Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, 21 December 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH  

UK says new COVID-19 strain out of control         

European countries ban UK flights over new COVID-19 strain

One killed as motorcyclists, task force clash in Lagos

Anambra APC register full of ghost names, says Moghalu

My daughter was abducted and murdered during end-of-year party closing prayer — Father of two-year-old Ebonyi girl

APC must rise above propaganda to deliver on promises – PGF DG

Two arrested for gang-raping, filming Ogun 19-year-old girl

Food prices rising, household incomes precarious – NBS

Trigger-happy cop kills Rivers 38-year-old father of three

States plan tough enforcement as new COVID-19 cases surge

CBN revokes 42 microfinance banks’ operating licences

Kankara schoolboys’ rescue: Presidency aligns with Army, contradicts Masari

Controversy trails killings by alleged Amotekun officer in Oyo

Border reopening: Poultry, rice importation remain banned, says FG

Insecurity: Edo APC demands Obasekis resignation

Age falsification: NJC recommends two judges for retirement

Insecurity: APC govs seek bi-partisan approach to restore peace

Nigerian doctor, wife found dead in US home

Many Nigerians dont trust police, says Fayemi

Niger Assembly speaker, clerk test positive for COVID-19

Second wave: Kaduna imposes new restrictions on churches, mosques, others

UPDATED: 80 abducted Kastina students rescued Police

SIM cards: SERAP asks Buhari to stop NIN registration

Policeman said his colleague shouldve finished me and taken my body to morgue with others Gunshot victim

Osun pastor who stabbed co-tenant to death mentally unstable Neighbour

Without devolution of power, Nigeria going nowhere Agbakoba

Relations mocked us when we didnt have a child Pastor whose wife had quintuplets after 23 years of marriage

#EndSARS: Govt cant protect lives without caring for citizensDonald Duke                                                        

THISDAY

Report: Tax evasion, Stealing, Pillars of Corruption in Nigerias Oil Industry

INEC Proposes Law to Curb Frequency of By-elections

Igbo Leaders Seek Legal Backing for Rotation of Presidency

Investors Gain N1.3tn as Stock Market Rises to N19tn

NJC Recommends Removal of Yobe Grand Kadi, Osun Judge

PSC Dismisses Four Police Officers for Misconduct, Demotes Two

FG Plans Supplementary Budget for COVID-19 Vaccines

Revealed: Negative Impact of Closures Forced Buhari to Reopen Borders

NERC: Gencos Misrepresenting State of Power Sector

Crime: Fayemi, Ex-IG Mobilise Support for Community Policing

NNPC: Nigeria’s Reserves Will Dry up in 30 Years Without New…

FG: Border Reopening: Poultry, Rice Importation Remain Banned

COVID-19: Ban Flights from UK, Atiku Advises FG

Niger Delta Governors to Meet on Sole Administrator for NDDC

Justice Bello Loses Bid for ICC Job, Scores Below 5% of…

NDIC Commences Liquidation Processes for 42 MFBs

First Banks New TVC: Of Historical Renaissance and Innovative Validation

Will Ogoni, Shell Oil Spill Dispute Ever Be Resolved

SUN

Gov Bellos giant strides in tackling security challenges in Kogi state

Rivers APC crisis deepens, as Amaechi camp suspends Abe’s

Restructuring will kill Nigeria ‘ Isa Yuguda

Anambra 2021: Nobody can intimidate me in the guber race’ Hon. Azubogu

COVID-19: Nigeria records 6 deaths in 24 hours, confirms 920 new infections

Atiku mourns killing of Emir of Kaura Namodas aides, others

Insecurity: Ijaw elders harp on community defence

Obi shares path to success with students

Reappraise security architecture, Anglican bishop tells FG

GUARDIAN

EU commends Buhari on release of abducted students

Bank boosts SMEs with N23.96bn loan in 12 months

Artisanal refiners canvass presidential crude oil refining development initiative

Nigeria shops for multiple sources, affordably effective COVID-19 vaccines

Confusion as airlines ration capacity, routes

Bullish oil prices: How to maximise advantages

Worries over declining training scheme for artisans

Again, Katsina students abducted, rescued

Artisanal refiners canvass presidential crude oil refining development initiative

Nigeria shops for multiple sources, affordably effective COVID-19 vaccines

Ibom Deep Seaport to be built in phases, says commissioner

Cross River orders closure of night clubs over COVID-19 second wave

Four killed in fresh Zangon Kataf attacks

Oyo government clarifies downward review of 2021 budget

VANGUARD

Petrol price cut: Oil marketers still sell at N170 per litre ‘ Investigation

2023: Ukiwe, Nwodo, Anyim, others begin moves to actualize Igbo presidency project

Reps hold special session Monday to pass 2021 budget into law

Why Buhari re-opened Nigeria’s land borders — Presidential source

Border opening spurs stock market

Restructure Nigeria before 2023, Anglican Bishop tells FG

Five takeaways from the safe return of 344 Kankara schoolboys

How Police, Army saved 80 Katsina Islamiya students from kidnappers

Germany to suspend air links with UK from midnight

Ortom commissions N1.2billion road projects in Benue South district

Covid-19: Italy to suspend flights from UK

COVID-19: Kaduna workers to operate from home

England faces lengthy lockdown as new virus strain ‘out of control

Dutch ban UK flights to stop virus ‘mutation

Niger Delta youths rally support for Buhari’s decisions on NDDC

FG orders probe of payment for Digital Identity Number

Again, drunk police officer kills father of three in Rivers

Reps hold special session Monday to pass 2021 budget into law

Insecurity: Revisit APC Manifesto, PGF DG tells Defence, Police, Interior ministers

Enemies of Nigeria behind Magu’s ordeal, ex- EFCC boss’ classmates tell Buhari

Police arrest two for gang raping 19-yr-old in Ogun

Release of Kankara school children, cheering news ‘ CAN

Nigeria jihadists kill five soldiers, kidnap 35 civilians in two attacks

Kidnappers of Edo HoS yet to open communication, orderly still missing

Four killed in Southern Kaduna reprisal attacks

Ngige’s community rejects reinstated monarch

Police Service Commission dismisses 4 senior officers, demotes 2 others over misconduct

NIN: Telecom workers reject 2 weeks deadline for subscribers

Breaking: Niger state Speaker, Clerk test positive for covid-19

NIPSS DG, Galadima, was an intellectual colossus’ Buhari

COVID-19 Second Wave: Atiku wants FG to temporarily halt all UK flights

Community Policing: Fayemi makes case for police reform

Lawmaker advocate youths, women empowerment as panacea to insecurity, poverty

LEADERSHIP

2023: Delta North Stakeholders Endorse Gbagi For Governor

Drugs: Nigeria Aiming At 70% Local Manufacturing ‘ NAFDAC

2023: How Igbos Can Actualize Presidency ‘ Anyim

NSCDC Apprehends Abductor of 16yrs Old Girl In Nasarawa

Champions To Earn N75m As 2020/21 NPFL Season Gets New Date

WARIF, EU-UN Train Students On Prevention Of Sexual Violence

Over 51,000 Nigerians Contributing To Canada’s Economy ‘ Envoy

TRIBUNE

How 16-month border closure almost ruined private sector

How variant of COVID 19 causes concern worldwide

Kankara students’ abduction: Reinforce your capacity to secure Nigerians, APC governors tell IGP, Service Chiefs

Success of community policing will depend on people’s trust in police ‘ Fayemi

Amotekun corps must bear arms, Ekiti elders tell South-West governors

Multiple piracy attacks rock Bonny waters, threaten NLNG vessel

NEPC to make Nigeria destination of quality cocoa ‘ Awolowo

Security: North Central Govs to meet in Makurdi Monday

NATION

S’south governors tasked on establishment of security network

Police, rights group kick as cop kills man in Rivers

HURIWA to Buhari: Blame yourself for spate of kidnappings, killings

COVID-19: Uzodimma orders workers to stay at home

NJC recommends sack of two judges over age falsification

Again troops rescue 84 school children in Katsina

Millions of naira lost as fire razes Bayelsa furniture market

FCT in crisis of COVID-19 second wave, says Dr. Okechukwu

Ohanaeze: consensus candidate collapses during meeting

IPOB chides SEast govs over rejection of security outfit

COVID-19: Kaduna directs workers to work from home

Four killed in fresh reprisal attacks on Zango-Kataf

Court reinstates 32 sacked Ekiti varsity workers

Ebonyi PDP accuses Umahi of intimidation

Zikist-Buharist Movement carpets Secondus for asking Buhari to resign

FCTA warns against sale of cars within residential premises

Non-adherance to party manifesto eroding APC electoral viability, PGF DG warns

PSC dismisses Senior officers for smuggling 300,000 live cartridges, others

Stop shedding blood of innocent Nigerians, Aare-Musulumi charges FG

JUST IN: Police rescue 80 abducted Islamiya students, four others in Katsina

NiDCOM describes death of US-based Nigerian doctor, wife as shocking

PSC dismisses four senior Police Officers for misconduct

DAILY TIMES

Kankara: We disappointed naysayers, FG reacts to allegations of fake students abduction

US approves Moderna coronavirus vaccine

NUT commends timely release of 344 Kankara school students

Nigerian Army reveals measures taken to rescue Kankara school boys

APC endorses Gov Fayemi for 2023 presidency

Kankara students: Nigerians should show understanding on Insecurity issues MURIC

Abduction: APC apologises to Kankara schoolboys

Kankara school students only went for excursion Ezekwesili

DAILY TRUST

Kanu blasts South-East govs over rejection of IPOB’s police

Putin hails Russia’s spies, visits intelligence Headquarters

Covid-19: Kaduna civil servants below level 14 to work from home

Panic as Speaker, Clerk test positive to Covid-19 in Niger

Katsina: How 84 students, 3 teachers were abducted Saturday night

APC receives defectors from PDP, SDP, APGA

Wizkid’s ‘Essence’ makes Obama’s top list of favourite songs for 2020

Cement price hike unsettles contractors, masses

Abducted Kankara students reunite with families

Unrealistic deadline for SIM registration

Daily Trust economists to FG: Woo investors in agric, trade, others to reflate economy

Ibom Deep seaport to begin with $2bn

Trial e-ticketing begins as Lagos-Ibadan train improves

Reactions trail halt in trade zones licencing

AUTHORITY

COVID-19 Resurgence: Imo Gov orders immediate closure of secretariat

Police foil another terror attack on school in Katsina

APC appointees have abandoned partys manifesto, says PGF DG

Adamawa 2023: Ngilari, Nyako, Abbo, Bello others unite to oust Fintiri

Kidnapping now new enterprise in Nigeria -Soyinka

Insecurity will not divide Nigeria, say APC Governors

Observe Covid-19 prevention protocol, Abia govt urges

Eze urges APC NEC to uphold expulsion of Sen Abe, others

BUSINESSDAY

How telemedicine transformed access to healthcare in the middle of a pandemic

APC apologises to freed Kankara boys, cautions against reoccurrence

12 times prominent Nigerians fainted, ‘got sick’ during criminal prosecution

Grenada as the Dream Investment & Citizenship by Investment Destination

News Roundup: Amazon’s zoox bi-directional vehicle has no reverse function, FG to block SIM cards without National Identity Numbers (NIN) in two weeks.

Exporters seek CBN’s intervention in addressing shipment delays concerns

FX market ends week with naira weakening by 0.42%

HERALD

Where is Leah Sharibu’ Does she know it’s Christmas’ By Fredrick Nwabufo

Troops Rescue Abducted Islamiya Students From Bandits ‘ DHQ

NJC Recommends Compulsory Retirement of 2 High Court Judges Over Alleged Age Falsification

Eastern Security Network: IPOB Dares S’East Governors

Adeniyi Ajayi, robber that begged police to kill him, escapes from custody

Nigerians react as National Assembly tells INEC to consider underage married girls as voters

Stop NIN registration, withdraw threat to block SIM cards ‘ SERAP tells Buhari

DAILY INDEPENDENT

NJC Recommends Retirement Of 2 High Court Judges For Alleged Age Falsification

Troops Kill Two Militia Gang Members In Benue

COVID-19: Aso Villa Chaplain Cautions Against Negligence During Yuletide

Alleged Impersonation: PDP Wants Lere Olayinka Arrested

Police Foil Robbery, Arrest Suspected Cultists

 

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