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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Saturday, October 31st, 2020

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Oct 31, 2020.

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Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Saturday, October 31st, 2020

1. Nigeria Records 170 New Cases, Total Now 62,691

The Nigerian Centre for disease control on Friday announced that 170 of the samples collected for COVID-19 test returned positive.

2. 1,000 Pregnant Women In Kebbi Get Delivery Kits

In celebration of World Polio Day, Kebbi First Lady, Dr. Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu, a UICC board director and founder, Medicaid Foundation, distributed delivery kits to 1,000 women at General Hospital Argungu, Kebbi.

3. Husband Of Africa’s Richest Woman Is Dead

Sindika Dokolo, the husband of Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos has lost his life at the age of 48.

4. 3 Dead, One Injured As Truck Crashes Into Bus (Video)

3 persons have lost their lives with one injured after a granite-laden truck that reportedly crashed into a Mazda bus on Friday night on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

5. Soldiers Allegedly Kill 4 Youths, Dump Bodies Inside Pond In Jos

According to Vanguard, the Gwafan village in Jos North local government area has been thrown into deep mourning.

6. 14 Dead As Buildings Collapses

Rescuers dug through heavy blocks of concrete with their bare hands on Friday in a desperate search for survivors from a powerful earthquake that leveled buildings across Greece and Turkey, killing at least 14 people.

7. Ondo Guber Poll: Jegede Contests Akeredolu Victory, Heads To Tribunal

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic, PDP, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, is challenging the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress, APC at the just concluded Ondo State governorship election.

8. #EndSARS: Plateau Looses Properties Worth N75bn To Protests – Gov Lalong

Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong has said that public and private properties worth N75 billion were lost to the recent #EndSARS protests across the state.

9. Governor Lalong Says Plateau Lost N75 Billion To Looters

Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong has revealed that that state lost N75 billion Naira to looters and hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful endSARS protest in the state.

10. Osun Govt Announces Payment Of New Minimum Wage To Civil Servants

The Osun State government on Friday announced that with effect from November 1, it will begin the payment of new minimum wage to its civil servants throughout the state.

11. IGP Inaugurates 9-man Committee To Assess Losses Suffered By The Police During #EndSARS Protest

IGP M.A Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, has today, 30th October, 2020, inaugurated a 9-Man committee to assess the losses suffered by the Nigeria Police Force during the ENDSARS Protests across the country.

12. Cristiano Ronaldo Beats COVID-19

Cristiano Ronaldo has fully recovered from coronavirus, 19 days after initially testing positive for the disease.

13. Lawyers Submits Petition Against DJ Switch And Falz (Read details)

A group, Vendor for Positive Change Initiatives has petitioned the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses and Other Matters to invite Folarin Falana , Obianuju Catherine Udeh a.k.a Dj Switch to substantiate their Claims On Alleged Killing in Lekki

14. Despite His Apology for Calling Youths “Kids”, Desmond Elliot’s Followers Reduce from 1.2m to 9,703

Just yesterday, a Nigerian Actor and politician, Desmond Elliot, currently serving Surulere Constituency in Lagos shot himself in the leg after he referred to Nigerian youths as children.

15. Incidence Of Collapsed Building Has Declined In Anambra State

Anambra State Physical Planning Board says the rate of building collapse has drastically reduced in the State in the last three years.

16. Parishioners React After Military Officers ‘Kidnapped’ Catholic Priest In Cross River

A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Titus Armon, was forcefully taken away from his parish in Abuochiche, Bekwarra local government area of Cross River state on Thursday, October 29.

17. FRSC Orders Officers To Return To Roads

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has ordered its officers to “immediately resume” across the roads in parts of the country.

18. Ruggedman’s New Web Talk Show Debuts

Finally, Nigerian rapper, Michael Ugochukwu Stephens aka Rugged-man, has launched his long-awaited web talk show.

19. ‘Anambra Communities Not Involved In Lagos Looting’

The Association of Anambra State Development Unions has dissociated itself from the recent looting and destruction of properties by hoodlums in different parts of Lagos State.

20. S’East Governors, Youths Call For Reduction Of Security Roadblocks In Region

Youth groups in the South East have called for a review of the indiscriminate mounting of road blocks in the region by security agencies.

21. Opinion: Tyler Perry: The Man Created To Help People Cross

Tyler Perry, an African-American once referred to as “A One Man Media empire” because he created his own media empire in a poor black neighborhood in Atlanta, is a media mogul who has shattered barriers, shifted boundaries and made what seem impossible, especially for a black man in the movie producing world, possible.

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