Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Sunday, August 2nd, 2020
20,087 has now recovered from COVID-19 in Nigeria, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed.
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa says the state government paid July salary to civil servants ahead of the Eid-el- Kabir celebration despite a garnishee order on its account by an Abuja Federal High Court.
Vietnam’s coastal city of Danang plans to test its entire population of 1.1 million people for COVID-19, the governing authorities said on Saturday.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has resolved to raise Legislative Liaison Committee to guide it on legislative matters and pending critical bills in the National Assembly and State House of Assemblies.
The Lagos State Government on Saturday announced the increase of the permissible capacity of public gatherings from 20 to 50 persons.
Two aircraft collided in mid-air on Friday near the Soldotna Airport on Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska, killing seven people, including Alaska House Representative Gary Knopp, Anchorage Daily News report updated on Saturday.
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, says the Eti-Osa Isolation Centre has been closed down, with effect from Friday night.
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today August 1, announced that the state has in the last two weeks witnessed a decline in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
As students in exiting classes prepare to resume for academic activities nationwide on Monday, August 3, the Ogun state government has mandated all students in boarding houses to undergo Malaria and COVID-19 tests as that would make them admissible into their boarding houses.
A male passenger has died on an Air Peace Flight P47182 from Calabar to Abuja on Saturday.
The presidency on Saturday said Mamman Daura is entitled to his personal take on issues in the country.
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, David Setonji, has cried out over the drowning of 14 persons.
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 25 year old soldier, Mohammed Kashim in possession of arms and some quantity of cannabis sativa, otherwise known as Indian helm along Nguru/Hadeja road in Yobe State.
Director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, has bemoaned the palpable lack of raw materials and ingredients for pharmaceutical activities and operations..
One of the repentant Boko Haram fighters, Abdulwahab Usman, has expressed shock at kind of treatment he and his fellow insurgents are getting from federal government.
Arsenal are winners of the 2020 English FA Cup for fourteen times, after beating Chelsea 2-1 at the Wembley Stadium.
A Nigerian woman, Ndubueze Melody, celebrates her son at three, recalling how he was born prematurely after six months.
On the 1st of August, Nigeria Army killed not fewer than 80 bandits, 33 suspects were arrested, 943 cows, 633 sheep were reportedly recovered and seven AK47 Riffles, one GPMG,16 Dane guns captured in the onslaught against bandits in Katsina State by troops of Operation Sahel Sanity.
Social media influencer, Adedamola Adewale alias Adeherself was overwhelmed with joy when Instagram celebrity Mompha gave her a surprise visit in her home.
This is the face of the health care assistant who raped a 73 years old woman in her nursing home in Ireland. He has been jailed for 11 years.
Two men were on Friday evening abducted by gunmen along Ugwogo-Isi-Uzo road and taken to an unknown destination.
Actor Wilford Brimley, popularly known for his role in the movies “Cocoon” and “The Natural,” dies 85.
Amid the news of having TikTok ban in the United States by President Donald Trump, the social media application, TicTok has finally responded saying they are not going anywhere.
A 2-year old boy reportedly missing has been found in Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Not everyone believes in the institution of marriage and this by no means makes those who do not believe less human or weird than those who do.
When the amazing Chief Sam Amuka celebrated his 85th Birthday on 13th June, 2020 for obvious reasons matters were somewhat restrained. At the age of eighty-five the celebrant cannot be expected to succumb to reckless abandonment of the decrees imposed by COVID-19, namely wash hands with soap; followed with sanitizer (ensure it is genuine); then the mask; ventilator is optional – and then it would be time to read “The Vanguard” newspaper of which “Uncle Sam” to many and “Sad Sam” to very many more, has been the Publisher and Editor-In-Chief for four decades. Along the line, he has been adorned with the rank of “Generalissimo” by his colleagues in journalism and media mogulism as well as the “Boma Boys” of Warri, Sapele and Port Harcourt.
The Lagos state government has disclosed the type of drugs used for COVID-19 patients in the state in order to ensure their recovery from the virulent infection.
Interest in Nigerians in Diaspora is greatly driven by the quest for national development, national unity, the need for all hands to be on deck, the need to remind all Nigerians at home and abroad, regardless of their religious beliefs and ethnolinguistic background to collectively build a new Nigeria that will be completely free from self-destruction, political recklessness and deception. Rather than seek to promote policies that can engender disintegration, efforts should be made to seek to build a nation where no one is discriminated against and oppressed.
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