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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Thursday, October 29th, 2020
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1. COVID-19: Nigeria Records 4 Deaths, 147 New Infections
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), said four COVID-19 related deaths and 147 new infections were recorded in the country from 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
2. US Rejects Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s Appointment As WTO Director-General
The United States representative at World Trade Organization took to the floor to insist that South Korea’s candidate remained a contender, and that Washington will not recognise Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate for appointment as director-general.
3. Eid-el-Maulud: A Period For Sober Reflection-Orji Kalu
The former governor of Abia, while commending religious leaders and traditional rulers for promoting peace and unity across the country, urged Ingrains to use the season for sober reflection and devotion.
4. Adamawa Governor Signs Executive Order On House-To-House Search For Looted Items
The Press Secretary to the Governor, Humwashi Wonosikou, said in a statement that the Executive Order to be cited as “Order No. 2 of 2020 on the Recovery of Public Property looted in Adamawa State by Hoodlums and Thugs” came into effect at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
5. Bayelsa APC Suspends Ex-House Of Reps Member, Others
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, has suspended five members of the party over alleged anti-party activities
6. #EndSARS: Buhari Hails Borno Youths For Show Of Decorum – Minister
Alhaji Baba-Shehuri, the Minister of State for Agriculture, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the youths in Borno State, for decorum and seemliness behaviour in the wake of looting and destruction of property occasioned by the EndSARS protest.
7. We Lost 2 Officers To Violent #EndSARS Protesters In Enugu — CP
The Enugu State Police Command said it lost two police officers, who were allegedly murdered by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the peaceful #EndSARS protest in the area
8. Eid-el-Maulud: FRSC Boss Urges Muslims To Emulate Prophet Muhammad
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has enjoined the Muslims to emulate the examples of Prophet Muhammad to create the desired peace and tranquillity in the society.
9. Osun Govt. Relaxes Curfew
Osun government has announced the relaxation of the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to curtail the looting of government and private property by hoodlums under disguise of EndSARS protest.
10. States To Get $2m Each To Accomplish GIS — NGF
States able to capture at least 50 per cent of their property that have electricity connections in urban areas before June 30, 2021 using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will get World Bank’s $2million each.
11. Eid-El-Maulud: Oba Of Benin Urges Muslims To Reflect On Teachings Of Prophet Muhammad
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has urged Muslims to reflect on the teachings of Prophet Muhammad by embracing peace and harmonious co-existence, as they celebrate Eid el-maulud.
12. Court Rejects EFCC’s Plea To Issue Arrest Warrant Against Diezani
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday refused to grant the application of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking the court’s order on the issuance of warrant of arrest against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
13. Sanwo-Olu Awards Scholarship To Kids Of Slain Police Officers
Police officers killed in the wake of the violence that trailed the #ENDSARS protests will not die in vain, Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has vowed.
14. Prison Rejects Looters, Thugs Arraigned By Police
The police in Lagos have begun the arraignment of all suspected hoodlums arrested in connection with the mayhem unleashed on the state in the aftermath of the Lekki tollgate shootings at #EndSARS protesters by soldiers.
15. #EndSARS: Social Media Was Used To Instigate Unrest During Protest – NSA
National security adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, says social media is being used to disseminate subversive information capable of inciting violence in Nigeria.
16. Lagos Business Man Recounts How DCP Abba Kyari Extorted N41m From Him
Afeez Mojeed, a Lagos-based businessman has accused Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of extorting over N41 million from him
17. Rivers Pledges N80m To Slain Policemen, Soldiers’ Family
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has announced N20m each as compensation to families of policemen and soldiers killed by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in the Oyigbo area of the state.
18. DJ Switch And Falz Speak On Current State Of #EndSARS Protest And Overall Safety (Video)
Switch reveals that she’s currently on the run after receiving a phone message that warned that she would be shot, she was also advised by a friend in the intelligence community to go into hiding.
19. CBN Increases Access To Mortgage Financing
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it has removed the restriction on non-member mortgage lenders from refinancing their mortgages with the Mortgage Refinance Company.
20. Opinion: #ENDSARS Protest, Women Economic Empowerment And What Shouldn’t Be The Price For Freedom
Barbara Anne Castle, the Secretary Of State for Employment and Productivity in England in 1968 negotiated in a settlement for equal pay which hastened the Equal Pay Act in 1970 when a group of protesting women machinists staged a high profiled walkout on the 7th of June 1968 after discovering that men with whom they were doing the same work were being paid more than they were.
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