Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 8 January 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH 

Capitol riot: Black protesters would’ve been treated differently -Biden

Capitol riot: Pelosi calls for Trumps removal

Benue revenue workers body uncovered in shallow grave

Protesters shut East-West road, demand NDDC administrators sacking

US crisis: Jonathan, others say character key to successful democracy

70% of noise pollution in Lagos State caused by churches, mosques LASEPA GM, Fasawe

Gunmen abduct traveller, kill driver in Ondo

Trump banned from Facebook, Instagram for two weeks Zuckerberg

World Bank projects 5% growth for Nigeria, others in 2021

5,552.8MW power generation successfully transmitted to Discos TCN

Manufactured goods imports gulped N9.28tn in nine months NBS

874 microfinance banks have operational licences CBN

FG suspends power tariff hike, subsidising 55% low users

Stock market extends gain with N66bn

Lagos building 10 oxygen tents to battle COVID-19 Sanwo-Olu

Court stops Ganduje from deducting judiciary workers salaries

NIMC workers accuse FG of covering up COVID-19 in agency

Buhari, Osinbajo, SGF to take COVID-19 vaccine on live telecast

Reps may allow states to determine minimum wage

Defence minister seeks Chadian support to end insurgency

Geidam residents flee from Boko Haram attack

US election laws must be reformed, says Trump

77 kidnap victims handed over to Masari

Benue to review okada ban in two LGs

Kaduna vigilante, three others killed, NAF bombs bandits hideouts

Ondo monarch petitions IG over killing, palace destruction

Seek foreign help to secure Nigeria, Ekweremadu tells FG

Court decides Obasekis fate over alleged certificate forgery Saturday

Banditry, communal clashes displace over two million Nigerians FG

287 rape, 22 sodomy cases recorded in 2020 Katsina police

Military dominating counter-insurgency war in North-East, says DHQ

Lagos expands tax net, targets N60bn monthly IGR

Katsina returns unused Hajj payments to pilgrims

COVID-19: Vaccines may not arrive early enough, says FG

White House officials resign after Capitol riot

Death toll in Niger Republic massacre rises to 105

Bandits abduct traveller, kill driver in Ondo

Seek foreign help to secure Nigeria, Ekweremadu urges FG

COVID-19: More Lagos patients in need of oxygen Sanwo-Olu

Capitol riot: FBI seek information on perpetrators

FG directs NERC to suspend adjusted tariff

Nude party: Kaduna arraigns PDP spokesman, others for attempted adultery

Capitol riot: Amnesty lambasts Trump, labels him, instigator

Chaos as Ghanaian lawmakers exchange blows at parliament                                                                                 

THISDAY

NNPC Seeks $1bn in Oil Prepaid Deal to Revamp Refinery

NUC Directs Varsities to Reopen January 18, After 10-month Closure

Minister: Two Million Displaced by Insecurity in the North

Analysts Project Nigerian Banks to Emerge Highest AfCTA Beneficiaries

Bowing to Pressure, FG Directs Reversal of New Electricity Rates

NIMC Suspends NIN Enrolment as Staff Begin Strike

Court Delivers Judgment Tomorrow in Suit over Obaseki’s Alleged Certificate…

PetrolTanker Explodes on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway

Insecurity: Christian Leaders Urge Buhari to Revisit 2014 Conference Report

#EndSARS: Police Fully Recovered, Acquired More Equipment, Materials, Says IG

With $185bn Networth, Elon Musk Becomes World’s Richest Person

COVID-19: Lagos to Build 10 Oxygen Tents, Says Sanwo-Olu

Customs Impounds N12.53bn Worth of Banned Commodities

CAC Mulls Amnesty for Registered Entities, Generates N19bn

EFCC Issues Alert on Sale, Purchase of NIN

Nude Party: Kaduna Arraigns PDP Spokesman, Others for Attempted Adultery

EndSARS Protest: Sanwo-Olu Seeks FG’s Collaboration in Rebuilding Lagos

SUN

Rivers APC crisis: Nobody has monopoly of violence, Abe’s faction warns

We’ve silenced APC ‘Wike

Alleged forgery: Court decides Gov. Obaseki’s fate Saturday

NDDC sole administrator not substantive appointment ‘Akpabio

Insecurity: Nigeria, Niger, Benin Republic unveil joint border patrol

Global economy projected to grow by 4 %-World Bank

TCN celebrates peak generation of 5,552.80MW

Electricity tariff hike’ll raise manufacturers’ woes ‘MAN

Badagry Deep Seaport to make Nigeria global maritime hub-Jamoh

Stock market transactions hit 755%

NIN: NCC allays fear of mass disconnection of phone lines

NNPC shops for $1bn to rehabilitate PH refinery

Edo: Group gives CP ultimatum to publish names, photographs of escapees

Soldiers kill 16 terrorists, bandits, rescue 12 kidnapped victims in 1 week

NIN registration halted as NIMC workers begin strike

FGs 2021 budget for education worst in 10 years NANS

Ohanaeze Election: All eyes on Ndigbo

2021: We’ll humiliate ISWAP, B’Haram ‘Buratai

GUARDIAN

Two-year-old Omosefe seeks N7m for open-heart surgery in India

No life lost as tanker explosion causes heavy traffic in Lagos

Nine bullets removed from 65-year-old woman attacked on Jan. 1

I locked up dead body of my daughter in a room and escaped to the stadium

How AfCFTA can lift 30 million people out of poverty, by CDC group

Nigeria’s December oil output below fiscal projection

We are at final stage of anti-terrorism, banditry war, says military

Fixing assets destroyed during #EndSars protests will take some time

Group cautions Ijaw youths against harassing Akpabio, NDDC Sole Administrator

NANS laments 5.6% allocation to education in 2021 budget

Ohakim may sue suspended scribe, other over Ohanaeze Ndigbo election

Northern Christian group slams JNI, others over attack on Kukah

COVID-19: Vaccines may not come too soon ‘ Health Ministry

Buhari urges Commission to assist in lifting 100m Nigerians out of poverty

Facebook And Instagram Ban Trump After Capitol Riots

Alleged certificate forgery: Obaseki to know fate Jan.9

Elon Musk Overtakes Jeff Bezos To Become The Richest Person In The World

VANGUARD

Trump denounces Capitol violence, as calls for his removal grow

New forex traders charged on excellence, professionalism

FOREX: Turnover in I&E falls by 47% to $33bn in 2020

CSO expresses shock, mourns sudden demise of activist, Esther Uzoma

Three feared killed as youths clash with Amotekun operatives over carnival in Oyo

Paternity Saga: Group throws weight behind management of FCMB over blackmail

Kalu receives defecting Abia PDP faithful into APC

Video: Chaos in Ghana Parliament as lawmakers rumble over sitting position

C’River PDP Ward, Chapter Exco: Truth has been upheld’ Caucus leader, stakeholders

FOREX: Turnover in I&E falls by 47% to $33bn in 2020

IPPIS wonder: I was paid N4,000 as monthly salary ‘ ASUP chairman

LEADERSHIP

Nude Party: Kaduna Government Arraigns PDP Spokesman, Others Over Attempted Adultery

2m Nigerians Displaced By Insurgency, Banditry- FG

NIN Registration Suffers Setback As Workers Begin Strike

How Agro Rangers Are Curtailing, Farmers/Herders Clashes ‘ NSCDC

States Battle COVID-19 With More Testing, Isolation Centres

World Leaders Condemn Capitol Hill Attack As Congress Confirms Biden’s Victory

FG Orders NERC To Suspend Electricity Tariff Hike

Don’t Sell Your NIN, EFCC Warns Nigerians

C&S Church Leader Lauds Appointment OfProf Akinwunmi As VCFederal University Lokoja

2 million Nigerians Displaced By Insurgency, Banditry- FG

TRIBUNE

Seplat stocks push market to positive close by 0.31 per cent

Gov Sule applauds FG over rural women’s grant initiative

CSO gives Edo Police 48-hour ultimatum to publish names of escapee-suspects

We’ll flush foreign hoodlums out of Oyo in two weeks ‘ Ibadan Mogajis

NCDC confirms 1,565 new COVID-19 cases, total now 95,934

It’s bad that people don’t take artistes outside Lagos seriously

Elon Musk is now world’s richest person

Mark Zuckerberg says Trump blocked indefinitely from Facebook, Instagram

Trump blocked by Twitter and Facebook

JUST IN: Congress finalises Biden’s win after riot disrupts Capitol

BREAKING: Trump pledges ‘orderly’ transfer of power to Biden

Two persons allegedly shot dead as Amotekun operatives clash with youths in Ibarapa community

Power generation hits 5,552MWs all-time peak

Security: Ekweremadu urges FG to seek foreign assistance

Court stops Ganduje from deducting judiciary workers salary in Kano

FG should embrace critical thinking in solving insecurity ‘ Security expert

Two million Nigerians displaced by insurgency, banditry ‘ FG

FG released N46.4b to beneficiaries of extended special public works programme ‘ Keyamo

EFCC warns Nigerians to desist from selling NIN

Alleged certificate forgery: Court to decide Obaseki, APC’s fate Saturday

Lagos targets N60.31bn IGR monthly for 2021

FCT unsafe for road users because of recklessness ‘ FRSC

Delta youths block East-West road, issue 21 day ultimatum to Buhari over NDDC sole administratorship

NATION

NIMC unions strike paralyses NIN registration

Pelosi, others seek Trumps removal as world leaders flay invasion

774,000 jobs: Delta gets N1.59b for beneficiaries

Trump surrenders after failed coup

NAF, Mark mourn as ex-CAS Eduok dies at 74

Electricity tariffs hike on hold

30 minutes COVID-19 test kits for hospitals, says PTF

INEC, electronic voting and credible polls

We need more security personnel in Niger, says governor

Equities sustain rally with N66b gain

AfDB appoints directors general for African regions

Ecobank Nigeria launches radio programme for SMEs

IMF: Robot revolution will create 97 million new jobs

Fed Govt releases N11.82b for MDAs retirees

Hoodlums kidnap mother of three

Trump shouldnt hold office a day longer Senate Democratic leader

Alleged certificate forgery: Obaseki knows fate Saturday

PTF laments prevalent public doubt about COVID-19

Boko Haram: Army launches new operation to tackle insurgency

DAILY TIMES

WHO urges countries to shun vaccine nationalism

FG orders electricity tariff reversal

Women entrepreneurs to boost SMEs with loans, grants Ndanusa

Washington violence a consequence of Trump actions- President Rowhani

Nigeria, others to lose $1tn oil revenue in 20 years Report

Fears spread as gas explosion rocks Rivers community

NIN: Applicants stranded as Anambra NIMC office shuts entrance gate

Residents flee as Boko Haram attacks Geidam town in Yobe

Fatality rate of COVID-19 second wave worries LUTHs chief

FG releases N11.818bn for payment of accrued pension rights

DAILY TRUST

US Speaker calls for Trump’s removal

Bauchi: NHRC received 417 complaints in 2019/2020

Islamic council seeks halal ruling before COVID-19 vaccination

COVID-19, trial from Allah – Cleric

World leaders shocked by Trump supporters’ attack

Fears as APC bigwigs wrangle over 2023 presidential ticket

Military changes tactics on counter-insurgency operations

Security operatives rescue 77 kidnap victims in Katsina

Capitol riot: What does a deadly day mean for Trump’s legacy?

Constitution amendment and the code of conduct agencies

Chaotic scenes at NIMC enrolment centres

Low prices: Nigeria, others may lose $1tn oil revenue — PWC

Nigerian stock market sustains gain by 0.3%

W/Bank projects 4% global economic growth

FG bans rice import, others, raises border patrol team

Air travel drops over COVID-19 rise — Report

Lagos projects N971bn revenue to fund N1.1tr budget

AfDB appoints Nigerian, 7 others in regional offices

AKK pipeline to make Kano regional industrial hub’

NYIF: FG gives 239 youths N166m in first phase

NIGERIA PILOT

Ogun guber: ADC candidate denies collecting money from Tinubu, Osinbajo, others Nigpilot

Wike: Hope of Nigeria depends on PDP Nigpilot

Peace advocacy group applauds Lalong, OPSH on restoration of peace Nigpilot

Group hails Buhari for appointing interim administrator for NDDC Nigpilot

PDP petitions Ebonyi Chief Judge over plot to frustrate suit Nigpilot

PDP sets new agenda for Lagos governor Nigpilot

BUSINESSDAY

Inefficiency, high cost keep COVID-19 testing out of reach

Will Nigeria’s refining renaissance happen in 2021

Telemedicine seen to redefine Nigeria’s broken healthcare system in 2021

As the ‘world’s largest free trade area’ approaches, a lesson from the past

51 years after, Nigeria spends less on science research than peers

World Bank 2021 projections: Nigeria growth prospects hang on vaccine success and more

Nigeria raised N3.62 trn through treasury bills issue in 2020

See the stocks that were exited or added as NSE reviewed its market indices

CSCS says super-excited at the prospects of year 2021

Investors cherry-pick attractive stocks trading at low prices

Nigeria’s naira firms as U.S Congress confirmation of Biden’s win boosts risk sentiment

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Workers’ Salary Deduction Temporary ‘ Kano Govt

NIN Applicants Groan, Want More Centres, Deadline Extension

BREAKING: Senator Adebayo Salami Is Dead

Women Rights’ Advocate Urges FG To Create More Opportunities For Youths

Mounting Anxiety Over New COVID-19 Variants

NIMC Staff Begin Strike Jan. 7, As Lagos Residents Call For FG Intervention

NSE Sustains Growth By N66bn On Seplat Gain

PEOPLESDAILY

Troops nab 7 suspected criminals in Kaduna

Troops kill 5 bandits’, rescue 12 victims in Zamfara, Katsina

Troops kill 220 bandits, rescue 644 kidnapped victims in North West

Remembrance Day: Sanwo-Olu donates N5m to ex-servicemen

2023: Hunters, native barbers, others drum support for Atiku

Ebonyi PDP condemns Governor’s directive to seize party chairmen’s vehicles for failing to defect

NEW TELEGRAPH

Explosion as fuel tanker crashes in Lagos

Customs intercepts 5,200 ammunition, bulletproof vehicle

NNPC shops for $1bn loan to revamp P’Harcourt refinery

Trump in trouble over mob invasion of Capitol

More than 2m Nigerians living as refugees ‘ FG

MAN: Increment in power price’ll shrink economy

FG suspends electricity tariff hike for 3 weeks

NIN: Confusion as NIMC workers begin strike

BLUEPRINT

Kaduna: Bandits kill 4, as troops neutralise several gunmen, rescue women

Budget 2021: Why revenue generating agencies must meet targets

Jigawa to drill 486 hand pumps across 24 state constituencies ‘ Official

PDP lawyers petition CJ, others over delayed Appeal suit

Stop fanning disunity embers, group tells ZAPA

2023: Be courageous to handover power to PDP, Wike urges APC

NIN: NIMC workers begin strike over funding, exposure to COVID-19

28 African, 572 other journalists die of COVID -19 ‘ Report

 

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