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NEWS HEADLINES -28 MAY 22

NATIONAL

Buhari at AU summit urges efforts to reduce IDPs suffering. 

Children’s Day: Buhari tasks governors, others on out-of-school kids. 

Osinbajo under fire for using presidential jet for political campaign tours. 

 INEC extends primary election deadline by 6 days. 

APC Postpones Presidential Primary. 

Osinbajo, Tinubu, Amaechi, Bello others await Buhari, court clears Jonathan. 

Abuja stands still for APC, PDP convention. 

Atiku, Wike, Saraki, 11 others go for broke as PDP primary begins. 

Ganduje backs Fayemi’s presidential ambition, says it’s payback time. 

South-East: Obi’s exit from PDP causes ripples. 

Obi joins Labour Party, writes supporters. 

Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun, Zulum, others pick APC second term ticket. 

Meet Sen Aishatu Dahiru, only female APC gov candidate. 

Anybody claiming to be SDP national chairman is floating on water – Falae. 

Atala Oil Field: Ijaw stakeholders raise fresh posers over licence revocation. 

How Health Officials Extort Travellers Over COVID-19 Tests. 

NUJ cautions members against unprofessionalism. 

PTDF: Excluding South-East from interview centre hypocritical –Echefu. 

Supreme Court dismisses Amaechi’s appeal against N96b fraud probe. 

Okorocha loses bail plea, remains in EFCC custody. 


BUSINESS

Ensuring food security and Climate protection with Seplat’s Tree4Life. 

Lagos, Ogun account for N3.2tr of Nigeria’s N3.7tr production output in H2 2021. 

AfDB targets wheat importation cut in Nigeria by 40% by 2023. 

‘Kano-Jibia Maradi railway line will crash price of cement'. 

2021: FBNInsurance declares 74 kobo dividend. 


ACROSS THE STATES

Lagos APC primaries turn bloody in Alimosho. 

Violence mars APC primaries in Ondo as thugs disrupt process, beat up journalists, security personnel. 

Ondo two-term Senator retrieves vehicles from party leaders after losing primary. 

Adefisoye Defeats Ondo Assembly Speaker To Win APC Primary Election   

Alimikhena quits senatorial race for Oshiomhole, dumps APC. 

DELTA APC PRIMARIES: Uboh return unopposed in Ika Fed Constituency. 

APC Guber: Cross River Southern Senatorial leaders thank Ayade, seek support ahead of election. 

One dead as hoodlums, police clash at Cross River APC primaries. 

2023: CUPP spokesman, Ugochinyere wins PDP ticket for Ideato Fed. Constituency. 

Ekwunife, Oduah, retain senatorial seat as Chris Uba emerge candidate in Anambra.   

Anyanwu wins APC Rep ticket in Abia. 

Uche Ogah wins Abia APC parallel guber primaries. 

We’re unaware of Abaribe’s defection – Abia PDP. 

APC Primaries: Incumbent Rep Defeats Buhari’s PA In Kano. 


HUMAN ANGLE

APC Primary: I ran for my life to avoid stray bullet — House of Reps member. 

People scoop fuel as truck, four vehicles collide in Lagos. 

It’s Unfortunate Kannywood Is Portrayed Negatively – Rabi’atu Gombe. 

Nigerian Entertainers Who Run Charity Organizations. 

I quit goalkeeping because I was too short –Nollywood actor, Nwabugwu. 

How Lagos teacher flogged my son to death on eve of his 12th birthday –Dad. 

Men sexually abused at childhood narrate ugly encounters, psychological trauma. 

Nurse who gave me expired drugs at six fled Nigeria when I became blind, abandoned me to fate – 26-year-old UNILAG student, Udunze. 

Help, my tenant used Lagos police to terrorise me; I have been beaten, handcuffed, taken to different cells, my 9-yr-old daughter slapped- Bunmi Noah. 

Headies 2022: We might disqualify Portable for threatening other nominees ― Organisers. 


INTERNATIONAL

Senegal health minister sacked after babies die in hospital fire. 

Texas shooting response was wrong, says official. 

Armed female bystander kills man firing at US party. 

Trump: US should fund safe schools before Ukraine. 

Ukraine could pull out of eastern city - official. 


SPORTS

Peseiro brings three new assistants to Eagles, meets with technical crew. 

Key players absent as Eagles seek revenge against Mexico. 

Giants Of Africa will advance continent’s sports development, says Ujiri. 

Fears over Champions League final pitch. 

Salah, Mane aim to avenge 2018 Champion League loss to Real Madrid. 


GOOD MORNING

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