Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

GUARDIAN

Biden joins battle for Senate as top Republican accepts win

As centralised policing fails, South-South leaders consider alternative models

Banks sack 7,957 in 9 months

Senators threaten impeachment, budget delay to force security action

FG suspends issuance of license to free trade zone operators

Despair as hoodlums sack security meeting in Kaduna

Osinbajo, judges seek legal protection for children, vulnerable witnesses

#EndSARS: How I lost my pregnant wife to unlawful police detention, by widower

Stock market looking bullish as capitalisation rises by N200bn

NCC implements new SIM registration rules

Why inflationary pressure mounts ‘ LCCI

World Bank approves $1.5bn COVID-19 recovery, stimulus for Nigeria

PUNCH  

ACF decries FG’s lamentations, says Nigeria insecure under Buhari

‘Enugu ex-finance commissioner brought SARS who shot my son’

FG orders telcos to block SIMs without NINs December 30

We’ve arrested 120 suspected criminals in Ondo – Amotekun

Nigeria needs security, restructuring, not Yoruba presidency – Makinde

Court rejects Genesis prophet’s post-conviction bail application

China approves loan for $2.6bn AKK gas pipeline

Suleja 250-inmate prisons house 748 adults, children, says ACG

We’ve recovered missing N5bn NHIS funds – Sambo

16-year-old pupil becomes Lagos one-day governor

Protesting Oyo community petitions Makinde, laments killings by herdsmen

Insecurity: There’s nothing more important than securing lives, Lawan tells FG

CJNs COVID-19 status rumour Spokesperson

BREAKING: Kaduna shut schools over COVID-19

Insecurity: Change your strategy, Tinubu urges military

Reps suspend FGs 774,000 jobs scheme

Katsina abductions: Nigeria has no govt, says Ezekwesili

FG ready to fight smuggling of solid minerals

Two Reps dump PDP, APGA for APC

[BREAKING] Insecurity: Senate summons defence minister, service chiefs, others

Two dead in Rivers stampede over Christmas package                                                                              

THISDAY

FG: Consumers Protection, Market Factors Will Decide Petrol Price

W’Bank Approves $1.5bn Loan for States’ COVID-19 Response

CJN Tests Positive for COVID-19

FG Directs SIM Card be Linked to National Identity Number

Tackle Insecurity, Reopen Borders to Tame Inflation, OPS Urges FG

To Ease Apapa Gridlock, NPA Set to Deploy Electronic Call-up

House Seeks Halt of 774,000 Jobs

Insecurity: Education Under Attack in Northern Nigeria, Says Amnesty International

Kankara: PGF DG Describes Nigeria’s Security Situation a National Embarrassment

House Summons Finance Minister, AGF over $36.1m World Bank Loan

There’s Nothing Better Than Securing Lives, Lawan Tells FG

Post Brexit Relations: Johnson Dispatches Trade Envoy to Nigeria

FG Writes House, Seeks Timeline Extension for Implementation of Capital Projects

Chief Judge Explains Why Court Froze #ENDSARS Promoters’ Bank Accounts

NNPC Restates Commitment to Transparency

Nigeria, Others to Begin Extractive Contracts Disclosure from January

SUN

Shun divisive tendencies to enable APC deliver dividends of democracy- State Chairman

Alleged forgery: Obaseki employing delay tactics ‘ APC chieftain

Ondo Assembly lifts suspension on four suspended lawmakers

2023 Presidency: Ex-senators, others storm Alaafin, Olubadan’s palaces for Tinubu

South East governors not meeting expectations of people ‘Diwe

Defection: PDP didn’t do anything for me ‘Umahi

PDP’s only truly Nigerian political party ‘Agbo

VANGUARD

8 dead as P-Harcourt rush for Christmas pallatives

FRAUD: Court refuses bail application of ‘Genesis’, Lagos-based Pastor

French police seize tonnes of World War II weapons

Tenants groan under exorbitant house rents in South East

Police forged demand warrant, detained me for months, victim tells NHRC

Port access road: Congestion worsens at Tin-can port

Why I went into cattle rearing — Enugu female herder

Saudi cuts spending as 2020 budget deficit soars due to pandemic

Mass housing scheme strictly for low income earners – FG

Nigeria must restructure before 2023 polls — Makinde

Pay ransom, free our children from bandits, grieving parents beg FG

Police foil kidnap of Chinese national in Taraba

‘There are very few people like you,’ Melaye tenders public apology to Ex-President Jonathan

Insecurity, others push up inflation to 14.9%

Nnamdi Kanu blasts S-East govs on approach to insecurity

Insecurity: Tinubu visits Zulum, says we must defeat evil-doers

Kankara school abduction: Nigerians tired of FGs empty assurances of tackling security ‘ NAS

Extra-judicial killing: NHRC probe panel summons ASP

Delta Govt empowers 460 women with skills, presents starter packs

Police forged demand warrant, detained me for months, victim tells NHRC

Policemen driving against traffic attack FRSC personnel, destroy phone

NCC implements new SIM registration rules

I was judged harshly before 2015 elections ‘ Goodluck Jonathan

#EndSARS Protests: We froze accounts of companies not individuals ‘ Chief Judge, FHC

Job creation: Lagos, Ecobank, partner to boost artisanal fisheries for youths

Police confirm 2 dead in Rivers Xmas package sharing stampede

Kaduna Deputy Governor, S’ Kaduna leaders, lawmakers meet over insecurity

Kankara abduction: More students appear from bush ‘ Gov’s SA

Insecurity: FG to block SIM cards not synchronized with NIN by Dec. 30

Foreign Investment into Nigeria rises 12.8% to $1.46bn in Q3’20

Reps move to limit tenure of EFCC Acting chairman

NUT expresses worry over reemergence of school invasion, abduction of teachers, students

Ignore Ijaw’s demand for ward in Warri South, INYC tells Delta govt

Senate passes Buhari’s Finance Bill 2020

Insecurity: FG to disconnect SIM not synchronized with NIN by Dec. 30

Peace Corps Bill passes second reading in Senate

IPOB’s progenitor disowns Nnamdi Kanu’s Security Network

Why it may be difficult to achieve restructuring in Nigeria ‘ Uduaghan

INSECURITY: Kaduna Dep Gov, Southern Kaduna leaders, lawmakers meet

Chevron contributes N7bn to fund projects in Delta Ijaw communities

Give NDDC interim administrator a chance, group urges IYC, others

FG receives $2.5bn loan from China to complete AKK gas pipeline project

Police re-arrest man behind Ughelli viral video that sparked #EndSARS protest

We need more sensitization programs for all forms of abuse against children in Nigeria- ActionAid

Insecurity: Akwa Ibom police ban use of shields in tricycles, fireworks

Nigeria is sick and needs drastic healing ‘ IKIMI

NDDC: N’Delta monarch attacks Akpabio, accuses him of misleading Buhari

There are very few people like you,’ Melaye tenders public apology to Ex-President Jonathan

Confusion as Shekau claims responsibility for Kankara schoolboys kidnap

LEADERSHIP

Implement Our Resolutions To End Insecurity, Senate Tells PMB

Insecurity: Senate Accuses Amnesty Int’l, Others Of Demoralising Troops

Security Agencies Have Will, Commitment To Tackle Insecurity ‘ APC

Delta Approves Payment Of Bursary For 2019/2020 Session

Kankara Abduction: Partner With Security Agencies, APC Tasks Nigerians

Railway Union Calls For Downward Review Of Train Fares From Lagos To Ibadan

Minister Raises The Alarm Over Continuous Use Of Drugs

CJN Tanko Muhammad Tests Positive For COVID-19

Nasarawa Assembly Jacks Up 2021 Budget By N2.8bn.

#EndSARS: BMO Slams AI, TI Over Plans To Run Parallel Judicial Panel

Archbishop Condemns Abduction of 300 Students In Katsina

Insecurity: Kankara Abduction Shameful, Embarrassing, Says PGF DG

TRIBUNE

Attacks on schools: NUT threatens to down tools

COVID-19: It’s tough for oil and gas industry globally ‘ Chevron

Five days after Buhari shuns parliament’s invitation, Reps renew call for review of security architecture

Edo election tribunal rejects Obaseki’s bid to strike out Ize-Iyamu, APC from ADP petition

Ekiti govt summons loan firm for allegedly defrauding residents

APC expresses worries over Katsina students abduction, urges security agencies to redouble efforts

Insecurity: IGP orders deployment of SWAT operatives for routine patrols nationwide

BREAKING: CJN Tanko Muhammad tests positive for COVID-19

Payment of bursary for 2019/2020 session starts this week ‘ Delta govt

Killings: PDP accuses APC of conspiracy of silence

FG, state govts, stakeholders validate policy documents on Health Insurance Under One Roof

Nigeria secures fresh $1.5bn loan from World Bank

Rising inflation: Govt should tackle physical, food security ‘ Don

Food inflation rose by 18.30 per cent in November ‘ NBS

SARS officer allegedly caused my brother’s death, refused to release his corpse, woman tells panel

NATION

World Bank approves $3bn for Nigeria

Lawyer sues CBN over POS charges

Court stays further hearing in suit seeking to sack Obaseki

PGF DG to Buhari: arrest, prosecute accomplices of organised crimes

BREAKING: Telecom operators given two weeks to block SIM cards without NIN

BREAKING: Senate passes Finance Bill 2020

TB Joshua becomes first African Pastor to reach 5m Facebook followers

Reps seek urgent implementation of safe schools declaration

Wike to varsities: sack incompetent, unqualified lecturers

How to make Lagos environment sustainable, by experts

BREAKING: Kaduna shut schools over upsurge of COVID-19

Kankara abduction: 17 more students rescued, two feared dead

Putin congratulates Joe Biden on US election victory

DAILY TIMES

Domkat Bali died as a first class chief, bury him as such Group warns Plateau elders

Covid-19 – borde closure others jack up inflation in Nigeria

You can access up to N3m Sports Minister assures NYSC members

FG receives N10m worth of PPEs from german govt

MACBAN President blames regional leaders of herders for insecurity

Rage over Buharis failure to visit school, 333 still missing, says gov

We have no plan to forcefully declare Biafra IPOB

Katsina: 668 Students Still Missing School Register

IPOB launches an outfit known as the Eastern Security Network (ESN)

Federal High Court announces changes in 2020/2021 legal year, Judges conference

DAILY TRUST

Shekau may ask for prisoner swap, ramson – Experts

Senate considers bill to establish Peace corps, hunters council

Kankara kidnap: Zamfara closes 10 schools on boundaries with Katsina, Kaduna

Insecurity: Lawmakers decry Executive’s disregard for Senate’s resolutions

Kankara kidnapping: Katsina govt lying on bandits claims, says security expert

ExxonMobil staff killed, others wounded in gas flaring accident

Oil price crash, COVID-19 hitting Ecological Fund hard

Residents accuse Niger of inaction after spate of kidnaps

Reps to FG: Secure all schools against bandits, kidnappers

FG worried over 95% ethanol import

World Bank approves $1.5bn for Nigeria

Stock market sustains spree, investors gain N199bn

‘Nigeria’s Islamic finance outlook enormous’

Sugar won’t be part of African free trade pact — NSDC

HERALD

NCC Implements New SIM Registration Rules

NBTS to Spend N42.3 Billion on Improving Blood Transfusion Services

ECA Says Africa’s Economic Growth to Drop to -4.1% in 2020

World Bank Approves $1.5bn Post-COVID-19 Recovery for Nigeria

Over 959.6kg Illicit Drugs Seized in Imo ‘ NDLEA

Cancer: Oncologist Recommends HPV Vaccine for Prevention

CJN tests positive for COVID-19

BUSINESSDAY

FG urgently needs to set new objectives for the NNPC

How organizations can actively navigate corporate social responsibility in a pandemic

COVID-19 resurgence: Business Premises, Markets, Worship Places not keeping to protocols may be shutdown in Abuja ‘ PTF

Malami calls for transparent election of judges, prosecutor for ICC

Osinbajo urges business owners to report govt officials creating stumbling blocks.

Foreign investment in Nigeria slumps 74% in Q3 2020

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Confusion as bandits, B/Haram claims schoolsboys’ abduction

Ikpeazu Vows To Support Police In Fight Against Crime In Abia

Lagos OPC, NURTW Smoke Out 19 Hoodlums In Agege

Moukoko Sets Another Record In First Bundesliga Start

Omah Lay, Tems With Nigerian Mission In Uganda- Abike Dabiri

#COVID19: Sanwo-Olu’s Condition Improving ‘ Health Commissioner

Why Inflationary Pressure Mounts ‘ LCCI

Despite Auctioning Vehicles, Many Lagosians Still Deliberately Flout Traffic Regulations ‘ Commissioner

Lagos Assembly Urges Sanwo-Olu To Intensify Campaign Against COVID-19 Spread

Reps Make Case For Sacked NDE

 

 

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