Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, 25 January 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

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Gunmen abduct Immigration spokesperson in Edo

PDP defends Wikes N500m donation to Sokoto

Osoba loyalists protest APC committee list

Schools cant be shut forever, COVID-19 wont go soon Virology prof, Olaleye

FG to pay N71bn counterpart funding for six railway projects

N1.3bn debt: AMCON takes over Inducon Nigerias assets

Senate queries NBETs N50bn escrow account

MPC may cut lending rate amid COVID-19 challenges Experts

NIN: FG grants Plateau govt licence to register residents

Herdsmen shot, used cows to attack me Oyetolas aide

Family mourns, plans burial as Nasarawa bandits kill Captain, six soldiers

Gunmen abduct seven children, guard, housewives in Abuja orphanage

We received N27.5bn, not N38.4bn from FG -Bayelsa

Ondo eviction begins today as South-West govs, Miyetti Allah meet

Akeredolu: Presidency reaction widens ethnic division, says Falana

Palace, 34 houses burnt in Enugu cult attack

Food-hunting bandits raid Niger communities, kill two, abduct 15 women

15 motorists driving against traffic died on Kaduna-Abuja highway Commissioner

Nigeria suffered 21% drop in foreign investment inflows- UN

Delta pays bills of Agbor gas explosion victims

Edo task force visits churches, enforces COVID-19 compliance

Gunmen kill Ibadan socialite in hotel

Cows shouldnt be roaming streets in 2021 Adamu Garba

Herdsmen: Key leaders silence worrisome, dangerous -Saraki

How herders killed 10, kidnapped 25 farmers, others in Ibarapa Group

Norths attempt to turn Yorubaland to war zone will be resisted -Gani Adams

Fake policeman nabbed with Indian hemp in Lagos

AAUA shut as mother of three siblings killed in crash dies of shock

Three feared dead as cult members clash in Lagos

Force HQ summons Lagos bribe-taking cops over 16-year-olds extortion

My abductors threatened to transfer me to Boko Haram Lagos varsity DVC

Vacation order: Akeredolu, South-West govs meet Miyetti Allah Monday

Oyo monarchs, police inspect burnt houses, cars in Igangan

NURTW crisis: Police arrest Umahis aides, LG boss, lawmaker, others                                                                                   

THISDAY

FG Boosts Insurgency War, Acquires 23 New Military Aircraft

Senate Probes Alleged Mismanagement of N50bn by NBET

Sanction APC Leaders for Assault on Democracy, PDP Urges Biden

One killed, 15 Abducted in Pirates’ Attack Off Nigerian Waters

Bandits Abduct 11 Persons in FCT Orphanage

We Didn’t Detain 344 Students in Enugu School, Says AMCON

27 Die in Auto Crashes on Kaduna-Abuja Highway, Ondo

Arresting Igboho will Escalate Tensions, Middle Belt Tells FG

Bandits Invade Two Niger LGAs, Kill Three, Injure Others

North will Be Resisted in Yoruba land, Says Gani Adams

Falana Calls for Restraint over Quit Notice in Ondo

Over 30 Houses, Palace Burnt in Enugu Cult Attack

PDP Laments NURTW’s Activities in Lagos

Young Professionals Plan N’Delta Beyond Oil Summit

IGP Accused of Bias for Ordering Sunday Igboho’s Arrest

1 Killed as Pirates Attack Cargo Vessel off Nigerian Coast,Turkey’s Military Plans Rescue Operation

Gas Explosion Kills Four, Injures Many in Delta

Nigeria Records 1,633 New Covid-19 Cases

Ikpeazu Dissolves Cabinet, Recalls Suspended Chief of Staff

Seplat Asks Privileges Committee to Sanction Senior Advocate

SUN

VON DG accuses PDP of using restructuring to pull-down Nigeria

APC has failed Nigerians -Ex-minister, Dalung

PDP charges Biden to sanction APC leaders for alleged corruption

Delta LG poll: APC raises 27-member campaign council

FG to reconstruct, rehabilitate 43 roads in tertiary institutions

NIMASA, Amnesty office partner to curb maritime crimes

Senator makes case for more seats in National Assembly for Lagos

Community leaders hail Ayades 148km rural road project in CRiver North

MONEYReport names Danbatta Man of the Year

Bloody Sunday as scores killed across states

Gunmen abduct NIS spokeswoman in Benin

GUARDIAN

Why herbal medicine not certified to contain COVID-19

M’Belt leaders back move against criminal herders in Ondo

SERAP demands details of planned N729b payment to poor Nigerians

Minister meets NIMC workers tomorrow as ultimatum lapses Friday

Three siblings, others crushed to death as AAUA management postpones exam to mourn victims

Presidency seeks peace over Ondo herdsmen fracas

PDP urges Biden to sanction Buhari’s aides, APC leaders for alleged graft, others

Investors count losses as restrictions, taxes slow breweries

Construction sector slumps amid shrinking funds

As CBN battles non-conformist diaspora remittance market

Gunmen kill Taraba LG boss

How students fell victim to fake internet investment scheme

We’ll rely on experience to beat Rivers United, says Enyimba’s captain Oladapo

Rules for financial plan during COVID-19

15 die in accidents on Kaduna/Abuja road

How COVID-19 is blessing for Nigeria, others, by Akinyemi

Govt should evolve innovative funding to encourage indigenous construction firms

Economies lose over $700b to COVID-19

Arewa youths want Akeredolu to rescind quit notice on criminal herders

Obaseki charges police on insecurity as COVID-19 committee enforces protocols

Police arrest POS robbers, alleged fake sergeant in Lagos

Unidentified gunmen abduct Immigration spokeswoman in Benin ‘ Official

VANGUARD

NIMASA, Amnesty office partner to curb maritime crimes

Man, 37, pushes lady to her death from 5-storey building ‘ Police

Police confirm 8 deaths, 60 arrests in Effium-Ezza Effium clashes in Ebonyi

Military airstrike neutralise many bandits on Kaduna-Abuja highway

Fire disasters: PDP urges FG to equip disaster management agencies

Ganduje directs tertiary institution students to form COVID-19 volunteer marshals

15 perish within 72 hours on Kaduna-Abuja road amid persistent crashes ‘ Official

INEC urges Nigerians to ignore fake news on CVR

Restructuring more important to South-East than 2023 presidency, says Alozie, ASO coordinator

Edo APC, Senator Obende differ over membership of party, registration

Banks refund N2.7bn to customers, complaints rise 34%

N5trn inflow from fixed income to boost equities rally

Media firm trains Niger Delta youths on community reporting, citizen journalism

Gunmen kill policeman who arrested hemp smoker, cart away his AK-47 in Kaduna

54 firearms stolen in Edo during#EndSARS protest, eight recovered ‘ CP

24hrs after JTF withdrawal, bandits abduct 8 orphans, others from Abuja orphanage

Corruption, assault on democracy: PDP tasks Biden to sanction APC leaders, Buhari’s officials

Kidnapping: Ijesa communites want police to prosecute suspects

Presidency brokers meeting between South-West govs, Miyetti Allah leaders in Ondo

PDP laments disasters in Sokoto, Delta, Abuja, Rivers, Others

LEADERSHIP

Old Federal Secretariat Lagos Rots Away, Harbours Criminals

I Want To Use Culture To Unite Nigerians’ Otunba Runsewe

APC Had Not Plan For Governance After Clinching Power ‘ Shagari

New Electoral Act Amendment 85% Completed ‘ Senate

Mother Of 12-year-old Student Impregnated By Vice-principal Seeks Help

ACF, Afenifere Wrangle As Oyo Govt Probes Attack On Fulani Settlement

Infernos: FG To Audit Oil Tank Farms, Establish 109 New Fire Stations

12 Persons Crushed To Death In Ondo

COVID 19: Many Nigerians Suffering From Depression ‘ Experts

With Four New Babies In Three Weeks, Bauchi Carpenter Still Targets To Father 40

Maritime Security: Assessing Nigerian Navy’s Role In Responding To Piracy, Others

Interagency Collaboration, Panacea To Terrorism, Banditry, Kidnapping

I Want To Use Culture To Unite Nigerians’ Otunba Runsewe

APC Had Not Plan For Governance After Clinching Power ‘ Shagari

TRIBUNE

Gunmen injure Bauchi State Auditor General in kidnap attempt

CBN’s hammer dangles on IMTOs still paying remittances in naira

Stop rates to increase despite N377.44bn maturities

Danger of FG’s over-borrowing from CBN

Nigeria confirms 964 new COVID-19 infections, total now 121,566

We don’t support war, Yoruba community in Bauchi declares

Nigeria recorded more COVID-19 infections, deaths, recoveries last week

PDP expresses concern over multiple disasters affecting states

Nigeria’s progress towards achieving 2030 SDGs threatened by COVID-19 pandemic ‘ TRCN boss

COVID-19, a blessing to low-income countries ‘ Prof. Akinyemi

Insecurity in South-West: OPC issues warning, backs Akeredolu, Igboho

Join global action against robot weapons, Institute of Church and Society urges FG

No foreign investor can make Ajaokuta Steel Complex work ‘ MAN

NATION

PDP plotting unconstitutional restructuring

Non-state actors and spectre of insecurity

SERAP urges Fed Govt to give details of N729b payments to 24.3m Nigerians

NARD: 70 per cent of doctors infected with COVID-19

South must unite to secure regions, says Kanu

N40 billion earned allowances released to ASUU

N1.3b debt: AMCON takes over Inducon Nigerias assets

Nigerian stocks lift top billionaires fortunes to $23.9b

Investors shift to low-priced stocks amid profit-taking

Renewable energy critical driver of post-COVID-19 recovery

Expert warns on increasing threats to food security and livelihoods

Anxiety in markets as CBN holds first 2021 MPC meeting

C/River govt demolishes hotel for harbouring suspected kidnappers

Boko Haram no longer has capacity to attack our assets Chief of Air Staff

Ikpeazu recalls suspended Chief of Staff, dissolves State Executive Council

Well deal with killer herdsmen, OPC vows

Enough is enough, defiant Sunday Igboho reacts to arrest order

DAILY TIMES

NASS shifts resumption to February 9 for APC membership registration

APC must exit with Buhari in 2023 PDP

Senate uncovers mismanaged N50b escrow funds

It doesnt make sense for Cows to be roaming the street in 2021 says Adamu Garba

Middle Belt group backs Akeredolu on quit notice to Herdsmen in Ondo Forest

Members of NURTW Ebonyi clash, 7 die, many injured

COVID-19: ECOWAS prepares for vaccination, discuss other issues at 58th session

Tension as gunmen killed LG Chairman in Taraba State

APC assures Ekiti people of more dividends of democracy

Delta okays full establishment of Kwale Industrial Park, holds 25% equity

DAILY TRUST

Quit notice: S/west governors meet Miyetti Allah today

Makinde, Oyo CP meet Fulani leaders, others

Untold story of Amotekun, herders’ clash in Oyo community

Quit notices to herders: Leaders’ silence dangerous – Saraki

Woman dies after death of 3 children in Ondo crash

Cultists raze 35 houses, market in Enugu

3,000 displaced as bandits kill 6, abduct 5 in Niger

Oyo communal clash claims 2, police van, monarch’s palace vandalised

Immigration PRO kidnapped in Edo

19 killed in Kaduna-Abuja, Kwara road crashes

Gunmen kill police officer, steal AK-47 rifle in Kafanchan

Gas explosion rocks Port Harcourt community

3 arrested over killing of Taraba council chair, nephew

Foreign investors can’t fix Ajaokuta Steel Complex — Kamoru Yusuf

Scores await N45,000 airport car operators’ fund as payment begins

Quit order to herders has implications for national security, Northern obas tell Akeredolu

Gunmen invade orphanage, kidnap 11 in FCT council

AUTHORITY

MBF advocates partnership between FG and states to eradicate bandits in forests

Autochek, AMDON partner to provide digitized marketplace for car sales

Nigerian military kill several armed bandits in Kaduna State

Fulani eviction: Northern group calls out Tinubu, demands arrest of APC leader

In first calls to leaders, Biden speaks to Britain, Canada, Mexico

MURIC calls for dialogue over tribal clashes

HERALD

Gunmen Abduct Immigration Spokeswoman in Benin ‘ Official

Rapper Erigga, Wife Welcome A Baby Boy

Nigeria Army Confirms Fire Outbreak at Zaria Depot

I’m a Fulani man but cows shouldn’t be roaming the streets in 2021 ‘ Adamu Garba

Plateau Govt. to Establish NIN Registration Centres in 17 LGAs

Igboho: Apply caution in tackling Yoruba, Fulani face-off ‘ MURIC tells FG

BUSINESSDAY

Companies look to crack market of 35m internet users

What behavioural economics tells us about Nigeria’s elusive change

Amosun, the atypical politician, is 63

Imperative of local government’s participation for UBE success

Building a financial system that serves all Nigerians. Priorities for 2021

Lagos unveils new Maternal, Childcare Centre in Badagry

Nigeria targets exporters to fix problem of its own making

French investment firm pumps cash into Nigeria despite pandemic

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Buhari’s Slowness Is A Strategy Not Because Of Old Age ‘Tony Momoh

Spike In COVID-19 Infections And Resumption Of Schools

Nigeria’s Fragile External Sector, Negative Current Account Balances, May Slow- Down Economic Recovery Till Q2:2021 ‘Analysts

Nigeria’s Dangote, Adenuga, Rabiu Top Forbes List Of Africa’s Richest People 2021

PDP Expresses Concern Over Disasters In Delta, Rivers, Sokoto, Abuja, Others

Eleven Persons Abducted From Abuja Orphanage

Buhari Mourns First Minister Of Education As Military Head Of State, Says Spokesman

UBEC, NASENI To Collaborate On Schools Infrastructure At Basic Level

NIGERIAN PILOT

Military airstrikes take out bandits at Chikwale Forest Nigpilot

UBEC, NASENI to collaborate on science equipment, Solar Power

Arrest Tinubu, Akeredolu over ultimatum to Fulanis, group tells police

Stop intimidating judges, Ebonyi group warns gov Umahi

Fayose warns Makinde, IGP against Sunday Igbohos arrest

It will be dangerous for Buhari to arrest Sunday Igboho

NEW TELEGRAPH

Presidency’s hasty defence of herdsmen

Insecurity: Row over Akeredolu’s quit notice to herders

We’ve not fixed date for voter registration ‘INEC

Glo boosts growth in telecoms sector in Q3, 2020

NIMASA plans entrepreneurship training for coastal communities

MBF faults Presidency, IGP on herders’ eviction

N1.3bn debt: AMCON takes over Inducon’s assets

Fear grips Benue over leaked video of suspected Boko Haram insurgents

Govs, Miyetti Allah parley over insecurity, quit notice

BLUEPRINT

As Akeredolu’s quit notice expires’ Miyetti Allah members now live in fear, fleeing Oyo ‘ MACBAN

Consolidated Insurance bill backs NAICOM’s new capital regime

FAO, IRENA partner to boost renewables in food, agriculture

NIMASA, Amnesty office partner to curb maritime crimes

Nigeria resumes oil export after Exxon Mobil lifts force majeure

ACF raises alarm over attacks on Fulani communities

Anambra 2021: APC has no anointed candidate ‘ Uzodinma

Sarkin Fulani: Arrest, prosecute Oyo miscreants, elders charge security agencies

Sustain development strides of Kundiri, Wukari residents task newly appointed FUW VC

Fire razes Zaria main market

Quit notice controversy: Uneasy calm as IGP orders Igboho’s arrest

 

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