Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 6 January 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

HERALD

China’s Foreign Minister Tells Chinese Companies In Nigeria To Obey Laws

Nigerian economy will grow by 1.1 percent in 2021 ‘ World Bank

Facebook bags $5m in damages for copying app in Italy

602 journalists die of COVID-19 pandemic

Court remands herdsman for stabbing farmer to death

Immigration to Implement FG’s Directive On Travel Ban

10.9bn Fraud Lands Ex-Finbank MD, Nwosu, Three Others In Jail

Nigeria to get 42 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

PUNCH

Tinubu, Fayemi 2023 ambitions fuel Ekiti APC crisis

Stop harassing people over 2023 vice-presidential promise, IPOB tells Umahi

Rewane resigns from Guinness board

Zenith Bank announces directors death

Im not planning to rejoin PDP Ebonyi APC gov candidate

Troops kill Kaduna bandits in four LGs, says commissioner

APC, PDP clash over alleged power sector fraud, others

TUC threatens showdown as NERC denies 50% hike, blames inflation

Paternity scandal: FCMB MD goes on leave as probe begins

Tricycle, motorcycles not in Lagos transport masterplan

TEF seeks to boost SMEs recovery in Nigeria, others

Oil rises above $53, OPEC+ agrees on output rollover

FG disburses N166 million to 239 beneficiaries

Nigeria, others reduced oil supply by 1.9billion barrels

FG lists sanctions for fuel marketers

Poor investments, low revenues, others threaten Nigerias 2021 growth World Bank

How aviation firms shared N5bn bailout fund, says document

We recorded 4,410 flights in 2020, says Ibom Air

Tension heightens as frustrated Rivers forex investors besiege firm

Forex inflow through CBN hits $6.97bn in three months

Stock market suffers N393bn loss on profit-taking

NIMASA boss outlines benefits of Badagry deep seaport

Intels denies Atikus allegation of political interference

Lagos, Sokoto, Abuja paid more for transport in 2020 NBS

FG should focus on youths, says Nwosu

World Bank cuts 2021 global forecast to 4.0%

Federal Govt expects 42 million COVID-19 vaccine doses NPHCDA

Obaseki graduated from UI in 1979, certificate not forged Registrar

Foreigners without COVID-19 certificate will lose visas, says NIS

SEast govs condemn rising insecurity in region

Gunmen kill one, abduct 20 travellers in Nasarawa

Osun directs schools to reopen Jan 18

Wike attacks FG over Ogoni clean-up, says its deceptive

Soldier brutalised, stole my N40,000 during Plateau staff protest -Worker

Sanwo-Olu, Zulum laud ex-servicemens sacrifice, donate N15m

Court remands herdsman for allegedly killing Kwara farmer

Ex-Finbank MD, Nwosu, jailed three years for N10.9bn fraud

Zulum orders screening of Borno private schools

My husband died of shock 11 days after police killed my only son

Makindes SA, Assembly members pleading for arrested hoodlums -Amotekun

Six die, nine injured in Lagos-Ibadan road crash

PANDEF to intervene in ex-militant leaders house bombing

COVID-19: Lagos court fines 65 offenders N130,000 for violating curfew

FG reiterates ban on rice importation

No approval for 50% electricity tariff increase NERC

Alleged ritual: 22-year-old man beheads teenager in Bauchi

China jails 17 for smuggling $28m pangolin scales from Nigeria                                                                                  

THISDAY

WHO Endorses Pfizer Vaccine for COVID-19 Immunisation in Nigeria

Labour, OPS, Others Kick as FG Reviews Electricity Tariffs

At Last, FG’s 774,000 Job-for-youths Scheme Takes off

Buhari: No Sustainable Development without Adequate Infrastructure

FCMB CEO Proceeds on Leave as Bank Intensifies Probe into Paternity…

Nigeria Owes IMF, World Bank, Others $31.98bn

OPEC Mandates Nigeria to Cut Production by 939,000bpd in Three Months

Intels Refutes Claim that Buhari is Killing Its Businesses

Again, UI Clears Obaseki of Certificate Forgery Allegation

FG Urges US to Expedite Delivery of 12 Super Tucano Fighter…

Court Convicts Former Bank MD, Okey Nwosu, Three Others for N18bn…

75% of Air Accidents Due to Human Factors, Says AIB

APC: It’s Laughable to Say Nigerians Desire PDP’s Return to Power

WBank: Vaccine Deployment, Investment Key to Global Economys Recovery

AFC Secures $250m Loan from United States DFC

SUN

How I’ll handle IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu as Ohanaeze PG ‘ Asoluka

Your ranting can’t distract us, APC tells PDP

False performance claims won’t save you, PDP replies

2023: South East leaders ask APC, PDP to cede presidency to zone

2023: Oyo PFN plans showdown with wicked politicians

Tension in C’River PDP as Supreme Court delivers ruling on ward, LG exco

APC ‘ll not to be distracted by PDP’s ranting-Caretaker Committee

2021: Digitisation, funding of ICT infrastructure, top stakeholders agenda

Confusion as FG hikes electricity tariff by over 50 %

CBN defends naira with $4.37bn in 3 months

Nigeria owes World Bank, IMF, AfDB $31.98bn

ICT: SLOT to train over 200 youths, opens regional office in Umuahia

Nigeria, China relations to reduce severe infrastructure deficits -Buhari

774,000 jobs: See this as your little beginning Okowa, Keyamo tell beneficiaries

Well attract industries, spend more on agriculture Obaseki

Fresh trouble brews in N Delta as militant groups back out of FGs peace talks

Nigeria not moving in right direction ‘Olumide-Fusika

Ensure crisis-free national convention, APC chieftain tells party

Rivers APC crisis: Abe condemns attack on supporters

Igbos most vulnerable victims of violence in Nigeria ‘ Obiozor

GUARDIAN

Osoba makes case for Tinubu ahead 2023 as Olajide urges caution

Oyo PFN cautions Christians against wrong choice of political leaders

Reversing the drift to terrorism and social anomie

EndSARS: Is Lekki armed response a case for ICC

Intels disagrees with Atiku over sale of interests

Kano anti-graft agency unravels foreign scholarship scam

Keyamo craves more women in 774,000 public works scheme

2 Oyo government officials in court for allegedly stealing, selling COVID-19 palliatives

Police decry increase in use of unlicensed firearms in Oyo

731 Batch B NYSC members test positive for COVID-19 ‘ PTF

Rowan Atkinson Says He Doesn’t Enjoy Playing Comic Character, Mr. Bean

Nigeria, China sign MoU to coordinate cooperation

Nigeria engages China on COVID-19 vaccine ‘ Onyeama

VANGUARD

50% electricity increase spells doom for production ‘ Dama

Amotekun to kick off in Ogun January ‘ Gov Abiodun

Police decry increase in use of unlicensed firearms in Oyo

Electricity Tariff Hike: NERC conniving with service providers against Nigerians’ NLC

FG’s Special Public Works Programme’ll curb unemployment ‘ Okowa

Cabinet reshuffle: Gov Emmanuel swears in 4 commissioners, 5 Perm Secs

Electricity tariff hike, another betrayal of trust’ TUC

Avert looming humanitarian crisis, Ugborodo community tells Buhari

2023: Nominate presidential candidates from S’East, Igbo political leaders urge APC, PDP, others

ZONING AND 2023: Common sense, fairness must inform our choice ‘Shekarau

Benue leaders accuse Akume of fanning embers of crisis, disunity in state

Account for stolen N15 trillion, PDP tasks Buhari, APC

Badagry Deep Sea port is strategic to Nigeria ‘ NIMASA boss

Illegal truck passage shuts down Tin-Can truck transit park

Rail line construction raises fresh threat to cargo clearing at Apapa Ports

FG grants Edo dry port provisional licence

Amotekun Commander fingers Makinde’s aides for indulging hoodlums in Oyo

Herdsman remanded for allegedly stabbing colleague to death

Obaseki’s certificate an incomplete photocopy, University of Ibadan tells court

NERC admits rates adjustment to N4 per Kwh

2 Oyo govt. officials in court for allegedly stealing, selling COVID-19 palliatives

Edo community demands N50bn compensation for five slain youths

Labour rejects new electricity hike

731 Batch B NYSC members test positive for COVID-19 ‘ PTF

Chinese coys must obey Nigeria’s labour laws ‘ Foreign Minister Wang Yi

LEADERSHIP

COVID-19: Workers Desert FG, State Secretariats

Some Persons Sat On APC Report On Restructuring -Osoba

Electricity Consumers Kick As NERC Approves Another Tariff Increase

Osinbajo Briefs PMB On Economic Sustainability Plan

Former FCT Chief Judge Adorns Inside Abuja Magazine Front Cover

Solid Minerals: Gombe Partners FG On Development Of Mining Sector

Lagos Deploys 1,250 Special Constabulary Officers For Community Policing

#EndSARS: Lagos Engages Forensic Experts To Probe Lekki Toll Gate Incident

Ogoni Clean-Up Is Deceptive, Politically Motivated ‘ Wike

Only A Secured, Safe Citizenry Can Function At Their Peak ‘ OSHA President

TRIBUNE

Traditional, religious leaders support law against gender-based violence in Gombe

FCT Chief Judge bows out service, says judiciary’s strength is people’s trust

Stakeholders task FG to tackle recession, reduce depression, mental illness

How Iran can help Nigeria end terrorism ‘Ambassador Alibak

Let’s talk about the pandemic within a pandemic

2021: We’ll be more health conscious, spend time with family, recreate our businesses, make more money!

Electricity tariff increase: NLC threatens unprecedented industrial action

Nigeria records 1,354 new COVID-19 cases, total now 92,705

Heed Kukah, put collective security above regime security, KSM charges FG

Taxi driver takes drunk passenger to police station for refusing to wear face mask

UI clears Obaseki of degree certificate forgery

Southern, Middle Belt leaders appoint Nnia Nwodo as national coordinator

Security, safety of lives and property, a collective effort ‘ Sanwo-Olu

Police quiz pregnant woman for poisoning 3-year-old husband’s son in Osun

PDP rejects reported hike in electricity tariff

Lagos police arrests 71 for clubbing at 3am

Nigerians will still vote us, reject PDP in 2023, APC boasts

South-East governors to boycott Igbo bi-partisan meeting in Abia ‘ Umahi

NATION

Expert seeks relocation of tank farms from Lagos community

Labour, LCCI: 100% hike in power tariffs ll hurt economy

Southeast states to begin joint security patrol

Niger Delta ex-agitators threaten attacks on foreign vessels

APC has North-South power rotation pact, says Osoba

Forensic analysts to comb Lekki Toll Gate for 21 days

We didnt demolish restaurant over sex party, says Kaduna govt

Kalu, Anyim, others to APC, PDP: zone 2023 ticket to Southeast

Nigeria expecting vaccine from China, says Onyeama

82 million Nigerians to be vaccinated this year

Fed Govt blames festivities for infections spike

Ghana plans to invest $17b to revive economy

WHO disappointed as China delays probe of pandemic origins

There cant be development without infrastructure, says Buhari

APC must resist imposition in Ekiti in 2022

Brent crosses $53 as OPEC meeting resumes

Badagry deep seaport strategic to economic growth, says NIMASA DG

FCMB MD steps aside on allegation of unethical conduct

COVID-19: FG approves establishment of life-support oxygen plants nationwide PTF

Alleged certificate forgery: Obaseki tenders original certificate from UI

UK University develops 5-minute test for COVID-19

731 Batch B NYSC members test positive for COVID-19 PTF

DAILY TIMES

Enugu will remain safest, most-secured state in Nigeria

China donates 6 billion Naira to Nigeria as both countries sign new agreement

FCMB Boss, should be banned from the Association Of Men says Femi Fani-Kayode

Father absconds as wife gave birth to Quadruples

Dry season farming: FCTA trains 2,000 on pest control

Bayelsa community decries impact of oil spill

NERC approves new tariff increase for IBEDC consumers

10 power plants idle as power generation drop to 4,112.10 megawatts

We have no factional party secretariat in Osun, says PDP

DAILY TRUST

731 Batch B corps members contract coronavirus — PTF

COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Strategic’ leaders, health workers on FG’s priority list

We’re in talks with China on COVID-19 vaccine –FG

2023: Igbo leaders demand presidential tickets from APC, PDP

COVID-19: Edo records 5 deaths, 113 recoveries

Minor, 2 others docked over motorcycle theft

Father nabbed for allegedly raping daughter in Ogun

Between armed banditry, food insecurity and malnutrition in Nigeria

Managing university academic calendars after the ASUU strike and lockdown

Losses in BUA, Zenith drop stocks by N392.8bn

Nigeria targets maritime hub with N2.6bn Badagry seaport

BUSINESSDAY

Nigerian small businesses may miss opportunities in AfCFTA

Aso Rock’s social media content calendar: A sign of Nigeria’s governance vacuum

Farmers yearn for mechanisation, cheap credit to drive agric growth in 2021

Sigma Pension 2021 outlook sees Nigeria return to normalcy with tough policy choices ahead

Banks interest income growth to dampen in 2021

Oil price projections ‘ past attempts and 2021 outlook

Local airlines should not die

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Cabibet Reshuffle: Udom Emmanuel Swears In 4 Commissioners, 5 Perm Sec

N10.9bn Fraud: Ex-Finbank MD, Nwosu, Three Others Bag 3-Years Jail Term

Police Arrest 71 For Violating COVID-19 Safety Protocols

I Didn’t Say Gov’s Aides Behind Unrest In Ibadan- Amotekun Commander

W/Bank Predicts 4% Global Economic Growth, 1.1% For Nigeria In 2021

Lagos Deploys 1,250 Special Constabulary Officers To Boost Community Policing

PEOPLESDAILY

Police foil attack on Community, arrest 18 armed irate youths in Zamfara

NCAC commends Gov. El-Rufai for demolishing sex party house

Bandits kill Imam, community leader Kaduna

Ex-Minister, Agunloye proposes new struggle aimed at social justice, fairness

Power outage looms in Mararaba, environs ‘ AEDC

Presidency’s attack on PDP, a feeble kick of a weak horse, says party leadership

Police parade 82 suspected, kidnappers, rapists, murderers in Kaduna

2023: Oyegun, Ebri, others back zoning, say South regions must slug it out

NEW TELEGRAPH

Need for stricter enforcement of COVID-19 protocols

COVID-19: NCDC reports record 1,354 new infections

JUST IN: Buhari appointsActing Chief Judge for FCT

APC has pact on power shift, says Osoba

2023: APC mocks PDP’s bid to regain power

Intels faults Atiku, denies political influence on business

LCCI, MAN reject new electricity tariff

Labour: We’ll resist new price regime

Outrage as FG hikes electricity tariff twice in two months

BLUEPRINT

We ‘ll focus more on ICT, mechanisation to drive agriculture- Odedina

2021: The final lap, for real governance

Forgery’: UI absolves Obaseki as court admits certificates as exhibit

Labour wants Nigerians to reject electricity tariff increase, heaps accusation on NERC

Bears return as equity market dips by N393bn

DMO: Nigeria’s total debt rises to $84.57bn

Lawmaker donates 300KVA transformers to 5 Oyo communities

2021: Kaduna Electric pledges improved service, commends stakeholders

NIGERIAN PILOT

Infrastructure key to sustainable development- Buhari

Ohaneze Presidency: Aspirant cavasses constitutional, democratic election

Ekweremadu gears up for 2023, sponsors football tournament in Nsukka

Rail line: Soyinka has endorsed Buharis achievement BMO

PDP disowns Osun State parallel secretariat

Recover N15 trillion stolen by APC Leaders PDP tasks Buhari

Anambra 2021: PDP orders members to withdraw all litigations

Igbos cant be agitating for Biafra and presidency same time Chimamanda Adichie

 

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