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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Friday, March 12th, 2021

Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Friday, March 12th, 2021

1. Nigeria COVID-19 Deaths Exceeds 2000 As NCDC Announces 287 New Cases

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 159,933 COVID-19 cases.

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2. FG Calls For Calm, Insists AstraZeneca Vaccine Delivered Is Safe

The Nigerian authorities have assured residents that there is no cause for alarm regarding the batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine delivered to the country recently.

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3. Abduction Of School Children: United States Send Strong Message To FG

On 11th of March,  2021 it was reported that the United States has expressed readiness to help Nigeria end the frequent abduction of School children in the northern parts of the country.

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4. Sanwo-Olu Reveals Reasons Why He Has Not Received COVID-19 Vaccine

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has revealed reasons why he has not received doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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5. Ganduje Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano.

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6. Reps Implore EFCC To Sell Forfeited Assets

The house of representatives ad hoc committee on abandoned properties has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to commence the immediate sale of confiscated properties forfeited to the federal government.

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7. Buhari Reiterates Shoot-On-Sight Order For Illegal Bearer Of Arms

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday reaffirmed his order to security chiefs to go all out on criminals and gun down any unauthorized persons or nonstate actors who own an AK-47 rifle.

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8. Digital Switch Over: No State Will Be Left Out  — Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday said that no state will be left out of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) – the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting.

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9. Lagos To Digitalise Courts In October, Says Commissioner

The Lagos State government has concluded plans to launch the digitisation of courts in the state, in a bid to ensure speedy dispensation of justice in the state.

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10. Minimum Wage: You Can’t Foist Federal Salary Structure On States – Fayemi

Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, says economic realities in Nigeria differ from state to state, hence the discrepancies in financial capability to meet certain obligations.

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11. Why Delta Can’t Claim Ibori-Linked £4.2m Loot, By SANs

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Yemi Candide-Johnson, SAN, on Thursday explained why the Delta State Government has no valid claim to the £4.2 million expected from the United Kingdom as part of looted funds linked to former Delta State Governor James Ibori.

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12. Insecurity: Deploy Troops To Oyo Borders, Makinde Urges Military

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has called on the Nigerian military to deploy troops to border towns of the state as a way to check the influx of criminal-minded people into the country.

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13. Niger State Orders Closure Of All Secondary Schools

The Niger state government Thursday announced that it will be shutting down all private and secondary schools in the state.

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14. LASPOTECH To Plant 2,000 Coconut Trees

The Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Dr Oluremi Nurudeen Olaleye has observed that coconut trees are the best plants that naturally removes excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (Carbon sequestration) to mitigate global warming.

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15. Yoruba Nation Is Achievable, Says Sunday Igboho

Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, says the time for the realisation of the much-desired Yoruba Nation has come.

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16. CAN Faults Kaduna Government’s Security Report

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State chapter, has faulted the security report of the state government, accusing the Nasir el-Rufai administration of playing games with security challenges in the state.

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17. PDP Governors Pledges Support For FG To End Insecurity

The Governors Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pledged its support for the Federal Government to tackle the security challenges in the country.

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18. PDP Governors Seek Financial Assistance From Buhari

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a five-hour meeting in Abuja, yesterday, to plead for financial aid from President Muhammadu Buhari, Eko hot blog gathered.

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19. Armed Robbers Attack Wema Bank In Osun

A group of armed robbers have attacked a commercial bank in Okuku in Osun State in south-west Nigeria.

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20. Ivory Coast PM, Hamed Bakayoko, Dies In Germany

President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast said Hamed Bakayoko has died on Wednesday following cancer treatment in a German hospital.

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21. Opinion: Now That Big Brother Naija Form is Out

Controversies have always trailed the BBNaija reality show and the arguments against its easy public access has ranged from cultural to religious to moral reasons.

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22. Barry Jhay’s Record Label Boss, Kashy Godson Buried In Ghana

The Cash Nation Record label boss, Babatunde Oyerinde Abiodun, also known as Kashy Godson, has been laid to rest amidst tears.

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23. Woli Arole Releases Update About Witchcraft

Comedian, Arole, has asked guys to be careful as witchcraft has been ”modernized into sexual enhancement products and sexual juices”.

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24. Nigerian Boxer Attacked By Gunmen Shortly After Gov Makinde Gave Him N10m

Famous Nigerian boxer, Oyekola was reportedly attacked by Gunmen shortly after the Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State gave him a cheque of 10 million naira.

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