Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 17 December 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

GUARDIAN:

Trump Twitter account hacked, no charges

CBN Boosts Poultry Industry with Disbursement of N12.55bn Credit

Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Spike Up to 930 All-time High

Jonathan, Tinubu, Lawan, Gbajabiamila Extol Buhari at 78

House Urges Extension of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline

Presidential Task Team on Apapa Ports Dismisses Corruption Allegations

CBN Tackles Recalcitrant IMTOs over Diaspora Remittances

Protests in North over schoolboys kidnap

Nigeria backs down after 16-month border closure

COVID-19 vaccines may arrive in Nigeria January

Exports suffer setback as new CBN policy bites hard

CJ defends court’s role in freezing accounts of #EndSARS sponsors

Headline inflation hits 14.89 per cent

Finance Bill 2020 scales through in Senate

NASS legislative aids suspend protest over salary arrears

Buhari’s refusal to sack service chiefs not normal, disturbing, says interfaith group

Senate confirms Nnamani as member Police Service Commission

A Nigerian could win $310 million in the Mega Millions on Friday

Buhari approves reopening of four land borders

Appeal court nullifies Metuh’s conviction

PUNCH

Metuh: Appeal Court nullifies Dasukis indictment

Reps blame NIN demand for SIM registration on #EndSARS

Police tortured my co-detainee to death, witness tells panel

Chinese expatriate, labourer killed in dispute over Osun mining site

Buhari: Demented or indifferent?

FG comes under fire as 164 million phones risk disconnection

We expect COVID-19 vaccine by January – Minister

Reopening of four borders: LCCI, experts raise smuggling alert as FG retains rice ban

Suspected Fulani gunmen kill Benue lawyer, wife, blind old man

All abducted students alive in Zamfara forest, says Masari

Panic as Julius Berger ruptures gas pipeline on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Appeal Court berates judge, orders Metuh’s retrial, voids Dasuki’s indictment

Restructuring not agitation for secession, disunity – Falana, Sanusi

Immigration denies caterer passport renewal over #EndSARS protest

Three killed as hoodlums attack, raze Anambra police station

We are very happy to see Trump leave office -Iran president

US accuses Switzerland, Vietnam of manipulating currency

BREAKING: Buhari orders reopening of land borders

Ondo election: APC hails Akeredolus victory in court

Pipeline leakage: No cause for alarm, says NNPC

Boko Haram: Zulum meets President Dby in Chad                                                                                    

THISDAY

Report: Another Round of Banking Sector Consolidation Inevitable Dike Onwuamaeze

Senate to Pass 2021 Budget Monday

INEC Plans to Review Political Parties Regulations to Accommodate COVID-19 Protocols

Zulum Visits 5,000 Nigerian Refugees in Chad, Donates Cash

House Asks NCC to Extend Time Limit for Submission of NIN…

FG Committed to Reversing Poor Health Indices, Says Ehanire

Insecurity: Villagers Desert Niger Communities over Bandit Attacks

Investors Gain N199bn as Market Sustains Positive Momentum

Forex Scarcity Still Hampers Petrol Importation by Marketers

NECA Calls for Adherence to Pension Reforms Act

Boost for Creative Industry with Heritage Banks Planned N5bn Intervention

WTO Negotiating Group Fails to Meet 2020 Deadline on Fisheries Subsidy

SUN

Oil prices ease on surprise build in US inventory, demand worries

NIWA to collaborate with Presidential Amnesty Programme to secure inland waterways

Court to continue hearing of N500,000 suit against Anambra West LGA on Feb 22, 2021

Insecurity: Why Buhari can’t sack Service Chiefs ‘Senator Hanga

My purported 2023 guber ambition reason for my travails ‘Nnam, Enugu Land commissioner

Why insecurity persists in Nigeria ‘Ogbonna, President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Lagos

Killings: APC not sensitive to Nigerians’ plight ‘PDP

2023: South West APC leaders call on Tinubu to join presidential race

VANGUARD

The National Assembly has powers to replace the 1999 Constitution

Kwara properties sold at giveaway prices in secret — Inquiry Commission

ICC Probe: Implications for military, war against insurgency

Freedom: another casualty of Covid-19 pandemic

Katsina abduction: Kidnappers in talks through Miyetti Allah — MASARI

US set to execute woman who cut newborn from mother’s womb

Infrastructure in higher institutions: TETfund targets N500bn

SEPLAT holds quiz competition, empowers Delta, Edo teachers through STEP

CSO expresses concern over dangerous trend of insecurity

France to get 1.16 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by year end

Military dismantles illegal refineries in Rivers, Delta

German public broadly behind new lockdown as shops and schools shut

Uzodinma presents N346bn budget for 2021 fiscal year

Buhari orders immediate reopening of borders

Pantami kicks, as zero budget cripples NIPOST

Edo APC gets new caretaker committee as factional chairman plans defection

Katsina abductions: CNG’s plans #BringBackOurBoys protest Friday in Daura

Diaspora voting bill passes second reading in Reps

Kankara abduction: Northern Coalition moves to Katsina

Insecurity: 2 Killed, 30 abducted, 5,000 homeless in Niger East ‘ Senator Musa

COVID-19 Vaccine arrives Nigeria January ‘ FG

Edo election: Obaseki, PDP knows fate in January

LEADERSHIP

Tinubu Calls For Police Reform To Curb Insecurity

PMB Approves Immediate Reopening Of 4 Land Borders

PMB @ 78: He Has Shown Commitment To Nigeria’s Unity, Peace, Devt ‘ Lawan

CSO Writes ICC Prosecutor Over Views On Nigerian Security Agencies

Nigeria Needs A One-term Leader ‘ Gov Akeredolu

2023: Yarima Debunks Zoning Agreement In APC, Insists On Contesting For Presidency

TRIBUNE

Reps reject bill seeking to pave way for election of youths into elective offices, increase educational qualification

Magboro gas pipeline leakage: NNPC allays residents, motorists fear

COVID-19, Boko Haram force five Northern states to close schools

CNG storms Katsina for indefinite protest

Nigeria may get COVID-19 vaccines in January ‘ Minister

Tinubu, Fayemi advocate devolution of power, state police to tackle Nigeria’s challenges

All applicants for driver’s licence to produce national identification numbers from December 21, says FRSC

How herbalist who impersonated Femi Adesina, GMD NNPC, built houses in Ilorin ‘ Witness

Senate upholds Auditor-General’s report on alleged misappropriation of N559m by Ministry of Health

NATION

Zulum meets Chad’s President over refugees

Ortom orders recruitment of more guards

Kebbi has highest out-of-school children, says survey

Court dismisses suit seeking to sack Akeredolu

PDP rejects plans by Abdulrazaq to secure loan

Senate shifts budget passage to next week

We expect COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria by January Ehanire

JUST IN: Factional Edo APC chairman, Ojezua, supporters defect to PDP

Court dismisses suit seeking to sack Akeredolu

Barack Obama reveals favourite TV shows of 2020

Falana tackles governors over autonomy for states legislature, judiciary

UPDATED: Buhari approves reopening of four land borders

ONICCIMA: Onitsha loses N3.1bn to fake revenue collectors

DAILY TIMES

FG rolls out plans to end hunger and malnutrition

APC charges security operatives to ensure safety of students in schools

COVID-19: Surge in number of new infections in Nigeria as Abuja records 305

2023: Tinubu supporters inaugurates presidential campaign council

Obaseki legal teams request to strike out Ize-Iyamu, APC from ADP petition rejected

Kankara: Bandits, kidnappers cant operate without local collaboration, DG PGF says

DAILY TRUST

Nigeria expects COVID-19 vaccines by January – Minister

B/Haram: Zulum meets Deby over Borno refugees in Chad

WAHO tasks traditional medicine practitioners on COVID-19

Finance Act Amendment: 1% Stamp Duty on contracts illegal – Reps

Aftermath of Massacre: What has changed for the rice farmers of Zabarmari?

Northern groups storm Katsina for #Bringbackourboys protest

COVID-19: Abuja teaching hospital honours 100 frontline staff

Kaduna Archbishop Emeritus, Jatau dies at 89

NCAA launches guide for drone operators

Stocks favour investors with N140bn yield

Customs interceps N1.4bn smuggled textiles

‘Why FG should focus on commodity export drive’

Ownership, control tussles rage among AEDC investors

Despite COVID-19, NBS produced 120 statistical reports — Kale

CBN releases N12.5bn to boosts poultry sector

1.3bn school-age children globally have no internet access at home – Report

AUTHORITY

Plateau Unrest: Peace Foundation donates food items to victims in Irigwe chiefdom

Lekki gate killings :BMO raises the alarm over planned parallel Inquiry by international agencies

*Arrest Shettima over plots to overthrow Buhari, coalition tells FG*

Cleric Curses Buharis Saboteurs

BUSINESSDAY

Nigeria slumbers as peers step up hunt for private capital

X-raying AGRA’s intervention programme in Kaduna, Niger states

Stop trying to wake Buhari ‘ he is not asleep

Are you planning a pension transfer’know that it is at no cost

Absence of economic linkages hampers national competitiveness (1)

Eight Nigerian banks make the cut as Afreximbank expands trade finance intermediary initiative

HERALD

Yuletide Season May Increase Spread of COVID-19 ‘ NCRC

Jubilation in Seme as Federal Government Reopens 4 Land Borders

Tinubu, Fayemi, Others Seek More Funds For States

EFCC Arrests Varsity Student for N850,000 Investment Scam

Katsina school abductions: Military not part of negotiations with bandits ‘ DHQ

Nigerians divided as Buhari orders reopening of land borders

Port Harcourt DISCO staff caught stealing from employer dragged to court

Bulls Maintain Dominance on NSE, Indices up 0.76%

DAILY INDEPENDENT

We Won’t Process New Drivers’ License Without National Identification Number ‘ FRSC

Tinubu, Fayemi, Others Seek More Funds, Power For States

Senate To Pass 2021 Budget Monday, Extends 2020 Budget Execution To March

Kankara: We’ll Rescue All Abducted Schoolboys Alive, Unhurt — Military

Again, Fresh Crisis Hits Lagos PDP

Most Oversight Functions In NASS Are Mere Formalities – Abdulmumin

Is Buhari Worthy Of ‘Father Of The Nation’ Appellation?

Zoning Can’t Stop My Presidential Ambition, Says Yerima

Group Tackles Ijaw Activist Over Comments On South-South Governors

LASU Honours Okebukola With Valedictory Lecture, Book Presentation | TV Independent

COVID-19: 15 Cases Confirmed In Enugu NYSC Camp

Lagos Commission Rewards 20 Health Workers

CBN Disclaims Unregistered IMTOs

 

 

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