MEWS UPDATES THURSDAY 24TH DECEMBER 2020

News update, Thursday, 24/12/2020

**ASUU calls-off nine-month-old strike

**FEC approves N8.1bn for rehabilitation of roads in 10 States

**FG declares December 25, 28, 2020; January 1, public holidays.

**FG needs N400bn for COVID-19 vaccines – Minister of Health tells Senate

**Buhari presides over virtual FEC meeting

**Sanwo-Olu calls for National Development Synergies

**ASUU gives FG conditions for lecturers to resume classes

**Governors are tired, frustrated over rising insecurity – Fayemi

**Lai Mohammed reveals only regret under Buhari

**Nigeria on the verge of becoming a pariah nation

**FG inaugurates Governing Council for Disabilities Commission

**2nd Wave: Kwara declares partial lockdown

**Yuletide: CBN to investigate dearth of money in ATMs

**The 25 tollgates from Lagos to Enugu: Signs of a failing society!

**Petrol tanker explosion kills six, destroys 30 houses in Kwara

**10 persons arrested for attacking Lagos Taskforce Officers as Govt impounds 96 commercial motorcycles

**Cooking gas marketers blame increasing prices on importation

**Man hawks Crocodile in Port Harcourt traffic

**Yuletide: FRSC deploys 1,635 personnel in Kano

**COVID-19: Namibia imposes curfew

**Philippines, Japan ban flights from Britain

**Messi passes Pele’s one-club goalscoring record