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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Saturday, June 26th, 2021

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Jun 26, 2021.

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Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Saturday, June 26th, 2021

1. COVID-19: NCDC Records 29 New Infections, One Fatality

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 167,430 COVID-19 cases.

2. JUST IN: President Buhari Appoints New PPPRA Chairman

EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a new Chairman and an Executive Secretary for the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).

3. Borno: Provost Receives Query For Suspending Students Who Refused To Greet Buhari

Juliana Bitrus, Borno State Commissioner of Health has issued a query to the Provost, College of Nursing and Midwifery, Rukaiya Mustapha, for suspending some students who failed to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari.

4. Okada Rider Flees As Wife Births Twins In Epe

A 24-year-old woman, Abibat Kehinde, has been abandoned at Epe General Hospital, Lagos State, over N131,000 unpaid bills, three months after she gave birth to twins at the hospital.

5. Super TV CEO: Police Release Lekki Apartment Operator, Chidinma’s Father

The Lagos State Police Command has released one Nkechi Mogbo, the Lekki apartment operator where Chidinma Ojukwu allegedly stabbed Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga, to death.

6. Court Dismisses Suit Seeking To Stop Appointment Of New Justices Of Appeal Court

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit seeking to challenge the appointment of 18 new justices for the Appeal Court over alleged breach of federal character principles.

7. Banditry: Gumi Speaks On Invitation By DSS

EKO HOT BLOG reports that popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has reacted to reports making rounds that he was invited by the Department of State Services (DSS).

8. President Buhari Approves Timetable For APC Congresses

President Muhammadu Buhari, has on Friday, approved the review of the timetable for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Congresses.

9. Ayade Stops Salaries Of Political Office Holders Who Refused To Defect To APC

Political appointees, elected local government chairmen, councilors and other political office holders in Cross River State have not been paid their May 2021 salaries and allowances.

10. BREAKING: TB Joshua’s Successor Revealed

Evelyn Joshua, the wife of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), has been chosen to succeed her late husband as the general overseer of the church, according to African News.

11. Police Special Squads Arrest 4 Robbery Suspects In Lagos

Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos State Police Commissioner (CP), has said that four robbery suspects were arrested through the special squads recently created in the command.

12. Police Arrest 10 Students For Abducting Polytechnic Undergraduate

Police Authorities in Ekiti State have arrested some students of Crown Polytechnic in Ado Ekiti for the abduction of a fellow student, Akiode Akinyemi and the collection of more than two million naira as ransom from the family members.

13. Truck Crushes Secondary School Student To Death In Ogun

An unidentified secondary school student was crushed to death by a truck around Sabo junction in Ilaro, Yewa South local government area of Ogun.

14. My Wife Slapped Me In My Mum’s Presence-Man Tells Court

An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court has on Friday dissolved a 7-year-old marriage between Adeparusi Ademola and his wife, Adeparusi Yinka.

15. [BREAKING] Officer Who Killed George Floyd Sentenced to 22½ Years In Prison

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22½ years in prison in the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

16. Opinion: The Powerful Emotion of Anger

It started as a minor disagreement before escalating into a heated argument.

17. Osinbajo, Marwa Attend Premiere Of Movie, `The Silent Baron’ In Abuja

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Buba Marwa, Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Friday attended the premiere of the movie, “The Silent Baron’ in Abuja.

18. Having A ‘SideChick’ Does Not Stop You From Making Heaven- Daddy Freeze

Daddy Freeze has in a video reacted to the video of the 21-year-old UNILAG undergraduate that was paraded by the police over the killing of Super TV CEO Usifo Ataga.

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