Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 4 August, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

LEADERSHIP

Trump Threatens To Sue Nevada Over Mail-in-Voting

Murtala Muhammed’s daughter, Aisha, Graca Machel, others to speak at US Black summit

Your party equally took questionable loans, APC replies Atiku

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 288 new cases, total rises to 44,129

Galaxy Backbone is implementing agency of NICTIB Phase II loan in Nigeria ‘Abubakar

Consolidating Nigeria’s comparative advantage on cassava production through mechanisation

NLC condemns incessant killing, violence across Nigeria

Boat Mishaps: NIWA Threatens To Withdraw Licenses Of Indicted Boat Operators

1 Killed, 4 Injured In Lagos Gas Explosion

NCC Explains Reasons For Revising Complaints’ Categories, Service Level Agreements

29 Feared Dead After ISIS Attacks Afghanistan Jail

Lebanon Foreign Minister Resigns Over Risks Of A ‘Failed State

N41bn Fraud Allegation: Elumelu Demands Apology From Senator Akinyelure

FG Warns Politicians Against Flouting COVID-19 Rules

NDDC, EFCC: Presidency Faults TUC Planned Protest

Sack Akpabio Now, Host Communities Urge PMB

Stamp Duty: Union Urges FG To Wade Into FIRS, NIPOST Feud

$5.3bn Chinese Loans: CNPP Asks Amaechi to Step Aside

COVID-19 Vaccines Now In Phase 3 Clinical Trials ‘ WHO

Edo 2020: Defecting Aides Inconsequential In Obaseki’s Re-Election Bid ‘ Osagie

N523m Spent On School Feeding Programme During Lockdown ‘ Farouq

NDDC Probe: ‘There Should Be No Sacred Cow

NSE Resumes Trading For August With 0.30% Growth

PUNCH

Ondo deputy gov set to resign from PDP

Data key to Nigerias revenue generation Minister

NCC fines operators N25m for illegal use of spectrum

Stamp duty: Govt corporation workers threaten full strike

Telecom operators gain 10.3 million subscribers in six months

Why Igbo made is best of African enterprise

Kano plans more UTME centres in five emirate councils

Expert cautions against malaria prevention programme disruption

Respiratory hygiene key to curbing COVID-19

Nigerias oil projects threatened as IOCs suffer $27.8bn loss

CRiver trader detained as woman dies in shop

Air Peace sacks 70 pilots, others, blames COVID-19 downturn

Dont allow FIRS kill, bury NIPOST, postal service chairman cries out

Experts worry as Shoprite opens Nigerian stores to investors

CBN disburses N539.8m loans to farmers in three months

Coronavirus denying hepatitis patients access to treatment Gastroenterologist

Bank cautions depositors on rising fraud cases

Experts seek solution to forex challenge facing businesses

Second NNPC ex-GMD dies within three months

Church re-opening: CAN urges members to comply with regulations

APC, PDP trade words over $2.4bn Chinese loans, others

Businessman detained on Lais order, sues minister, IG, demands N500m

Court orders NDDC contractors to forfeit N827.6m

Naming railway station after Jonathan demeaning – PANDEF

Let every state appoint non-indigene commissioner

High debt profile: Publish details of loans or face legal action, NLC, TUC, others tell FG

Nigerias post-COVID-19 recovery plan misses the mark

Pondei, others spent N5bn as medical allowances Senate – report

Resumption: Stay at home, FG tells students with cough, other symptoms

Equity market opens August with N38bn gain

Ogun buckles, reverses private students N25,000 COVID-19 fee

Kalu, Ibori, Uduaghan disagree with Akpabio over alleged NDDC contracts

PDP asks Oshiomhole to present Primary Six certificate

Akpata benefited from manipulated NBA election, says Adesina

EFCC to re-arraign Adoke on N400m money laundering charges

Edo election: If they want violence, we will show them violence Obaseki

BREAKING: One dead as gas explodes in Lagos

VIDEO: Abandoned NDDC scholars protest at Nigeria High Commission, London

THISDAY

Aganga Calls for Integrated Plan for Sustainable Economic Growth

Analysts Highlight Path for Durable Road Construction for Nigeria

Oil Industry Stakeholders Search for Survival Strategies

Ports Economic Regulator and Automation Project

Uncertainty over OPECs Plan to Raise Supply in August

Why FG Should Involve Public in Revision of Nigerias NDC, Climate Action Plan

Oshiomhole: Stepping on Powerful Toes Cost Me APC Chairmanship

Threats of Violence: Call Oshiomhole, Ize-Iyamu to Order, PDP Charges Buhari

Wike Condemns Involvement of Judicial Officers in Politics

Report: Persistent Insecurity Hurting Investment, Development

Kenya Airways Resumes International Passenger Flights

FG Urged to Adhere to Transparency in Public Finance Mgt.

Cross River Unveils Covid-19 Tax Palliatives

SUN

Obaseki kicks off campaign, receives blessings from Otaru of Igarra

Deputy Speaker, 4 other members pledge support for Ize-Iyamu

Anxiety as South East governors move to launch security network

Ruling party trivialising mortgaging of Nigeria’s sovereignty

Account for failed $460m Abuja CCTV project, $2bn China loan, APC tells PDP

Edo 2020: NNPP candidate calls for law against party defections

2023: Niger APC chieftain blasts Daura on zoning comments

NSE resumes trading for August with 0.30% growth

COVID-19: Sporting activities resume soon ‘ Ministry assures

Over 695,500 errors drag PoS deals

NIPOST dual roles in courier industry unfair, repressive ‘LCCI

N500bn of N696bn shared in July came from taxes ‘FIRS boss

BUA Cement H1, 2020 revenue increases to N101.3bn

COVID-19: Air Peace confirms termination of pilots’ appointments

Privatisation: Senate probes bank over N41bn transactions in NITEL, MTEL accounts

NB records N5.7bn profit in H1, 2020

NLC shuts down Bristow Helicopters over salary payment

Anti-corruption group seeks South East LGs funds probe

Fear grips COVID-19 patients as doctors begin strike in Bayelsa

Imo North rerun: Uchendu ll consolidate APCs success in Okigwe zone Okafor

Study finds people can transmit coronavirus to cats, dogs

GUARDIAN

Wike’s suspension of council chairmen sparks row in Rivers

INEC denies replacing AAC’s running mate for Ondo guber poll

Return of 1.86m IDPs, refugees to 19 Borno communities begins

Police nab soldiers, other suspects of Ebonyi bullion van robbery

Locals not helping in war against banditry, says Masari

Father of three commits suicide in Enugu

Kaduna Christians threaten to defend selves

Tax revenues keep Nigeria afloat, says FIRS

Trump sets September 15 deadline for TikTok sale

Nothing will stop Team Delta from defending sports festival title, says Okowa

Investment One’s Dollar Fund offers investor comfort amid FX uncertainty

Nigerian firm petitions Reps for N14 billion NAOC debt

Pilots, engineers shut Bristow over wage dispute, others

SEC expands operations to enhance stakeholders’ education

Renewed bargain-hunting push market index by 0.29%

Governments should create salary calendar in MDAs to fight corruption

Agric institutes seek TETFUND Interventions over deplorable facilities

IoD urges Buhari to expedite assent to 2020 CAMA Bill

Foreign investors understand our economic times

Nigeria misses out on COVID-19 vaccine trials

NUT, PTF express fear as schools reopen today

Stakeholders decry abuse of public resources, financial mismanagement

Reverting to old salary regime, an invitation to anarchy, Labour warns

Failed landing of UN plane in Mali wounds 11

Kano records low turnout as workers resume duty

Ogun CJ swears-in 6 new Chief, Senior Magistrates

4 Ways Reusing Cooking Oil Poses A Danger To Your Health

VANGUARD

TikTok owner accuses Facebook of ‘plagiarism and smears

Constitutional Amendment: APC Govs way ahead of PDP counterparts ‘ PGF DG

ONDO 2020: Party stalwart fears PDP may lose election to APC over choice of running mate

ONDO 2020: 16 gov candidates to lock horns with Akeredolu in October poll

ZLP adopts Ajayi as its governorship candidate

Facebook improves fight against fake news with new campaign

E-learning: Airtel partners Dynamiss on affordable data for students

NCC gives Operators 72 hours to resolve subscribers’ internet related complaints

VIDEO: Schools in FCT reopen for students in terminal classes

COVID-19: Abia releases guidelines for school resumption

COVID-19 vaccines now in phase 3 clinical trials ‘ WHO

COVID-19: Breastfeeding still best for mothers, babies ‘ UNICEF

Spiritual Problem’ Fraud: I duped couple N3.5m not N5m ‘ Beninoise claims

How our houseboy killed my wife, tried to kill me too

My daughter, Chidinma, left for work, ended up in morgue ‘ Mother laments

Nobody volunteers to be mentally unwell ‘ Mental Health Expert

STATE OF THE NATION: Nigerians have right to defend themselves from herdsmen, bandits attack ‘ Archbishop Kaigama

COVID-19 test now free, as Ogun makes U-turn

COVID-19: PTF, INEC working on elections protocols- PTF Chairman

We are tired of bloodletting in Nigeria ‘ Uwazuruike

 

TRIBUNE

Murtala Muhammed’s daughter, Aisha, Graca Machel, others to speak at US Black summit

Your party equally took questionable loans, APC replies Atiku

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 288 new cases, total rises to 44,129

New National Forest Policy will preserve Nigeria’s ecosystems ‘ Environment minister

Galaxy Backbone is implementing agency of NICTIB Phase II loan in Nigeria ‘Abubakar

Consolidating Nigeria’s comparative advantage on cassava production through mechanisation

NLC condemns incessant killing, violence across Nigeria

Nigerians should not lose sleep over Shoprite exit ‘ Finance expert

FG begins decontamination of unity schools

Contempt proceedings: DSS boss, Bichi, risks jail term over alleged illegal detention

Ogun makes Covid-19 test free for all returning SS3 boarding students

TUC planned strike over NDDC, NSITF, EFCC corruption ill-advised ‘ Presidency

PTF, INEC brainstorm on measures to stem COVID-19 at elections

NATION

ECOWAS Court voids NJCs disciplinary action against judge

Governors protest nations worsening security situation

Schools reopening source of COVID-19 concern, says PTF

Cracks in Ondo PDP as five governors back Ajayis ZLP move

APC to PDP: Account for failed $460m Abuja CCTV Project, $2b China loan

NDDCs N6.25b COVID-19 palliatives diverted, says top official

Kalu, Ibori, Uduaghan to Akpabio: NDDC gave us no contract jobs

How 2020 NBA elections were manipulated, by Adesina

Insect can escape after being eaten by frog, scientists find

DAILY TIMES

NDDC students abroad protest over non-payment of fees

FG reopens 104 unity schools

No excuse for Corruption, says Wike as he presents 41 SUVs to judges

N-Power beneficiaries deserve permanent employment Concerned Nigerians

Buhari: We are providing resources for service chiefs to do better

Edo 2020: Lawmakers vow to remain in APC to support Ize-Iyamu

Dogara: Were ready to receive Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal, others – APC

NDDC not paid contractors of roads project I handled since 2016 Orji Kalu

Buharis government is a political coronavirus- Utomi and NaAbba

2023 Presidency: Peter Obi, Onu shortlisted as potential candidates

US Election: Media barred from covering Republican convention

Recovered coronavirus patients to donate plasma in case of second wave

Why we sacked over 70 pilots and staff Air Peace

Gas Explosion kills 1 in Lagos, 4 injured

Ogun cancels COVID-19 test for students after protest against charges

JAMB posts 16-year-old Rukayat living in Abeokuta to Zamfara for UTME

COVID-19 vaccines now in phase 3 clinical trials WHO

Russia reveals when it will mass produce COVID-19 vaccine

Buhari responds to Sao Tome and Principes plea, donates PPEs Worth N67m

DAILY TRUST

Why Atiku, Saraki, Kwankwaso won’t return to APC

Edo 2020: Traditional ruler predicts Obaseki’s victory

APC’s ‘abysmal’ performance brightens our chances in 2023 ‘ PDP scribe

Ondo: INEC denies substituting AAC candidate

N/Assembly urged to amend Electoral Act

APC, PDP clash over $460m Abuja CCTV project, $2bn China loan

School resumption: FG decontaminates 19,000 exam centers

MURIC rejects WAEC’s ‘anti-Muslim timetable

I got father’s permission to rape, impregnate teenage daughters

Militia attack: Toto LG boss seeks support for victims

Pregnant women four times more likely to be infected with COVID-19

COVID-19: Why Nigeria should tackle disruptions in malaria services

Saliva tests for Covid-19 exist, but less accurate than nasal

NLC, aviation unions shut down Bristow Helicopters

Electricity grid records 5377MW peak generation

Taxes contributed N500bn to revenue in June ‘ FIRS

High fare: Abuja-Kaduna train records low patronage

Air Peace defends sack of pilots over Covid-19

2023 Presidency: It will be unfair for APC to field northern candidate ‘ Ndume

We are sure of victory in Edo, Ondo elections ‘ Gov Bagudu

Atiku asks Buhari, APC to apologise to Nigerians over loans

AUTHORITY

COVID-19: SON to issue safety standards for tourism industry

Police man, soldiers among robbers of Ebonyi Bullion Van

APC to PDP: Account for failed $460m Abuja CCTV project, $2bn China loan

CSOs accuse Global Fund for melding in grant implementation arrangements in Nigeria (PRESS RELEASE)

Alleged rape: Commercial driver insist police arrest widow for not wearing nose mask

CDC director: U.S. slow in recognizing coronavirus threat from Europe

Alleged rape: Commercial driver insist police arrest widow for not wearing nose mask

BUSINESSDAY

More jobs at risk as Shoprite, others pull plug on Nigeria

How Nigeria’s monetary, fiscal response to COVID-19 compares with peers

Economic cost of Nigerian insecurity

Calls heighten on vigorous implementation of economic sustainability plan, as PMI slides to 41.1%

Sustaining board effectiveness through the crisis

Trump White House accelerating toward a dollar crisis

COVID-19: Easing of dine-in restrictions may bring only little respite to restaurants

DAILY INDEPENDENT

LASU Alumnus Commends Sanwo-Olu On Reappointment Of Governing Council

COVID-19 Unsettles Power Sector, Shrinks DisCos’ Revenue

School Feeding Programme Gulped N523.3m During Lockdown ‘ Minister

Conflicting Reports On ShopRite’s Plans To Quit Nigeria

Suspension From PDP Won’t Stop My Support For Ize-Iyamu ‘ Afegbua

School Feeding Programme Gulps Over N500m During Lockdown’ Minister

TUC Planned Protest Against EFCC, NDDC, NSITF Ill Advised, Uncalled For- Presidency

PEOPLESDAILY

Allegation of looting against army in Taraba outright falsehoods, misinformation -DHQ

Atiku cautions FG to avoid ‘deadly debts

Nigeria can pay back Chinese loans in 20 years -Minister

Ize-Iyamu’s confession shows he is unfit to be governor ‘ PDP

Gov Zulum’s attack: enforce sack of Service Chiefs now ‘ Reps caucus tell Buhari

Give free treatment to Hepatitis patients, gastroenterologist tells FG

Mamman Daura views on zoning personal -Presidency

Reps worry over 80,000 Nigerians held in other countries for sex slaves

Oshiomhole: I prefer to take bullets as APC national Chairman

NEW TELEGRAPH

At last, respite as schools reopen for SSCE, BECE, others

Ebonyi: Soldiers, five others held for bullion van attack

Stamp Duties: Group seeks FG’s intervention in FIRS, NIPOST crisis

Obaseki kicks off campaign in Edo North, receives royal blessings

Ganduje appoints outgoing BUK VC pro-chancellor of state varsity

INEC denies complicity in AAC candidate ahead of Ondo poll

COVID-19: PTF to work with INEC on guidelines for Edo, Ondo polls

Ikpeazu sacks commissioner, chairmen, others

BLUEPRINT

EFCC secures final forfeiture of N827m from NDDC contractors

Allow children to explore their talent ‘ Innovators

MTN retakes lead as data competition gets stiffer

SERVICOM rates immigration service delivery high

Edo 2020: Deputy Speaker, other members pledge support for Ize-Iyamu

Edo 2020: I won’t fail you, Obaseki assures royal fathers, others

 

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