Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 17 Sept., 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

LEADERSHIP:

Johnson Warns Of More Deaths In UK

N27bn Palliative Only For Functional Airlines _ FG

NAF To Deploy Air Assets For Deep Blue Project

FG To Create Crime Proceeds Recovery Agency

Petrol Price Increase: NLC Issues 2 Weeks Ultimatum To FG

Amid COVID-19, Nigeria Must Strengthen Local Capacities For Economic Growth ‘ NASS

Ex-US Soldier Abductors Contact Family, Demand N20m Ransom

Imo State 5,000bpd Modular Refinery Another PMB’s Success Story ‘ FG

FG Lauds Waltersmith, NCDMB On 5000 Barrels A Day Modular Refinery

Collapsed Building Claims 2, Traps 5 In Aba

PUNCH

Protesting workers shut down complaints commission over minimum wage

Terrorists now occupy Kishi, Oyo National – Park Gani Adams

Court orders resident doctors to end strike

Flooding threatening food security, says NEMA boss

Malami becomes Life Bencher amid call for SAN rank withdrawal

Copyright infringement: Imam drags Islamic scholar to Sharia court

El-Rufai signs law to castrate child rapists

FEC okays creation of crime proceeds management agency

Edo: Sensitive materials arrive CBN office in Benin

Contractors failed Lagos-Ibadan railway track inspection deadline Amaechi

PPPRA gazettes market-based pricing regime for petrol

CBN demands details of 12 top Nigerian businessmen, others domiciliary accounts

NNPC extends crude-for-fuel swap contracts for six months

InfraCredit completes drawdown of AfDBs $10m loan agreement

Stock market extends decline by N2bn

Airlines with operator certificates to receive palliatives NCAA

NCAA intervenes, Arik workers return to negotiation

Banks to phase out old cheque books December 31

Nigeria, others losing $15bn to climate change, says AfDB

Power producers sell N294.16bn electricity in five months

Legal team saved billions of dollars in liabilities NNPC

Imo 5,000bpd modular refinery to begin operations October

Oil imports gulped $770.58m in six months CBN

42 million Nigerians now have identity numbers NIMC

42 ambassadors await postings 96 days after Senate confirmation

Powerful figures in govt protecting bandits Northern coalition

Ohanaeze condemns Buratais emergency declaration threat in S’East

UN mission: Soldiers tackle Army over withheld allowances

Ex-US Major, others abductors demand N20m

UNILAG visitation panel concludes probe, submits report today

Nigerian traders: Ghana hasnt fulfilled promises, says Osinbajo

Blasphemy: UNICEF faults jailing of 13-year-old in Kano

Workers strike paralyses government activities in Ogun

Electricity tariff/fuel price hikes: TUC tackles Ngige, NLC issues two-week ultimatum to FG

FG plans new agency on recovered loot management

Sagay panel accuses Malami of aborting high-profile criminal cases

US reviews visa ban as FG meets 90 % requirement

Rivers monarch cries out over cattle invasion of farmlands

My brothers kidnappers collected N5m before we found his body

Bill for amendment of EFCC law is fraud, Sagay tackles Malami

Killings: Famine imminent in Nigeria, says Ex-COAS Akinrinade

Delta tertiary institutions to reopen Oct 2 Commissioner

THISDAY

Google Earmarks $3m Grants to Support Businesses across Africa

Survey: With COVID-19, HR Role Requires Reinvention

Banks Urged to Invest More in Risk Management Solutions

Four Professional Bodies Sign MoU to Float Securities Institute

NCS Advocates Policy Implementation for 4th Industrial Revolution

Fayemi Has Reinforced the Ekiti Mantra That Hardwork is the Only…

Ondo Guber: Five Persons Injured, Vehicles Vandalised as APC, PDP Supporters…

Former IAAF President, Diack, Found Guilty of Corruption, Jailed

COVID-19: NNPC/Chevron JV Donates PCR Lab to Warri Central Hospital

Bill Gates: Nigeria Should Invest in PHC, Disease Surveillance, Immunisation

UNAIDS Warns Nigeria, Others against Rights Abuses amidst COVID-19

Dousing Tension, Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu, Others Commit to Peaceful Election

Buhari: I Borrow to Fix Infrastructure, Attract Investments

FG, Labour Talks on Petrol Price Rise End in Stalemate

FG, LASG Stop Barge Operations along Marina Coastline

SUN

CBN takes delivery of INEC sensitive materials for Edo election

PDP hails UK’s visa ban, asset seizure

Lagos East bye-election: APC candidate vows to push for fiscal federalism during constitutional review

3 policemen, other security personnel, to man each of the 2,627 polling booths in Edo

2021 guber: Don’t malign your opponents, PDP chairman tells aspirants

COVID-19: FG predicts Q1 2021 economic recovery timeline for Nigeria

Imo: 5,000 barrels modular refinery to boost Nigeria’s oil capacity ‘FG

FDIs hits N143.65bn in 7 months

No FG bailout for airlines without valid AOC ‘NCAA

CBN targets construction of 300,000 houses with N200bn fund

Court orders striking doctors to resume work

FG to mark Nigerias 60th independence anniversary with year-long celebration

Chimamanda writes on fathers death

Fuel, electricity tariff crisis: TUC ultimatum misplaced Ngige

Fuel crisis looms in FCT, other northern states as tanker drivers strike

Flood claims one life, destroys 900 houses in Zamfara

NNPC takes major steps to revamp ailing refineries

COVID-19: NCDC reports 90 new Infections, 5 deaths in Nigeria

NEPC supports farmers with farm inputs in Benue

Stakeholders seek stiffer penalties for oil spills in amended NOSDRA Bill

GUARDIAN

Trump posts faked video of Biden playing anti-police song

Edo election as integrity test for Buhari, INEC, security agencies

Ekiti APC chief tasks INEC, security agencies on neutrality

Ekiti APC crisis: Ojudu, Tinubu’s in-law, 10 others risk suspension

UK visa restriction will ensure transparency in Edo, Ondo polls

APC intensifying votes buying in Edo, PDP alleges

Bandits kill man, abduct son in Katsina

Commuters call on Sanwo-Olu to fix Iyana-Isolo road abandoned for two years

Clearing of ‘rubbles’ begins at Lagos National Stadium as demolition ends

Nigeria securing more sea time for cadets, despite COVID-19

Release dead assets to private sector, LCCI tasks Federal Government

Ibom deep seaport will improve efficiency, generate employment

Companies must remodel business operations to survive post pandemic era

Sustained profit-taking drags index further by 0.19%

Lawyers without borders secure judgments against torture

Sanwo-Olu says government aware of lockdown impact on entertainment industry

Retooling pharmacy practice to optimise healthcare service delivery

300,000 seafarers still stuck on ship

FG promises justice for Nigerian traders in Ghana

Invest in research for national development, governor tasks tertiary institutions

Court resolves controversies in jurisdictional scope of unions in paper industry

World Bank advocates robust management system to boost Nigeria’s digital economy

Israeli jets bomb Gaza after rocket fire clouds peace deal signing

Public procurement: Lagos assembly set to increase mobilisation fee to 40%

Group embarks on book drive initiative to enhance reading culture

NLC may begin strike September 28 over petrol price, increased electricity tariffs

Barbados to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state

NLC may begin strike September 28 over petrol price, increased electricity tariffs

VANGUARD

PMS hike: Market chairman canvasses for citizens input in policy

Court remands 5 men for allegedly kidnapping 10 year-old girl

Joe Biden hails Trump-led Israel-UAE-Bahrain peace deals

Police clampdown on illegal firearms in Kaduna

Reflect ideals of founding fathers, ACSN charges mission schools

Court remands blind man over alleged sodomy

Alleged 14m fraud: Defendant sold ex-lawmaker non-extent land ‘ Witness tells court

COVID-19: Kano ‘Govt secures $1.1m grant from EU, Japan

Over 6,000 civil servants promoted in Nasarawa ‘ Chairman

Insecurity in S’-East: You’re saboteurs that helped proscribe us, IPOB mocks Ohanaeze, govs

Court aborts resident doctors strike, orders them to resume duties

NLC issues 14-day ultimatum on electricity tariff, fuel price hikes

FEC approves new National Policy on Occupational Safety 2020

Ondo 2020: Attack on my convoy is a clear attempt to assassinate me ‘Jegede

1976 local government reform responsible for insecurity in Nigeria ‘ Senate

Anambra 2021: We’ll be fair to all aspirants ‘ PDP chairman

Bill Gates touts Pfizer’s vaccine as most likely to get emergency approval

Notorious B.I.G.’s $6 plastic crown sells for $594,750 in auction

Fuel, Electricity: Police arrest Vanguard photo-journalist, 50 others during protest in Lagos

COVID-19: Osun shuts isolation centre

Make greater investments to healthcare workers safety ‘ Commonwealth doctors to Govts

It could take up to 25 years to eradicate malaria from Africa ‘ Bill Gates

Industrial Court orders resident doctors to resume work immediately

Six killed, seven injured in Ondo auto crash

Police arrest man for allegedly swindling US-based Nigerian woman

ISWAP fighters kill 11 villagers, injure 20 in Borno

Police confirm killing of DSS officer in Katsina

Police foil kidnap of medical doctor in Bayelsa, arrest five suspects

Kidnappers of ex-US Soldier demand N20m ransom

Nigerians disagree with Buhari over ‘most prosperous black nation’ comment

It’s time to reform DSS, HURIWA charges Buhari, NASS

EU congratulates Edo political leaders on the peace accord

Ancient footprints in Saudi Arabia show how humans left Africa

Drop water bill, focus on economy, insecurity, HURIDE urges Buhari, NASS

Arewa Youths to Obasanjo: You’ve no evidence to prove Nigeria is failing

TRIBUNE

Kidnappers of ex-US soldier in Ekiti demand for N20m ransom

Nigeria records 126 new cases of coronavirus, total now 56,604

UPDATE: Rapists now for castration as Kaduna gov signs penal code into law

Nigeria terribly divided before Buhari govt in 2015 ‘ Presidency

BREAKING: El-Rufai signs into law penal code recommending castration of child rapists

Osinbajo assures Nigerian traders in Ghana of Justice

Buhari, trailblazer in modular refinery delivery ‘ Lai Mohammed

Lagos Assembly proposes bill to raise procurement mobilisation fee from 20 per cent to 40 per cent

Reverse hike in petrol price, electricity tariffs in 14 days or face total shutdown of Nigeria, NLC tells FG

Disarm people with unlawful arms, CP directs DPOs, Area Commanders in Kaduna

Fish out police officers, who chased our son to death, family of deceased boy urges Police, govt

Edo 2020: Court slates Oct 14 to hear PDP’s suit seeking Ize-iyamu disqualification

Don’t tamper with Abiteye Field Security House Boat, protesting Benikrukru community warns Chevron

Court orders resident doctors to resume work immediately

NATION

Monarchs vital to fight against insecurity, says Lawan

Declare your assets, Olonisakin, CCB chair tell military officers

You will get justice, Osinbajo assures Nigerian traders in Ghana

Blasphemy: UNICEF condemns imprisonment of 13-year-old boy

Four new standard gauge coming, says Amaechi

Only 42m Nigerians captured on NIN

Visa ban: U.S. wont publish names

FEC approves occupational safety policy

Police disperse petrol price hike protesters in Lagos

Kanu slams Southeast governors, Nwodo for proscription of IPOB

PACAC alleges plot to scrap EFCC

Petrol, electricity prices: Labour issues ultimatum

INEC will conduct credible poll in Edo

Davido, 3 other Nigerians get roles in Eddie Murphys Coming to America 2

Ondo 2020: Campaign attack an assassination attempt- Jegede

Fuel, Electricity tariff crisis: TUC ultimatum misplaced Ngige

Kaduna CP to DPOs, Area Commanders: arrest people with illegal firearms

DAILY TIMES

Over 10,000 sign petition seeking travel ban against El-Rufai & family

UK joins U.S. to sanction individuals behind election violence in Edo, Ondo

PDP welcomes UKs visa ban, asset seizure against election riggers

NLC issues 14-days ultimatum to FG over increase in fuel, electricity tariff

Ondo Election: 5 injured, vehicle burnt as APC, PDP supporters clash

Edo Election: Oyegun refuses to endorse Ize-Iyamu, says Obaseki was mistreated

INEC creates result collation portal for Imo North bye-election

Concede your interest to Ndigbo, SEast APC begs other states

South-South Forum backs Tinubu, urge Edo to vote out Obaseki

Oil price jumps above $41 as storm hits United States output, inventories drop

Lawyers split over removal of stamp, seal on court processes

FACT CHECK: Assertion by Presidency that bag of rice is N20,000 is Misleading

Gani Adams raises alarm alleged armed invasion part of Oke Ogun and Oyo National Park

Ondo Election: PDP condemns attack on Jegede, says Akeredolu is afraid

European style of fighting COVID-19 is killing Nigerias economy Senate

Full deregulation will make Nigerians pay N183 per litre for petrol FG

No CRK teachers in Niger State schools CAN raises alarm

By 2023, there will be no Nigeria under Buhari Fani-Kayode

AUTHORITY

U.S makes U-turn on migrant visa as Nigeria meets 90 per cent requirement

INEC unveils guidelines for Imo North senatorial bye election

2023: South east group set to unveil Igbo best eleven for presidency

Police clampdown on illegal firearms in Kaduna

Nigerians are suffering, YPP tells FG, protests fuel, tariffs hike

Edo/Ondo Polls: UK visa restrictions will strengthen Nigerias democracy NCF

Industrial Court orders resident doctors to resume work immediately

Catholic bishop closes church in Makurdi over desecration

Minister vows to complete FCT N640m abandoned Pilgrims project

BUSINESSDAY

Foreign investors, PE firms seek 100% stake in Nigerian insurers

Nigeria’s compromised central bank

Nigeria in focus: Thoughts for manufacturing and agricultural businesses (1)

Around the globe: COVID-19 and criminal entrepreneurship

When will Nigeria fix age-old problems hurting industrial prosperity

Anthropomorphism of economy: How 40% is discounted from N151.56 price of PMS (1)

Amid strides by local carriers, FG’s support critical in recovery process

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Ogoni Cleanup: CISLAC, CORDAID Demand Accountability From HYPREP On Disbursed $360m

Nigeria Set To Host Global Tech Giants On Independence Day

Kidnappers Narrate How They Abducted Policewoman, NSCDC Officer, Others

Nigerians Must Brace Up For Difficult Times Ahead ‘ Onyeukwu

Edo People Should Defend Their Votes In Anyway Possible ‘ Amori

Drop Water Bill, Focus On Economy, Insecurity, HURIDE Urges Buhari, N/Assembly

Oyo NSCDC Deploys 150 Officers For Edo Governorship Election

NEW TELEGRAPH

NNPC steps up action on refineries’ rehabilitation

Police arrest 30 in Lagos, disrupt protest against fuel price, electricity tariff hike

Court orders Resident Doctors to call off strike

Wigwe: Banks should partner states on solar power

NLC to FG: We’ll shut down economy on Sept 28

DPR: Only rich Nigerians’ll use petrol cars by 2022

Buhari: Nigeria’s most prosperous black nation

Electricity, petrol: PDP Reps rev up opposition against tariff, price hike

BLUEPRINT

President Buhari’s successes on the war against insurgency

NLC dares FG: Reverse fuel price, electricity tariff hike before Sept 28 or

Breaking: Henceforth, child rapists face castration in Kaduna as El-Rufai signs bill into law

Buhari’s government and the economic inconsistency tag

Breaking: From Real Madrid, Bale returns to Premier League, ‘completes’ Tottenham switch

Power: FG releases framework for solar mini-grid deployment

 

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