Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 26 January 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

Biden overturns Trump ban on transgender US troops

Fayose approved my defection to APC Ekiti ex-PDP secretary

Rivers fingers detractors as Wikes presidential posters surface in Abuja

IPOB descends hard on Iwuanyanwu for warning Biafran agitators

How Fulani seized our farms, raped our women, kidnapped and killed our people Convener, Igangan Development Advocates, Oladokun

Refineries shut for 15 straight months, lose N152.08bn

PIB: Group, host communities clash over 2.5% trust fund

Dont draw me into 2023 presidential race, Ortom urges supporters

Ecobank obtains N50bn 10-year subordinated loan

Financial markets, big winners from pandemic spending, says UN

Equity market gains N46bn on blue chip firms

Expert explains implications of increased tax in Finance Act

CACOVID supplies oxygen as donations hit N39bn

FG to engage 30,000 graduates as extension workers

53 doctors have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kano NMA

Anambra threatens to arrest Jesus for indecent conduct

VC berates varsity COVID-19 herb critics, calls them ignorant

Makinde more concerned with political status than getting solutions, says minister

Herders registration begins, NGF, Miyetti Allah back Akeredolus order

Disco disconnects Ex-President Shagaris home over N6m debt

Lecturers testify against Prof facing electoral fraud case

Policeman dies after alleged DSS operatives attack, family demands probe

Afenifere, PDP, Middle Belt Forum kick as FG insists insecurity worse in 2015

Niger bandits killed seven, stole 1,000 cows Senator

El-Zakzakys lawyers demand wifes COVID-19 treatment in hospital

Offa robbery: Prosecution, not court, delaying trial Judge

FG extends eased lockdown by one month

Katsina schools resume amidst heavy deployment of riot policemen

EFCC re-arraigns ex-NDDC boss aide, others for N2.9bn fraud

Gambari lead FGs delegation to Sokoto over market fire

Curfew declared, troops occupy Imo community over killing of four soldiers

Edo Immigration spokesperson family worry over kidnappers silence

Imo workers sack state NLC chairman

Well parade herdsmen after victim is discharged Police

C&S leader urges FG to discourage pastoral farming

NDLEA plans drug tests on students, security operatives, workers

FG destroys 260 arms, 5,510 ammunition in Cross Rivers

Court frees Atikus lawyer, brother of money laundering charges

Lagos to prioritise health workers in COVID-19 vaccination

Kano threatens sanction over principals relocation from schools

US renews plans to put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

Police officers lack required logistics to operate, says IGP

COVID-19: FG threatens to shut down NYSC camps

Plantain hawker killed in Oyo cult clash

UK COVID-19 strain now in Nigeria PTF

US Justice probes Trump scheme against attorney general

Father, two sons nabbed for banditry in Katsina

Dont wait for white-collar jobs, NYSC DG tells corpers                                                                          

THISDAY

FG Warns against Ethnic, Political Sentiments Deepening Tensions

Delay in PIB Passage Dangerous for Economy, Says Lawan

Without Restructuring, Nigeria Risks Becoming Failed State, Atiku Warns

Lukman Urges APC to Implement El-Rufai Committee’s Report

Barkindo: Divestments from Oil Sector will Not End Carbon Emissions

NEF Urges Buhari to Find Solution to Growing Tension

FG Extends COVID-19 Lockdown Measures by Four Weeks

Marwa Proposes Drug Tests for Students, Govt Appointees

10 Feared Killed in Military, IPOB Clash in Imo

Katsina Gun-runner Admits Selling 20 AK-47 Rifles to Bandits

Police Confirm Killing of Personnel, Soldier by Gunmen in Delta

Alleged $2m Fraud: Court Discharges Atiku’s Lawyer, Brother

Herdsmen: Dare Asks Makinde to Tackle Oyo Security Crisis

Gambari Leads FG Delegation to Commiserate with Sokoto over Fire Disaster

FCTA Demolishes Petrol Station in National Assembly Complex

Climate Change: IFAD Seeks Support for Small-scale Farmers

Court Orders Relocation of Zakzaky’s Wife to Isolation Centre

COVID-19: FG Confirms Four Cases of UK Variant in Nigeria

World Bank Plans to Invest over $5bn in Africas Drylands

Ondo Oil Well Fire Continues, Threaten Environment, Says HOMEF

Purple Group Launches Scheme, to Deliver 1,000 Homes

NIMC Arrests Illegal NIN Enrolment Agents in Kano

Subscribers Kick as FG Extends NIN-SIM Integration

Investors Stake N26bn on 4.3bn Shares despite Profit-taking

SUN

2023 presidency: Wike disowns campaign posters

APC committee report on federalism panacea for peace ‘Govs forum DG

Ex-Ekiti PDP secretary, Aluko, defects to APC, says relationship with Fayose intact

Insecurity: Nigeria in deeper pit than it acknowledges ‘ Makarfi

Delta community youths protest alleged hijack of political positions

SON destroys N300m substandard tyres, cylinders

FG deficit rises to N4.45tr in 10 months

NITDA, Army Resource Centre partner on research, development

Data protection: NITDA urges stakeholders to submit report

South East town unions hit Miyetti Allah

LASU VC: Ive no hand in selection process cancellation Abiru

World Bank works out package for people living with disability in Kaduna

Education transforms indigent child to respectable citizen Adisa, child advocate

Ortom not moved by Miyetti Allahs antics

Controversy over mass impounding of cars, extortion at Lagos airport

Corporate Deals soar as Nigeria records $4.3 billion in 2020

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

Nigeria needs men of integrity in politics -‘Obi

GUARDIAN

FG’s revenue shortfall, debts weaken CBN’s interventions

South West governors, Miyetti Allah agree to flush out killer herdsmen

Nigeria attracts $2.6bn FDI in 2020 amid global downturn

Marwa orders NDLEA commanders to sweep nation clean of illicit drugs

FG’s revenue shortfall, debts weaken CBN’s interventions

Yoruba elders urge Buhari to sack service chiefs over insecurity

I won’t use criminality to address criminality, says Makinde

Nigeria saves N265b from technology transfer policy, says NOTAP

1999 military constitution is the most lopsided, cannot give us a nation

Police rescue 20-year-old girl locked up by father for five years

LCCI tasks government on regulation, revenue generation overlap

AMCON confiscates Inducon Nigeria assets over N1.3billion debt

Edo, ICAN collaborate to improve accounting best practices

NDE, Lagos government seal pact on exit plans for beneficiaries of public work scheme

Lagos PDP seeks withdrawal of NURTW over high levies on businesses

Gunmen kill army, police officers in Delta community

FG must reposition capital market to accumulate global savings

Group insists on Yoruba nation, plans confab for youths on agenda

Oil communities, stakeholders reject PIB as Senate promises speedy passage

World lost equivalent of 255 mn jobs in 2020: UN

Biden overturns Trump ban on transgender US troops

158 bandits, terrorists killed in 3 weeks ‘ FG

Taiwan expelled thousands of Chinese dredgers from its waters

PTF supervises response to COVID-19 in Edo

Sokoto market fire: Federal Fire Service DG visits scene, sympathises with traders

University bars students from entering campus without face mask

VANGUARD

River basin authority deserts farm, irrigation projects in C’River, A’Ibom

FG to bring back Saudi deportees soon, says PTF

Bayelsa community lays siege to SPDC gas plant

NDDC: Where did FG, Akpabio procure make-believe court order

Catholic bishop wants FG to build Agge deep seaport in Bayelsa

Police confirm killing of security officers in Delta

U.S. launches Air-Quality Monitors to track pollution in Lagos, Abuja

Family of policeman allegedly killed by three DSS operatives seek justice

Again, a call to re-jig the nation’s security system

PDP raises alarm over alleged plots by suspected thugs to set it’s Party Secretariat ablaze

Herders/Farmers clash: Now’s time to implement APC report on true federalism ‘ PGF DG

Wike not behind 2023 presidential campaign posters ‘ Rivers Govt

Resist further deceptions, PDP charges Nigerians

Power sector deficit hits N396.86bn in 9 months

Nigeria’s LPG supply increases by 11% to 83,900MT in one month

COVID-19: FG to spend N766bn on vaccination

Cross River LG, Biase, budgets N3.2bn for 2021 fiscal year

Ogun residents protest six months power outage

Abuja court dismisses case against four #EndSARS protesters

Use Chinese model to resuscitate Ajaokuta Steel Company, FG urged

We also suffer insecurity, kidnapping ‘ Miyetti Allah

Fulani, Miyetti-Allah don’t own Igboland ‘ ASETU

PIB: Host Communities insist on 10% equity Share holdin to guarantee security

CRIME NEWS: Man lures 12-year-old girl in a bush, rapes her, aborts her pregnancy

Despite COVID-19 ,economic challenges, Nigeria still on course ‘ Okowa

FG boasts, says 158 bandits, terrorists killed in 3 weeks

LEADERSHIP

COVID-19: 21 Healthcare Institutions To Benefit From NSIA Palliative

Much Ado About TETFund Projects At Plateau University Bokkos

3 Doctors Die Of COVID-19, 53 Others Test Positive In Kano ‘ NMA

COVID-19: FG Targets 70% Vaccination In 2 Years

Kogi Govt Rescue 28 Kidnapped Persons

Quit Notice: South West Governors, Herders Broker Peace

Anxiety As Nigeria Records First Cases Of UK COVID-Q19 Variant

Constituency Delineation, Prerogative Of NASS ‘ INEC

30,000 Graduates Get FG’s Extension Service Jobs

Dozens of Armed Men Storm Residents in Abuja

Offa Robbery: Judge Knocks Prosecution For Delaying Trial

Oil Will Become Irrelevant In 20 Years ‘ Lawan

Nigeria’s Population Growing Rapidly ‘ NPC

FG To Shut Down Orientation Camps For Not Complying WithCOVID-19 Protocols

Ayade, EU Destroy 260 Arms, 5510 Ammunitions In Calabar

Court Dismisses $2m Fraud Allegations Against Atiku’s lawyer, Other

COVID 19 : Court Orders Release Of el-Zakzaky’s Wife Zeenat For Treatment

TRIBUNE

Ethnic tension: APC must implement true federalism report ‘ Lukman

Nigeria now has more data protection experts in Africa ‘ NITDA

Nigeria records 1,430 new COVID-19 infections, toll now 122,996

DPR warns against illegal sales of LPG in Delta

COVID-19 deadly UK strain now in Nigeria, four persons found with it, PTF confirms

Kano NMA confirms death of three doctors, says 53 others tested positive for COVID-19

DSS officials beat policeman to death in Osun

Ebonyi killings: Umahi suspends all political appointees from Effium community

Border security: Gov Ayade, EU-ECOWAS destroy 260 arms, 5,510 ammunitions in Calabar

Police give officers marching orders over alleged influx of ‘strange’ Fulani in Kwara

Sunday Igboho: I will soon visit all Southwest states to issue quit notices to Fulani herdsmen

NATION

Uzodimma slams curfew on Orlu after soldiers, militants clash

Governors, Miyetti Allah: open grazing must end

You are not proactive, Dare tells Makinde

Why Access Bank receiver-manager took over Seplat

Fed Govt must act fast, Yoruba elders warn

Court dismisses justice perversion charges against High Court judge

Communal herders must vacate Southwest, says Igboho

Rep seeks postponement of APC membership registration

Court discharges Atikus lawyer, brother over $2m fraud

Armed Forces killed 158 bandits in three weeks, says minister

Fast-tracking entrepreneurship

CBN to ban defaulting exporters over dollar remittances

PDP factions, Ebonyi Govt bicker over secretariat

FG releases N10 bn for COVID-19 vaccines production

Miyetti Allah bans night, underage grazing in South West

Nobody can chase herdsmen from anywhere -Govs

Ill evict killer herdsmen from Yorubaland, Sunday Igboho vows

Police arrest six IMN members in Abuja

DAILY TIMES

Fulani Herdsmen in Oyo can not trace their home in the North again Miyetti Allah to Gov Makinde

Ondo, Oyo indigenes, Fulani incidents symptomatic of threats to national unity, Saraki warns

PDP asks Biden to sanction APC leaders, Buharis officials

OPC berates northern leaders, FG, backs Akeredolu, Igboho

Biden speaks to leaders of Britain, Canada, Mexico

South-West elders intensify calls on sack of service chiefs

Sue for dialogue in handling Ogoni issues, group appeal to FG

Delta deposits N3m for treatment of Agbor gas explosion victims

Senate uncovers mismanaged N50b escrow funds

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

Members of NURTW Ebonyi clash, 7 die, many injured

HERALD

158 Bandits, Terrorists Killed in 3 Weeks ‘ FG

FCTA Demolishes Illegal Structure in National Assembly Complex

COVID-19 is Avoidable if we Comply with Preventive Measures ‘ Okeke

Gov. Sule Denies Media Report on Regrouping of Boko Haram

El-Rufai reacts as bandits kill seven-month pregnant woman in Kaduna

Nigeria Needs The Peace Serum of Restructuring ‘ By Atiku Abubakar

DAILY TRUST

Stop tagging Fulani as only kidnappers’

9,000 registered for contributory health care in Niger

Ortom’s ADC, physician, others test positive for COVID-19

Woman arrested for selling her day-old-baby to pastor in Ondo

EFCC re-arraigns George Turnah, others for N2.9bn fraud

Ikpeazu fulfils scholarship promise to 15-year-old scavenger

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

8 killed, in Ebonyi communal clash

19 killed in Kaduna-Abuja, Kwara road crashes

Tertiary institutions can resume on Monday- Kaduna govt

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

AUTHORITY

Leave Nigerian armed forces alone, human rights groups warn ICC, Amnesty International

Nnamdi Kanu releases names of 62 prominent Nigerians responsible for Nigerias current woes

Nigeria-China Relations @50 : Trade relations hits $1927 billion says University Don

BUSINESSDAY

Aviation sector sees steady but slow growth in five years

Why do some Nigerian footballers play for England, other countries

AfCFTA: Understanding the challenge of implementing free trade agreement (1)

Inflation, dollar pressure drive expectations for ‘hold’ as MPC meets

Lack of ‘bold reforms’ worsens investors’ nightmare

Nigeria’s Foreign Direct Investment inflows drop to lowest in 15 yrs

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Herdsmen Collected N50m Ransom, Raped Our Women ‘ Oyo Community

Akeredolu Should Be Prepared To Face The Consequences Of His Actions Against Fulanis ‘Junaid Mohammed

Imo Lawmaker Kicks Against Amendment Of Assembly Rules

African Leaders Should Support MSMEs For Rapid Recovery Of Economies’ Report

Impeachment Threats At Bayelsa Local Councils Worry Deputy Governor

9 People Die After Cyclone Hits Africa’s East Coast

NSE: Dangote Cement, Airtel Africa Lift Trading By 0.21%

Protest: Police Arrest 5 members Of Proscribed Religious Movement

158 Bandits, Terrorists Killed In 3 Weeks ‘ FG

Kwara Ex-lawmakers Canvass Financial Autonomy For State Legislature

NIGERIAN PILOT

Forest Reserve: Group demands FGs open support for Akeredolu, others

FCTA demolishes filling station inside NASS complex

It is time to deal with cattle herding crisis, Northern Elders tell Buhari

Ex NDDC MDs adviser, others re-arraigned for fraud, money laundering

Insecurity: Military has failed the country Yoruba group

Stakeholders move to strengthen LP for 2023 general elections

Biafra doesnt exist anymore Igbo Province, Ala Igbo

NEW TELEGRAPH

Time to bring back Nigeria from the precipice

Return of mission schools divide Ondo stakeholders

Hybridise education

Candidates petition Makinde over Rector’s selection process

9,260 Delta teachers get SUBEB training

Miyetti Allah: We’ll quit forest reserves, stop night grazing

PIB: Host communities insist on 10% equity shareholding

FG: Nigeria safer than how Buhari met it

CACOVID delivers 1,300 oxygen cylinders to FG

 

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