Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 340 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country.
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday says its recruitment physical and credentials screening exercise for appointment into Constable cadre will hold at POWA International School, Abuja.
Iraqi protesters tried late on Friday to set fire to the parliament office building in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, witnesses told dpa.
The Federal Government has directed the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the University of Lagos, Dr Wale Babalakin and the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe to recuse themselves from official duties.
The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) has expressed concern over the under-utilisation of the Kainji National Park in New Bussa.
The Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano on Friday released cut-off marks for admission screening exercise for the 2020/2021 academic session.
Paul Usoro, president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has said the decision to rescind the invitation extended to Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, to speak at the association’s forthcoming conference has nothing to do with religion and ethnicity.
The Department of State Services has invited 10 leaders of the All Progressives Congress for a meeting on Saturday at its Benin City office in Edo State.
Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, recently sacked Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, has dropped a lawsuit he filed against the National Industrial Court to challenge his sacking by the varsity’s Governing Council.
The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in the upcoming election in Edo State, Godday Idahosa, has resigned his membership of the party.
Donald Trump and his family bade farewell Friday to the U.S. president’s brother Robert, who died last week.
The residents of Ikolaba area of Ibadan were gripped by trepidation after gunmen broke into the only police station in the locality on Friday.
The Nigerian Senate has uncovered an alleged multi-billion Naira fraud in the joint venture operations between, the Nigerian Television Authority(NTA) and a Chinese Satellite Pay TV, StarTime.
Popular Yoruba actress, Yetunde Bakare has recently taken to her social media page to drop her standpoint on religion.
The lawmaker representing Katsina-Ala East state constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Jonathan Agbidye has been remanded in prison over an alleged criminal conspiracy and kidnapping.
Modern technology and international cooperation could limit the coronavirus pandemic to less than two years, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
Delta Government on Friday announced that it would begin land and property registration in the state on Aug. 28.
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has felicitated with Muslims in Kwara on the new Islamic (calendar) year 1442 AH.
Firemen have rescued 12 persons trapped in a building under construction which collapsed on Friday at Kurna Rijiyar Lemon in Dala Local Government Area in Kano.
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Violent clashes have been recorded in the Ondo West Local Government Area of the state between supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC and African Democratic Congress, ADC., barely 24 hours to the local council polls.
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), one in six young people is out of work while those still working have experienced a drop in hours by an average of 23% – thanks to the global pandemic.
Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan is leading a team of ECOWAS leaders to Mali where the military has overthrown the elected government of President Ibrahim Keita.
The Governor of Kaduna State, mr Nasir El-Rufai has lifted the prohibition on daily prayers and services in places of worship in the State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, released the final list of candidates for the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State.
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