NEWS UPDATES THURSDAY 18TH FEBRUARY 2021

News update, Thursday, 18/02/2021

**Senate asks Buhari to declare state of emergency on insecurity

-----as gunmen in military uniform kidnap students in 1,000-capacity school in Niger State

**Insecurity: Governors in crucial meeting at Aso Rock

**FEC pays last respects to Jakande

**SERAP knocks FG over Niger students’ abduction

**Kagara school kidnap: Buhari dispatches security chiefs to coordinate rescue

**Bello confirms abduction of 27 students, 15 others in Kagara school

**Niger orders closure of boarding schools in security affected areas

**2023: Tension as PDP NWC considers sack of Secondus

**Sanwo-Olu greets Aisha Buhari at 50

**COVID-19: Jigawa to establish mobile court against violators

**Gridlock as multiple accident grounds Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

**Niger State youths attack Deputy Governor’s residence over demolition

**Magu reacts to appointment of Bawa as EFCC boss

**Okonjo-Iweala: Appointment well deserved – LCCI boss

**Minister commiserates with families of six children killed in Zamfara explosion

**Imo doctors end strike

**Ash Wednesday: Draw closer to God, Catholic Bishop tells Nigerians

**No excuse not to perform at WTO – Okonjo-Iweala

**US court sentences Nigeria’s Invictus to 10 years in prison

**Zanzibar’s vice president dies after suffering Covid

**‘Job only half done’, Henderson warns Liverpool

**Ronaldo fires blank as Porto beat Juventus 2-1