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NEWS HEADLINES-26 JUL 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 216 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 171.111. 

Buhari greets Yoruba forum president at 65. 

PDP Govs forum to meet over state of the nation, other issues, says DG. 

APC group seeks more allocation to UBE. 

Transmission of elections result: Your actions didn’t represent Nigerians - NGO tells NASS. 

Stop campaigning at praying ground, cleric warns politicians. 

How divide and rule is destroying public universities. 

Cleric blames decadence on ‘unholy alliance” between clergymen, politicians. 

Nigeria’s problems more to do with resource sharing than availability- Archbishop Kaigama. 

Okonjo-Iweala counsels Nigeria’s diaspora to support the nation’s economy for peace. 

NDDC: Ignore ‘ill advise’, inaugurate screened board, ex-agitators tells Buhari. 

Bakare lampoons unnamed official, says change of baton imminent. 

FG extends deadline for NIN-SIM linkage, 6th time till Oct 31. 

Nnamdi Kanu: Adopt UK, US manner of secret trials- Ex-Federal Lawmaker tell FG. 

Sunday Igboho: Olubadan sends delegation to Cotonou. 

ECHO, FAO support 140,000 vulnerable farmers in N’East. 

Troops nab ‘police sergeant’ with ammunition, grenade in Borno.

Military move against bandits in Niger forest. 

Insecurity: Women lament loss of husbands, children at war front. 

BUSINESS

Nigerians spend N7trn annually on power generation - Expert. 

Naira exchange for N503/$ in parallel market. 

Firm launches agro-online e-commerce. 

Korean envoy hinges investment in Nigeria on political stability. 

Local Content Act instrumental to economic rebound - Leemon Ikpea. 

After crypto market woes, CBN considers E-Naira launch, Oct. 

CBN reiterates financial soundness, safety of banks. 

Investment in mutual funds drops 4.3% to N1.36trn. 

Beans, tomatoes, rice record 253%, 123%, 51% price hike. 

Why food prices are very high. 

ACROSS THE STATES

LG Polls: Sanwo-Olu, APC hail peaceful conduct in Lagos. 

Lagos cult clash: Police arrest 2, recover weapons; restore normalcy. 

Ogun LG Polls: APC wins all 20 chairmanship seats. 

Don’t do anything that’ll rubbish Itsekiri Throne - Ibori tells Itsekiri elders.

APC reneges on power rotation in Abia. 

Nothing can stop recovery of Imo properties, Uzodinma vows. 

Enugu youths hail Ugwuanyi for involvement in governance. 

Umahi charges Muslim community to contribute to Ebonyi development. 

Kwara APC crisis: Lai Mohammed’s faction threatens to pull out of party. 

Vigilantes enforce LG nightclub ban, kill 2 in Kogi. 

Baptist school students: Kaduna bandits collect N50m ransom, hold back 87 students. 

Bandits release 28 Bethel students. 

Vehicle rams into Emir of Kano‘a convoy. 

I intend to start a political revolution from Katsina - Sen Yar’Adua. 

Bandits kill 2, abduct many in Sokoto. 

‘Weed out criminals among you’, Emir of Muri tells Fulani leaders. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Police recover stolen SUV, AK-47 in Delta. 

Armed cultists nabbed in Benin. 

NURTW Chairman, 3 others arrested for drug trafficking. 

Kidnappers in FCT begin collection of ransom through banks. 

Kogi pharmacist’s abductors reject N10m ransom, insist on N30m. 

5 in police net over alleged possession of illegal firearms in Kaduna. 

Alleged rape: We’ve nothing to hide says Premiere Academy. 

Police nab fake naval officer in Nasarawa. 

Physically challenged girl threatens suicide, says parents, clerics call me demon-possessed. 

Family demands autopsy on son electrocuted in Imo hotel. 

Gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan expressway as travellers return from Sallah break. 

Super TV CEO, Ataga for burial. 

BBN Season 6 housemates: Meet the boss ladies. 

Davido becomes first African artiste to hit Atlanta Golden Spike. 

I was an Okada rider, says BBNaija housemate. 

Divorced singer, Adele gets new man Rich Paul. 

INTERNATIONAL

Tunisia PM sacked after violent COVID protests. 

Debate flares in Germany over restrictions for unvaccinated people. 

Fauci says US going in wrong direction on COVID. 

Suspected IS member can return to New Zealand. 

Deadly street protests over Irani water shortages. 

SPORTS

Oshonaike, Omotayo, Eke return home, Toko, Offiong March on. 

Brazil hold Côté d’Ivoire in Olympic football, as Egypt, S’Africa lose. 

USA lose first men’s Olympic basketball game since 2004. 

Olympics: USA women impress in 6-1 over New Zealand. 

How Barca failed to treat me like a professional footballer, dismissed me - Brazilian midfielder. 


GOOD MORNING

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