NEWS UPDATES SATURDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2020

News update, Saturday,19/12/2020

**Abduction: Buhari didn’t visit Kankara but coordinated rescue efforts, says Lai Mohammed

**Boko Haram seeking relevance with Kankara abduction – FG

**Buhari meets Kankara schoolboys

**Kankara attack, enough warning to Nigeria – Lawan

**Afenifere claims FG paid ransom for Katsina Schoolboys' release

**Lagos-Ibadan expressway: FG to construct 4 pedestrian bridges on Ibadan tollgate-Ojoo axis

**Resurfence of COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu directs public servants to work from home

**Osun passes N109.8bn budget

**Lekki shooting victims’ with amputated leg to testify January 8

**Oyetola orders closure of all schools indefinitely

**Ishaku signs 2021 appropriation bill into law

**Benue passes 2021 budget of N134.3 bn

**Obiano dethrones 3 traditional rulers, reinstates 5 others

**Brain Drain: Diri urges patriotism as medical doctors meet in Yenagoa

**Tambuwal goes into isolation, awaits COVID-19 test result

**Why we must appreciate God for 2020 – Lagos Speaker Obasa 

**Late arrival of electoral officials, materials mars Abia LG polls

**NIN: FG approves 203 enrolment agents to boost registration

**Gridlock as petrol tanker explodes in Ibadan

**At least 11 killed in east Afghanistan bomb blast

**Telecoms will drive economic diversification agenda ― Danbatta

**Couple married for 72 years, died same day, buried same day in Abeokuta

**India to begin voluntary COVID-19 inoculation soon

**Burundi ex-president Buyoya dies from Covid-19