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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Thursday, January 28th, 2021

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Jan 28, 2021.

Damilare Abass

Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Thursday, January 28th, 2021

1. NCDC Reports 22 More Deaths, 1,861 New COVID-19 Cases

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 126,160 COVID-19 cases.

2. Buhari Signs Coronavirus Health Protection Regulations

As part of efforts to enforce the COVID-19 safety protocols, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Coronavirus Health Protection Regulation 2021 into law.

3. WHO Says New COVID-19 Variants Have Spread To Dozens Of Countries

New COVID-19 variants that make the virus more contagious and could render vaccine and antibody protection less effective have spread rapidly across dozens of countries, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

4. Sultan Tasks FG On Confidence Building Ahead Of COVID-19 Vaccinations

The Sultan, who gave the warning at the COVID-19 Vaccines sensitisation meeting, organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), on Wednesday, in Abuja, urged the Federal Government to build public confidence ahead of the importation of the vaccines.

5. COVID-19: UNILORIN Dons Endorse Pineapple Skin For Management

Researchers at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) have attested to the potency of a substance in pineapples that inhibits the inflammation problems caused by the COVID-19.

6. We’re In Dire Situation, Buhari Tells Service Chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the new service chiefs to be patriotic in discharging their duty and serve the country with purpose and diligence.

7. Keeping Our Campaign Promises Hasn’t Been Easy, Buhari Tells New Service Chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari, during a meeting with the newly-appointed service chiefs, has said that his administration had not found it easy keeping the campaign promises it made in 2015.

8. 1999 Constitution Is Satanic, Says Gani Adams

Adams who described the constitution as satanic added that it is a wrong structure which Nigeria is running on.

9. Check Out What NIMC Asked People With Old National Identity Card To Do

The Federal government of Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari since the year 2020 ordered Nigerians to enroll for the National Identification Number in order to be able to connect their Sims to it.

10. EFCC Recovers N75M From Ex-Minister’s Wife, Halima Turaki

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s Investigator, Bello Hamma-Adama, on Wednesday, revealed how the sum of N75 million was recovered from Halima Tanimu Turaki, wife of a former minister in the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government.

11. Details Of Makinde Meeting With Buhari Emerge

The issues around which Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari centered around have been made known to the public.

12. Education Ministry To Host Int’l Confab On Safe Schools Declaration

Echono made the disclosure in Abuja, on Wednesday, while hosting a delegation of the Deputy Heads of Mission of Norway, Argentina and Spain, who had visited the ministry to ascertain the country’s level of preparedness for the conference, scheduled to open on Oct. 25.

13. Lagos Govt. To Enforce Night Operations Restriction For Articulated Vehicles In 30 days-Official

The state said that the decision was as a result of traffic menace and fatalities caused by articulated vehicles on roads in the state.

14. 3 New Delta Varsities For Take-Off In 2021/2022 Session -Commissioner

Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, Commissioner for Higher Education, told journalists, on Wednesday, in Asaba, that the universities would provide quality education for the people, pointing out that the exigencies of the times made the state government to transform three existing higher institutions, to universities.

15. Police Uncover Baby Factory Filled With Teenage Girls In Anambra

A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Haruna Mohammed, EKO HOT BLOG gathered.

16. Polio: Kano LG Immunises Over 44,000 Children In January

Alhaji Sani Dawaki, the Primary Health Care Coordinator in the area revealed this on Wednesday during the evening review meeting at Gabasawa, Kano.

17. Shun Obaseki’s Directive, NUT Orders Teachers

Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), on Wednesday, directed primary school teachers on strike to shun the February 1 resumption date by the Governor Godwin Obaseki administration.

18. Excited Nigerian Soldiers Dance, Fire Shots Over Buratai’s Removal (Video)

It is becoming clearer that it is not only Nigerians that were fed-up with President Muhammadu Buhari’s insistence on retaining the former Service Chiefs but majority of Nigerian military personnel.

19. No Influx Of Herdsmen To Ekiti Forests -Police

The command disclosed this in a statement signed in Ado-Ekiti by Mr Sunday Abutu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Tunde Mobayo.

20. Nigerians React As Dino Melaye Uploads ‘Shocking’ Video

Nigerian politician, Senator Dino Melaye has expressed shock upon discovery that a hospital was particularly built for an animal such as a camel, in Dubai.

21. “My Father Sleeps With Me Even When My Mother Is At Home”- Lady Cries Out

It is no doubt that the rate of female abuse in our nation demands an urgent attention from the government as the girl child is no longer safe even with their own father.

22. ‘It’s Crazy’, Says Bill Gates On Being Linked With Evil COVID-19 Theories

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), says people creating a fictitious nexus between him and wild conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic has left him astounded.

23. COVID-19: UK Imposes Travel Ban On 30 Countries

As part of its efforts to check the spread of COVID-19, United Kingdom says it has banned 30 nations from coming into the country.

24. Opinion!!! Understanding Afenifere, Herders And FGN From Security Perspective

One issue in the Nigerian society that leaders at all level often seek collaboration efforts of citizens to tackle is the issue of security.

25. Opinion: The Recent Cases of Paternity Fraud in Nigeria

He sojourned in Canada for quite a while until he got his residential permit and decided to come back home.

26. Court Admits More Evidence In Naira Marley’s Trial

The trial of music artiste, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, on an 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards, and fraud, continued on Wednesday with the court admitting more evidence.

27. Popular Yoruba Actor, Muka Ray Eyiwunmi Loses His Sister

The popular Yoruba actor, movie director and enterprenuer, Mukaddam Ray Eyiwunmi professionally known as Muka Ray took to his Instagram page to express how shocked he was as he loses his sister, Lofty Ray Eyiwunmi to the cold hand of death.