NEWS HEADLINES-27 JUN 21

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 ESN has attacked. 

Niger Delta Avengers threaten return, vow to crash economy. 

Boko Haram, ISWAP factions reunite, pledge allegiance to Al-Khuraishi. 

Traditional, religious leaders critical to ending insurgency in North East - COAS. 

BUSINESS

Bridging unemployment gap: Entrepreneur, Dakpokpo, launches  Platterz in Abuja, challenges private investors on job creation. 

Why we dedicated a week to promote MSMEs, highlight their needs - Osinbajo.  

AfDB: 1.2bn African lives at risk due to poor healthcare. 

Nigeria Twitter ban, an attack on MSMEs, says digital marketer. 

MTNN lifts trading on NGX by 0.15%. 

Investors lose N340bn on NGX in 1 day. 

ACROSS THE STATES

11 killed, 22 injured as 2 buses collide in Osun. 

Makinde seeks traditional rulers’ support to tackle insecurity, others. 

Ologbo modular refinery ready for production - Gov Obaseki. 

Speakers commend Okowa over financial autonomy to State Assembly, Judiciary. 

Delta APC waxing stronger with Nwaoboshi -Emerhor. 

Imo oil producing areas get 38 projects, hospitals. 

Party officials handed election materials to thugs, says Onitsha APC Chairman. 

Sen Ngige advises Gov Dapo Abiodun to postpone Anambra APC primaries to June 29. 

Ozigbo wins PDP ticket for Anambra poll. 

Ohanaeze sympathizes with Umahi over death of commissioner. 

Enugu builds 750 houses for civil servants. 

”Otoge” was Kwara people’s struggle - Abdulrazaq. 

APC crisis: Kwara Gov speaks on millions embezzled during campaign. 

Nasarawa Govt to partner ANA on literary works. 

We still receive N1,800 monthly, Kebbi pensioners cry for review of gratuities. 

FRSC warns Kebbi motorists against route violation, dangerous driving. 

Police rescue 4 abducted women in Zamfara. 

Years after, victims of Bauchi snakebite cry out, no help in sight; poverty bites. 

Bandits bow to superior firepower of soldiers in Zamfara. 

Zulum suspends NGO ‘Training Shooters’ at Borno Hotel. 

Police recover toy pistols from NGO training shooters at Maiduguri hotel. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Kumuyi urges Christians to seek God’s intervention over insecurity. 

Dangote receives highest civilian honor in Cameroon. 

How I killed soldiers, Zamfara bandit boasts in front of crowd, policemen. 

Abandoned widowed ex-banker finally gets befitting home after Punch report, but not from her children, family. 

Boy, 14 drowns in a pond in Kano. 

Gunmen abduct another Ekiti traditional ruler, spare wife. 

Gunmen rape 4 varsity students in Ondo. 

I like smart, God-fearing men -Jemeriye Adeniji, singer. 

I lost roles because of my dark skin - Caroline Igben. 

We won’t tolerate Iyabo Ojo, Nkechi Blessing’s reckless abuses - TAMPPAN. 

’No car key, no chase me’ : Chidinma is a symptom of rot in society - Reno Omokri. 

I don’t want to die, alleged killer of Super TV CEO cries out. 

ESN kills medicine man for failed protection. 

Crystal Palace female footballer, other British women sue Pornhub over allegations of shared sex videos without consent. 

Ne-Yo and wife Crystal Renay welcome a baby girl, Isabella Rose. 

Kanye West files lawsuit against Walmart for selling fake Yeezy Foam Runner Shoes. 

INTERNATIONAL

Uganda’s President declares June 25 for national prayer over COVID-19. 

Outcry over SA’a multiple husbands proposal. 

Namibia’s oxygen supplies exhausted - Minister. 

Over 2,000 people get fake COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai. 

5th body found at Florida building collapse site. 

SPORTS

Why NFF can’t sack incompetent Rohr. 

CAF says media should be free to report football matches. 

Euro 2020: Dolberg brace seals 4-0 win, as Denmark send Wales parking. 

Morata abuse ‘not acceptable’, says team-mate Dani Olmo. 

Joshua will fight Usyk on Sep 25, Hearn confirms. 

Prosecutors question Maradona’s doctor in manslaughter probe. 

Ball in Serena’s court at Wimbledon with rivals’ fitness doubts. 

GOOD MORNING