Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, 19 December 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

US Vice President Mike Pence receives Covid-19 vaccine  

#EndSARS: I want justice, widow of slain policeman tells panel

How bandits tortured us in six nights of horror – Freed Katsina schoolboys

COVID-19: Lagos, FCT, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom ban large gatherings again

NDDC procured rotten food items with N6.2bn –PDC

Uzodinma sacks IMSU VC

CBN orders closure of money transfer operators’ naira accounts

Four AIGs, CP elevated to DIG, 13 CPs become AIGs

Lagos PDP suspends Doherty, appoints acting chairman

Anambra sacks three traditional rulers

Shippers’ Council suspends demurrage over bad roads

Ondo to build jetty for bitumen exploitation

Nigeria’s yearly exports to South Africa exceed $3.8bn — Envoy

We remitted N362.34bn to consolidated revenue account — NCC

Pastor bags seven years in prison over N1m fraud

Tiny boys with big guns ordered me to say they were Boko Haram members in video Kankara schoolboy

Abduction: Buhari didnt visit Kankara but coordinated rescue efforts, says Lai Mohammed

Lekki shootings: Another victim with amputated leg appears before panel

We are not willing to return to school Katsina -schoolboy

Northern govs hail release of abducted Kankara schoolboys

Gunmen kill six-year-old girl, six others in fresh Kaduna attack                                                                       

THISDAY

FG Targets Collection of 200,000 Tonnes of E-waste

WTO’s DG: US Makes Weird Proposal for Restart of Process

COVID-19: Again, Lagos Shuts Schools Indefinitely, Restricts Churches, Mosques

We’re Ready to Link Phones to NINs, MTN Assures

Police Trail Abductors of Kogi Traditional Ruler, Says CP

US Warns Citizens against Travels to Nigeria over Crime, COVID-19

Education Cannot Wait Approves US$20.1m Resilience Programme in Nigeria

Rush for NIN Registration will Hasten 2nd COVID-19 Wave, Warns Rights…

We’ll go Ahead with Protest Unless Paid, Amnesty Trainers Insist

Metuh: EFCC Kicks, Heads to Supreme Court

Don’t be Distracted from Pursuing Your Education, Buhari Tells Freed Schoolboys

FG Disburses $1.1m Grant to Boost Solar Power in Rural Areas

NIS Confirms Upsurge in Emigration

Customs Intercepts Textiles Materials, Smuggled Rice worth N1.42bn

SUN

Congress: PDP upholds election of Kano State executives

We have complied with FG directive on border re-opening NIS

Ikpeazu urges Nigerians to patronise locally made products

Pre-travel COVID-19 testing rate for travels within ECOWAS to be harmonised Health Minister

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 1,145 new infections, 1 additional death, 335 recoveries

Hold kidnappers of Kankara schoolboys accountable, U.S. urges Nigeria

2023: I’ll not Islamise Nigeria if elected president ‘Sani Yerima

S’East leaders meet to prioritise Igbo demands for president, restructuring

2023: How to realise Igbo presidency ‘Bianca Ojukwu

Reps caucus kicks as PDP member defects to APC

Alleged forgery: Appeal Court refuses to stop Obaseki’s trial

Claim by Wali’s faction to have sacked Kwankwaso laughable, ridiculous, says Aminu Abdulsalam

Niger State Reps rerun: INEC declares APC ineligible for Feb 6 poll

Don’t politicise Kankara school abduction, APC warns PDP

GUARDIAN

Northern governors hail FG, security agencies over release of Katsina students

Christmas shopping: Cash crunch as traders lament low patronage

Tears of joy as parents reunite with abducted boys

COVID-19: Second lockdown will have effects on economy, experts warn

US political leaders line up for early Covid vaccines

Buhari meets with 344 freed students

Burundi ex-president Buyoya dies from Covid-19

How Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji rescued abducted schoolboys- DHQ

Afenifere alleges FG paid ransom for Katsina schoolboys’ release

N’Delta needs new deal, has suffered a lot, says Buhari

PDP accuses APC, presidency of doing ‘business’ with bandits

JAMB rewards four varsities with N375million

EFCC, ICPC, CBN, 200 others licensed to boost NIN enrolment

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 1,145 new infections, 1 additional death, 335 recoveries

Barber seeks N5 million damages for detention, torture by SARS

Fuel tanker explosion burns shops, car in Ibadan

Lagos bans concerts, carnivals, street parties as COVID-19 cases surge

VANGUARD

International team tracing Covid origin will go to Wuhan ― WHO

Insecurity: We cannot continue like this – Nigerians tell Buhari

What every Nigerian should know about COVID-19 vaccines

Six days in bandits’ den: We went through hell — Released Katsina students

Severe Covid variant detected in South Africa ― Minister

Abduction, rescue of Kankara boys’, a big scam at our expense —Afenifere

Mali lost in transition as army expands role after coup

Gunmen attack Zamfara Emir, kill 8 in his convoy

Group hails Buhari over rescue of kidnapped Katsina School Boys

Nigeria’s ’99 Constitution a fraud against Southern, Middle Belt — Akintoye, Nwodo, Jang, Nkanga, Ukiwe, others

Security agencies still have a lot to do’ Buhari

Christmas, time for sober reflection ‘ Okowa

How I moved NAFDAC out of insolvency within a year,Adeyeye explains

Just in: Lagos Govt directs categories of state civil servants to work from home

Stop siege to Seun Kuti’s residence, Ayo Ademiluyi tells Police

Failed banks: Why unclaimed deposits high ‘ NDIC

LEADERSHIP

Pastor Bags 7 Years In Prison Over N1m Fraud

Sim Registration Deadline Will Cause More Hardship For Nigerians ‘ PTECSSAN

Border Reopening: NSE Market Capitalisation Hits N19trn

Hon. Akande Empowers Youth, Women On Fashion Design

Our Security Challenges Will Never Be The Same Again, PMB Assures Nigerians

Adedibu Left Good Legacies South West, Nigeria, Says Obasanjo

TRIBUNE

Nigeria records 806 new COVID-19 cases as total rises to 77,013

Delta LG election: PDP aspirants protest in Ughelli, threaten court action over alleged imposition of candidates

Let go of past experience, move on, Buhari advises Freed Kankara schoolboys

BREAKING: Lagos govt orders civil servants on Grade Levels 14 and below to work from home as from Monday

I am sorry for saying 10 Katsina school students were kidnapped, says Garba Shehu

Petrol tanker falls, catches fire in Ibadan

Lagos PDP crisis gets messier as suspended exco members, stakeholders suspend chairman

Kogi govt secures freedom for two indigent suspects standing trial separately for murder, manslaughter

Abiodun warns Nigerians against acts that will trigger second wave of coronavirus

NOSDRA warns residents as crude spill threatens Akwa Ibom oil communities

NATION

FIRS predicts lower oil tax receipts for 2020

Nigeria to start manufacturing vaccines soon — NAFDAC

11,487 pass teachers’ professional qualifying exam

WTO DG: Setback for Okonjo-Iweala US wants race reopened

NNPC to deepen compliance with EITI standards

Minister: Lagos National Stadium pitch, tracks ready in May

Amaechi, Aguma in supremacy battle as crisis in Rivers APC deepens

Eight killed as gunmen attack Zamfara emir’s convoy

Indian hemp farmer beheads friend over soup

Girl, 10, throws step brother inside well

Kwara issues N180m cheques to 48 businesses looted during EndSARS protest

187 health workers, 15 Corps members infected in Enugu

N13.8b fraud: Ex-COAS Minimah, two Army chiefs move to avert trial

Sanwo-Olu gives scholarship, N10m to best graduating LASU students

Appeal Court orders substituted service on Dickson

Lewandowski beats Ronaldo, Messi to FIFAs award

COVID-19 second wave: Is another lockdown imminent

DAILY TIMES

2023: God, Nigerians have rejected APC, Makinde says

Kankara Boys: How Miyetti Allah, MACABAN facilitated release without ransom

PDP stages peaceful protest to demand return of kidnapped students, says Buhari has failed

FG, ASUU refuse to disclose outcome of 5-hour meeting

MBO Support Group: Kankara school boys kidnap, plot to blackmail Buhari

Criticism, praise trail reopening of some borders by Federal Govt

National insecurity is failure of leadership, says ex-president Obasanjo

DAILY TRUST

Kankara abduction: Your effort not good enough – Buhari tells service chiefs

Ekweremadu heads PDP c’ttee on electoral act, constitution amendment

Group tackles ex-militants over threats of attacking oil installations

Attacks on education facilities violation of children’s right – UNICEF

New CBN procedure: Exporters decry shipment delays

2023: INEC pledges more inclusion for PWDs

NUT hails Buhari, Masari, security on release of 344 abducted students

Female soldiers bring sanity to Mararaba’s street

Most underutilised facilities at MKO Abiola national stadium Abuja

HERALD

COVID-19 Second Wave: Sanwo-Olu Restricts Churches, Mosques In Lagos

May & Baker Accesses N2.5bn CBN COVID-19 Intervention Fund -MD

Edo Senator Lauds Federal Government on Border Reopening

Garba Shehu Apologises For Saying Only 10 Kankara Boys Kidnapped

EU Grants 7.9 Million Euros to Mauritius to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

World Bank Approves $500m Loan to Support Uzbekistan Economy

Kankara schoolboys: ‘We’re unwilling to return to school

Anambra Governor Withdraws 3 Traditional Rulers Appointments

BUSINESSDAY

Nigeria’s push for electronic ID opens path to tap $500bn global cloud market

Suicide and the Nigerian press ‘ A review of the book ‘The Morning After

Watch out for facial paralysis after vaccine distribution, US FDA says

How inclusive National Intellectual Property policy can reduce drug counterfeiting

Insecurity: Buhari’s indifference no longer acceptable

Evaluating the seriousness of post-pandemic crisis in farming and potential solutions

DAILY INDEPENDENT

NCC Remits N362.34bn Into FG’s Consolidated Revenue Account In 5years

Nigerian Soldiers Neutralise Nine Terrorists In North East

Nigerians Have Right To Alternative Interpretation Of Their Rights ‘ Maroonsquare

Makinde Can’t Add Any Value To Democracy, Governance, Says Oyo APC

BREAKING: Police Commission Promotes 21 Dead Officers, Two New DIGs, 13 AIGs

Almost 1,500 Teachers Died Of COVID-19 In South Africa ‘ Official

Kankara: Garba Shehu Apologises For Saying Only 10 Students Were Abducted

COVID-19: US VP Mike Pence Takes Vaccination Publicly

11,487 Candidates Pass Teachers Professional Qualifying Exam

 

 

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