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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Thursday, December 10th, 2020

Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Thursday, December 10th, 2020

1. COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 474 New Cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday disclosed that 474 New COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in 15 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).

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2. Nigeria To Get COVID-19 Vaccines In 2021 – Okonjo Iweala

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines as from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021, a statement by the Ministry of foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.

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3. FG Discloses 7-Point Agenda To Control Apapa Gridlock

Federal Government on Wednesday said a seven-point agenda will be applied to tackle the Oshodi-Apapa expressway traffic situation.

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4. Buhari Urges Govs. To Work With Monarchs For Local Intel

President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked all the 36 state governors to work more with traditional rulers and community members to improve local intelligence gathering that will complement the work of security agencies.

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5. ASUU Didn’t Agree To Suspend Strike – Ogunyemi

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Wednesday, said the union never reached an agreement with the Federal Government team to suspend its over-eight months strike.

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6. INEC To Conduct Elections With New Electoral Act – Lawan

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said, the National Assembly would ensure the new electoral Act would be used to conduct elections from next year.

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7. You Must Honour N’Assembly Summon, Falana Tells Buhari

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says President Muhammadu should save himself from humiliation by honouring the invitation of the national assembly.

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8. Falana Bags Wole Soyinka ‘Human Rights Defender’ Award

Respected legal practitioner, Femi Falana (SAN), has received the ‘Human Rights Defender’ award presented by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ).

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9. Army Denies Crime Allegations By Amnesty International

The Defence Headquarters has denied accusation of committing crimes against older people in the North East, levied by Amnesty International (AI), the army tagged the report as  blackmail.

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10. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Challenge Holds In Kaduna

The maiden 2020 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) challenge was held on Wednesday at the Jaji military cantonment, Kaduna, to display innovations of Nigerian youths in flying locally made prototype aircraft.

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11. Gender Violence Bill: Lagos Assembly Holds Public Hearing

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday held a one-day Public Hearing on a bill for speedy dispensation of justice for Domestic and Sexual Violence and Establishment of the Sex Offenders Register.

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12. Amotekun Arrests Cattle Rustlers In Ondo

The Ondo state chapter of the Southwest Security Network code-named Amotekun says its men have arrested two suspected cattle rustlers in the state.

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13. Lalong Promises Enabling Environment For Investors In Plateau

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has promised to provide enabling environment for investors and private businesses to thrive in the state.

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14. Ondo Speaker, Others To Be Arraigned For Contempt

Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oloyeloogun, would be arraigned before the state High Court on December 17, 2020.

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15. Abeokuta-Lagos Auto Crash Claims 2 Lives, Injures 5

On Tuesday, The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) made an announcement of an accident along Abeokuta-Lagos expressway that claimed the lives of two people and five others sustained injuries.

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16. Speeding Sports Car Kills Teenager In Rivers State

A speeding sports car on Wednesday hit and crushed a 17-year-old secondary school girl to death on her way to school.

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17. APC Members In Rivers File Fresh Suit Against Party

Despite warnings by All Progressives Congress (APC) national executive committee (NEC) that members should withdraw pending suit against the party, some members of the APC in Rivers state have instituted a new legal action action against the party.

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18. Ortom Won’t Return To APC, Says Wike

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, almost lost his life during his time at the All Progressives Congress (APC)

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19. PDP Candidate Wins Zamfara Constituency By-Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Bakura constituency by-election of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Tukur as winner of the poll.

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20. Okigwe Zone APC Threatens To Expel Araraume

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Okigwe zone of lmo State have threatened to expel Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, should he continue to destabilise the party and disparage the state leader, Governor Hope Uzodinma.

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21. Post – UTME: UNIBEN Recalls Some Candidates For Rewrite

Some candidates that had earlier sat for the Post – Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) have been recalled to rewrite the examination following the collapse of the university’s server, Ekohotblog gathered.

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22. 2020: Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women In The World

The list of the world’s 100 most powerful women of 2020 was announced recently by  Forbes, with prominent politicians, celebrities and entrepreneurs topping the list.

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23. Canada Joins UK To Approve Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

Canada has joined the UK to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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24. Akufo-Addo Re-Elected As Ghana’s President

President Nana Akufo-Addo has won the 2020 presidential election in Ghana, defeating his closest challenger and former president John Mahama by polling 6,730,413 votes (51.59 per cent).

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25. Election Violence In Ghana Leaves Five Dead

Police in Ghana on Wednesday said no fewer than five people lost their lives in election-related incidents.

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26. Joe Biden’s Son, Hunter Under Investigation For Taxes

United States President-Elect, Joe Biden’s son, Hunter has said his tax affairs are under investigation.

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27. 5 Most Expensive Houses In The World And Their Worth

Buckingham Palace, London

The residence of The Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is the world’s most valuable residence, estimated to worth over $5billion!

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28. Opinion: Why Scamming Will Thrive

“Auntie, sorry to bother you but have you heard of XYZ scheme?” And the gentleman proceeded to tell me about the investment opportunity where l would invest and within a week be paid back double of my initial deposit.

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29. History: Rescaling The Munich Air Disaster

Many people will remember Manchester United’s class of ’92 and the legends of the game produced by this star-studded class.

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30. Sell Pogba, Drop DeGea – Man Utd Players Reveal Why

Majority of Manchester United players have expressed their desire to see Mildfielder, Paul Pogba sold and Goalkeeper, David DeGea dropped. .

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31. 28-Year-Old VJ Chitra Reportedly Commits Suicide

Indian actor, VJ Chitra has reportedly committed suicide in her hotel room in the outskirts of Chennai on Wednesday morning.

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