide killing. 

Police: Gulak left the hotel for the Airport without escorts. 

Police arrest suspected killers of Gulak, kill 3 in gun battle. 

Ahmed Gulak: Assassination of politicians not part of our agenda - IPOB. 

Gulak’s killing heightens tension in S’East on Biafra Memorial Day. 

Confession video of ESN member: Nnamdi Kanu is 419, he should lead from Nigeria. 

S’East NASS caucus laments attacks, killings in S’East. 

S’East Senators, Reps give IGP marching orders to fish out unknown gunmen. 

NHRC: Chinese, Lebanese, Koreans invade Nigeria’s forests, cart wood away. 

Lack of feedback mechanism, bane of Buhari-led administration- PDP. 

States bank on PPP projects as cash crunch bites harder. 

Buhari has bought 26 new aircraft in fight against insurgency - Presidency. 

Presidential appointment: Accusation of nepotism is old story - Garba Shehu. 

Southern, middle belt leaders demand restructuring, adoption of 1963 Constitution. 

Insecurity: We don’t need prophet to tell us Nigeria is at war - CAN. 

Varsity workers to FG: Campus security men need guns. 

NDLEA arrests 10 online drug traffickers, dispatch riders. 

BUSINESS

CBN’s funding interventions prop GDP numbers. 

FG to privatize 12 highways tomorrow. 

Releaf, OnePipeline partnership deepens financial inclusion, improves productivity for S’South farmers. 

Marginal fields: DPR ready to present award letters to winners. 

NGX rebounds by about N111bn after persistent lull. 

CBN releases framework for non-bank acquiring. 

CBN digital currency initiative gets support. 

Nigeria not under any debt stress, DMO insists. 

ACROSS THE STATES

119 passengers from high risk counties refuse isolation - Lagos. 

Lagos threatens to deactivate absconded Travellers’ passports for one year. 

APC May cancel Gbajabiamila’s LG’s primary, others over violence.  

Millions lost in Ladipo spare parts market inferno. 

Edo: Stop deceiving the people, Idahosa warns APC. 

IPOB sit-at-home order: Security beefed up in Asaba. 

Nobody can foist my successor on Rivers people - Wike. 

Wike urges church leaders to pray for a crisis-free transition in 2023. 

Akwa Ibom scores self high on 6-year performance. 

2 of my political family members still in police custody - Okorocha. 

Biafra Day: Umahi makes U-turn, says traders can sit-at-home, honor fallen heroes. 

Insecurity: 30 killed as herdsmen attack Ebonyi/Benue border communities. 

Herdsmen kill 9 in Enugu community. 

Gov Yahaya Bello bags “Icon on Security” award. 

UniAbuja expels 46 students over misconduct. 

FCTA demolishes Ruga near Abuja Airport. 

Many students abducted as bandits attack Islamiyya school in Niger. 

Kano reviews state master plan to facilitate industrial growth - Ganduje. 

Nigeria fast becoming a failed state - Gov Ishaku. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Gunmen kill business man in Ibadan. 

Senators brother stabbed to death over Delta land dispute. 

Collapsed building kills 2 minors in Abuja. 

I lost N500m when I ignored God‘s call to be a pastor - Soul E Baba. 

Celebrity blogger, Bodex Hungbo unveils plans for 2021 Social Media hangout. 

Bloggers lied about my EFCC arrest - Comedian Pankeeroy. 

My TAMPPAN suspension, none of the century - Nkechi Blessing. 

Power couple, Simi, Adekunle Gold celebrate daughter at one. 

Danish reporter records herself conducting an interview while having sex. 

INTERNATIONAL

Tens of thousands attend Ethiopia’s anti-US rally. 

Killing spree in Kampala. 

Natanyahu warns coalition is ‘danger’ to Israel. 

Denmark helped US spy on Europe officials. 

SPORTS

CAA congratulates Sports Minister, Dare at 55. 

Minifootball Association begins screening ahead of African Championship. 

Big screen thrills football fans at UEFA Champions league final. 

Joshua may vacate his WBO title,says Hearn. 

Osaka could face French Open expulsion. 


GOOD MORNING

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