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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Thursday, April 15th, 2021

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Apr 15, 2021.

Damilare Abass

Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Thursday, April 15th, 2021

1. COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 89 New Cases

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 164,000 COVID-19 cases.

2. Digital Money Can Facilitate Remittances – IMF

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the world is witnessing a revolution in digital money that can make remittances easier, faster and cheaper.

3. Seven Years After: Release Of Chibok Girls Is Work In Progress – Presidency

The Presidency on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to securing the release of the missing students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, saying rescue efforts is a work in progress.

4. Lagos, Ebonyi, Niger Residents Pay Highest For Petrol In March – NBS

The NBS said this in its “Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch for March 2021’’ released on its website on Wednesday in Abuja.

5. Ramadan: We Must Rededicate Ourselves To Promoting Peace, Unity – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has implored Nigerians to recommit themselves to promoting unity, brotherhood, and peace in the country.

6. Buhari Mourns Ex-Military Administrator, Usman

In a condolence message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Wednesday, Buhari averred that as a military officer, late Usman served the nation with courage and dedication.

7. Lawan Pledges Support For Surveying Profession

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan was on Wednesday conferred with honourary fellowship award of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors.

8. Governors Meet In Abuja To Discuss State Of The Nation

State governors on Wednesday met at the state house, Abuja, to discuss pertinent issues regarding state of the nation, including the nationwide strike by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).

9. Amuwo-Odofin Maternity Records Zero Mortality In 2021

Amuwo Odofin Maternal and Child Centre (AOMCC) in Lagos State achieved zero mortality out of a total of 493 birth deliveries it recorded between January and March this year.

10. Gov. Matawalle Appoints New Permanent Secretary, D-Gs

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has approved the appointment of his Director-General of Protocol, Alhaji Kabiru Yusuf, as Permanent Secretary.

11. OPC Berates Dambazau Over Comparison With Boko Haram

The Frederick Fasehun-led faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has flayed Abulrahman Dambazau, a former army chief, for likening the group to Boko Haram insurgents.

12. Herdsmen Attack Benue Community, Kill Mourners, Abduct Others

No fewer than six persons were killed when suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked the Goh community, Km4 along Naka-Agagbe road in Gwer-West LGA of Benue State.

13. Police Confirm Attack On Nsukka Community

He said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, had directed full-scale investigations to uncover the masterminds of the attack and also bring them to book.

14. Boko Haram’s Latest Attack On Damasak Leaves 10 Dead

Ten civilians have been confirmed killed in Tuesday nights attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Damasak, the headquarters of the Mobbar Local Government in Borno State.

15. “All I Ask For Is Justice”, Says Sister Of Caterer Assaulted At Lagos Wedding

Reports of a caterer who was allegedly attacked at a wedding by the brothers of the groom at a wedding he was working surfaced online on Monday.

16. A 15-Year-Old Student Commits Suicide After She Was Bullied By A Fellow Student At School

A 15-year-old student of Mbilwi Secondary School in Limpopo province of South Africa has reportedly taken her own life following a bullying incident that happened on April 12, 2021.

17. Opinion: There is Dignity in Honest Work

It was during one of the long ASUU strikes in the mid-nineties that three sophomore students of a certain federal University in the South Western part of Nigeria decided that staying at home with no end in sight to the tussle between the academic staff union and the federal government would be detrimental to their overall wellbeing.

18. Latest Update: Ada Jesus In A Wheelchair As She Receives Treatment At Hospital In Onitsha

Human rights activist Gwamnishu Emefiena Harrison who has been giving update on the treatment of Nmesoma popularly known as Ada Jesus, has shared a video of her receiving treatment at the New Hope Hospital in Onitsha.

19. Liverpool Knocked Out From UCL As Man City Shine Against Dortmund

Liverpool are officially out of the Champions league competition after a 0-0 draw with Real Madrid at the 2nd leg of the quarter finals which was played at Anfield.

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