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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Thursday, August 5th 2021
Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Thursday, August 5th 2021
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 176,011 COVID-19 cases.
2. WHO Calls on COVID-19 Producers to Reduce Price
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to reduce their prices and make them affordable.
3. Ogun Government Shuts Market over Fear of Cholera Outbreak
The Ogun State Government has shut a market, in the state capital, Abeokuta, for operating below public hygiene standards.
4. Update: Court Grants N10m Bail to 12 Aides of Sunday Igboho
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the 12 associates of the Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.
5. JUST IN: Yoruba Nation Agitator Charged With Jumoke Oyeleke’s Murder Released
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Yoruba Nation agitator, Tajudeen Bakare popularly known as Oba Ogboni, who was arrested and charged with the murder of a sachet water seller, Jumoke Oyeleke, has been released.
6. Concerned Group Confer With 3 US Based Law Firms To Defend Abba Kyari
A political pressure group known as Concerned Advocates For Good Governance, says it has conferred with U.S based law firms to defend former Head of Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari.
7. FG Approves $1.4bn For Rehabilitation Of Warri, Kaduna Refineries
The Federal Government has approved contracts for the rehabilitation of Warri and Kaduna refineries to the tune of $1.4 billion.
8. FEC Approves $11.17b Rail Project to Link Coastal Cities in Nigeria
The Federal Executive Council has approved a total of $11.17 billion to link the coastal cities in Nigeria by rail.
9. Nigeria Laws Forbid Governors to be Sued, Says Jegede
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2020 Ondo State Gubernatorial Election, Eyitayo Jegede, has revealed that the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, was excluded as a respondent in his petition, said it was because of the immunity he (Buni) enjoys.
10. Nigerians Encourage, Nurture Impunity – Soyinka
Renowned literateur, Wole Soyinka, has blamed Nigerians including himself, for the rate of impunity in the country.
11. Tragedy As Truck Falls On Vehicles In Lagos
EKO HOT BLOG reports that tragedy struck around Ijora area of Lagos State on Wednesday as a truck with a loaded container fell on two vehicles on the ever-busy Apapa Expressway.
12. Man Sighted In Lagos Selling Kidney In Traffic
A man was sighted carrying a placard with the inscription ‘fresh kidney for sale’ boldly written on it.
13. Flood Kills Three, Ravages Government House in Osun
Three persons have been feared dead on Tuesday night when flood swept through Osogbo, the Osun State capital following a heavy downpour.
14. OPC Arrests Notorious Cultist, Ewe, In Lagos
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) at Ita-Opo in the Epe area of Lagos State, has arrested a notorious cult leader, Qudus Balogun well known as ‘Ewe’.
15. Read Full Statement Released By Police after Killing Kidnapper in Benue
The police authorities in Benue State have said it the force killed a suspected kidnapper and arrested two others during a gun battle.
16. See Your Diaspora As Untapped ‘Oil’ Resource, Fayemi’s Aide Admonishes States
In what seems to be his relentless campaign that states, especially in the southwest region, should aggressively look in the direction of their diaspora indigenes if they must fast track their economic developmental agenda, the Senior Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Diaspora Affairs Mr. Femi Odere was in Akure the capital of Ondo state on a working visit to the state’s Speaker of the House of Assembly Hon. Bamidele Oleyelogun on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.
17. Myself, Eagles Tower Schools And My Ex-Wife, Joy Patience Famutimi
Marriage, undoubtedly considered God’s most sacred institution, sometimes echoes as “The Good Morrow” very poetically described by the great William Shakespeare, unlocking such good fortunes in man’s life which he could not begin to fathom or contemplate.
Following the undertaking by the Trustees of King’s College; St. Gregory’s College; Barewa College; and Igbobi College to alert their schools to the raging controversy over the shabby treatment meted out by the Government to the Randle family over the J.K. Randle Centre which is under construction at Onikan, Lagos, more schools have insisted on getting involved as part of their civics education.
19. Opinion: The Bane of Entrepreneurship
Most people don’t understand the bane of entrepreneurship, that is, the ugly side of starting and sustaining a business. They love the way entrepreneurs looks but don’t understand the enormous tasks and sweat it takes to start, run, and sustain a business.
20. Date Of Burial For Rachel Oniga Announced
The family of late Nollywood Actress, Rachel Oniga has announced Aug. 26th and 27th, 2021 for her burial.
21. Grealish Set To Become Most Expensive English Player With Man City Move
Aston Villa captain, Jack Grealish, may become the most expensive English footballer ever.
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