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AllAfrica News: Nigeria

• What Religious Leaders Can Learn From Reverend Canon Wainaina's COVID-19 Experience and Leadership
  [Nigeria Health Watch] Since the first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nigeria on the 27th of February, 2020, the political, economic and health establishment has focused on the response. It was clear that Nigeria like the rest of the African continent was about to face a major challenge. The rapid transmission of COVID-19 across the world and the rapidly rising death toll was an indication that the months ahead were going to be very tough.
  
  
• Dufil Donates N4 Million to Develop Osun-Osogbo Grove
  [Daily Trust] Lagos -- Dufil Prima Foods Plc, makers of Indomie Instant noodles, has donated the sum of 4 million to 'Save Our Art, Save Our Heritage', a campaign designed to safeguard the artistic treasures of Osun-Osogbo grove.
  
  
• As Govt Eases the Lockdown
  [Daily Trust] The federal government last week again eased the lockdown imposed nearly four months ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  
• Panel Orders EFCC Directors to Account for 5-Year Role
  [Daily Trust] Some directors of the Economic and Financial (EFCC) Crimes Commission and other senior management staff yesterday appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami panel investigating allegations of corruption against the suspended chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu.
  
  
• Senate, NDDC Spar Over N3.14 Billlion Palliatives to Staff, Police
  [Daily Trust] Abuja, Port Harcourt, Benin, Yenagoa, Uyo, Umuahia -- The Senate and the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) engaged in a verbal war yesterday with the former accusing the latter of sharing N3.14 billion to staff and the police as COVID-19 relief package.
  
  
• 12 Killed in Bayelsa Road Collision
  [Daily Trust] Yenagoa -- Twelve persons were yesterday burnt to death following a fatal motor accident on the Tombia-Ammassoma road in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
  
  
• APC Has Rubbished Buhari's Graft War With Ize-Iyamu - LP
  [Daily Trust] Benin -- Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the forthcoming election in Edo State, Dr. Isaiah Osifo, says fielding a candidate facing criminal trial by the APC was a mockery of President Muhammadu Buhari's anti-corruption fight.
  
  
• NNPC Reports 19% Increase in Gas-to-Power Supply
  [Daily Trust] The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced an increase of 19.14 per cent in the average daily natural gas supply to power plants which translates to 788millon standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscfd), equivalent to power generation of 2,873MW.
  
  
• Sports Ministry Eager to Resume Sporting Activities Amid COVID-19 Crisis
  [Daily Trust] The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has expressed its eagerness to resume sporting activities in the country as the world continues to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  
• Ogun Police Parade 103 Suspects Over Cultism, Vandalism, Robbery
  [Daily Trust] Abeokuta -- The Ogun State Police Command yesterday paraded 103 suspects for alleged involvement in criminal acts that included cultism, vandalism and armed robbery.
  
  
• Lawmaker Raises Alarm Over Sara-Suka Activities in Azare
  [Daily Trust] Bauchi -- The member representing Azare/Madangala Constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hon. Tijjani Muhammad Aliyu, has raised alarm over the emergence of Sara-suka causing havoc on residents of Azare in Bauchi State.
  
  
• Ondo - APC, PDP, 15 Others Adopt Indirect Primaries
  [Daily Trust] Abuja, Akure -- 10 ruling party aspirants threaten boycott
  
  
• Afrinvest Bullish On MTN, Airtel Africa Shares
  [This Day] Analysts at Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited have made case for investing in the shares of MTN Nigeria Plc and Airtel Africa Plc, saying their current prices are undervalued. In report obtained by THISDAY, Afrinvest said the telecommunications sector in Nigeria remains the fastest growing, the most resilient and the largest contributor to the economy's growth.
  
  
• Southerners Dominate Our Managerial Positions - NPA
  [This Day] The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has described the allegation of lop-sided appointments in the agency as malicious and a calculated attempt to bring the name of the authority to disrepute.
  
  
• Honestly, Social Distancing Has Been Terrible for Nigeria and the World
  [Daily Trust] (Post-Covid-19) A world revolution to a higher social order, a world order, or utter downfall lies before us all. - H. G. WELLS