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NEWS HEADLINES-31 MAR 22

NATIONAL

Nigeria records 74 new cases of COVID-19, total confirmed cases now  255,415. 

Buhari to host Nigerien president Bazoum Thursday. 

2023 PRESIDENCY: Udom, Hayatu-Deen, Ohuabunwa join race, pick PDP form. 

2023: Tinubu support group berths in Kosofe, tasks Lagosians on unity. 

  Let NASS benefit from your research studies, Senate President tells NIPSS. 

NCFRMI Bill awaiting Presidential assent, says Federal Commissioner. 

SON bags PEBEC ranking, leads in transparency, others. 

I’m prepared to be president for better Nigeria, says Wike. 

Kaduna Train Attack: As leaders, we owe victims, their relations an apology ― Govs. 

Senate Probes DSTV, Others Over Tariff Hike. 

Subsidiaries summons: NNPC has nothing to hide, Kyari tells lawmakers. 

Train Attack: North Under Siege – ACF. 

18 armed personnel onboard –NRC. 

Train Attack: FG Asks Nigerians To Raise Money For Patients’ Treatment. 

Train attack: El-Rufai carpets military, ACF laments, DHQ fails to deploy Tucano in N’West. 

Kaduna Train Bombing Among 10 Major Global Rail Attacks Since 2010. 

Kwankwaso’s New Party Holds Convention In Abuja. 

Group raises N67m to purchase nomination form for Emefiele. 

US Embassy kick-starts interview waiver program for certain visa renewals. 

Sponsors of terrorism should be tried now – Femi Falana. 

Lawyer Asks Court To Stop Gowon, Obasanjo, Abdulsalami From Council Of State. 


BUSINESS

CBN, WSBI appraise financial inclusion efforts. 

Malnutrition: Cognito gets SON’s MANCAP certification. 

World Bank suspends Nigerian firm, MD for bribery. 

UK-Nigeria summit holds to improve trading and investment. 

COCA-COLA: How we meet consumers’ expectations despite post-COVID-19 limitations — Olajide, CEO. 

Expert deplores low tech deployment in Nigeria’s $100b informal retail market. 

The world needs more entrepreneurs, investments —Tony Elumelu at TIME100 Impact award. 


ACROSS THE STATES

April 1 Lekki Toll Reopening: Residents kick, as Lagos govt seeks ‘understanding’. 

Lagos arraigns driver for alleged reckless driving, manslaughter. 

Olu of Warri visits Abiodun, predicts oil discovery in Ogun.  

Assembly passes Edo anti-open grazing bill. 

Drivers on the run as NSCDC intercept two trucks laden with adulterated Diesel in Cross River. 

We didn’t sign any communiqué on zoning, leave us out of politics —Enugu West PGs. 

Youth Empowerment: Gov Inuwa distributes 1,000 tricycles to Keke-NAPEP riders. 

Children, Others Fleeing Bandits’ Attack Drown In Niger. 

Ortom grieves as armed herders invade, kill scores in Benue communities. 

FCTA demolishes illegal shops in Jabi. 

Kogi denies illegal taxation on telcos. 

Bandits attack, kill 23 locals in Kaduna villages. 

Spate of killings, kidnapping worry Kaduna NNPP Guber aspirant. 

Ganduje Transfers Power To Deputy, Jets Out To UAE. 

Kebbi pledges additional resources to NG-CARES programme. 


HUMAN ANGLE

Kyari rejects prison food, inmates excited by ex-IRT boss presence. 

Fawale died of cerebral bleeding, witness tells Osun court. 

After 10 years, Lagos land agents get N1.2m fine for stealing N22.2m, prosecutor fumes. 

How I plucked Almajiri boy’s eye to make charm ― 17-yr-old Suspect. 

Osun court convicts father for torturing six-year-old son. 

8 Years After Burial, 2 Brothers Exhume Dad’s Corpse For Ritual In Kwara. 

How Man Raped, Injured Girl On Cashew Farm In Kwara – Police. 

Hanifa’s Mother: What My Child’s Killer Told Me When I Confronted Him. 

Killing Of OAU Student: Adedoyin, Others Have Case To Answer – Court. 

Two police officers face dismissal for allegedly stealing cartons of tiles. 

My sister and I were to be on the attacked train but we missed it, Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau. 


INTERNATIONAL

NAFDAC, Egypt’s medicines regulator attain WHO’s high maturity level 3. 

Ukraine: Poland to end Russian oil imports; Germany warns on gas. 

UK apologises for hospital scandal over 200 baby deaths. 

UK spy chief says Putin advisors fear telling truth on Ukraine. 


SPORTS

CAF official died of cardiac arrest, says NFF. 

Teenager jailed for racist abuse of Rashford after Euro 2020 final. 

Iran again bans women from football stadium. 

Ancelotti tests positive for Covid a week before Chelsea first leg. 

Opponents bury FIFA's biennial World Cup campaign. 


GOOD MORNING

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