Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, 15 June, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

GUARDIAN

Naira Marley Faces Backlash For Holding Concert Amid COVID-19 Restrictions

PDP urges Tinubu to proscribe APC’s extortionist, militant groups

One dies, two missing as bridge collapses in Ilorin

Lagos commission verifies clubs, bars for reopening

Lagos hip-hop artistes confess to robbery over ‘hunger virus

Britain’s Johnson, EU chiefs seek Brexit talks reboot

Macron says France has scored its ‘first victory’ against virus

We have not fixed dates for Edo 2020 Sports Festival, says Okowa

Renewed appetite in bellwethers lift NSE’s indices by 0.67 per cent

COVID-19 pandemic: How to prevent fear from highjacking your brain, defences

Lagos adopts zero tolerance for illegal buildings, seals 56 houses

Presidency denies missing N23 billion in SDGs office

FG seals venue of Naira Marley’s concert

Bollywood Star Sushant Singh Rajput Dies At 34

Despite arrests, Presidency says villa shooting incident “minor”

I’ll meet Buhari before announcing my next move, says Obaseki

Music artist, pianist arrested for robbery in Lagos

Flood destroys 100 houses, displaces 300 persons in Akwa Ibom

PUNCH

Ex-gov Ahmed siphoned N1.8bn with road contract Speaker

PDP blames APC mercenaries for incessant killings

PDP may receive Ondo deputy gov this week

NASS clerk, others tenure elongation illegal NASC

FCTA shuts mall for hosting Naira Marleys concert

No punishment too severe for rapists -Adeboye

Villa shooting: Aishas ADC, escort commander, riot cops may face panel this week

APC govs to meet Buhari, Obaseki consults Wike, Akwa Ibom governor

Soldiers who rescued kidnap kinpin, Wadume, attacked us with machine gun- Policeman

Man, 30, killed during cult clash in Ibadan

Rivers denies 82 health workers contracted COVID-19

Darkness persists, generation falls to 2,943MW, 10 plants idle

We’ll bring back lady advertised for sale in Lebanon Oyo

FG defaults in pension remittance for six years

Onu in fresh move to reinstate demoted FIIRO boss

DPR releases oil sector survival strategic plan

Stock market rises slightly as investors gain N90bn

Troops, Boko Haram battle in Borno, 20 insurgents killed

Worsening poverty, risk to democracy, security – LCCI

No missing N23bn in my office, says Orelope-Adefulire

FG to pay ex-NAHCO workers outstanding entitlements

NEF plans protests over worsening insecurity

Dangote Cement begins clinker exports, targets four million tonnes

Tackle killings like you’ve battled COVID-19, cleric tells Kaduna

NSE inaugurates platform for compliance monitoring

Gunmen kill two policemen in Niger

Budget review not to impose austerity measures FG

Lagos offers developers free planning information

Lagos begins clampdown on fake real estate operators

10 killed, 20 missing in Benue communal clash

You cant uphold my disqualification, Obaseki tells APC committee

Nigerians react as Naira Marley holds concert in Abuja

Popular Lagos businesswoman, Ibidunni Ighodalo, is dead

42-year-old Indian dies onboard Lagos-Mumbai flight

THISDAY

OPEC Production Cut Poses Challenge for Nigeria, Says FSDH

FG Targets Construction of 300,000 Houses in 12 Months

FG Begins Preparation for ERGP Successor Devt Plans

In Edo, APC Governorship Screening Committee Reaches an Expected End

Covid-19: Time to Fix Our Sports Facilities, Says Egbe

Sports Ministry Supports Ikhanas Medical Bills

Only FG Can Fix Dates for National Sports Festival, Says Okowa

Discos Unholy Affinity with Estimated Billing

Oil Company That Cant Fix Refineries Wants to Build Hospitals

SUN

Obaseki to brief Buhari on next line of action, meets Gov Wike

PDP tackles Buhari over banditry, killings

Edo, Ondo guber: APC govs launch operation rescue Obaseki, resolve Ondo crisis

Ondo Guber: Akeredolu, Deputy, SSG crisis deepens

Edo APC wants Obaseki, others expelled from party

Experts, OPS, Labour, tip diversification, tax incentives to avert recession

Community leader tasks residents on COVID-19compliance

We’ve not fixed dates for Edo 2020 Sports Festival ‘ Okowa

7 family members die in Anambra auto crash

Udom’s 5 years as governor: Akwa Ibom people’s one takeaway

Labour kicks against removal of cap on PMS pricing

Cross River: NUC, TUC disagree on industrial action

COVID-19 may push millions of children into child labour ‘ ILO, UNICEF

COVID-19 sporting lull, time to fix our facilities -Egbe

Gunmen kill 2 policemen in Niger

Taraba killings: Tiv leaders call for State of Emergency

Nigerian lady sends SOS to Buhari, over assault by German

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput found dead in Mumbai home

COVID -19: Naira Marley Abuja concert generates criticism on social media

COVID-19 lockdown forced us into robbery ‘ Musicians

 

VANGUARD

Influx of Sub-standard Goods: Reps back return of SON, NAFDAC to ports

Revised 2020 budget still in trouble despite rising oil prices

N367bn inflow to lift interbank liquidity as DMO sells bonds

Obaseki seeks political survival, visits Wike in anduje relaxes lockdown on Mondays

Lagos PDP to APC: Ban extortionist groups, not only political bodies

Edo 2020: PDP applauds Obaseki’s infrastructural devt

Breaking: Fire razes houses in Akure as property worth millions of naira destroyed

Obaseki seeks political survival, visits Wike

Obaseki: We’ll be guided by what is right, just ‘ PDP

You’re a General without troops, Presidency tackles Northern Elders Forum’s Convener

10 killed in fresh Agatu communal crisis, 20 declared missing, scores injured

We’re tackling pandemic, recession with Fiscal, Monetary Stimulus Packages -FG

NDDC IMC: Buhari must protect N-Deltans’ interest ‘ Youth leader

COVID-19: Lagos discharges 38 Nigerians, 10 foreigners

Edo/Ondo: APC governors seek soft landing for Obaseki

Northern Elders Forum mere irritants, featherweights ‘ Presidency

Edo 2020: Obaseki has two university graduation years ‘ APC Appeal C’ttee

SERAP seeks details of N800bn recovered loot, alleged payments into individual accounts

Research: FG working on plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients for treatment

World Blood Donor Day: 19,676 units of blood issued to hospitals for transfusion in 2019 ‘ FG

Strike: Healthcare services threatened as FG, NARD fail to agree

Breaking: Genco threatens FG over N8.5bn ‘debit’, N5bn ‘debt’ dispute

Heavy downpour: Kano Electricity Disco installations damaged as blackout looms

Fish out perpetrators of Zango Kataf Killings ‘ Miyetti Allah urges Kaduna Govt

LASG seals 56 illegal structures in Ikoyi, Banana Island

Int’l curriculum schools can run academic activities online, says FG

Police confirm 3 killed in suspected herdsmen attack in Benue

INCESSANT KILLINGS: Northern groups to commence regional protests in Katsina tomorrow

Afenifere Renewal Group blames Nigeria’s political instability on northern leaders

Gunmen kill two policemen, injure two Engineers of Shiroro Hydro Electricity Dam

COVID-19: Taraba reviews lockdown, allows movement for one week

Buhari, Govs, lack political will to address security ‘ Dr. Junaid

TRIBUNE

Insecurity: North set for protest on Tuesday

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 403 new cases, total now 16,085

Northern Elders Forum mere irritant, featherweight ‘ Presidency

4 Americans, 2 Indians, 2 Poles, 1 Brazilian among 48 patients discharged in Lagos

FG working to use plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients’s blood for treatment

JUST IN: Wike hosts Obaseki in closed-door meeting

World Blood Donor Day: Lagos requires 260,000 units of blood annually ‘ Commissioner

Post COVID-19 economy: considering unclaimed monies in banks as temporary source of revenue

Subsidy removal: We won’t be used as bait to impose new price regime ‘Wabba

CBN’s N1.11 trn structured lending, major source of funding FG’s stimulus package

CAN congratulates new Court of Appeal President, Dongban-Mensem

Budget review not about austerity measures ‘ Minister

NHRC, NAPTIP partner police to tackle rape, gender violence

I’ll make known my next political move after meeting Buhari ‘ Obaseki

10 killed, 20 missing in Benue communal clash

Security: North at the mercy of armed gangs ‘ Northern elders

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput found dead in Mumbai home

Reps urge FG to reconsider decision on SON, NAFDAC’s ban from nation’s ports, land borders

I had experience with sickle cell anaemia ‘ Dame Okowa

NATION

Fed Govt: international schools can conduct third term exams online

N23b not missing from SDGs Office

Court restrains Dangote, Police from Obu-Okpella Mines

Okowa debunks October date for sports festival

Edo APC group asks NWC to expel Obaseki, two others

I wont stop prayers until rapists are brought to justice, says Adeboye

How to boost financial inclusion, by MTN

IATA: Airlines losses may exceed $84b

Nigerias collective investment funds rise to N1.32tr

Nigeria loses N1.5tr shipping business to foreigners

PDP decries rising wave of killings, banditry

DAILY TIMES

COVID1-19: Total direct remittances decline by 50.47% to $1.02bn

Three children of Mr & Mrs Michael Anor burnt in a fire incident in Awka

Troops repel, eliminate 20 terrorists in Monguno attack DHQ

Coronavirus: NCDC confirms 403 new cases

Three family members drown, 2 people missing under fallen bridge in llorin

Improved economic policy crucial for availability, affordability of protein in Nigeria-Experts

Ill disclose my next move after meeting Buhari -Obaseki

Lagos seals 56 illegal structures in Ikoyi, Banana Island

Stakeholders worry over FGs directive to eject SON, NAFDAC from seaports

Nigeria records N151bn investments in Q1 2020-NIPC

Breaking: FCTA seals Jabi lake mall indefinitely after Naira Marleys show

One dead as soldiers assault Borno Attorney General, Commissioner for Health, others

Girl commits suicide after losing man to her best friend of 15 years

DAILY TRUST

Banditry: PDP, APC bicker over calls for Masari’s resignation

Party Primaries: Taraba suspends lockdown for seven days

Robbers kill vigilante member in Zuba

Third female undergraduate raped, murdered in 2 weeks

We were forced into robbery by hunger during lockdown ‘ Suspects

Women’s group asks Buhari to declare state of emergency on rape, gender violence

Lagos seals 22 buildings, threatens to seal more without planning permit

Nigeria records 501 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday

Investors gained N82.8bn amid mixed trading sessions

Exporters seek govt’s support for COVID-19 impact mitigation

COVID-19: Foundation sets post-lockdown strategies for Nigeria’s growth

FEC’s approval of Accreditation Services Policy for MSMEs will boost economy

BUSINESSDAY

Nigeria’s FX demand backlog near 2016 crisis levels of $7bn

Court restrains Dangote, Nigerian Police from Interfering with BUA’s operations of Obu-Okpella Mines

Ideas for a new Nigeria: The focus should be on basic education

AfDB crisis: Adesina needs more than technocracy to run a multilateral body

Low tech use, ineffective credit model seen hampering FG’s N471bn mass agric scheme

Dangote exports Clinker abroad, boosts FG’s forex drive

DAILY INDEPENDENT

President Buhari Appears To Support, Reward Corruption In NDDC, CSO Alleges

Reps Move To Include Compulsory Free Education In Constitution

How COVID-19 Challenge Can Spur Nigeria’s Food Security ‘Bounce Back

FG Approves N13bn For Pest Control In 12 States

MTN Nigeria Issues Whopping N100bn Series I, II Notes

PEOPLESDAILY

Troops repel attack on Munguno, kill 20 BHT/ISWAP terrorists, destroyed 4 gun trucks

Nwanyanwu raises alarm over plot to remove Magu by ex-office holders on trial

NGO wants death of NDDC’s Director of Finance probed

Ondo guber: Olafeso lists job creation, security, human dev, education as priority if elected

No missing N23b in SDGs office ‘ Official

Troops repel attack on Munguno, kill 20 BHT/ISWAP terrorists, destroyed 4 gun trucks

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