Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, 16 January 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines


 

PUNCH 

Trump leaves office Wednesday ahead of Bidens inauguration

Indiscriminate killings by Amotekun shows faulty recruitment process Father of slain Oyo youth

#EndSARS: Panel demands autopsy for slain policeman

2023: As APC stalwarts regroup to replace Adamawa gov

Amotekun killed my cousin, shot five others in our family house Eyewitness

I go to US often to perform sacrifices for clients Ifa priest, Elebuibon

I set my boyfriend ablaze after forced sex 17-year-old prospective law student

Elumelus firm buys IOCs stakes in oil block for $1.1bn

Experts blame insecurity, others as inflation hits 15.75%, 37-month high

PTAD postpones resumption of walk-in verification for pensioners

$311m Abacha loot: How bid process for consultant ended in crisis Investigation

Armed Forces Day: APC, PDP clash over rising insecurity

Herdsmen killed two after Sunday Igbohos visit to Fulani settlement Oyo residents

COVID-19: Again, FG snubs Osinbajo report, mobilises corpers to camps

Restructure or risk boycott of 2023 polls, Nwodo tells FG

Why power should shift to South in 2023 Zulum

State actors, disgruntled elements discrediting Amotekun Commanders

Akpabio, NDDC, ex-militants plan faster Niger Delta development

End insurgency, banditry now, Wike tells FG

Kaduna intercepts 168 Almajirai from 13 states, ECOWAS countries

WhatsApp delays privacy changes after backlash

Boko Haram collected taxes from Borno people before 2015 -DHQ

Kaduna varsity fires lecturer over alleged sexual harassment

Its a bad sign, Nigerians react to pigeons refusal to fly at Armed Forces remembrance

15 dead in Edo road accident

Stop rivalry, work to realise your destinies now, Akintoye urges Yoruba, Igbo

99% of Buharis appointments not based on merit Junaid

Second wave: Obaseki suspends reopening of schools

Suspected sea pirates arrested for kidnapping four Americans

11 children, 21 others die in Edo, Kogi auto crashes

BREAKING: Shell sells stake in Nigerian oil block for $533m

Only God can give victory over insecurity, says Adesina

Lagos okays school reopening January 18

Insecurity: Service chiefs short of ideas, should resign, says Wike

Gunmen attack Bayelsa community, raze buildings

2024: Trump will return as president if Don

COVID-19 in Nigeria: 105,478 infected, 83,830 recovered, 1,405 dead

Nigeria to receive 10 million vaccine doses in March, says Ehanire                                                                                   

THISDAY

FCMB: Adam Nuru’s Wife Speaks, Says Her Marriage Still Intact

Pandemonium as Gunmen Attack Bayelsa Community, Raze Buildings

Okowa Performs Groundbreaking for N15bn Tower Fabrication Firm at Issele-Uku

N’Delta Group Resolves to Partner FG, Others for National Amity, Security,…

Shell Sells Stake in OML17 for $533m

Kwara APC Crisis: 9 LG Party Chairmen Pass Vote of Confidence…

Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 15.75%

NAFDAC Raises the Alarm over Fake COVID-19 Vaccine in Nigeria

Sokoto Loses Commissioner for Home Affairs

UK Imposes Mandatory Covid-19 Tests

FG Urged to Draw on Improved Environment, Reforms to Grow Economy

SUN

2023 presidency: Why North must respect zoning, power rotation ‘Kabiru Gaya, ex-Kano gov

Northern youths will consider Atiku, Tinubu, Kalu, Wike, others for 2023 presidency ‘ Elliot Afiyo, NYLF leader

Why Nigeria at war with itself

Anambra 2021: We must get it right this time ‘Udeme

Our mandate is to produce Igbo president in 2023 ‘Ohanaeze

Inflation rises again by 15.75%

Onwumere vows to tackle housing deficit in Nigeria with affordable homes

We’ll sell public assets to fund 2021 budget- FG

LASU VC: Concerned staff petition Sanwo-Olu over non-compliance with directive

Pandemonium as gunmen attack Bayelsa community, raze houses

GUARDIAN

Biden appoints 26-year-old Nigerian-American as White House counsel

Suspect arrested in Nasarawa for mutilating six-year-old girl’s genitals

Presidential Programme, NDDC, ex-agitators sign deal to develop Niger Delta

Nigeria’s inflation hits 15.75 percent, highest in three years

NYSC DG warns prospective corps members against night travels

Love, money and devotion in the new religion of Naira Marley

AGF denies NDDC bribe allegation, calls for exposure of culprits

NPA expects 19 ships with petroleum products, others at Lagos port

Military airstrike eliminates scores of terrorists in Borno ‘ DHQ

COVID-19: Schools in Edo to remain closed till Feb. 1 ‘ Obaseki

NIN registration: Complaints galore as bottlenecks fester amid COVID-19 scare

COVID-19 emergency overwhelms govt hospitals

Schools on high alert as academic activities resume

VANGUARD

2 people shot, one stabbed as cult groups clash in Delta community

NERC fixes Jan 19 for petition against Asaba Distribution licence

Prosecutors: Capitol mob aimed to ‘capture and assassinate’ lawmakers

British PM Johnson speaks of ‘extraordinary’ pressure on hospitals

FCT directs schools to resume Jan 18, urges compliance with COVID-19 protocols

Federal Government launches Public Works Programme in Enugu with 17,000 beneficiaries

Don’t politicise Nigeria security issues, APC advises Nigerians

Buhari, 9 other presidents, others receive AfCFTA awards

Desperate politicians sponsoring Nnamdi Kanu to thwart Igbo presidency in 2023,South East group alleges

BREAKING: Fresh concerns as Nigeria records 1,867 new COVID-19 cases

Malami denies collecting bribe for NDDC Sole Administrator’s appointment

CIVIL WAR: ‘Nigeria more divided now than in 1967

Stakeholders must stop isolationism, populism for national security, prosperity’ UNDEDSS

FG endorses Irikefe’s book as resource material on entrepreneurship

COVID-19: FG limits class sizes, hostel occupancy; bans assemblies, as January 18 resumption date stands

COVID-19: ‘Fat’ people have higher risk of complications ‘ Expert

COVID-19: NAFDAC has not approved any vaccines ‘ DG

NAFDAC moves to prevent fake COVID-19 vaccines using GS1 Technology

Insecurity: Service chiefs have reached their wits’ end ‘ Wike

2 houses destroyed, 4 cars burnt as Police wade into Anambra community clash

LEADERSHIP

Edo Schools To Resume February As COVID-19 Cases Surge

Bloody Friday! 29 Die in Borno, Kogi Road Accidents

Cross River APC Crisis: Factions Unite, Sue For Peace

2023 Presidency: Northern Group Vows To Drag Yahaya Bello To Court

COVID-19: NYSC Bans Religious Gatherings, Camp Opens January 19

Man Commits Suicide With ‘Sniper’ Over Health Condition

Court Dissolves 10-year-old Marriage Over Mother-in-law’s Interference

NAFDAC Raises The Alarm Over Fake Vaccine In Circulation

Shell Sells Stake In Nigeria’s Oil Bloc For $1.1bn

TRIBUNE

Poor finances, cultural barriers, delay care-seeking for sick children ‘Experts

Crowds besiege FG registry in Lagos for marriage amid COVID-19 fears

COVID-19 Violation: Club VICTORIA Boss Appeals To Lagos govt, Stakeholders Over closure

Nigeria confirms 1,867 new COVID-19 cases, total now 107,345

Heirs Holdings expands oil and gas portfolio, acquires 45% of OML 17 from Shell, Total, ENI

FG’s SIP designed to touch lives of poor Nigerians

Sorrow as accident claims six children of same family, nine others in Edo

Armed Forces Day: Buhari, others honour fallen heroes

Lagos East PDP senatorial candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi, recounts battle with COVID-19

COVID-19: Ijede General Hospital management refutes shutdown rumour

PHCN privatization: Senate investigation reveals loss of N387m to Canadian company

Wike joins call for sack of security chiefs

NATION

How we formed robbery gangs inside prisons

UK to close all travel corridors Monday

Home-based care cases rise to 8,043 in Lagos

LASUCOM shuts hostel over cases

PDPs COVID-19 tirade is sensational gibberish BMO

Only corps members that test negative will be allowed to register in camp NYSC

23 die in Norway after receiving Pfizer vaccine – Officials

COVID-19 second wave: Obaseki suspends schools resumption, reviews curfew to 10pm

Buhari, govs honour fallen heroes, seek support for armed forces

Biden Twitter account starts from zero with no Trump followers

False document:CAC says erring lawyers liable to two years imprisonment

Nigerias inflation rate hits 15.75%, highest since 2017

Serial female fraudster jailed for visa fraud

JUST IN: Edo schools remain closed till Feb. 1 Obaseki

Biden appoints another Nigerian as aide

Police lose two AIGs in three days

160 Almajirai rescued from Kaduna illegal centres

Alaafins erudition, pride to Yoruba race, says Adewusi

DAILY TIMES

WHO, Africa CDC to deliver 900m doses of Covid-19 vaccines in 2021

Desperate politicians sponsoring Kanu to foil Igbo presidency in 2023 Southeast professional alleges

NAFDAC caution against use of COVID-19 vaccines before approval

Buhari reminds Nigerians to guard unity of Nigeria jealously

Africa records 25,000 new covid-19 cases daily, Says WHO

Stock market gains N325bn on enhanced buying interest

DAILY TRUST

Passengers protest Azman’s endless flight cancellations

Gunmen abduct ex-lawmaker

Elegy for family of 6 wiped off in car crash

The link between your gut health and severe COVID-19

The evidence for healthworkers using cloth mask

Ayade sacks 30 protesting magistrates

Dikio, Akpabio, ex-agitators meet to strengthen peace in Niger Delta

Residents flee over attack by gunmen in military uniform

HERALD

Schools in Edo to Remain Closed till Feb. 1 ‘ Obaseki

Kano Electoral Commission Recruits 48,000 Ad hoc Staff for LG Poll

Consumer Price Index Rises by 0.86% ‘ NBS

Lagos State to Close Apapa Dock for Railway Project

Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Gov. Ugwuanyi Donates N10m to Wives of Fallen Heroes

Police lose second AIG in 3 days

Nigeria records highest inflation rate in 3 years

Plane Crash Survivor Kechi Okwuchi Shares Weight Loss Transformation Story

AUTHORITY

Kanu working with politicians to scuttle Igbo presidency Group

Troops kill terrorists, destroy vehicles in Jakana axis of Borno State

Nigerian Law School reiterates ban on admission of Cotonou varsity graduates

Former Bauchi lawmaker, Ningi, kidnapped

Armed Forces Remembrance Day 2021: Appreciating and celebrating the Armed Forces of Nigeria

Kwara APC crisis: Otege will consume Lai Mohammad, Gbemi Saraki, says Gov Abdul Razq supporters

LASU Management closes LASUCOM hostels as three students test positive for covid-19

BUSINESSDAY

Will CBN act as piggy bank for the FG yet again in 2021

The battle for the top as Man United battle Liverpool at Anfield

Three Women’ by Bunmi Oyinsan is an Epic Tale you Wouldn’t Want to Miss Reading This Weekend

5 Ways COVID-19 Has Redefined Our Work Culture

Nigeria’s inflation soars further to 15.75% as economy struggles towards recovery

Nigeria saves N18.3bn from T-bills interest payment as lower yields crash debt cost

Xiaomi shares down 10.9% after US blacklist in clash against China

Multichoice brings back special offer on Dstv, discount on Gotv Max this January

Nigeria’s December inflation rate quickens to 33-month high on rising food cost

Nigeria’s private universities rise to meet demand for quality education

EXPLAINER: What makes up the petroleum pricing template

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Heirs Holdings Acquires 45% Of OML 17 From Shell, Total, ENI

SPDC Completes Sale Of Interest In OML 17

Wayne Rooney Retires To Become Permanent Derby Boss

14 Dead, 9 Injured In Kogi Auto Crash

COVID-19: 23 Die In Norway After Receiving Pfizer Vaccine ‘ Officials

Uganda Presidential Poll: Incumbent Museveni In Commanding Lead As Bobi Wine Alleges Fraud

NIGERIAN PILOT

FCT directs all public, private schools To resume on January 18 Nigpilot

Defence Minister drums support for Armed force Nigpilot

Again, military airstrike kill many terrorists in Borno State Nigpilot

Nnamdi Kanu desperate to destroy the Igbo nation Group Nigpilot

Inflation rises by 15.75%, highest in 3 years Nigpilot

NEW TELEGRAPH

ABUJA MARKET FIRE: We lost our livelihoods, businesses to inferno ‘Traders

Buhari, Osinbajo, others honour fallen heroes as doves refuse to fly

Nigeria can’t afford Pfizer, Moderna vaccines, says GMD, NARD

Inflation hits roof at 15.75% December ‘NBS

NAFDAC frets over fake vaccines in circulation

Insurgency: Change Service Chiefs, Wike tells FG

i don’t believe in buhari’s government ‘Adebanjo

Tragedy: 29 die in auto crashes in Kogi, Edo states

Residents flee Ibadan communities as hoodlums kill two in reprisal

 

 

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