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NATIONAL Nigeria records 75 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 167,618.  COVID-19: No Delta Variant yet in Nigeria, says NCDC.  Nigerians are the problems of this country - Buhari.  Buhari approves payment of retirees’ pension liabilities, funds disbursed.  Buhari congratulates China on 100th Anniversary of Communist Party.  We can’t get you out of prison, Britain dashes hope of Nnamdi Kanu.  We’re seeking explanation from FG on Kanu’s arrest, says Britain.  Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in Kenya, brother reveals.  APC to begin sale of forms for congresses Jul 1.  Tinubu welcomes Matawalle into APC family.   3 PDP senators defect to APC.  Defections: PDP becoming weaker says Gov Sule; APC meee vehicle to hijack power, PDP backfire.  INEC: Security agents’re prepared to protect our facilities - REC.   Senate increases fine for illegal importation from N1,000 to N1m.  Reps query NECO for failing to remit N636.7m to FG in 2019.  Reps divided over motion to reopen Nigerian land bo

NATIONAL Nigeria records 11 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 167,543.  FG arrests IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.  Court remands IPOB leader, Kanu in DSS custody, fixes Jul 26 for resumption of trial.  Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest: Tread with caution, Igbo council FG.  I fled Nigeria to save my life, Nnamdi Kanu tells court.  Nnamdi Kanu was not arrested in UK - British Govt.  How Interpol nabbed IPOB leader in Europe.  Kanu’s arrest: ACF demands caution, Archbishop alleges woman trapped IPOB leader.  Don’t manhandle our son, Kanu’s family tells FG.  Buhari’s children storm London for sibling’s convocation.  You’re shameless, hopeless, Wike tells Ayade, Umahi, other PDP defectors.  $5.78m, N2.4bn linked to Patience Jonathan: Court hears final forfeiture Oct 7.  18 judges’ Appeal Court elevation: EFCC fraud cases, 1,000 others to start afresh.  Mass defection hits PDP camp in senate.  Senate okays bills to establish health sciences varsity, ICT Institute in Benue, Niger.   Reps summon

NATIONAL Nigeria records 65 new cases of COVID-19, total number of confirmed cases now 167,532.  Nigeria prepares for third wave of COVID-19.  COVID-19: FG extends travel ban, adds S’Africa to list.  Tension in Lagos as Igboho insists on Jul 3 ‘Yoruba Nation Rally’.  Nobody can stop Lagos rally - Igboho vows.  ACF puts northern lawmakers on alert.  Shun gratification, CJN advises new Appeal Court judges.  ICPC set to arraign ex-JAMB registrar, Prof Dibu Ojerinde for N900m  INEC resumes continuous voter registration online.  Hitches in the conduct of UTME inexcusable.  Ijaw leaders to FG: Take Niger Delta Avengers threat serious.  Troops eliminate 12 terrorists in Borno.  Group train police officers on Force Order 20.  Road crashes kill 2.233 Nigerians in 4 months.  Border corruption: Security agents, smugglers worsen subsidy crisis, flout Buhari’s order.  BUSINESS PENGASSAN seeks investor-friendly PIB.  Your petrol threat to shutdown filling stations, empty, NUPENG, PENGASSAN tell IPMA

NATIONAL Nigeria records 2 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 167,467.  APC to begin sale of forms for congresses on Jul 1.  Govs storm Emir of Kano’s Palace to perfect plans for Buhari’s son’s wedding.  State of the Nation: Nigeria now disputed project with questionable sovereignty- Akintoye, Ukiwe, Jang, Nwodo, Turaki, 123 others.  Buhari to Niger Delta Avengers: My response to your demands renders any sabre-rattling unnecessary.  Constitution Reviiew: Speakers root for state police.  Auditor General queries NPA’s N4bn unremitted tax, N88bn admin spending.   Obasanjo raises the alarm over population explosion.  PANDEF demands S’South Security Outfit as suspected herdsman kills 26-year-old man.  Tension in Niger Delta as Akpabio’s timeline to Tompolo, others on NDDC Board lapses.  Baze University inaugurates President Student’s Council.  Jehovah’s Witness to hold virtual yearly convention.  NiMet predicts 3 days cloudiness, sunshine from Monday.  NDDC: Balancing a lopsid

NATIONAL Nigeria records 35 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 167,465.  Buhari orders NDLEA to raid drug hideouts in forests.  Drug abuse deadlier than insurgency, banditry, says Buhari.  Buhari envisions Mohammed as first female head of UN.  Buhari appoints Board Chairman, CEO of PPPRA.  Buhari appoints Obinna as PPPRA Chairman.  Despite outcry, FG commences recovery of 415 grazing routes.  Minister Nanono’s N30m mosque largesse for herders.  Cracks in Buhari Camp, PSC suspends Akpabio.  Lawyer drags Buhari to court over foreign medical care.  Adamu: On open grazing, Southern Govs are sounding like broken record.  Rethinking NYSC at 48.  JAMB result code malfunctions, directs candidates to check through portal.  Tinubu will make a good President - Olubadan.  Nigerians groan over poor services, unresolved complaints as regulatory agencies fail.  African Church to set up faith based varsity to teach younger generation morals, values.  IPOB to Gumi: Show is one northerner

NATIONAL Nigeria records 29 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 167,430.  Japan pledges support for Nigeria on COVID-19 jabs.  20m Nigerians living with hepatitis, 60m in Africa - CFID.  Buhari postpones London medical trip.  Buhari extends tenure of Buni-led APC caretaker C’ttee.  Buhari: APC back to life after crisis.  FG meets doctors Tuesday to avert strike.  Alao-Akala, Buhari, Shittu, eulogize late Ajimobi ex-Oyo Gov.  Speak up on your botched London trip, PDP taunts Buhari.  Buhari receives Senator Nwaoboshi as he dumps PDP for APC.  Lai: Separatist campaigners using Twitter to attack our security forces, burn police stations, INEC offices.   At last DSS questions, releases Sheikh Gumi.  Niger Delta Ministry officials sold N90m vehicles for N2m - Audit Report.  I was not arrested, invited, quizzed by DSS - Sheikh Gumi.  Court dismisses suit seeking to stop appointment of new justices of Appeal Court.  NCPC begins screening of intending pilgrims, warns against abscon

NATIONAL Nigeria records 26 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 167,401.  2m Nigerians receive COVID-19 jabs.   Buhari travels to London for medical checkup Friday.  Buhari directs Onu to submit 25-year Roadmap on National Space Policy to FEC.  FEC to approve new public service rules.  FG, stakeholders initiate action to curb fake, contraband pesticide.  Court to hear suit to sack Buhari from office July 21.  Alleged N7.1bn fraud: Court fixes July 2 for Orji Kalu’s retrial.  Bishop urges halt to borrowing, lopsided appointments by FG.  PDP devolves e-registration committee into sub-committees.  Southerners provoking North to spark crisis - ACF.  Self determination: CNG sues NASS, asks court to order Biafra referendum.  Reps quiz Polaris MD over $224m. NNPC alleged hidden account.  INEC raises security concerns as voter registration begins Monday.  Give Niger Delta brand of amnesty to bandits, herdmen - Sheik Gumi.  Anyone accusing military of conniving with bandits is hall

NATIONAL Nigeria records 44 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 167,375.  Presidency distances self from media proposed bills amendment, says Malami studying ruling on Twitter ban.  Twitter’s operation illegal despite ECOWAS court ruling, FG insists.  FG’s meeting with Twitter should have been much earlier - Falana.  Onochie as INEC Commissioner? Buhari is debasing Nigeria’s electoral system.  Reject Onochie’s INEC nomination on dual nationality ground, CSOs tell National Assembly.  N37bn NASS renovation budget: We’re vindicated - Lawan.  Senate passes N895bn supplementary budget for second reading.   Open grazing not banned in S’East, our Govs just deceiving us - Ndigbo.  EFCC re-arraigns 3 FIRS directors, 6 others over alleged N4.5bn fraud.  NYSC blocks 1,000 corps members from relocating.  Buhari gets NDDC forensic audit report July - Akpabio.  JAMB to release 2021 UTME results June 23 - Oloyede.  Gumi under fire for rating herdsmen better than IPOB.  Military colluding