Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 15 July, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

DAILY TRUST

COVID-19 remains number one public enemy, WHO warns

Reps move to bar ex-electoral officers from contesting election

Moving forcibly displaced persons from aid-dependence to self-reliance during protracted displacement

COVID-19: ‘Nigeria, others to suffer $6.2bn education gap

Sanwo-Olu explains cause of Lagos doctors’ strike

We are reviewing protocols for train services’ take-off ‘ NRC MD

Reps endorse Okonjo-Iweala for WTO DG’s position

How we are turning ‘scraps’ to fortunes in Bayelsa ‘ Young entrepreneurs

Investors lose N44.9bn on equities

COVID-19: Bank of Industry lists key interventions for enterprises

First Bank rewards Verve Card holders with free fuel

Post-COVID-19 lockdown: 87% of Nigerian firms face funding hurdles

N50bn export fund: Beneficiaries repatriated N35bn

COVID-19 threatening Lagos N100bn event industry

Nigerian football coaches are denied respect, job security ‘ Biffo

PUNCH

Five arraigned for beating Bauchi hotel guard to death

Ize-Iyamu behind N20bn loan protest Obaseki

Reps plan to stop INEC ex-officials from politics

Reps endorse Okonjo-Iweala for WTO leadership

Reps probe N5.8bn abandoned Niger port

COVID-19 cut off 40% of our revenue, says Osinbajo

Debt servicing may limit Nigerias productivity OPEC

Confirm airports approval before selling tickets, NCAA warns

Nigerians lacked enough water, soap for hand washing NBS

Senate seeks rehabilitation, concession of Eastern railway project

Overrule education minister on WASSCE, Reps tell Buhari

Ohanaeze, IPOB settle rift, Nwodo dismisses Kanus threat

15 firms push stock market lower, investors lose N45bn

Senate passes bill recognising males as rape victims

Fadahunsi lied on N9bn World Bank fund Osun

CBN plans to engage 370,000 youths in agric

NASS panel dismisses NDDC team over missing N143bn

774,000 workers recruitment: National Assembly set for hot session as Buhari backs Keyamo

Soon, many’ll be discouraged to stand against corruption -Osinbajo

Ortom insists N50m bounty remains on fleeing – Gana

Kaduna crash: IG mourns seven special force policemen

Troops repel Boko Harams attack on Maiduguri military barracks

Nigerias first female combat helicopter pilot dies

Gunmen invade Kaduna community, kill one, abduct 20

NDDC probe: Well protect our daughter, Nunieh Rivers

Stop Southern Kaduna killings, Senate tells military, police

COVID-19: FG revenues dip by over 40%, says Osinbajo

NLC hails FG for remitting N7.45bn workers retirement benefits

Buraimoh: Lagos lawmakers go for COVID-19 tests, fumigate Assembly

Senate passes bill recognising male as rape victims

Seven policemen killed in Kaduna-Zaria Road crash

THISDAY

FG Urged to Consider Niger Delta Indigenes in New Marginal Oilfields Bids

COVID-19: BoI Strategises for Hard-hit Sectors

AfCFTA: Nigeria Needs Digital Infrastructure for Effective Competition

All-Share Index Falls 0.44% as Market Opens Week Bearish

Okwuosa: AKK Pipeline Needs No Government Support to be Viable

Sylva: Why Modular Refineries Will Not Solve Nigerias Fuel Supply Challenges

CIBN to Adopt Remote Proctoring

SUN

Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu in war of words over N20bn loan

COVID 19: How we ‘ll manage our campaigns ‘PDP

EFFC case: APC bears no moral burden in fielding Ize-Iyamu ‘POI

2021 guber: Ezeife, Mbadinuju, Etiaba tenures not enough for Anambra South ‘Monarch

S’Court verdict: Diri, wife, deputy dedicate victory to God

20 Nigerian women’s clubs receive $194,030 FIFA fund

Banks to debit loan defaulters from August 1 – ‘CBN

Piracy: Nine Nigerians kidnapped in offshore attack

Nigeria’s public debt portfolio now N28tr, says NBS

IPOB leader, Kanu, back peddals

Okowa, wife, daughter recover from COVID-19

774,000 recruitment: Buhari backs Keyamo

Senate to Buhari: Deploy military to crush bandits, insurgents in Jigawa

Reps charge Buhari to reverse withdrawal of Nigeria from WASSCE, others

Kalu hails Adighijes appointment as pro-chancellor, Fulokoja

Anambra orders herdsmen out of university campuses

GUARDIAN

Court gives Ize-Iyamu, others 7 days to reply PDP

Lagos issues notice to demolish 102 distressed buildings

One killed, others injured as NURTW members clash over ticket fees

Water situation in Lagos threatens COVID-19 response, says group

AfDB seeks youth workforce maximization for West African economic recovery

FG strategises, unveils stimulus package for real sector operators

Shippers Council set to pen N43.24bn Ibadan dry port project

Continued disregard for COVID-19 protocols prolonging economic recovery

Stakeholders bemoan criminalisation of seafarers

Senate amends law, imposes life imprisonment on kidnappers

Reps move to stop INEC officials from contesting elective positions

National Assembly must ensure Nunieh’s safety, says Wike

New gas pipelines and opportunities for Nigeria’s ailing industrial zones

IGP calls deceased officers Heroes of Peace, condoles with families

Protesting Adamawa IDPs ask governor to sack deputy

Lagos government pays N8.7bn to retirees in 6 months

Alleged N700m EFCC fraud: APC guber candidate appears in court, case adjourned

Baby infected with COVID-19 in the womb

NAFDAC safety test approval not for efficacy of product -DG

Nigerian-American charged for COVID-19 relief fraud in US

VANGUARD

Edo 2020: Timipre Sylva vows victory for APC, says Obaseki’s incumbency a ruse

Reps to investigate purported mass resignation in Nigerian Army

ONDO 2020: Disqualified PDP aspirant declares support for defected Deputy gov

COVID-19: Stakeholders commend NPA’s handling of port operation

FG closes deal on N43bn Ibadan dry port

Maritime Inter-agency Forum: Stakeholders in cautious optimism

Border Closure Review: Benefits still outweigh losses ‘ Shippers Council

USA warns vessels transiting Gulf of Guinea

Rejection of Nigerian Class Vessels: Experts sing discordant tunes, accuse FG of neglect

Kaduna Customs makes more seizures, losses officer to kidnappers

Oil workers draw battle line with FG over import-driven deregulation

ASUU donates 1,000 capacity twin lecture theatre to UniJos

Woman abuses 12-year-old stepdaughter with electric cable, stick, shoe in Enugu

Woman remanded for torturing 14-yr-old maid with lighter, hot knife in Kaduna

57 Marginal field: Warri south Chairman appeals for dialogue on alleged marginalisation

Police rescue soldiers from Boko Haram after attack in Borno

Why P&ID gas contract can’t stand, FG tells London Court

Delta Govt introduces property tax to boost revenue

Guardiola demands apology after Man City overturn Euro ban

LEADERSHIP

Kwara Gov Invites EFCC To Probe LG Funds

Ortom Promises N50m Reward For Gana’s Arrest

7 Police Officers Die In Ghastly Motor Accident

NAF Dismisses Alleged Plot To Murder 2 Personnel Standing Trial

ECOWAS Appoints Ex-president Jonathan Special Envoy

NASS To Engage Security Agencies On Kaduna Killings

Illegal Miners Undermining Nigeria’s Sovereignty ‘ Lawan

Lawyers, CSOs Divided Over Special Court For Children

Senate Okays Life Imprisonment For Kidnappers

774,000 Jobs: I Have PMB’s Nod To Proceed With Recruitment Exercise ‘ Keyamo

TRIBUNE

COVID-19: Nigeria confirms 463 new cases, total now 33,616

BREAKING: Senate proposes life jail for kidnapping

NDDC’s N3trn expenditure in 19 years

Multiple streams of income post-COVID-19

Nigeria’s oil and gas industry will emerge from the COVID-19 era stronger ‘Auwalu

Reps task NEITI on improved revenue generation

Magu: Panel grills four EFCC sectional heads

Osun Amotekun intercepts 2 truckloads of marble stones, arrests 4 illegal miners

Nigeria earned $206bn from oil export between 2015 and 2019 ‘ OPEC

Reps to revisit South-East Development Commission, 12 other bills not assented to by President Buhari

Governor Inuwa Yahaya signs Executive Order 4, designates urban areas in Gombe

Three Edo council aides refuse to defect to PDP, resign

Buratai visits Ruga settlement in Zamfara, says Matawalle, a peace champion

Illegal job creation: FCTA arrests seven suspected fraudsters

744,000 jobs: Buhari to write NASS to stay away from implementation

NATION

NLC hails Fed Govt for paying N7.45b pensioners accrued rights, benefits

Doctors strike not anything to grieve about, says Sanwo-Olu

Keyamo gets Buharis nod on 774,000 public works jobs

NDDC forensic auditors to examine 8,000 documents, says Akpabio

IMC fails to explain N143b 2019 budget shortfall

Nigeria is using COVID-19 to restructure economy, says Osinbajo

Magu: Govts anti-corruption focus wont shift

Okowa, family test negative for COVID-19

Buhari should stop lopsided appointment

Tacha will be a Nigerian export by 2022, says show promoter

Singer Haekins inks N10m endorsement deal amid COVID-19

BBNaija 5: Winner to get N30m cash prize, home and SUV

Lagos to implement more tax incentives, reliefs to taxpayers

Osinbajo seeks end to secret business ownership

14-year-old pregnant girl commits suicide

Reps appeal to FG not to cancel WASSCE

Seven policemen killed in auto crash

Probe alleged N300m diverted LG fund, Abdulrazaq urges EFCC

Drama as NDDCs IMC fails to explain N143bn budget shortfall

AUTHORITY

Reps move to disengage electoral officers from partisan politics within five years of retirement

APC youths to interface with governors, ministers on project inspections tours

We have resolved 98% of consumer complaints in 15 Months NCC

Reps back Okonjo-Iweala for WTO top Job, wants Kenya, Egypt to concede

Railway: Senate wants FG to prioritize Eastern Corridor rehabilitation

From test tube babies to virtual human beings

Bayelsa: SCourt throws out Aliabes appeal against Diri

Magu to account for missing ex-IGP Baloguns N2bn recovered loot

BUSINESSDAY

Google plans to invest $10bn in India

Wall Street opens higher as focus shifts to US earnings

Putin delays $360bn spending plan as Covid-19 batters economy

Shale boss says US has passed peak oil

Nigeria receives US$15m as GPE approves over US$400m to boost learning

AKK pipeline will commercialize upstream gas, spur industrialization

Mobil, MTNN, Zenith, GTB, other stocks cause market’s negative start

Themes agenda: Actualizing the 21st century skills for education transformation in Lagos State

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Senate Urges FG To Prioritise Rehabilitation Of Eastern Rail Line

Lawyers Protest In Abuja, Demand Release Of Colleague Detained By DSS

Community Policing: Every Community Has Its Peculiarities ‘ Kaduna Police Commissioner

Magugate: Kogi Activist Calls For Preventive Laws To Protect Public Fund

Fear Heightens As Robbers Write Ebonyi Community, Bank

AbdulRazaq Invites EFCC, Sets Up Independent Probe Panel On LG Funds

Nigeria Risks Irreparable Damage Over Cancellation Of 2020 WASSCE ‘ Afe Babalola

PEOPLESDAILY

COVID-19 leaves $6.2b gap in education for Africa’s vulnerable children- Report

N70.4bn Contract Scam: Reps summon NDDC former Commissioners, Directors others

Banditry will soon be thing of the past ‘ CDS

FG inaugurates governing councils of 13 universities

Alleged kidnapping: We retrieved six guns from Wadume, witness tells court

Fake DSS personnel bags 12 years imprisonment

AGF threatens lawsuit against Sahara Reporters over publication

Edo guber: PDP tasks INEC, security agencies on fairness, credibility

S/Court hears suits against virtual court sitting today

BLUEPRINT

Breaking: Accident claims first Nigeria Air Force female combat helicopter pilot

Day 7: Panel grills 4 EFCC unit heads

Chronic loan defaulters’ accounts can now be debited starting August 1 ‘ CBN

The Politics, the game and the Law in Ondo impeachment

How gunmen killed 1, kidnapped over 20 in Kaduna ‘ Witness

Community policing panacea to security challenges ‘ Kaduna CP

Virtual court sitting constitutional, Supreme Court declares

Updated: Supreme Court throws out Timi Alaibe’s suit as Diri wins again

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