Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, July 5th, 2021

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1. COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 56 New Cases

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 167,859 COVID-19 cases.

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2. 2021 UTME: Why Candidates Had Low Scores — JAMB registrar

EKO HOT BLOG reports that JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, has explained the behind the poor performance of candidates in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

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3. President Buhari Prays For Speedy Recovery As Pope Francis Undergoes Surgery

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent across a get-well message to the Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis as he heads in for a scheduled surgery of the colon.

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4. Yoruba Nation Lagos Rally: Sanwo-Olu Orders Probe Into 14-Year-Old Jumoke’s Killing

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered a probe of the death of a 14-year-old girl, Jumoke hit by a bullet during the Yoruba Nation Mega rally at Ojota on Saturday.

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5. Kaduna Explosion: Children Playing Football Detonated The IED – Police

The Police have said that the Improvised Explosive Device that exploded in Kaduna was concealed in three empty yogurt containers.

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6. FRSC Set To Arrest Driver’s License Defaulters Nationwide

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is set to embark on a nationwide patrol to arrest and prosecute unlicensed drivers.

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7. COAS Lauds Nigerian Army For Quelling Insurrection, Arson In Southeast

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major-General Faruk Yahaya, has lauded troops of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army for quelling insurrection and arson within the Southeast.

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8 “Separationist Agitation Is Like Waging War On The State”-Oba Adekunle

Oba Adekunle Makama the Olowu of Owu-Kuta in Osun state has vilified secessionist calls in Nigeria, describing it as unpatriotic.

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9. Primate Ayodele Warns African Presidents, Reveals Fresh Prophecies

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has on Sunday warned some African presidents to be careful with their healths, bomb attacks and mishaps in their countries.

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10. ISWAP-Boko Haram Appoints New Commanders, Imposes Taxes

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Interim Council of the ISWAP-Boko Haram terrorists’ group, headed by one Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawiy, has reshuffled the leadership and structures of the extremist sect, after the death of some of their leaders, information from reliable sources revealed.

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11. BREAKING: Again, Taraba NLC Chairman Abducted By Gunmen

Again, the Taraba State chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Peter Jediel, has been abducted by unknown gunmen.

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12. Kidnappers Engage Edo Police In Gun Duel

The Edo State Police Command on Sunday rescued nine kidnapped victims who were abducted on their way from Auchi to Benin in a 14 seater white Toyota Hiace bus with registration number XA 525 KRF.

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13. Police Confirm Kidnap Of 8 People In Zaria, Kaduna State 

The Police Command in Kaduna State has confirmed the kidnap of eight people at the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Quarters, in Zaria town of the state.

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14. JUST IN: Again, Gunmen Attack Kaduna Community

Unknown gunmen have invaded Katsit Community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered.

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15. Opinion: Persistence

I read this story in that phenomenal book that has transcended different eras and the principles contained in its pages are still as potent and relevant even with the changing times. The book, ‘Think and Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill written in 1937 told the story in one of the beginning chapters of a man named R.U Darby and his uncle.

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