Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Thursday, March 11th, 2021

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1. COVID-19: NCDC Reports 5 Deaths, 394 New Cases

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 159,252 COVID-19 cases.

2. El-Rufai, Deputy, Others Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday publicly took his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine with an appeal to the people of the state to still observe all the safety guidelines against the virus.

3. £4.2m Ibori Loot Should Go To Delta State Not FG, Falana Tells Malami

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has disproved Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, assertion that the loot recovered from James Ibori, former governor of Delta, belongs to the federal government.

4. Reopen International Wings Of Kano, Enugu, Port Harcourt Airports, Reps Urge FG

House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the federal government to reopen the international wings of Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt airport shutdown down at the peak of the lockdown occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemics.

5. Reactions As Police Claim They Found No Evidence Against Iskilu Wakili

The notorious Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, arrested by the members of the Oodua People’s Congress on Sunday has been partially vindicated on the ground of no concrete evidence.

6. How Hijab Controversy Threatens Kwara’s Harmony

Kwara State is known as the State of Harmony, but that is being threatened by the controversy that is trailing the wearing of hijab by students in secondary schools founded by Christian missions, but which have been taken over by the state government.

7. Bayelsa State Govt Bans Open Grazing

Bayelsa State Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state.

8. Food Blockade: IPMAN hails Governor Bello of Kogi

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, IPMAN has praised Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State for his role in brokering the impasse between the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria.

9. Bandits Threaten Nigeria Sovereignty, They Should Be Exterminated – El-Rufai

Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna state governor, says the activities of bandits in Nigeria threatens the territorial integrity of the country.

10. I Have Sponsored Impactful Bills—Sen. Okorocha

Sen. Rochas Okorocha (APC-Imo) says he has sponsored bills that have made positive impacts on the lives of his constituents and Nigerians in general.

11. Politicians Have No Conscience – Gov Ayade

Governor Ben Ayade says politicians have no conscience and always fail to fulfill their promise to those who elected them.

12. Bandits Killed 937 People In 2020 – Kaduna Govt

No fewer than 937 people have been killed throughout Kaduna State by bandits with 1,962 others kidnapped in 2020.

13. ‘Married Woman’ Caught With Our Official Is His Daughter, Hisbah Claims

Following the discovery that the said woman was his daughter and not a married woman, the senior Hisbah officer, Sani Rimo, who was recently arrested by the Kano state police command on allegations of being in a hotel with a married man has been exonerated.