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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Thursday, April 29th, 2021
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Thursday, April 29th, 2021
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 164,993 COVID-19 cases.
2. FG Orders NSCDC To Beef Up Security At Airports Over Imminent Attacks
The ministry of interior has directed the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to team up with other agencies to upgrade the security measures at airports across the country.
3. Cocaine Worth ‘₦264m’ Seized in Abuja, Kogi – NDLEA
Cocaine worth N264 million have been confiscated in separate operations in Kogi and Abuja, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed.
4. Atiku To Buhari: Punitive Measures Must Be In Place For Banditry, Kidnapping
A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called on the federal government to ensure that bandits, kidnappers and criminals are made to face the full wrath of the law.
5. CJN Suspends Inauguration Of 18 Appeal Judges Indefinitely
Ibrahim Muhammad, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has postponed the swearing-in of 18 newly appointed justices of the appellate court.
6. Lagos Govt Detects Lies In Viral Amputee Hawker’s Claims, Withholds N25m Donation
Claims by the Oshodi amputee hawker, by Mary Daniel, that she lost a leg in an accident that killed all passengers, including her parents when she was a teenager, have been discovered as false.
7. Lagos Govt Commences Upgrading Of 107-Year Massey Children Hospital
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has flagged off the reconstruction of the 107-year-old Massey Street Children Hospital located at the Adeniji-Adele Road, Lagos Island.
8. We Can’t Guarantee Your Safety, Polytechnic Tells Students
The management of the Gateway (ICT) Polytechnic, Saapade in Ogun State has shut the institution and asked the students to vacate the campus over worsening insecurity around the polytechnic, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered.
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has appointed Mr Gbenga Shobo as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the bank.
10. APC Won’t Be In Power Beyond 2023 – Makinde
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said Nigerians are tired of All Progressives Congress (APC) incompetence and maladministration and will vote the party out in 2023
11. No Reasonable Nigerian Would Want APC Back In 2023 – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Wednesday attacked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the delay in amending the Electoral Act, saying no reasonable citizen of the country would want the party to retain the presidential seat in 2023.
12. Police Arrest Suspected Abductors Of Ogun Monarch, OOU Students
The police authorities have arrested some suspected kidnappers of a community leader, Chief Tajudeen Omotayo and some students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro in Ogun State.
13. Gunmen Assassinate Hotel Owner And Wife
Kehinde Ibidunni, a hotel owner located at Atan-Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun state, has been reportedly assassinated in his residence.
14. Opinion: The Place of Tenacity in Building an Empire
I read on Mo Abudu’s instagram page a while ago on how she crossed over from the field of Human Resources to Media after clocking forty and how she pitched her unique idea of creativity in the entertainment industry to every government in power since 2006 and none gave her any serious consideration until the administration of the incumbent governor of Lagos State, led by Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
15. Lagos Police Set To Release Baba Ijesha
A directive has been given to the Lagos State Police Command to release popular Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, from custody.
16. Actress Mercy Aigbe Blows Hot On Colleagues Supporting Baba Ijesha
Few hours after the Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, went live on her Instagram page to tackle the popular actor and movie director, Yomi Fabiyi, for taking sides with the embattled comic actor, Baba Ijesha, another strong female personality in the industry, Mercy Aigbe, has thrown her weights behind the family of the girl whom Baba Ijesha allegedly assaulted.
17. FA Cup Final Date And Time Fixed, As Chelsea Prepare To Face Leicester
Chelsea will be playing in their 3rd FA Cup final in four years, as they face Leicester City who is playing in their first FA Cup final after 52 years, when the two Premier League sides meet in Wembley.
18. UCL: All The Records Broken In First Stage Of PSG Vs Man City Semi Final Clash
Manchester City came from 1-0 down to claim a 1-2 win that gives them the advantage over Paris Saint German ahead of their Semi Final second leg match.
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