Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 15 October 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH 

Trumps son Barron tested positive for COVID-19, says Melania Trump

Rohr admits selection headache ahead of SLeone clash

Ekiti builds 6,000-bed hostel in varsity

Akeredolu orders reopening of Ondo schools October 19

Hong Kong protests: US warns banks they could face sanctions

Ondo APC expels female lawmaker over alleged anti-party

Kano Emir calls for violence-free LG polls

2023: Internal crisis will cost PDP dearly, says ex-Plateau gov

Observers declare Ondo election free, fair, credible

Police raid CRiver baby factory, rescue pregnant women, babies

Increase identity enrolments by 500%, FG charges NIMC

Customs make N367.6B in Apapa, seize N19b goods

Fleeing AIbom husband, who killed wife with acid, arrested

Lagos-East: Implement presidential report on SARS, APC candidate urges FG

Uncertainty surrounds APC convention as fresh registration splits party

#EndSARS: Rise and fall of a rogue police unit

Nigeria needs national arbitration policy, says don

Court rules on Momphas no-case submission Nov 18

COVID-19 lessons will help improve healthcare delivery Fayemi

Missed opportunities, relief as Supreme Court gets eight Justices

Turning COVID-19 into good crisis

Nutritionist cautions against pain killers abuse

External reserves drop by $50.84m in 10 days

IMF projects $28tn COVID-19 losses in five years

FG arraigns Dantata Success promoters over N2bn fraud

Presidency plans new law to institutionalise business reforms

NEITI commends oil firms, MDAs over audit compliance

Egbin Power seeks to promote electric vehicles

Nigerias Sept oil production fell by 1.74 million barrels -OPEC

Lack of PenCom board stalls N14,400 minimum pension payment

Market capitalisation records marginal gain, grows by N1bn

FG gas initiatives opening sector for investments Firm

Fleeing gunmen, who killed Ogun mother, abducted daughter, arrested

Union writes Atikus firm over 600 sacked workers, demands recall

FG approves $2m payment to West African Power Pool

#EndSARS: Your voices have been heard, let govt play its roles, Sanwo-Olu begs protesters

Appeal court declares Police Act 2020 illegal, nullifies constable recruitment

PDP govs declare new Police Act unconstitutional                                                                                   

THISDAY

Increasing Retirement Age May Heighten Youth Unemployment, Says ABCON

Ericsson to Support Airtel in 4G Network

Court Convicts Seven SIM Card Registration Offenders

Fashola: Poor Budgetary Allocation Hampering Infrastructure Devt

Investors Stake N3.1bn on 218m Shares as Index Closes Flat

Deregulation Will Stabilise Nigerias Economy

Bayelsa Governor Insists on Primary Health Centre in Every Ward

The Southwest Should Not Confuse Tinubus Interest With Theirs

AFCON 2022 QUALIFIER Eagles to Play Sierra Leone at Refurbished Ogbemudia Stadium

Nigerias Infant Mortality Rate Now 67 per 1,000 Live Births, Says FG

Nigerias Hospital Equipment Need Still Underserved, Says MEGACORP CEO

Senate Will Pass Mental Health Bill Soon, Says Oloriegbe

Lagos Tasks Residents on Regular Eye Check to Prevent Avoidable Blindness

Africa Must Think Continental, Focus on Wealth Creation

Covid-19: Aig-Imoukhuede Calls for Debt Relief for Nigeria, Others

SUN

How to stop killings in Southern Kaduna ‘Onovo

Power devolution panacea to LG survival ‘Alabi

PDP govs kick against 0.5 % Police Trust Fund deduction

Why we must work together, Buhari tells APC members

APC, PDP canvasses votes for Oct 31 Plateau South senatorial by-election

Admits facing selection headache ahead Sierra Leone

Super Eagles ranked 2nd most valuable team in Africa, 21st in world

FG to ban milk importation by 2022 ‘Minister

NACCIMA warns FG against rising debt burden

W’Bank approves $12bn for vaccines, treatment

FEC approves $2m for West African Power Pool

NXP: CBN to sanction erring shippers, companies over defiance

NSE transactions dip 59.2% as indices remain unchanged

2021: EFCC to spend N303.2m on sewerage charges, electricity, others

NIN: Pantami tasks NIMC to enroll 2.5m monthly

#Endinsecuritynow: Northern coalition begins protest in 19 states

#EndSARS: Car runs into protesters, kill 2, injures many in Lagos

SARS: Nigeria sitting on time bomb, MASSOB warns

Buhari receives youths ENDSARS, assures on implementation

Enugu monarch, others demand justice for slain indigene

Civil servant in court over alleged N45m School Feeding Programme fraud

15 travellers regain freedom from kidnappers in Delta

Analysis: Fewer movies in theaters’ Big Media turns focus to streaming video

Take personal, collective responsibility, avoid risky behaviours, FEMA DG tells FCT residents

14-day ultimatum: Stop distracting Caretaker Committee, APC chieftain, Okechukwu warns group

GUARDIAN:

Brexit talks’ fate hangs in balance at EU summit

As Diri savours court victories, Bayelsans yearn for development

Our electoral process must be safeguarded from manipulation, says Igini

Useni, Jang battle for PDP Plateau as South Senatorial bye’election beckons

SARS dissolution excites Ganduje, Gbajabiamila assures on review of policing law

World needs empowered women to overcome COVID-19 challenges, say Sanwo-Olu,

Residents agonise over Lagos-Badagry international highway of potholes

Don’t get my tweet ‘Nigeria is a jungle’ twisted, Oshoala pleads

OPEC raises 2020 demand forecast over China’s recovery

Stock market capitalisation rises further by N1b

LCCI to leverage virtual, physical fair to hedge pandemic effects

PENGASSAN pickets firm over alleged anti-labour practices

Investment in human capital will create positive future generation

Lagos, Rivers, Delta contribute 54.7% to half-year revenue

COVID-19 to create $1 trillion financial gap in Africa, IMF warns

FG okays $2m, N33b for sub-regional power pool, roads, others

Government to make NIN mandatory for social services

Family demands justice over man’s death during Lagos protest

Akeredolu orders schools to resume October 19

Presidency considers new business reform bill

Your approach has redefined governance, Alaafin tells Makinde

No SARS official will join new tactical unit – Police

FEC approves 1.6bn for e-Government Procurement Platform to check corruption

Lagos by-election: Translate your support to votes, APC urges residents

Anambra government house on lockdown as governor refuses to address protesters

Girl child: Tambuwal, others worry over early marriage, education in north

#EndSARS: Prosecute operatives of dissolved SARS, Group urges IGP

Despite outcry, police yet to name killers of #EndSARS protesters

VANGUARD

Police arraign 5 in court over alleged breach of peace

Nigeria Mining Week: SMDF to invest $500m in mining sector ‘ Shinkafi

FEC okays N22.247bn for Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway

PDP govs want Buhari, NASS to repeal Police Trust Fund Act

Northern groups demand state of emergency on insecurity

2021 Budget scales second reading in House of Reps

NASS partners NEPAD for 2nd Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)

Don’t parade yourselves as SARS operatives, CP Odumosu warns disbanded unit’s members

INEC to engage 3,000 ad-hoc staff for Okigwe senatorial bye-election

Senate confirms Chukwu as INEC REC

Edo: Elected councillors protest unpaid salaries, emolument

CSO writes Senate to reject Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as INEC Commissioner

[Updated] Corruption: Buhari seeks Reps’ approval to freeze accounts, clampdown on money launderers

BREAKING: APC expels only female lawmaker for anti-party in Ondo poll

CBN to sanction exports without Export Proceeds Number

DAME Awards holds 29th edition, as Nestl makes case for nutrition prize

Greedy’ Nigerian professors and their fat salaries

Daddy usually showed me ‘blue film’ before sleeping with me, says 13-yr-old girl

Police arrest Akwa Ibom man over death of 40-year-old wife

APC State Chairmen free to express themselves within party’s constitution ‘ Buni

COVID-19: IMF lists road map for recovery in Nigeria, other emerging economies

World Bank to provide over $50bn in grants to most fragile countries in 2021

NCDMB commends Total, PCN for Ikike line pipe coating project

PDP govs urge Buhari, NASS to repeal Police Trust Fund Act

FEC approves $2m for West African Power

Intels sacks 600 workers in Rivers, Warri

FEC approves N1.6bn for e-Government Procurement Platform to check corruption

LEADERSHIP

Disbanded F-SARS Operatives Barred From Joining SWAT

Again, Buni Warns APC Members Against Pending Litigations

Group Calls For Total Ban Of All Street Protests

Anambra Town Igweship Tussle: Police Warn Against Breakdown Of Law And Order.

Creation Of Swat Is Putting Old Wine In A New Wineskin, Says South East Town Unions.

Withdraw Onochie’s Nomination, CUPP Urges PMB

Adamawa: FRSC Launches 2020 Ember Months Campaign, Deploys Personnel To 21 LGAs

Boko Haram: Group Condemns Call For Redeployment Of Defunct SARS Operatives To Borno

Reopening of Schools: CRSG Embarks On Supervision Of Fumigation Of Schools

TRIBUNE

#ENDSARS: Adeboye throws weight behind protest

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 179 new cases, total now 60,834

19th virtual FEC meeting begins at presidential villa

INEC: Melaye, CSOs reject Onochie, Buhari’s nominee

Onochie’s nomination as INEC commissioner, peak of insensitivity, provocation, says Afenifere

BREAKING: Presidential panel on Police reforms agrees to meet all demands by #EndSARS protesters

Intels sacks 600 workers

FG, ASUU to meet Thursday over IPPIS

World Bank to provide $50bn grant to mitigate 150 million new world poor

Anambra govt budgets N140.8bn for 2021 fiscal year

SARS men did not learn from training on engagement, says Okei Odumakin

Court extends order restraining murdered lawmaker’s siblings from tampering with inheritance

N50,400 no longer required for boarding aircraft ‘ Minister

No SARS personnel will be part of SWAT team ‘ Police

NATION

Governors, IG parley on raging EndSARS protests

G-20 to extend poor nations debt relief

Pupil, 15, donates N25,000 to teacher

Nigerians want restructuring, not disintegration

#ENDSARS and Nigerias chaotic security system

#EndSARS protesters apprehend, hand over hoodlums to police

Labour kicks as Atikus firm sacks 600 workers

Two feared killed, others injured as SUV runs into #ENDSARS protesters in Lagos

Work on N9.2b Sokoto teaching hospital begins

Lobby for elongation of APC Caretaker Committee tenure intensifies

FG partners Samsung on welding skills

DAILY TIMES

#EndSARS: Kanu reveals 3 things Nigerian youths must do to achieve results after protest

33 Covid-19 rapid test kits in Nigeria fails to meet required criteria MLSCN

#EndSARS: Northern leaders agitate for 36 states to be reduced to 12-state structure

INEC: Onochies nomination Is ominous, assault on Nigerias democracy PDP

Environmental Expert Tasks Govt. on Rural Tourism Development

PDP Governors calls for restructuring of Police Trust Fund Act

Pro SARS supporters attack #EndSARS protesters in Abuja [VIDEO]

Trial of kidnap kingpin, Evans stopped as #EndSARS protest continues

#EndSARS: Sack service Chiefs now North East Elders to Buhari

What Nigeria must do to fix its political landscape Dr. Ezekwesili

AUTHORITY

INEC: Onochies nomination could trigger mass action against Buhari, FG, IPAC, AAC warn

Sen Kalu Schools Opposition on Economic Growth as Senators debate on 2021 budget

INEC: Onochies nomination could trigger mass action against Buhari, FG, IPAC, AAC warn

Sen Kalu Schools Opposition on Economic Growth as Senators debate on 2021 budget

INEC: Onochies nomination could trigger mass action against Buhari, FG, IPAC, AAC warn

Rep decry suffering in Delta state communities

Zulum: 776 new teachers to join Bornos sec schools in 3 weeks

BUSINESSDAY

The Nigerian police is a criminal enterprise

60 years of electricity deficiency ‘ which way Nigeria

Negative economic implications of Apapa gridlock are too great to ignore

Ezekwesili, Nweke, Sonaiya, others bemoan poor governance, seek constitutional reforms

Rohr in selection dilemma ahead of Sierra Leone clash

Sanwo-Olu, Oyetola preach women empowerment

Fayemi’s programmes, projects to banish poverty in Ekiti ‘ Chief of Staff

DAILY INDEPENDENT

NAICOM To Sustain FG’s Renewed Confidence In Insurance

Troops Neutralize Bandits, Destroy Camp In Katsina

Resource Constraints, My Major Challenge ‘Fayemi

#OndoDecides2020: INEC Chairman Commends Staff, Security Agencies, Stakeholders

IGP, EndSARS Protest And Emerging Peoples’ Policing System

N1bn Infrastructure: AMAC, FCT Residents Bicker Over Projects

PEOPLESDAILY

Covid-19: CSOs partner USAID to curb community spread

Flooding: Edo communities, Rep seek Govt. assistance, warn of IDPs crisis

EndSARS Protest: NBA warns against use of life bullets on protesters

Scores of APC members defect to PDP in Ika North East

NGO train youths on smartphones networking usage for 11m users

NEW TELEGRAPH

SARS: Grounding Police terror machine

Many injured as pro, anti-SARS protesters clash in Abuja

FEC approves N30.2bn for Kano, Lagos roads

CBN to sanction shipping firms violating export procedures

Adeboye backs #EndSARS protesters

FHQ: SWAT’ll fight armed robbery, violent crimes

Omo-Agege: Negligence of N’Delta may affect oil production

Buhari seeks powers to seize stolen funds, assets

Customs: Apapa Command generates N367.6bn in 9 months

BLUEPRINT

Hoodlums attack Abuja, Lagos protesters

Group canvasses moral support for police, tasks NASS on funding

Food security: Bello distributes 100 tractors to 21 Kogi LGs

Senate confirms Chukwu as INEC REC, probes gas tanker explosions

UCH Ibadan needs N50bn to stand on its feet ‘ CMD

Omo-Agege accuses FG of double standard over resource control

Zazzau Emir visits el-Rufai, makes crucial pledge

Senate to investigate gas tanker explosions

#ENDSARS protests: Sanwo-Olu , Oyetola urge youth to remain calm

 

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