Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

HERALD

World’s second richest man Elon Musk dumps California, moves to Texas

Man arrested for removing brother’s eye for rituals

Ooni Of Ife Welcomes His Wife, Newborn Son To The Palace Of Ile Oodua

Nigerian farmers set to get $2bn support

#EndSARS: ‘I was disgusted by the coverage’ ‘ Buhari faults CNN, BBC, others

Buhari reveals when land borders will be reopened

Local intelligence: Involve traditional rulers, community members ‘ Buhari charges 36 govs

Yuletide: FRSC Appeals to Healthcare Providers not to Reject Accident Victims

Bill to Assist Banks Recover Bad Debts Scales 2nd Reading in Senate

COVID-19: CSO Commends 4 States for Providing Information on Expenditure

Imo Government Urges Artisans, Business Owners to Access MSME Fund

Cambodian Government Donates Over $30m for COVID-19 Vaccine ‘ PM

Reps Urges FAAN to Earmark 70% Investments on Critical Aeronautical Infrastructure

Religious freedom: FG responds as US places Nigeria on blacklist

PUNCH  

Rotation of presidency divisive, says ex-presidential candidate

Well no longer tolerate attacks on northerners NEF

Amnesty International accuses military of killing aged people

Nigerias population rises to 206 million NPC

Octogenarian demands missing son dead or alive

Ondo APC, PDP supporters clash at tribunal, scores injured

Reps demand arms, ammunition audit for military, police, others

Wike, Amaechis loyalists clash over party members defection

Marketers kick against N5 reduction in petrol pump price

Nigerias crude oil earnings rebound by 116% -OPEC

Operators give investment conditions as pension funds hit N11.57tn

Stock market extends downturn by N16bn

OML42 contractors, workers picket firm, demand salary arrears

Ijaw leaders want court to stop marginal oilfields licensing

FCMB targets N44.48bn gross earnings in Q1 2021

Sales role tops employers demand in Nigeria, others Report

Senate empowers banks to recover loans without borrowers consent

Petroleum product shipment: Senate raises concern over $120m annual losses

Reps summon auditor general over $36.1m World Bank loan

Gunmen in army uniform abduct three Delta teachers

APC leadership tussle: Expelled ex-NWC member declares self chair, NEC extends Bunis tenure

Mainas briefcase companies had N3bn turnover EFCC witness

Policell no longer allow violent protests, says IGP

Fresh #EndSARS protest plot to instigate coup -Northern youths

10,000 constables groan over unpaid six-month salaries

Nigerian embassy in Germany fires sex-for-passport guard

Patients desert Zamfara hospitals as doctors begin indefinite strike

ASUU agreed to end strike today Ngige

Panel reserves judgement on schoolteacher tortured by SARS

Wike lauds Ortom for defending Benue during herdsmen invasion

Undergraduate killing: Senate asks police to pay family N10m

Reps slash FCT 2020 budget by N79bn

Buhari sacks Argungu as DG of NDE

Confusion as NECO reschedules missed papers to 2021

Religious rights violations: CAN, SOKAPU back US, FG disagrees

FG to deploy technology in minerals exploitation Minister

BREAKING: Borders to be reopened soon, says Buhari

Insecurity: Buhari wont resign, APC replies PDP

Hoodlums attack Ondo monarch, destroy palace

Police arrest 11 suspected kidnappers in Abuja                                                                                  

THISDAY

Borders will Be Reopened Soon, Says President

FG to Engage US to Remove Nigeria from Blacklist

FG Dismisses ASUU’s Claim over Timelines for Agreement

Senate Queries $120m Revenue Loss to Petroleum Products’ Shipment

Report Expresses Worry over Nigeria’s N38tn Debt

Lower Oil Sector Taxes Guaranteed in New PIB, Sylva Assures Operators

NNPC, Partners Begin Discussion on NLNG Train 8

FG Takes Rural Electrification to Niger, Inaugurates 40KWP Solar Power

Report: Nigerias Power Grid Failed 206 Times in 10 Years

SUN

APC attacks PDP over call for INEC to deregister ruling party

Constitutional role for traditional rulers ‘ll curb insecurity ‘Igwe Mbamalu

APC NEC extends Buni-led caretaker committees tenure by six months

Party expulsion: We’ll meet in court, Eta replies APC NEC

We now have new atmosphere of hope with Buni committee, Buhari tells APC NEC

Shippers Council reads riot act to P&CHS over port automation

Anti-piracy war: UN commends Nigeria’s leadership role

Corruption fueling Apapa gridlock

Panel summons 2 police officers over assault, extortion

Mob roasts 3 suspected armed robbers in Delta

Police slam forgery charge on Enugu commissioner

Wike lauds Ortom for defending Benue during herdsmen attacks

EndSARS: We wont allow another protest IGP

How Maina paid $3.4m cash for two Abuja houses -Witness

FCT: 11 suspected kidnapers in net

GUARDIAN

Edo people elected me to serve, not godfather, Obaseki insists

Plot to impeach Ajayi thickens as crisis hits Ondo Assembly

APC, PDP’s position on zoning will shape 2023 politics

Three suspected Yahoo boys gang-rape teenager in Ogun

Lady sets lover ablaze over failed marriage plansin Benue

Expert advocates local intelligence in tackling insecurity

Rising exchange rate poses more difficulty for importers, says expert

Autogas: NUPENG seeks subsidy on conversion

Air cargo traffic records slow growth, rebound

AfCFTA: Experts explain impact on small businesses

Experts link financial freedom to technology revolution

Local production-led recovery key for sustainable growth, says LCCI

FG supports local innovation, primes Nigeria for producing nation

Financial inclusion spurs business development, economic growth ‘ Moghalu

Bill to assist banks recover bad debts scales 2nd reading in Senate

Nigerian embassy in Germany fires security officer in sex scandal

ICPC reduces loss of public funds through phony projects ‘ commissioner

Nigeria Health Infrastructure Development Bank Bill scales 2nd reading

VANGUARD

Joe Biden did win Georgia, state confirms after second recount

Rivers communities in showdown with NAOC over alleged neglect

ISWAP kills 10 soldiers, takes one hostage in Borno

Buhari sacks DG Directorate of Employment, Argungu

Insecurity : Buhari charges Governors to work with traditional rulers for local intelligence

2 suspected ritualists found with human eye in Police net

Senior civil servants partner firm on affordable housing

FG vows to complete East-West road by December 2021

CSOs propose 6 inclusions in Electoral Amendment Bill

APC boycotts Zamfara supplementary election

Most violent acts against northerners perpetrated by Igbo ‘ Northern Elders

Bayelsa by-election: CSOs hail INEC over credible poll

Governors keep mum after meeting with Buhari over insecurity

PDP leaders now senile, engaging in beer parlour rant ‘ APC

NEC: APC state Chairmen hail dissolution of structures as Eta kicks

2023 Presidency: Nigeria needs president that will unite country ‘ Olawepo-Hashim

Our victory in Lagos by-elections vote of confidence in Sanwo-Olu ‘ APC

INSECURITY: Hold private talks with Buhari, Uzodinma urges Reps

NECO talks tough, vows to blacklist schools involved in exam malpractices

WHO launches campaign to help 100m people quit tobacco

Girl, 18, fakes own kidnap to demand N30m ransom in Lagos

Many jostle for thrones without being blueblooded in Lagos

10 royal stools out of 93, vacant in Lagos ‘ Govt reveals

Cameroonian, Nigerian arrested for trying to smuggle cobras, vipers to London

PANDEF says Police officers must properly interpret use of firearms

Police confirms kidnap of two female secondary school teachers

Insecurity: Buhari mulls reopening of borders

IGP to Police officers: Whenever your life is in danger ‘shoot

Lai Mohammed faults US, says Nigeria doesn’t engage in religious freedom violation

Insecurity: Accept responsibility for your failure, PDP replies APC

PDP to INEC: Deregister APC

FCT police operatives swoop on kidnappers hideouts, arrest 11 kidnappers

LEADERSHIP

Fortifying Party Structure Ahead Of 2023, APC Dissolves Organs

Insecurity: PMB, Govs Engage Royal Fathers On Intelligence Gathering

NPAN Demands Zero Tariff On Newsprint, Get New Executive

Group Urges Jonathan To Abandon 2023 Presidential Ambition

PMB Miffed Over Zabarmari Killings, Handling Of #EndSARS Protests

Fintiri, Barde, Others, Bag Honorary Doctorate Award

No Religious Freedom Violation In Nigeria, FG Replies U.S.

PMB Commissions Ecological Projects, NTA Mubi Substation In Adamawa

TRIBUNE

In Cross River, Operation Akpakwu nabs kidnap kingpin, begins house to house search for criminals

We are set to reopen land borders as soon as possible, says Buhari at meeting with 36 govs

Insecurity: Governors must work with traditional rulers ‘- Buhari

Reps suspend planned recapitalisation of insurance firms

Structure dissolution: PDP wants INEC to de-register APC

We have kept our promises to ASUU ‘ FG

Reps seek upward review of N45.32bn proposed budget for North East Development Commission

Constitution review: Omo- Agege has justified Afenifere, OPC’s stand ‘ Gani Adams

Nigeria must tackle poverty, illiteracy, insurgency to sustain its democracy ‘ Fayemi

UPDATE: APC expels Eta, extends caretaker committee tenure by six months

Sokoto to stop underpayment to state health workers

When in danger, use your weapons; you are not meant to kill but maim, IGP tells policemen

Gas firm rewards customers with cars, other prizes in Ibadan

214 rights abuses recorded in Bauchi in 2020 ‘ NHRC

APC,PDP supporters clash as Ondo governorship election tribunal begins sitting

FAAN remitted N2 billion to Nigeria’s consolidated account in nine months ‘ MD

Wike urges Ortom to continue to speak against injustice

BREAKING: APC extends tenure of caretaker committee for another six months

COVID-19: FG deploys Buhari’s 1984 WAI brigade to enforce use of face mask, others

FG engages S/West on social protection policy

FG tells US: No religious freedom violation in Nigeria

10,000 died in custody in 9 years ‘Amnesty International

NATION

Buhari to governors: work with local chiefs to tackle insecurity

Lagos Assembly passes public complaints, anti-corruption Bill into law

APC victory vote of confidence in Sanwo-Olu

Appeal Court quashes suit seeking to overturn Supreme Courts verdict

APC dissolves state, local government, ward excos

Naira devaluation risky for foreign currency loans, says report

Fed Govt rejects US classification of Nigeria as religious intolerant state

APC NEC extends Buni-led caretaker Committees tenure by six months

Police uncover ritualist den operated by siblings in Osun

Hoodlums cart away seven AK-47 riffles from Police station

Borno SUBEB: Radio lessons have come to stay

Senate moves to amend 28 year-old Medical and Dental Practitioners law

PDPs call for deregistration of our party is a beer parlour ranting APC

DAILY TIMES

Bye-election: INEC explains why Zamfara poll was inconclusive

Remove Nigeria from religious freedom violations list, FG warns U.S.

Hooliganism only resides in Aso Villa, Buhari Aisha Yesufu

The APC caretaker of the party committees tenure has been extended

Zulum hands ex Boko Haram caliphate N24m in cash and food items

Why I wont support Improved Almajiri education system Ganduje

No one deserves to be killed this way Tinubu reacts to Nasarawa APC chairmans death

Customs arrest Cameroonian, Nigerian smuggling cobras, vipers to UK

Why borrowing N17 trillion pension fund by governors should be stopped PENCOM

DAILY TRUST

NEF cautions against attacking northerners in South

Judge orders Lalong, Attorney General to settle 2-yr judges’ benefit

Insecurity: Work with traditional rulers, Buhari charges governors

Tackling youth unemployment in Nigeria

Inflation rate to drop as FG cuts fuel price by N5 — Experts

CBN credit to banks hit N1.3trn in 2019

FG scores firm low over slow port automation

FAAN generates N30bn revenue, targets N69bn 

‘We’re stamping out corruption in business’

Buhari reinstates former Niger Delta PHCN GM

Senate urges NNPC to patronise local ship owners in shipping petroleum products

BUSINESSDAY

Over $30bn annually to import petroleum products: Int’l gas experts urge FG to ensure local refining

Wike hails Ortom for staying put in PDP

Oyo Government receives 100 teachers through FG Teachers Scheme

FAAN remits N2bn into Consolidated Revenue Fund in nine months

Reps demand increase in N45.32 Northeast budget to tackle infrastructure

Petroleum shipment: $120 million annual revenue losses worry Senate

Govt spending overtakes private investments, exports for first time since 2010

Hope dims for refinery operation in 2021 as NNPC invites bids for crude lifting contract

Four million Lagosions enrolled in National identity database

Digital Encode founders win cyber security personalities of the decade at BoICT 2020

Locomotive breakdown on Abuja-Kaduna rail line’After warranty period, what next

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Buhari Not Approaching Governance With Sense Of Emergency ‘ Baba- Ahmed

Aviation Contributes $1.7bn To Nigeria’s Economy ‘ Olateru

Organised Labour Suspends Strike In Niger

Real Estate Regulations Bill Scales 2nd Reading In Lagos Assembly

PDP Hails INEC, Security Agencies On ‘Transparent, Peaceful’ By-Election In Enugu

Nigeria In Desperate Need Of Viable Opposition Party Says APC

PEOPLESDAILY

Census: NPC begins 11th phase of EAD today

Insecurity: Buhari warns against violent protests, lauds army

Bye-Elections: APC didn’t sweep polls, PDP replies Buhari

Zulum inspects 350 houses, others at Ngoshe, Warabe, Pulka

Defence Minister charges Military researchers, engineers on made in Nigeria warfare equipment

Doctors to embark on strike in Zamfara, Dec. 10

NEW TELEGRAPH

Ebonyi: Hoodlums attack police station, burn patrol van

Trade Fair: COVID-19, border closure stall exhibitors’ presence

N17bn debt: Contractors protest, threaten to shut Agric Ministry

APC NEC dissolves party structures nationwide

Amnesty Int’l: Senior citizens, worst victims of terrorism

Buhari to govs: Stop rogues from damaging oil installations

BLUEPRINT

Bandits forced us to Niger Republic ‘ Sokoto farmers

At emergency NEC meeting: APC sacks officials nationwide, extends Buni’s tenure

Africa Fintech Foundry, Access Bank hold virtual Fintech round table

NESG commends Giving.ng, Shell, others for supporting #NES26

NSC boss calls for speedy completion of Tin Can port road

Maritime workers strike may shut down ports

Nigeria’s foreign trade with US slumps as exports drop

NIGERIAN PILOT

HURIWA to ICPC/CCB: Save Nigerian local councils from governors corruption

Invest in ICT for better educational standard Abiodun

Ekiti: 601corps members sworn-in

NASS member, Rotary Club to rehabilitate destitute teens in Uyo

FG to gazette Visitation Panels to Federal Universities

Plateau 2023: APC would retain power Hon Dabang

Impeachment: Reps disowns Hon. Chinda

 

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