NEWS UPDATES MONDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2021

News update, Monday, 08/02/2021

**Herdsmen crisis: Address Nigerians now, Soyinka urges Buhari

**AU must be reformed to stay relevant – Buhari

**Insecurity: Utomi, Na’aba, Agbakoba, Moghalu, others convoke national confab in May

**Minister assures improved social welfare facilities in FCT

**Lawmaker Ali-Wudil awards N20m scholarship to 3,500 students

**Oyetola imposes 24-hour curfew on 2 LGAs

**Sanwo-Olu approves appointment of GM for LASBCA, SSA for PLWD

**Two shot, houses burnt in Osun, Benue community boundary clashes

**NEMA distributes relief materials to Delta flood victims

**Ganduje to organise debate for banned Kabara, other Islamic scholars

**Ogun community bans underage, arms bearing herders

**Makinde’s aide warns against false social media alarms

**Bandits massacre 19 in 2 Kaduna LGAs in one day

**I can finish off Boko Haram without govt support – Sunday Igboho

**Police intercept 6-member kidnap gang, rescue 3 victims in Abuja

**Kaduna varsity denies name change

**APGA’s Sale wins Reps bye-election in Niger

**Gunmen kill APC chairman in Benue

**Expired products: NAFDAC shuts Lagos food company

**NDLEA seizes N1.4bn worth of cannabis in Edo

**NNPC declares trading surplus for November 2020

**Saudi says intercepted armed drone launched by Yemen rebels

**200 missing in India after burst glacier causes flash flooding

**Indiscipline: Scrabble Federation suspends player

**Kane’s return lifts Mourinho as Spurs end losing streak