Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Sunday, 22 November 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH 

Party leaders pressurised me to support Obaseki PDP aspirant, Imasuagbon

Our kidnappers treated us like animals, didnt feed us for five days Ondo women market leader kidnapped with 15 others

I lost over N35m to Hisbah, Beer distributor whose goods were destroyed in Kano

Were still living with many things Fela sang about today GM, National Theatre

You cant play politics without reaching out to Tinubu, Akande APC national secretary, Udoedehe

I sold marijuana for five years, my wife thinks Im a chemist Suspected Niger drug dealer

#EndSARS protests led to deaths, looting after some leaders behaved like dictators Primate Ositelu

Telecom industry needs special banks to fund infrastructure Nnamani

FG orders parked trucks, trailers on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to vacate

FG supporting local meter manufacturers Perm sec

NNPC petrol sales revenue drops despite price hike

Soldiers went to Lekki toll gate with both live and blank bullets General

Hands off petroleum products importation, marketers tell FG

Again, gunmen kill two, kidnap scores in Kaduna

States, not FG, should manage ecological funds Diri

Rivers approves contract for 593 metres flyover

ICPC names ITF most compliant agency

I bought govt car for N70,000, Kwara ex-commissioner tells panel

Nigerian Languages Institute seeks funding support from TETFUND

Cop killed during protest in Ekiti police station

APC, PDP leaders converge as El-Rufais son weds

Budget cut threatens S’Court moves to fill North-Central slot

Senate chides NBET officials over N1.5bn non-remitted Treasury bill interests

IPAC alleges plot to block Yakubus confirmation as INEC chair

2023: APC chieftains visit to Jonathan raises fresh concerns

Nigeria suffers worst economic recession in 36 years -World Bank data

ASUUs exemption from IPPIS temporary Ngige

Corpses in our hospitals from cultists, hoodlums killings, not Lekki -LASG

FG laments poor sale of farm produce

Libyan Interior ministry orders 10 helicopters from Airbus

Umahi dissolves boards, commissions in Ebonyi

Gunman shoots at US mall, injures eight

Strike still on, says ASUU president

Nigeria fastest growing economy in Africa UK trade envoy

Recession may linger through Q4 2020 LCCI

COVID-19 exposed inadequacies in our health system- Ishaku                                                                               

THISDAY

Patience to Jonathan: I’ll Marry You Again and Again

NNPC: Poor Liquidity in Oil Industry Hampering New Projects

Nigerian Doctor, Onyema Ogbuagbu in COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough

COVID-19: Rising Cases, No Plans for Another Lockdown, Says SGF

Ngige: ASUU’s Exemption from IPPIS Temporary

Army Confirms Carrying Live Ammunition to Lekki Tollgate

Lagos Tracks 21,000 Students Who Failed to Return to Schools…

Parliamentary Staff Threaten to Cripple 36 State Assemblies

Kyari: Gas Supply to Power Generating Companies has Improved

MSME Survival Fund: SMEDAN Warns Applicants to Be Wary of Extortionists

SUN

Concession: FG mulls consortium of investors for Abuja, Lagos stadiums

Nigerian economy has slipped into further recession ‘ NBS

Cancer elimination: Governors wives seek vaccination for younggirls

Obi urges govt to partner church for development

LAUTECH ownership: We can now restore varsitys lost glory Makinde

Sani blames deplorable roads on criminal activities along Kaduna-Abuja highway

Umahi dissolves boards, commissions

Fuel price deregulation: Nigerians groan over suffocating economy

Tension in Rivers: As cult groups start recruiting school children

How son from hell murdered 83-year-old dad

Theres nothing wrong if any region wants to break away from Nigeria – Gani Adams

Prolonged stay: IDPs in Northeast now suffer from mental illness

GUARDIAN;

Twitter to hand @POTUS account to Biden on inauguration day

Stop fighting Imo people, Okorocha tells Uzodimma

Rohr depends solely on Eagles’ talent with no technical input, Adelabu declares

NNPC Hopeful Of Dividend By 2020 End After N20.2b Surplus

How misinformation about Alaketu almost caused crisis among Yoruba Obas

Nwakwue: Transparency, stakeholders’ engagement missing in downstream petroleum sector

Explosion kills three in illegal bunkering camp in Bayelsa

Anger, anxiety as LCC video footage stopped at critical part

Eight hurt in shooting at US mall, gunman still at large

DHQ says Abuja-Kaduna road not abandoned by motorists

Army deployed at least 7 vehicles to Lekki Tollgate, CCTV reveals

VANGUARD

We lack control of Constituency Projects ‘ Rep member

NECA calls for urgent economic recovery effort

Army went to Lekki Tollgate with blank and live ammunition, General tells Judicial Panel

Fayose meets Ajayi, Ondo Dep Gov, urges him to return to PDP

Heat wave: Enugu sachet water hawkers make brisk business

Army deployed at least 7 vehicles to Lekki Tollgate, CCTV reveals

I can’t resign on facebook” Ebonyi commissioner

Lekki shootings: In hindsight, we would not have acted differently ‘ Nigerian Army

German police battle to keep order as coronavirus protest called off

ISWAP fighters ambush convoy, kill 7 soldiers, 1 militiaman in Borno

States should manage ecological fund not Abuja ‘ Diri

Defection: Umahi dissolves all Boards, Commissions in Ebonyi

Return to PDP, Fayose pleads with embattled Ondo Dep Gov Ajayi

Tinubu, greatest builders of men in Yoruba nation ‘ Fayose

There can’t be credible election without improvement of electoral laws ‘ PDP

SHOCKER: APC Igbo leaders cold to Umahi

Defection: ‘We’ll not attack non-APC defectors in Ohaukwu LGA’ ‘ Council boss

Claims of our governors defecting to APC untrue ‘ PDP

Gov Umahi sacks political appointees from Ohaukwu LGA

Ebonyi PDP suspends former governor, Sam Egwu, 23 others over ‘anti-party activities

Defection: APC leadership presents Umahi to President Buhari at Aso Villa

The only person from South-East in Aso Villa is a photographer ‘ Abaribe

Soldier, 2 others killed as Customs, smugglers clash at Igbo-Ora

Bandits riddle Kaduna police APC with bullets

Two arrested for allegedly eating roasted police officers’ flesh in Ibadan

We lack control of Constituency Projects ‘ Rep Agbedi

LAUTECH: I won’t sack Osun indigenes ‘ Makinde

Ortom appeals to Buhari for more appointment for Benue indigenes

ECOWAS Parliament will back states on E-learning ‘ Speaker

Group describes CNN’s investigative report on #EndSARS protest as ‘imbalanced

Nigeria’s GDP contracts by 3.62% in Q3, 2020- NBS

LEADERSHIP

KDI, NALDA Distribute 600 Goats To 225 Women In Kebbi

Customs Seizes 1,643 Bags Of Foreign Rice, Others

FDA Considers Emergency Use Authorisation For Vaccine

UK PM Johnson Urges G20 Leaders To Defeat Pandemic

3 Die As Customs, Smugglers Clash In Oyo

FG Begins Distribution Of Cash Grant To Rural Women In S/East

COVID-19: Not All About Pain And Misery

Bauchi Gov Refutes Reports Of Defection To APC

Nigeria Spends N6.93bn On Poor Breastfeeding-related Ailment

Abuja-Kaduna Road Not Abandoned By Motorists ‘ Military

We Didn’t Exempt ASUU From IPPIS ‘ FG

Domestic Airlines Groan Over Delayed N4bn COVID-19 Palliative

Nigeria Officially Slides Into Worst Recession Since 1987

11 African Countries To Get $500m Grant To Fight Tuberculosis

Plastic Flow Into Ocean Expected To Triple By 2040 ‘ Researchers

Reps Lament ‘Ghost Town’ State Of NIS, Want It Revived

TRIBUNE

53,000 Almajirai, girl-child pupils get free uniforms, learning materials to learn western education in Bauchi

Ortom appeals for more appointments for Benue indigenes

Fayose woos Ondo deputy governor to return to PDP

Jonathan at 63: Reps PDP caucus appaluds Jonathan’s resolve to peace, progress, unity

Nigeria records 246 new cases of COVID-19, total now 66,228

2nd Niger Bridge will be completed in 2022 ‘ Fashola

Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano records 1,000 childbirth monthly, says CMD

NBS confirms Nigeria in second recession in 3 years

How we carried out the 1993 Nigerian Airways hijack ‘Ogunderu

Credible elections: INEC’s proposed reform and attendant challenges

JUST IN: Nigeria back into recession, worst since 1987

Imbibe culture of harmonious coexistence for development, RCCG tells Bauchi people

2 suspected mobile phone thieves arrested in Delta

Host community demands end to gas flaring

Why I sponsored Police Reforms Bill ‘ Lawmaker

Yuletide: Obiano inaugurates new motor park to tackle gridlocks, improve IGR

NATION

Ex-IGP Balogun speaks on security for Igbomina land

UCH CMD decries brain drain, says he receives resignation letters almost daily

Osun workers wont be sacked over LAUTECH take-over, assures Makinde

Police officer killed during protest in Ekiti

Man seeks justice over alleged brutalisation by soldier

Our job is to sort out citizens in distress by way of advice

Gboko South residents cry out over collapsed roads, infrastructure

I cant resign on Facebook Ebonyi commissioner

 Nigeria, not just police, needs reforms, says Dokpesi

Diri flags Operation Crocodile Smile, hails Army on security

Tension persists in Oyigbo LG as chiefs beg Army to retain troops

Chief of staff to youths: Put in your best at your youthful age

HERALD

NECA Calls for Immediate Economic Recovery Effort in View of Released GDP

Ebonyi State Governor Sacks 4 Aides for Dereliction of Duty

Recession: Expert Seeks Aggressive Implementation of Economic Sustainability Plan

NCDC Launches COVID-19NigeriaStories Blog

Truck crushes 4 to death in Ogun

Agbakoba suggests path to Nigeria’s economic growth

Yoruba men that send wives to farm sending them to be raped by Fulani Herdsmen ‘ Afenifere

Hypocrite! Charly Boy’s daughter blasts father for using her sexuality to gain fame

DAILY TRUST

Umahi dissolves boards, commissions in Ebonyi

Bandits’ big return on Abuja-Kaduna road

Prof Olu Akinyanju: Nigeria should embrace mRNA vaccine to conquer COVID-19 pandemic

Buhari snub of South-South leaders: Matters arising Being a female photojournalist in Northern Nigeria

How animals are dying, structures decaying in Yankari

AUTHORITY

Chinas Sichuan province builds city clusters on Chengdu Plain by enhancing inter-city rail services

Initiative on jointly building a community with a shared future in cyberspace released

China to boost economic growth through innovation and opening-up, nurturing joint development in the Asia-Pacific region

APEC members should work together to deliver brighter future for Asia-Pacific, world

BUSINESSDAY:

Donald Trump lost the elections weeks ago. Here are some dangerous things he has done since

In 2023, if God permits, I may be quitting politics- Governor David Umahi

Twenty economists on how Nigeria can grow economy by 6% as NBS confirms recession

Oyo seals banks, hotels, petrol stations over failure to pay land use charges

Abia health workers insist on government’s commitment to end strike

Nigerians find comfort in booming cryptocurrency market as second recession hits

Vote us out, if we underperform, Senate President tells Nigerians

No Governor is leaving for APC, PDP replies Yahaya Bello

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Recession Could Linger Through Q4 2020 ‘LCCI

Financial Expert Seeks Aggressive Implementation Of ESP

Much Ado About Umahi’s Defection To APC ‘Umahi And Future Of Democracy In Nigeria

Stop Deployment Of Soldiers For Police Duties!

#EndSARS Protest Is A Referendum Against APC, PDP ‘ Sowore

Nigeria Has Never Been This Divided ‘ Abba Moro

PEOPLESDAILY

Global Fund, AU commit $143m to tackle tuberculosis in Nigeria

93,236 children killed in conflicts in last 10 years -Report

DSS detains its personnel over alleged killing of Newspaper Vendor

Global Fund, AU commit $143m to tackle tuberculosis in Nigeria

93,236 children killed in conflicts in last 10 years -Report

DSS detains its personnel over alleged killing of Newspaper Vendor

NEW TELEGRAPH:

US nears 12m COVID-19 cases ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

Tinubu has done creditably well in politics, deserves appreciation irrespective of differences ‘ Fayose

We’re losing our lands to bandits, others ‘ Farmers

CSO flays CNN on Lekki protest report

G20 to discuss post-pandemic world, back debt relief

Toronto, suburb to enter lockdown as COVID-19 cases continue to climb

Killing of black man by guards at Brazil supermarket sparks protests

BLUEPRINT

Gunmen kill student union leader on Kaduna airport-train station link road

Passengers stranded in transit as Kaduna-Abuja train breaks down

Updated ‘ Kaduna marathon: Kenyans sweep medals, pocket dollars as Nigerians win 10km race

I’m determined to improve fortunes of Ifelodun LCDA ‘ Chairmanship aspirant

Nimrod wants FG to establish marathon training camp in Mambilla

Breaking: Economy worsens as Nigeria slips into another recession

Embrace family planning, health experts beckon women

NIGERIAN PILOT

Bayelsa West bye election: INEC removes APC candidate from contest

Vote us out in 2023, if you dont like us, Lawan tells Nigerians

N4.6bn fraud allegation against Fashola: CSOs urge journalists to verify reports

KWSG presents appointment letters to 3 newly appointed traditional rulers

Adamu inaugurates National implementation Committee on teaching

Why NGOs, CSOs must partner with media to fight social vices -Yemi Itodo

Senate probes NBET over N1.5bn unremitted fund

Lekki Shooting: CNN desperate to justify past errors with fallacious report Nigerians in Diaspora

 

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