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[Daily Trust] For the umpteenth time, the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare has declared that Nigeria urgently needs a private sector driven Athletes Development Program and a Sports Fund that is independent of government.

[Daily Trust] The cost of cargo haulage from the Lagos ports has dropped by about 70 percent in the last one months, importers and operators have said.

[Daily Trust] About 21 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), posted to Taraba State for Batch B stream (I) orientation course, have tested positive for COVID-19.

[Daily Trust] Gusau -- A notorious terror kingpin operating around the Dansadau axis of the vast Kuyambana Forest, Ali Kachalla, was the one responsible for the recent shooting down of a Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet, Daily Trust can report.

[Daily Trust] MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) has said it will invest fresh N600 billion to expand its network across the country in the next three years.

[Daily Trust] The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 348 illegal premises in Edo State. Registrar of the council, Pharmacist Elijah Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement Sunday.

[Seychelles News Agency] A Seychellois-owned cargo service, Euro African Star Transport (EAST), has begun exporting fish to African markets as part of its efforts to diversify Seychelles' exports.

[Premium Times] The vaccines, which were delivered through the COVAX facility, had earlier arrived in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday.

[ANGOP] Accra -- Angola and Ghana are committed to strengthening cooperation in transport, mining, agriculture, training and education and defence field.

[This Day] On the 5th of July we had opened a debate in this column on the depreciation of the Naira. For those who may have missed it, kindly go to the website and update yourself so you can follow today's discuss. We received a response from Mr. Eustace Odunze, a renowned Economist and lawyer. We hereby publish Mr. Odunze's piece and will conclude with our reaction to him.

[This Day] The case of 14-year old Keren-Happuch Aondodoo Akpagher, a student of Premier Academy, Lugbe, Abuja, who was allegedly raped in her school - a situation that eventually led to her death, is one too many of cases whereby the girl-child has been sexually assaulted in recent times. Her case has continued to spark debates, just as investigation to unravel the culprit continues.

[Vanguard] The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has described blood donation in the state as awfully low, stating that only 54 percent of blood needs in the state had been met, as against the World Health Organisation's requirement.

[Vanguard] As the world marks this year's World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, and the World Health Organisation, WHO, have faulted the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Nigeria which the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, NDHS, put at 29 per cent rate.

[Leadership] The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended deputy commissioner of police and head of inspector-general's intelligence response team (IGP-IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force from the exercise of the powers and functions of his office.

[This Day] Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has warned the federal government to respect the rule of law and international human rights law in handling the cases of secessionists, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho.

[Daily Trust] Keystone Bank Limited, through its 'Pink Network' initiative, in partnership with Hayat Holdings (Producer of MOLPED Pad) and WHAI (Whispering Hope for Africa) Nigeria, has donated menstrual period kits to over 3000 'marginalized' girls in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps and secondary schools within the North-Eastern region of Nigeria.

[This Day] As part of efforts to decongest access to Apapa ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has given authorised trailer parks an August 12, 2021 deadline to meet all its requirements for full automation or lose their listing.

[Vanguard] The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded 5,320 road crashes (Road Traffic Crashes) and 2,471 deaths in the first half of 2021 nationwide.

[Vanguard] The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire weekend urged the newly inaugurated Fellows of the Academy of Medicine Specialities of Nigeria, AMSN, to provide moral and ethical guidance for upcoming generations.

[Vanguard] Armed gunmen have unleashed violence in Okporo and neighbouring Communities in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.

[Premium Times] The vaccines, which were delivered through the COVAX facility, had earlier arrived in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday.

[Premium Times] Governor Ganduje says community policing is being woven into the fabric of Kano as a political entity.

[Premium Times] The MRA also wants the perpetrators of such attacks punished.

[Premium Times] Mr Okoro, who joined JAMB in 1993 as a programmer and appointed a deputy director in 2018, is said to be the most senior director in the establishment.

[Premium Times] The SSS flouted the first order issued by the court on July 23 for the agency to produce the allies of Sunday Igboho last Thursday.

[This Day] When the Nigerian Navy (NN) concluded the Basic Operating Capability (BOC), it was not only to cover all facets of security threats facing the nation today, but to also strengthen the existing military cooperation between the NN and the Ghana Navy (GN).

[Vanguard] Kaduna -- For their alleged failure to bring the desired growth and development in Nigeria within the past 20 years, a university don and former Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria ( INEC), Professor Attahiru Muhammad Jega has urged Nigerians not to vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) henceforth.

[Premium Times] "The attack, which lasted for over four hours unhindered, left over 250 houses razed."

[Premium Times] Mr El-Zakzaky and his wife were arrested in December 2015, after the Nigerian Army extra-judicially killed over 300 followers of the Shiite cleric.

[This Day] The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Youth and Sports Minister, Sunday Dare and all Nigerians for the unsavoury event which led to the inability of 10 track and field athletes to compete at the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo.