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NEWS HEADLINES-27 JUL 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 213 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 171,324. 

COVID-19: FG reads riot act as abscondment of quarantine passengers at points of entry surges. 

Buhari arrives London for Education Summit, holds talks with Boris. 

Buhari signs N982.7bn 2021 supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. 

2023: APC promises to support constitutionally-backed INEC innovations. 

PDP Govs, APC clash, forum carpets FG over killings, massive rigging plot. 

Redeem yourselves, leave us out of your misfortunes, APC tells PDP Govs. 

Osinbajo calls for deterrent costs against dilatory tactics, suggests hybrid approach to legal education. 

20 million youths to benefit from UNICEF, FG empowerment initiative - Osinbajo. 

Nigeria working to produce weapons to contain insecurity, says minister. 

48 Yoruba Nation agitators docked over alleged murder, unlawful assembly. 

DSS fails to produce Nnamdi Kanu in court for trial. 

Kanu: We fear he may have been killed - IPOB. 

IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu takes matter to African Rights Commission.  

Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s retrial to Oct 21. 

Court fixes Sep 29 for judgement in Kalu’s Coy suit seeking to stop retrial. 

Activists seek Nyako’s ouster from Kanu’s trial as MRA deplores restricted coverage.  

Igboho’s prosecution gives credence to Fulani agenda, Afenifere tells FG. 

After over 8-hr sitting, Beninese court grants Igboho access to medical care.  

INEC records 1 million new voter registrations. 

Appeal Court orders Customs to pay Akwa Ibom accounts officer N1m. 

Basic infrastructure needed to achieve human rights goals - Police. 

Court orders DSS to release 5 arrested in Dunamis Church. 

BUSINESS

Nigeria/Cameroon Border bridge will facilitate free trade - Fashola. 

FG completes 2,249 houses in 5 years, disburses N10.95bn to cooperative societies. 

Nigerian to generate 10GW electricity from $3bn investment. 

Equities Market extends returns with N94bn gain. 

Bakers mull strike over high price of ingredients. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos LG Poll: Accord Party vows to challenge results. 

Lagos LG Poll: LASIEC to issue Certificate of Return to winners, Tuesday. 

Lagos gives 3-day quit notice to illegal structure owners in Maroko, Lekki. 

Education: Lagos Govt rewards 45 students for winning state competitions. 

Ondo APC members pass vote of confidence on Adefisoye. 

Ogun: Abiodun inaugurates 20 newly elected LG chairmen. 

Investment in Education, priority for my Govt. 

Ebonyi Assembly confirms 4 commissioner nominees. 

Diasporans celebrate Ugwuanyi, pupils in Enugu. 

Aba traders shutdown over Nnamdi Kanu‘s trial. 

Nigeria fast becoming a failed state under APC - Ortom. 

Tiv Group to Ortom, leave Buhari alone. 

Kwara Gov approves 4 years’ promotion arrears for SUBEB teachers. 

Another Kaduna monarch abducted. 

Kano Police quiz suspended anti-corruption chair over alleged forged medical report. 

Gunmen kill one, injure 3 in Katsina. 

Zulum raises panel to resettle Borno IDPs. 

Many killed as bandits hit yet another village in Zamfara. 

HUMAN ANGLE

How 4 kidnapped Bethel Baptist students escaped from bandits’ den, CAN reveals. 

Herdsmen kill 4, 10 missing as community challenges destruction of farms. 

Promoters defraud tourists of N4m in Canadian visa scam. 

Bandit recaptures  fleeing student,  collects N130,000, phone, SIM Card. 

Sleeping Lagos painter stabbed to death in friend’s house. 

How girl, 9, torched Ebeano Supermarket. 

Police arrest house help, 3 others over alleged killing of banker in Yobe. 

3 more students escape from bandits’ den. 

Secondary school student drowns in Ilorin. 

Baba Ijebu threatened suicide when caught molesting my daughter - Princess tells court. 

Sexual assault allegation: Baba Ijebu wooed me in 2008, we got close in 2013, Princess tells court. 

Oko Iyabo: Lagos State to prosecute Yomi Fabiyi over controversial film. 

Dabat releases debut EP. 

BBNaija 2021: Wild card, Big Brother’s first twist. 

’King of Boys 2’ set to hit the big screens in Aug. 

Police seize 48 terabytes of ‘Mostly Adult’ films from home of Bollywood Actress Shilpa Shetty. 

Son is forced to remove tribute statue to late dad after Adolf Hitler comparison. 

INTERNATIONAL

WHO raises fresh concerns about Janssen, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. 

‘Attacker’ of Mali President dies in custody. 

Moves to recharge shrinking Lake Chad begin. 

More than 160,000 protest in France against stricter pandemic rules. 

SPORTS

Sports Minister, Dare endears himself to team Nigeria athletes. 

Tokyo Olympics: Team Nigeria shines as Oshonaike, Toriola enter record books. 

Fernando Torres returns to Atletico as youth coach. 

Tottenham signs Gil from Sevilla for cash plus Lamela. 

Man Utd close to signing defender, Raphael Varane. 


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