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Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
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1. COVID-19: 707 Discharged Within 24 hours As NCDC Confirms 252 New Cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed that 707 COVID-19 patients were discharged across the country between Monday and Tuesday.
2. ‘Your Actions Are Reprehensible’ – Daily Trust Blasts Fani-Kayode For Attacking Its Reporter
The management of Media Trust Limited, publishers of Daily Trust, said it would hold former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, responsible if any harm befalls its reporter.
3. Kaduna Strife: El-Rufai Lauds Ethnic Group Efforts Towards Reconciliation
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has assured residents of the state that the violence, killings and perennial strife among warring ethnic groups will soon become a thing of the past.
4. T.B. Joshua Made Israeli ‘Tourism Goodwill Ambassador’
The General Overseer of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Prophet T.B. Joshua said he was named ‘Tourism Goodwill Ambassador For Israel’, following last year’s crusade in the Middle Eastern country.
5. School Reopening: Sanwo-Olu Swears In Governing Council In Lagos Tertiary Institutions
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday swore-in the newly constituted Governing Council for all the tertiary institutions in the state.
6. Parents Of Missing Ukrainian Graduate Beg Authorities To Uncover The Cause Of Son’s Disappearance
The parents of a Nigerian student who went missing in Ukraine, begs for help in getting information about their son’s whereabouts.
7. NAFDAC Reveals How Much It Costs To Destroy 1 Container Of Tramadol
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mrs Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye has revealed that to destroy a container load of Tramadol cost the agency between N1m and N2m.
8. Police Shoot 19-Yr-Old Boy For Impregnating 17-Yr-Old Girl In Rivers State
Unless three different surgeries are urgently conducted on the left leg of Ledesi Kote, a 19-year-old boy who was shot by a police officer for impregnating a girl, according to doctors ,the young man may lose the leg to amputation.
9. Relationship Expert, Joro Olumofin Takes Legal Action Against Tunde Ednut In The US
Relationship expert Joro Olumofin has taken legal action against an Instagram blogger, Tunde Ednut, as a quarrel between them worsen.
10. P-Square Former Manager, Howie-T To Be Buried On Friday
The remains of the popular Nigerian music executive and veteran artist manager, Bayo Odusami popularly known as Howie-T, will be laid to rest on Friday, August 29.
11. Gov Ikpeazu Commissions New BCA Power Sub-Station
The Governor of Abia State, Mr Okezie Ikpeazu has commissioned the 1.5 MVA Injection Sub-Station procured and installed by his administration for the Broadcasting Corporation of the State (BCA).
12. Fani-Kayode Insists Journalist Insulted Him, Says He Won’t Apologise
Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says he has no apology to offer to the journalist he attacked at a press conference.
13. Appeal Court Reverses Magu’s Demotion Of EFCC Director
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the demotion of the former Commandant of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Academy, Mr Ayo Olowonihi.
14. Maguire Withdrawn From England Squad After Conviction
Harry Maguire has been withdrawn from England squad after he was given a suspended prison sentence of 21 months and 10 days on assault charges by a court in Greece on Tuesday, August 25.
15. EKOTELEMED : LASHMA Begins Campaign To Educate Lagos Residents
The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) has begun a sensitisation campaign across the state as actions to educate residents on the Lagos State Health Scheme(LSHS) and how employees can access adequate healthcare using EKOTELEMED.
16. Messi Hands Barcelona Transfer Request
Barcelona legend Lionel Messi has submitted a request to leave the club.
17. Police Hunt Fleeing Cultists Over Rivers Chiefs’ Killings
The Rivers State Police Command says it has intensified a manhunt for the suspected cultists who allegedly murdered two chiefs in Baa Loore and Luebe communities in the Khana Local Government Area of the state.
18. I Have Fulfilled My Promise To Eradicate Polio In Nigeria, Will Defeat COVID-19 – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari insisted that he has fulfilled his promise to eradicate polio from Nigeria on Tuesday.
19. COVID-19: American Airlines To lay Off 19,000 Workers
American Airlines have said it would lay off 19,000 workers by October 1, in addition to thousands more who left the company or agreed to voluntary leave, unless Congress offers more aid.
20. Opinion: The Concept Of Oneness In Interactions And In Building Productive Relationships
“Are you sure your fiancé would want you to be actively engaged in fitness routines after you get married?”
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