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Here are the major headlines for Thursday, August 27, 2020

Punch

  • Torino sign Kosovo defender Vojvoda from Standard Liege
  • 12 Zamfara PDP supporters die in auto crash
  • Buhari, Jonathan, others in Council of State meeting
  • Farming not retirement plan- Tuface
  • Bollywood star Aamir Khan under fire over China, Turkey links
  • BREAKING: Adesina re-elected AfDB President
  • DSS/IPOB clash: Ohanaeze meets Ugwuanyi, wants killings probed
  • Djokovic cruises into semis at US Open tuneup
  • Nigerian nurse abducted by ISWAP regains freedom
  • Three injured as petrol tanker explodes in Bauchi
  • I plan competing into my 90s, says 87-year-old triathlete
  • Chelsea players test positive for COVID-19
  • I’m most experienced among all candidates – Akeredolu
  • Police ready to work with Edo stakeholders, says AIG
  • Oyo to revoke licences of betting companies with underage stakers
  • FG’s 774,000 unskilled N20,000 jobs: Four PhD, 200 master’s holders apply, Senate tackles Keyamo again on slots
  • Don’t disqualify candidates over qualification, others, IG directs in wireless message
  • No tariff increase, Buhari ordered mass metering – NERC
  • Pandemonium as task force, transport workers clash in Lagos
  • Lagos pastor defiles, impregnates two sisters
  • Farm guard fired shot that killed Oyo farmer’s fiance – CP
  • On the day of Fani-Kayode’s anger
  • Fani-Kayode’s public meltdown
  • Can COP26 catch up with climate change?
  • APC defends Buhari as PDP alleges President deceives Nigerians
  • Edo assembly factions clash over commissioner-nominees, others’ clearance
  • APC, PDP trade words over thugs’ invasion of Edo rally ground
  • Akeredolu’s rule will end on October 10, says Jegede
  • Makinde heads PDP campaign council for Ondo gov poll
  • BREAKING: Adesina re-elected AfDB President
  • Senate demands probe of $18bn NLNG dividend to NNPC
  • Shrinking economy: Nigeria’s situation better than others, says Presidency
  • Refineries idle for 12 months, incur N142bn expenses
  • No tariff increase, Buhari ordered mass metering – NERC
  • FG approves N722.3m for eight NDDC forensic auditors
  • Djokovic cruises into semis at US Open tuneup
  • I plan competing into my 90s, says 87-year-old triathlete

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The Nation

  • BREAKING: Buhari presides over Council of State meeting
  • Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is first person worth $200 billion
  • Broadcasting code not imposed, says NBC DG 
  • Amotekun won’t be under IG, say Akeredolu, Makinde 
  • Buhari proposes 15-month time limit for court cases 
  • I killed after my escape, says re-arrested Ibadan suspect  
  • Messi, Suarez futures tied, says agent 
  • Obaseki inspects security projects in Gelegele 
  • Dangote commits $1m to renovation 
  • Osimhen allays Racism fears 
  • Police bust drug syndicate in Ogun 
  • Borno to demolish illegal structures in Maiduguri 
  • ‘Stop parading yourselves as NULGE excos’ 
  • Lagos seals church, eatery, others for infractions 
  • Bayelsa West: Sagbama should occupy seat
  • Justice delivery: ‘Kaduna needs Family Courts’
  • Erosion sacks town 
  • I defiled two sisters, pastor tells court 
  • Enugu APC factions reconcile, unite
  • We didn’t sell land to Emejulu, says Rep Nnaji  8:34 AM
  • Tanker, car razed in Lagos bank fire
  • ‘No consensus candidate for Imo by-election’ 
  • Inuwa, Dankwambo trade accusations on project
  • Mompha regains freedom 
  • ‘Katsina will bounce back’ 
  • Jigawa Assembly to probe 27 councils 
  • Six suspects paraded in UNIBEN student’s rape-murder 
  • Ishaku queries court’s jurisdiction 
  • Five injured as Lagos task force, motorists clash
  • Q2 GDP outlook better than projected, says Presidency 
  • Lebanon not the way to go 
  • Sokoto monarch seeks comprehensive education for Almajirai 
  • NECO Registrar lauds COVID-19 compliance in schools
  • UNILAG crisis: ASUU, SSANU fire salvos 
  • UNILAG panel to submit report in two weeks 
  • UDUS loses student, lecturer one week apart 
  • Re-open schools, student-leaders tell govt 
  • Life after the pandemic
  • Epileptic power: Students suggest way out 
  • 29 years after creation: Ugwuanyi keeping the enduring Enugu peace
  • Uba Sani gives Kaduna a strong voice in the Senate
  • Golden question @70: How do you stand? 
  • IPMAN launches sea surveillance to tackle oil thieves
  • Makinde leads PDP campaign
  • Akeredolu inaugurates campaign committee 
  • INEC to retain 2019 voter register, says REC
  • APC tackles deputy governor over allegations 
  • WaterAid gets N284m to fight virus in six states 
  • Ize-Iyamu, Shaibu trade blame over gunshots at Edo community 
  • NBS: share of Nigerians working rising during pandemic 

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