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NEWS HEADLINES - 29 DEC 21

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 599 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now 239,019. 

Lassa Fever: Case toll jumps to 92, as new deaths recorded in Bauchi, Ebonyi. 

Buhari to sign 2022 Appropriation Bill into law Friday. 

Electoral Bill: Again, Presidency says Nigeria’s interest first. 

National Assembly Transmits 2022 Budget To Buhari. 

Consult Nigerians, as you did Electoral Act, to tackle economic, security challenges — Ortom tells Buhari. 

How FG, states, zones’ll spend N26.6trn in 2022. 

Market inferno: FEMA seeks review of Fire Service Act. 

3 years after deadline,FG yet to implement emissions control law. 

Reps’ C’mte to grill Agric Ministry over N48.426bn extra-budgetary. 

Ijaw youths apologize toSylva over misunderstanding with IYC. 

2023: Electronic transmission of results doubtful, 301 LGs lack Internet facilities. 

Auditor general queries ministry’s N3.8bn spending from suspended RUGA fund. 

Amaechi misleading Nigerians on money left behind by Jonathan –Chidoka. 

2023: Masari Insists On Power Shift To South. 

1966 Coup: How violence was unleashed on northern officials in London High Commission-Amb Ukum. 

FG responding to passport supply to Embassy in Italy – NUNAI. 

Jonathan flushed out Boko Haram from 14 Borno LGAs, not Buhari — Clark tells Lai Mohammed. 

You ought to be statesman not tribesman, Obasanjo tells Clark. 

Obasanjo hits Edwin Clark, insists oil belongs to Nigeria. 

NSCDC boss sets standard for private security firms. 

BUSINESS

Stakeholders appraise CBN’s TIES initiative. 

2021: Weak incomes, inflation push investors away from rights issues. 

Streaming services up by 273 per cent in Nigeria, South Africa, others. 

Nigeria to conclude oil bid round for marginal fields. 

2021: Another year of stress test for manufacturers. 

How Nigeria Exported Over N100bn Worth Airplanes To Ghana In 2021. 

ACROSS THE STATES

Beware! Lagos airport’s car park unsafe for travellers, vehicles. 

Concerns mount as CDAs continue closure of street gates in Lagos. 

Osun Amotekun commandant wants government to ban commercial motorcycle from night duty, night crawlers. 

Ban public statement among warring APC members — Osun group urges party leadership. 

Igbaye Crisis: Mob sets palace, 2 cars, 10 motorcycles ablaze in Osun. 

Customers lament failure of ATMs to dispense cash in Ibadan. 

Who am I not to forgive Tony Kabaka, asks Obaseki. 

Bayelsa spill: Leak impossible without interference, experts insist. 

Akwa Ibom Council Chair Imposes Dusk-To-Dawn Curfew Over Cultism. 

Anambra PDP to sanction those who compromised during guber poll. 

1 Killed In Anambra Town Union Election Violence. 

Enugu: What APC achieved in 2021. 

Fear grips Enugu community, herdsmen kidnap seven holidaying residents. 

Nwosu: Uzodinma Ordered Security Operatives To Strip Me Half Naked. 

Suspect In Police Custody Links Ex-Governor Okorocha, Son-in-law, Nwosu To Militants Troubling Imo State

FCTA Moves To Revoke Titles Of Over 400 Abandoned Buildings In Abuja. 

Police Raid Black Spots, Arrest 7 Suspects In Jigawa. 

PDP flays disruption of congress in Zamfara. 

Dogara, youths on collision over plan to honour freedom fighter. 

HUMAN ANGLE

Onpetu stool: High Court deposes Ogbomoso monarch. 

Onpetu not deposed —Palace source. 

Dog eats drunk herbalist’s private parts in Calabar.  

Family of four, 3 others perish in Niger boat mishap. 

Child visit: Ex-wife accuses Fani-Kayode of shunning court order. 

Karen: Protesters demand justice for raped pupil, seek arrests. 

All I’ve now, apart from my family, is the clothe on me — Victim laments as Fire destroys over 7 shops in Ebonyi. 

CISLAC kicks as DSS operatives invade Abuja office.   

Robbery victim petitions Osun CP over alleged release of suspects. 

How Gindiri Traditional Ruler Was Abducted – Family Member. 

Lolo set to premiere Déjà Vu. 

The Guardian UK picks Eyimofe, others as Best Films of 2021. 

INTERNATIONAL

Prepare for another pandemic, COVID-19 won’t be the last, UN warns. 

Yemen rebels allow aid flights to resume after Saudi-led strikes. 

US presses for Myanmar arms embargo after massacre Myanmar. 

Stand News: Police arrest six from Hong Kong independent news outlet. 

SPORTS

Coach Anyanwu bags media award. 

Emmanuel Dennis scores but West Ham hammer Watford 1-4. 

‘Cameroon 2022 AFCON, a job interview for Eguavoen’. 

Napoli may stop Osimhen from 2022 African Cup of Nations. 

Premier League announces record number of COVID-19 cases. 

NFL great John Madden dies at 85. 


GOOD MORNING

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