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NEWS HEADLINES-25 AUG 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 655 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 188,243. 

FG approves Sinopharn COVID-19 vaccine. 

Nigeria, Pakistan, others risk polio re-infection. 

594 Nigerian communities renounce female genital mutilation through UNICEF intervention - Official. 

FG rejects calls for self-defence, says Masari entitled to his opinion. 

Gbajabiamila, Tinubu, Fayemi, Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu, others mourn Durojaiye. 

Buhari‘a anti-corruption war not targeted at opposition - BMO. 

Lawan felicitates with Sultan at 65. 

Missing financial reports: No 2022 budget for CAC - Reps. 

Oshiomhole’s purported expulsion from APC: Applicants withdraw as court dismisses suit. 

Fresh crisis in PDP as 2 factions lay claim to Secondus’ seat. 

PDP crisis: Removal of Secondus alien to our constitution - Olafeso. 

I’m PDP’s authentic acting National Chairman - Akinwonmi. 

Tunde Bakare: Nothing wrong with the North producing the next President. 

MultiChoice Nigeria loses top executive. 

Oko Poly students protest prolonged strike, seek Council chairman’s removal. 

Brain drain: Over 500 doctors take Saudi recruitment test in Abuja. 

Detained Igboho associates still in detention after bail. 

IPOB: Detained 21-year-old Gloria drags IGP, Malami, others to court. 

Anger, fear as bandits invade NDA, kill 2 officers, abduct Major. 

Outrage as uniform-wearing gunmen invade NDA, errant officers to face trial. 

Attack on NDA, more of criminal activities associated with banditry - CDS. 

Secessionist groups, Cameroon align to destabilize West Africa - NSA.  

Nigerian Army denies enlisting former terrorists into force. 

Soldier dies in Army detention centre, widow demands probe. 

Army to engage retired officers to tackle insecurity in N’East. 

NAF to induct A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft. 

Police Ministry dissolves SARS, Minister clarifies. 

BUSINESS

Budget 2022: FG to spend N13.98trn, with N5.22trn deficit. 

N400bn being spent annually on NSIPs says FG. 

Methanol fuel technology to employ 40m Nigerians - FG. 

FG to partner Hungarian firm on local production of light aircraft. 

2 weeks after inaugural flight, Green Africa runs into trouble. 

NGX Securities Lending market value rises to N513m. 

Nigeria leads sub-Saharan Africa’s P2P Bitcoin trade. 

Stakeholders move to stop transit cargo losses to neighboring ports. 

Brewer commences plastic recycling to check pollution. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Oyetola orders APC Chair to withdraw suit against Aregbesola’s loyalists. 

Delta 2023: It’ll be ungodly to deny Central after 16 years - Ex-Minister. 

Okowa to honor prominent indigenes at 30th Anniversary. 

Gunmen kill 6 in Rivers. 

Gov Emmanuel’s infrastructural transformation commendable, outstanding- Atiku. 

Police arrest suspected pirates, kidnappers, 24 others in Cross River. 

FG boosts power supply to Awka with 120 MVA substation. 

Traditional rulers resolve to rescue Abia girls, women from gender-based violence. 

Abia @30: Expect better life under Ikpeazu, Commissioner tells Abians. 

25 candidates jostling for PDP Gov’ship ticket in Benue - Chairman of aspirants, Igbawua. 

Police neutralize 6 bandits in Plateau. 

Lalong briefs Buhari on Plateau killings. 

Ex-Rep, others dump PDP for APC in Gombe. 

Buni approves recruitment of 45 midwives in Yobe. 

Kebbi Assembly Speaker, deputy impeached. 

Bandits cut off fuel supply to Zamfara after setting tanker ablaze. 

Insecurity: Over 100,000 killed in N’East - Zulum. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Man paraded for planning stepfather’s abduction. 

96-year-old ex-soldier, others nabbed over illicit drugs. 

57-year-old rape suspect dies in court. 

Hoodlums kidnap Kwara Varsity female student, demand N50m ransom. 

Truck kills Abia final year student on motorbike, rider unhurt. 

Dflex: Nigeria’s most flexible man. Burna Boy teams up with Don Jazzy in new single. 

World’s smallest cow dead after fame. 

Tallest man in the US, Igor Vovkovinskiy, dies at age 38. 

INTERNATIONAL

Côte d’Ivoire says first Ebola patient since 1994 cured. 

Chad’s ex-President Hissène Habre dies in Senegal jail. 

More than 700 coronavirus deaths in Iran in one day. 

US set to pull out of Kabul next week despite allies’ pleas. 

US hands FIFA $201m taken from corrupt officials. 

SPORTS

2020 Paralympic Games: Team Nigeria file out in style in opening ceremony. 

Afrobasket: Coach Crown banks on D’Tigers offensive prowess in Kigali. 

Benfica hold on with 10 men at PSV to reach Champions League. 

Chelsea’s Zappacosta returns to Atalanta. 

Real Madrid makes opening bid for Mbappe. 

Murray eliminated in second round at Winston-Salem tennis. 


GOOD MORNING

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