Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Friday, October 9th, 2020

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1 . Nigeria Records 103 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (has) confirmed 103 new coronavirus infections in 12 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).

2. Buhari To Punish Culprit As N9 Million Disappears In House of Assembly

OVER N9 million has gone missing in the accounts department of the Niger State House of Assembly.

3. Police Officer Murdered In Delta #EndSARS Protest

A police Corporal, simply identified as Stanley, attached to the Ughelli Police Area Command, Ughelli, Delta State, was on Thursday shot dead by suspected hoodlums, who hijacked the #EndSARS protest, which began peacefully in the town.

4. Cardi B Reacts As Nigerians Order Her To Join #EndSARS Protest

America female rapper, Cardi B on Friday, reacted to tweet calling her out concerning the SARS menace in Nigeria.

5. Ondo 2020: ADC Suspends Members For Anti-Party Activities, Receives Defectors

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ondo State has wielded the big stick against some of its state executives that endorsed candidates of other political parties.

6. Lagos Officials’ Wives To Explore Opportunities In New World

The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) on Thursday charged women to explore and take advantage of the opportunities that the new world, occasioned by COVID-19, has brought.

7. Biden Wins Debate Timeslot After Trump Pulls Out

ABC News will host a town hall with former Vice President Joe Biden next week during the same timeslot as the second presidential debate was supposed to be held, after President Donald Trump very publicly announced he would not attend.

8. International Flights: 22 Travelers Test Positive For COVID-19

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has revealed that 22 persons have so far tested positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19), among the 1,473 persons of interest tested since the reopening of the nation’s international airspace.

9. Fraud: Court Freezes Lagos Speaker, Obasa’s Accounts

Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has reportedly directed the temporary freezing of three accounts belonging to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa.

10. Migrant Attack: NiDCOM Boss Condemns Burning Of A Nigerian In Libya

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has condemned in strong terms, the killing of a Nigerian, setting him ablaze by three men.

11. LASG Urges Commuters To Embrace Waterways Transportation

The Lagos State Government has again appealed to the commuting public to embrace water transportation as a reliable alternative means of decongesting the roads, assuring that government will continue to prioritise safety on the waterways.

12. Abiru Commiserates With Victims Of Another Lagos Gas Explosion

Mr Tokunbo Abiru, the APC Lagos East Senatorial candidate in the Oct. 31 bye-election, on Thursday condoled with victims of gas explosion in Baruwa area of Lagos.

13. Fashola Bans Trading Under Rehabilitated Marine Beach Bridge Set To Reopen For Use

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Thursday banned commercial activities under the Marine Beach Bridge as rehabilitation works are completed for the bridge to reopen to traffic.

14. I’m Still In Ondo Governorship Race —Jegede

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, on Thursday, dismissed a report that he had collapsed his structure for another party and urged his supporters to disregard the claim.

15. #EndSARS: Comedian Mr Macaroni, Others Pass The Night In Lagos Government House

Social media comedian Mr Macaroni led a protest at the Lagos State Government House in Alausa late into Thursday night against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

16. Craving A New Nigeria

In my previous article, ahead of Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day celebrations, I tried to examine the root of Nigeria’s divisive politicking. In what many saw as a sacrilegious criticism of our venerated “founding fathers”, I argued that their politics was founded on ethnic and regional sentiments and quite destructive.

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