Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 31 January 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

AUTHORITY

*APC uncovers plot by PDP, powerful politicians to overthrow Buhari presidency through escalation of killings*

Insecurity: Take additional steps in securing Plateau citizens, other Nigerians- Sen. Gyang

Prosecute Electricity Offenders To Save Economy, KEDCO Boss Urges Judges

Medical Outreach: Nasarawa Government offer Journalist free medical Test

Boko Haram: Former Senate President, Ebute writes Ahmed Lawan

Service chiefs: House of Reps working with underground forces to return Nigeria to dark, inglorious era ‘ NDF

PUNCH

Edo absentee lawmakers-elect ask Buhari, Tinubu to caution Obaseki

Trumps spiritual adviser adopts MFM prayers

NNPC swapped N3.04tn crude for refined products

SARS nabs Imo retired police officers killers

Shells oil production in Nigeria hits five-year high

Agric, manufacturing, telecom ll drive economy, say Rewane, others

FG eyes $150bn from zero-oil plan

Banking hall queues return over ATM withdrawal limits

NDDC extends duration of contract verification

FG to represent auto policy bill to National Assembly

Senate okays new CBN dep gov, NAHCON board

NERC to remove tariff liabilities from Discos

States record N986.29bn IGR in nine months

Why we cant replace faulty equipment PH Disco

Investors dump cement companies shares, losses hit N308bn

Shehu Sani released after four weeks in EFCC custody

Coronavirus: Lagos to quarantine Chinese returnees, WHO declares emergency

Malabu: Court orders ex-minister Etetes arrest, grants Adoke bail

20 Plateau herdsmen victims get mass burial

Sexual harassment: OAU panel recommends lecturers dismissal

MTN withdraws suit as AGF drops $2bn tax demand

PDP looks into Umahi, Danjumas endorsement of Obaseki

Buhari, security council shun calls to fire service chiefs

Employment: EFCC bars married applicants, NECA kicks

Amotekun shaping up well Makinde

NNPC swapped N3.04tn crude for refined products

FG eyes $150bn from zero-oil plan

Govt plans bio-economy framework to tackle poverty, unemployment

NOSDRA orders Aiteo to clean up Opu-Nembe

Makinde recalls five civil servants sacked by Ajimobi

Security meeting: No discussion on sack of service chiefs NSA, Monguno

Man contracts coronavirus from wife in US

I am worried over spate of kidnapping, killings – Jonathan

Insecurity: We support Abaribe’s call on Buhari to resign Secondus

BREAKING: Fire guts building at Ketu, Lagos

CAN distances self from pastor arrested for staging self-kidnap in Kaduna

THISDAY

Coronavirus: Fear Grips Airport Workers

Agriculture, Most Important Business in World, Says Adesina

Boeing Reports First Annual Loss Since 1997

Buhari Flags off Unity Torch Movement for 2020 National Sports Festival

Military Begins Assessment of Internal Operations for Troops’ Withdrawal

Anyaoku Insists on Restructuring, Decries Attacks on Judiciary

Court Orders Arrest of Etete, Two Others over Malabu Oil Deal

Drama as US Embassy Denies Bishop Oyedepo Visa

Court Sentences Three to Death by Hanging in Osun for Bank Robbery

Senate Urges Buhari to Obey Court Order on FCT Ministerial Appointment

Senate Okays Obiora as CBN Deputy Governor

Coronavirus: Senate Backs FG’s Self-isolation Policy for Asian Returnees

House to Summon IG, NSCDC Boss over Extra-judicial Killings

Court Strikes out MTN’s N3bn Suit against FG

Sickle Cell Patient Seeks Nigerians Support to Raise N10m for Kidney Transplant

Alleged 3.1bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Suswam’s Trial till Jan 31

ICPC, NBC Boss, Others Adopt Addresses in Alleged N2.5bn Fraud Case February 10

Insecurity: CAN Declares 3-Day Fasting, Prayer for Nigeria

Court Orders Arrest of Etete, Two Others over Alleged $1.09 Malabu Oil Deal

SUN

Don’t politicise concerns over insecurity, PDP tells Presidency

We’ll hold Obaseki, IGP responsible if Oshiomhole is killed ‘Lawmakers-elect

Ihedioha: Cleric advocates conduct of elections 6 months before hand over

Edo APC crisis escalates as ex-commissioner Idahagbon, escapes assassination

FG seeks states, LGs’ cooperation to fight insecurity

CAN declares 3-day fasting, prayer

If it takes crisis to win elections, we need more crisis ‘ Oshiomhole

Blackout at Port Harcourt airport as bush fire damages high tension poles

Elections: CSO urges FG to track income, expenditure of parties

Ngige’s statement against my campaign reflects his contempt for Nigerians ‘Muoghalu

Imo Assembly: Defectors have lost their seats ‘PDP

North opposes restructuring because federal allocation favours it ‘Odumakin, Afenifere spokesman

GUARDIAN

Coronavirus ‘overruns’ World Indoor Athletics in China

Cross River donates 100 hectares, N800m to Cameroonian refugees

Canvassing women in politics as sustaianable path to development

Senate confirms Obiora as CBN deputy governor

Imo defectors to lose their seats, says PDP chieftain

Billionare Stops Search For Girlfriend To Fly To Space After Receiving 27,000 Applications

Brexit punches 12-bln-euro hole in EU finances

VANGUARD

One dies as suspected cultists run amok in Ilorin

NAHCON: Our Hajj fare is unaffordable, I’ll reduce it ‘ Barr Hassan

Woman in court for allegedly staging own kidnap

NDLEA destroys over 100,000 tons of illicit drugs, psychotropic substances

EFCC encourages whistlebowing, urges Nigerians to Join anti-corruption war

Bridges we haven’t destroyed 50 years after Biafra

Court sentences 3 to death by hanging in Osun for bank robbery

Widows of soldiers protest release of repentant Boko Haram terrorists

EFCC releases Shehu Sani after perfecting bail conditions

Insecurity: AfDB appeals to world bank, IMF to support Nigeria, others

Minister tasks health workers on challenges in health sector

Chinese supermarket, restaurant shut down over expired, substandard products

Igbo man does not kneel for anybody ‘ Abaribe replies Presidency

Lawan swears in senator who defeated Akpabio in rerun

Lauretta Onochie blasts Abaribe over call for Buhari’s resignation

Sanwo-Olu approves N100bn infrastructure devt bond

No, I won’t inherit anybody’s enemy ‘ Femi Adesina

Coronavirus: Google temporarily shuts down China offices

Boko Haram: Former Senate President, Ameh Ebute writes Lawan

Ortom approves recruitment of 5,000 primary school teachers

Delta LG Chair pays NECO, primary 6 enrolment fees for 220 Students, pupils

WHO declares coronavirus outbreak global health emergency

Govt decries high prevalence of Tropical Diseases, says 120m Nigerians at risk

No threat of Coronavirus in Nigeria ‘ FG

Malpractices: NECO seeks collaboration with DSS

Buhari aware of Nigeria’s security challenges ‘ Presidency

Presidency condemns mischievous twisting of Buhari’s comments on insecurity

I’m a change agent, not a recycled politician, Moghalu tackles Ngige

African countries tackling spread of coronavirus

Ooni hosts Oduduwa festival, says Yoruba are unique

TRIBUNE

Chieftaincy tussle claims 3 lives in Kogi

BREAKING: WHO declares coronavirus outbreak global health emergency

PDP backs Abaribe’s call for Buhari’s resignation

PDP cautions presidency not to politicise Nigerians’ concerns over insecurity

Tackle emergency facing people, planet, 2,020 campaigners including Malala, Ezekwesili, Amanpour, Okonjo-Iweala tell world leaders in open letter

Sitting on keg of gunpowder: Alimosho residents lament petroleum pipeline vandalism

When Reps spoke in unison against service chiefs

Minister woos investors to Nigeria’s creative industry

Impeachment: Republicans hope for fast end to Trump trial as Democrats push for witnesses

National Assembly promises to recover NCAC property for national interest

Nurse accused of poisoning five babies with Morphine

Fake drugs worth N30m confiscated by Kano agency

Foreign expert to manage N5bn Aliko Dangote Skill Acquisition Centre

Coronavirus: Cases surpass SARS in China as first person-to-person transmission confirmed in US

NATION

Smuggling persists despite border closure

Over 100m Nigerians at risk of NTDs, says Fed Govt

My life was threatened over TSA policy, says Dankwambo

Ihedioha: PDP protesters shut down Imo again

Zamfara Governor loses ward chairman, 3000 others to APC

Imo defectors to lose their seats, says PDP chieftain

Court strikes out MTNs N3b suit against Malami

NCS Seme seizes tramadol, others valued at N20m

NERC to remove tariff related liabilities from DisCos

NCC slams N2.9b fine on telcos over infractions

Unions kick against planned pay rise for politicians

NERC moves to remove tariff related liabilities from DisCos

UPDATED: Senate probes $396million refinery maintenance fee by NNPC

Well tackle insecurity with collaborations-FG

DAILY TIMES

Senate advocates self-isolation for travelers from China, others

APC lobby Bauchi NNPP senatorial candidate, Farouk

Court remands man for allegedly defiling neighbours daughter

Amotekun: Razak tasks initiators to ensure its workability

Why FG Should Scrap FERMA and Similar Agencies

Senate probes NNPC over ailing refineries

Lassa fever: Council cautions against consuming soaked garri

Oshiomholes disruption of peace in Edo taking dangerous dimension

Pneumonia: Two million children risk death in Nigeria Report

World Cancer Day:Nigeria ranks among countries with poorest cancer care -Mrs Akeredolu

Security meeting didnt discuss fate of Service Chiefs, says NSA

Edo Govt accuses Oshiomhole of plans to disrupt peace in state

FG reaffirms commitment to eradication of leprosy

India reports first case of coronavirus Official

Protest rocks Imo again over Supreme Court judgment

Just In: Electricity workers threaten strike if demands not met after 14 days

EFCC arrests landlord for allegedly harbouring fraudsters

NSCDC bans personnel from displaying firearms at public occasions

NAF will sustain local maintenance of aircrafts CAS

DAILY TRUST

How Nigeria lost trillions from production sharing contracts

Almajiri crisis in Northern Nigeria: A cry for our children

Last batch of Kwankwasiyya scholars leave for Sudan, UAE

Gunmen kidnap FCT NULGE president’s brother, release Imam’s sons

I did not ask any policeman to search bags, phones on highways ‘ Lagos CP

Woman sues husband for not granting her menstrual leave

National business plan competition to hold in Abuja

Account for your stewardship to residents, group urges Candido

Motor parks: NURTW tackles Ogun govt over suspension of leaders

2 women docked in Ekiti for alleged fraud, theft

Court remands 11 suspected cultists for alleged murder, armed robbery

Dog rides bus to and from dog park every day

Unknown illness: Benue commissioner links deaths to contaminated water

FG mulls 125% import tariff on ‘Tokunbo’ vehicles

Over 700 exhibitors to attend 41st Kaduna international trade fair

Minister tasks solid minerals c’ttee chairmen on sector’s devt

Dankwambo wants TSA, other reforms strengthened

National Bioeconomy Strategic Framework ‘ll catalyse growth drive ‘ FG

Nigeria’s economy could grow to $800bn by 2030 ‘ Expert

Senate confirms Obiora as CBN’s Deputy Governor

Too many African Summits

15% revenue to GDP target on course ‘ FG

6m Nigerians have benefitted from FG’s cash transfer programme

Niger Assembly raises 2020 Appropriation Bill by N7.2bn

Kaduna Disco sacks staff over fraud, indiscipline

NCC to create innovation hubs in six geo-political zones

PEOPLESDAILY

Abuja indigenes, NGO drag AMAC chair to EFCC over alleged misappropriation

Reps to Service Chiefs: Resign or be sacked

Presidency to Abaribe: Your call for Buhari’s resignation foolish

Buhari congratulates Gov. Obiano on knighthood

Coronavirus: Reps want public partnership to prevent disease spread

Gov. Ganduje declares support for community policing

Killings: Our cup of endurance full, we can’t labour under dark clouds ‘ Gbajabiamila

Coronavirus: FG to strengthen surveillance at 5 international airports

Insecurity: Sack Service Chiefs now, CAN Chair tells Buhari

DAILY INDEPENDENT

LASU, Michigan State University, USA Sign Academic Agreement

WHO Declares New Coronavirus Outbreak Global Public Health Emergency

CUPP To Garba Shehu, Let Your Paymaster Secure Lives Or Get Out

Rail Firm Brought Under Government Control

Bill Gates’ Daughter Gets Engaged

Lamentation As Rail Project Tears Community Apart

Osun Monarch Seeks Upgrade Of Dispensary Centre

Court Sacks Monarch Of Iloba Town

Ekiti Government Woos More Investors

BUSINESSDAY

FG’s budget deficit hits decade high

MSMEs: Oiling the wheels of Nigerian economy

36 states, FCT IGR hits N986.29 in Q3 2019

New CRR hike credit-Negative for Nigerian Banks ‘ Fitch

Nigeria’s Public Analysts show threats, opportunities brings to economy

Coronavirus: FCCPC closes down Abuja store designated ‘special area’ for Asian nationals

FG fiscal deficit soared to N4.7trn in 2019 says CBN

NEW TELEGRAPH

Gov’s encounter with bribe-taking security operatives

$1.1bn Malabu scam: Court admits Adoke to N50m bail

Gov appoints 40 SAs, 100 SSAs

IGR: 36 states, FCT rake in N986.29bn in 9 months

NSA: Nigeria’s security situation unpredictable

Court strikes out MTN’s N3bn suit against AGF

Refineries: Senate probes NNPC over $396m maintenance fee

PDP to presidency: Call for Buhari’s resignation is apolitical

Quitting smoking could boost damaged cells from nicotine

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