Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 29 December 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY INDEPENDENT

US Philanthropists To Send Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine To Iran

Reuters Cameraman Held Without charge In Ethiopia

Niger Governor Condemns Bandits Attacks On Communities

Buni Commiserates With Potiskum Fire Victims, Directs Agencies On Proactive Measures

Kwara Eyes North Central’s Black Soap Hub

Apapa Gridlock: Lagos To Takeover Traffic Management From Presidential Taskforce

Nigerian Army Builds, Inaugurates Road In Enugu Community

PUNCH

Lagos home-grown terrorists turning Nigeria’s commercial capital into a war zone

Ex-lawmaker allegedly beats 68-year-old Delta woman to a pulp

Gunmen abduct Rivers councillor, demand N50m from family

Rivers residents kick against lockdown, seek ban on foreigners

Oshiomhole’s meddling: Obaseki’s deputy frustrated, confused, says APC

Kidnappers threatened marching me to Zamfara – Ekiti bizman

Mob sets two ablaze, injures one in Oyo

I visited US to see my children, not for check-up – Sule

COVID-19 second wave: FG, National Assembly consider UK, US flights’ ban next week

Kukah receives backing, Catholic says bishop’s attackers agents of evil

Afreximbank predicts 10% rise in 2021 oil prices

Assailants kill businessman over cigarette lighter in Ondo hotel

Transporting containers in Lagos equals shipping cost from China – Report

 Ramaphosa bans alcohol sales in South Africa

23 dead as Lagos-bound truck somersaults in Niger

Ondo tertiary institution workers suspend strike

BREAKING: National Assembly transmits N13.5tn budget to Buhari

Notorious bandit Kachalla, others killed in Kaduna forest Commissioner

German care home workers given five Covid vaccine doses

School reopening, worship centres, others caused COVID-19 second wave -Lagos commissioner                                                                

THISDAY

To Contain COVID-19 Spread, FG to Issue Travellers Permits

NNPC Records N222.3bn Gross Revenue in November

PDP Directs Saraki Committee to Reconcile Makinde, Fayose

Lagos Moves to Take over Management of Apapa Gridlock

Buhari Didn’t Demand Apology over Invitation on Insecurity, Says…

IMF: Nigeria Remains Largest Economy in Africa, 26th in the World

Report: Nigerias Debt Service Hurting Investments in Critical Sectors

Market Gains 5.4% as Investors Stake N20bn on Shares

Telcos Will Ensure FG Achieves NIN-SIM Integration, Says ALTON

NECA Calls for Policies to Support Economic Recovery

Nigeria is Bitcoin Leader in Africa, Says Paxful

Investors Swoop on Dangote Cement on Share Buyback

SUN

Insecurity: Many questions on Buhari’s reluctance to replace security chiefs

2023: Showdown in PDP as state chapters battle NWC

PDP chides Presidency over response to Financial Times editorial

Niger votes in first democratic transition of power

How to realise Igbo presidency ‘Moghalu

Despite political differences Kano Government delegation visits Kwankwaso over father’s death

Igbo presidency not by mouth, Moghalu, APC Anambra guber aspirant

Naira to further crash in Jan 2021, CBN predicts

GUARDIAN

One million Americans vaccinated against Covid-19

APC may lose Jigawa in 2023, says governor

Zulum to provide patrol vehicles for Civilian JTF

NMA seeks life insurance for doctors, others over COVID-19

Hit-and-run ‘okada’ rider kills Ibadan NBA leader, Abiodun

Reps deny apologising to Buhari, fault Malami’s claim on summon

Navy rescues drowning passengers in Lagos boat accident

Lagos-bound truck somersaults in Niger killing 23, injuring 22 ‘ Police

Apapa gridlock: Lagos to takeover traffic management from Presidential Taskforce

Davido Hints He Might Quit Music Following Alleged Fight With Burna Boy

Bagudu signs N141.6bn 2021 Kebbi budget into law

VANGUARD

COVID-19 Guidelines: Wike threatens to shut down churches

FG borrows over N2trn from bond investors in 2020

Budget Minister hails cultural festivals as drivers of economic diversification

CAN accuses FG, MURIC President of twisting Bishop Kukah’s Christmas message

Ban on crossover: We are discussing with government – Osun CAN

MSME Survival Fund: FG mulls enlarging scope, reach of scheme – Osinbajo

Niger governor condemns bandits attacks on communities

Navy rescues 12 drowning passengers in Lagos

COVID-19: Lagos to inaugurate 10 oxygen centres

MSME Survival Fund: We must find ways of doing more ― Osinbajo

Tiv youth council faults Kukah’s attacks on Buhari

Neglect of Nigerian youths will backfire on ruling class ― Methodist Bishop

Apapa gridlock: Lagos to takeover traffic management from Presidential Taskforce

North’s agreement on restructuring tickles Ohanaeze Ndigbo

We stand by Bishop Kukah’s statement on nation’s woes — Catholic Secretariat

Reno Omokri disagrees with Bakare over scriptures

Nigeria’s presidential system ‘totally useless’— Northern Elders Forum

COVID19: LASG tasks residents on lifestyle adjustment

COVID-19 Guidelines: Wike threatens to shut down churches

FG borrows over N2trn from bond investors in 2020

CAN accuses FG, MURIC President of twisting Bishop Kukah’s Christmas message

Ban on crossover: We are discussing with government ‘ Osun CAN

MSME Survival Fund: FG mulls enlarging scope, reach of scheme ‘ Osinbajo

Niger governor condemns bandits attacks on communities

Navy rescues 12 drowning passengers in Lagos

TRIBUNE

Association of Mass Communication graduates gets new exco

Death of 20 doctors: NMA laments exposure of frontline doctors to virus

Apapa gridlock: Lagos to take over from Presidential Taskforce

Amotekun rescues kidnapped Ekiti man in Kwara forest

Police promotion not based on ethnic consideration but on merit, PSC tells Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Navy rescues 12 in Tarkwa Bay passenger boat accident

BREAKING: Manchester City match at Everton postponed as coronavirus strikes club

Minister condemns attacks on Southern Borno, Adamawa

Attacks on Kukah: Southern, Middle Belt leaders demand apology

LEADERSHIP

Apapa Gridlock: Lagos Set To Takeover Traffic Mgt From PTT, Says Sanwo-Olu

Conquer Fear To Succeed In Business, Bridget Adeyemi Urges Nigerian Youths

Nasarawa Speaker Receives Decampees, Drums Support for APC, Gov. Sule

Plateau Mothers’ Commend Lalong Over Signing Death Sentence Bill On Kidnapping Into Law

Senator Binani Commiserates With Garkida Community Over Boko Haram Attack

Name State Varsity After Saadu Zungu, Family Tasks Bauchi Govt

Twisting Bishop Kukah’s Christmas Message Injurious To Nation Building ‘ Northern CAN

COVID-19: Govt Bans ‘Cross over Night’ Services

Arewa Group Tackles Kukah Over Recent Comments

NATION

Nigeria produced 180 governors, 241 ministers in 20 years

Nigerian youths are the big carriers of COVID-19 but the old are dying more

Christmas: A call for personal reflection

Power supply and the plight of prepaid customers

Abductions and the future of northern education

Looking back on 2020 with optimism toward 2021

New revenue formula coming, says RMAFC boss

Osinbajo, Babangida, others pay tributes to Nda-Isaiah

BREAKING: Amotekun rescues kidnapped Ekiti businessman in Kwara forest

DAILY TIMES

ASUU strikes, like Boko Haram bane of Nigerias education system Lukman

South-East professionals decries unfair treatment of Igbo race

How APC 2017 Guber Candidate was Betrayed

Court forecloses Mainas right to file no-case submission

Federal Govt mulls travel ban over new strain of COVID-19

HERALD

FRSC Impounds 35 Commercial Vehicles for not Installing Speed Limit Devices

DPR Lauds Marketers’ Compliance with Industry Rules in Anambra

Craze Clown Welcomes A Baby Girl With His Fiance

Enugu State to Employ 1,000 Youths as Traffic Officers, Forest Guards

If Tunde Bakare Can Lie Against God, Is It Man He Can’t Lie Against’ By Reno Omokri

ARCAN Lauds Reopening of Land Borders by Federal Government

COVID-19: Only illiterates ask to see dead people on the streets before believing ‘ NMA President

DAILY TRUST

I saw abducted ABU lecturer, boys trained as bandits – Freed captive

Failed state/coup: MURIC kicks as CAN, Southern, Middle Belt leaders back Kukah

Surprise Nigerians, sack service chiefs – Ex-DSS DG

2 kidnapped in Niger

Sokoto to upgrade Shagari College of Education to university

Foreign bandits entering Nigeria through Oyo – Makinde

Kaduna’s notorious bandit, Kachallah killed in gang-clash

One month after, abducted ABU lecturer regains freedom

NDA commandant’s house gutted by fire

COVID-19: Why we’re experiencing second wave – Lagos gov’t

23 killed in Niger truck crash – Police

‘Cross-over’ vigil: Ondo gov’t, CAN on collision course

A failing country: How and why President Buhari lost grip of authority

Telecom sector: NIN biggest headache of subscribers yet

Solar power may rise with 25m connections — LCCI

Air travel agents back COVID-19 protocol

BUSINESSDAY

Acute FX scarcity, empty consumer wallets hurt manufacturers in 2020

PDP berates Buhari presidency for dismissing Financial Times caution

Lawyers kick as Reps order postponement of insurance industry recapitalization

Wike’s projects in rural areas to boost Rivers grassroots economy ‘ Commissioner

Arriving passengers from SA, UK to be processed seperately by public health authorities from Monday

MPC to face tough policy choices in 2021 as inflation, debt to rise further ‘ LCCI

BDCs seek CBN’s approval to become payout agents for diaspora remittances

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