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NEWS HEADLINES -30 AUG 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 362 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 191,345. 

NAFDAC seeks stiffer penalty for food, drug, cosmetic counterfeiters. 

NMA gives FG 21 days notice to resolve all agreements. 

21-day notice: Strike dangerous now, FG begs doctors, NMA, Ministry disagree. 

Knocks over FG’s statement on bandits. 

Buhari’s Govt will crush perpetrators of recent killings in Plateau- Presidency. 

Buhari directs recall of 11 ‘wrongfully’ retired DPR directors.  

Alleged tenure extension: ONSA denies conflict between Monguno and Amnesty Chairman, Dikko. 

NDDC: Get Buhari to inaugurate Board - Group tells Akpabio. 

WIMBIZ decries low female representation in public sector leadership. 

NRC, NSCC to enhance capacity of senior citizens. 

Amaechi: Stealing done quietly under this Govt. 

Nigeria needs new revenue sharing formula to address emerging challenges. 

Gbajabiamila mourns Uwaifo, says death a sad development. 

BUSINESS

Electricity workers sign MoU following FG’s intervention in crisis. 

Peterside doubts NNPC N287bn profit, challenges corporation. 

NGX creates hybrid market, access to capital via bonds. 

Despite approvals, absence of port scanners cost Government N800bn monthly.  

Need to change strategy to boost oil palm production. 

Again, Emirates extends suspension of Nigerian flights. 

Zenith Bank records N117bn profit before tax in H1. 

NPA sets new guidelines for barge operations at Seaports. 

ACROSS THE STATES

COVID-19: Lagos resumes administration of AstraZeneca Vaccine. 

Apapa-Oshodi gridlock: Lagos C’ttee Chair Fayinka, men abandon enforcement. 

Lagos Speaker, Obasa commiserates with PDP over loss of Chairman, others. 

25 persons arrested for violating environmental law in Ondo. 

Osun FRSC begins clampdown on unregistered number plates. 

Ize-Iyamu, others commend Edo Govt on COVID-19 vaccination. 

Delta goes into partnership with Koolboks for supply of solar refrigerators. 

Again gunmen kill 3, abduct 2 in Rivers community. 

Cross River plans paternity leave, 6 months maternity break for nursing mothers. 

Imo evacuates stranded students in UNIJOS. 

Flood wreaks havoc in Imo community, residents abandon homes. 

Ugwuanyi returns from Abuja, visits hospitalized survivors of adulterated kerosene. 

Okonkwo promises to produce 1,000 millionaires annually if elected Gov. 

Jos crisis: ‘Attack’ on luxurious buses, fake news says Gov. 

Ortom, Benue APC trade tackles over Buhari. 

APC free to shun Benue stakeholders meeting says Ortom. 

Hisbah: Why we treat the rich and poor differently. 

Gombe APC passes vote of confidence on Gov Yahaya. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Obasanjo weeps, laments mother’s early death. 

Don bequeaths 37-year-old NYSC shirt to daughter. 

‘Strangled with a rope’: Security agencies confirm death of Senator Na’Allah’s son.  

Uwaifo: Pneumonia cause of death, not COVID-19 - Son. 

Ogun hoodlum beats, rapes 27-year-old woman over greeting ‘offence’. 

I returned to school because my children. Laughed at me - 65-year-old farmer. 

Lightning strikes 2 siblings dead in Osun. 

#BBNaija: Mighty Maria, JMK, Sammie evicted. 

COVID-19 violation: I wished I could just die, Funke Akindele reveals. 

INTERNATIONAL

Woman fleeing Taliban rule gives birth on flight to UK. 

Smuggling people from Afghanistan to Turkey. 

American who kicked against COVID measures dies from virus. 

SPORTS

Iheanacho, Iwobi, Ndidi, Akpeyi arrive Super Eagles Camp. 

How Omolayo stunned Tokyo with new Paralympic record. 

Afrobasket: D’Tigers lose to Côte d’Ivoire. 

No debut goal for Messi, as he plays without Barcelona shirt after 21 years. 

West Ham finally seals Zouma transfer from Chelsea on 4-year deal. 


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