Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, 13 March 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

LEADERSHIP

#Blacklivesmatter: Minneapolis, George Floyd Family Settle For $27m Payment

No Evidence’ Of Blood Clot Risk From Vaccine, Says AstraZeneca

#EndSARS: Panel Awards Victim N7.5m For 6 Years Illegal Detention

NYSC Playing Pivotal Roles In National Development, Says Akeredolu

C’River Engages 3,000 Women In Cocoa Farming

Group Demands Probe Of N/Delta Govs Over Alleged Misuse Of Fund

FG Moves To Resolve Land Disputes, Leadership Tussle In Ogoniland

FG Flags-off Special Cash Grant For Rural Women In Yobe

Insurgency: Adamawa Varsity To Graduate 11,650 After 10 Years

Technology Can Help Nigeria Overcome Its Security Challenges ‘ Osinbajo

Nigerians Demand Probe Of Unaccounted Arms Fund

Governors Back Financial Autonomy For Legislature, Judiciary

Queues Back At Stations As Confusion Trails Fuel Price Hike

S’Court Upholds Ex-Gov Dariye’s 10-year Jail Term

Sanwo-Olu, Deputy, Health Commissioner Vaccinated, As Lagos Kicks Off Exercise

India Records Worst Single-day Rise In Cases Since Dec 24

N212 Fuel Price: Increase Will Lead To Mass Protest- PDP

Despite N128bn Allocation, NASS Is Broke, Reps Spokesperson Insists

39 Students Missing From College of Forestry Mechanization ‘ Kaduna Govt

Telcos May Discontinue Banks’ Use Of USSD Over N42bn Debt

N1.4bn Fraud: Ex-NBA President Knows Fate June 10

#EndSARS: Osun Panel Orders Release Of Corpse Confiscated By Police Since 2017

PUNCH   

Controversy: NSA claims arms funds missing, recants under pressure

Queues resurface in Lagos, Abuja, others

How we embarked on deadly trip through forests to escape killer herders Ogun villagers in Benin Republic refugee camps

My first class at law school proved anything is possible with hard work Chinwekele

My target is to reposition global football Pinnick

Varsity probes law student over alleged oral sex with fellow male undergrad

How local hunters rescued me, others from kidnappers Osun farmer

Delta 2023: OMO-AGEGE, KEYAMO, OGBORU battle for APC soul

Gridlock: NPA assigns specific purposes to 17 truck parks

10 signs of mental illness you shouldnt ignore

I nearly drowned as a child while swimming in village river Prof Agomo, first female Dean, Law Faculty, UNILAG

Its devastating my son ended up as cart pusher after dropping out of medical school, Mother of depressed Benue man

Defection: Former speaker Bankole meets APC govs

Akpabio wouldnt lose senatorial poll if he did well as gov Wike

Police arrest kidnapper for killing Chinese expatriate in Lagos

Navy begins court-martial of 13 officers over civil offences

Govs to meet labour leaders on minimum wage Tambuwal

Court rules on ex-NBA presidents money laundering case June 10

27 Nasarawa poly students arrested over protest

Govs, frontline workers get jabs in Lagos, Ogun, Delta, others

Appoint LASU VC on merit, dons tell Sanwo-Olu

Old students build library in Ogun school

#EndSARS: Police withheld my brothers corpse for four years, relative tells panel

#EndSARS: Lagos panel awards N7.5m to man detained six years without offence

Parents lament as Kaduna confirms abduction of 39 students

Two killed as hoodlums attack Ibadan masquerader

Troops foiled planned abduction of Turkish students in Kaduna Army

How we formed gang during #EndSARS, robbed, killed two PoS operators Suspects

Police hunt for gunman who shot girl on Ekiti road

George Floyds family to get $27m compensation from City of Minneapolis

Missing funds cant happen under Buhari, says Presidency

10 key moments since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic one year ago

Fuel hike: NNPC warns against panic buying as long queues resurface in Lagos

Countries should keep using AstraZeneca vaccine, says WHO

LAUTECH final-year students sign out after prolonged academic year

Bulgaria suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine                                                                              

THISDAY

Security Agents in Manhunt for 39 Abducted Afaka Students

Sylva: No Petrol Price Increase Until FG Meets with Labour

Telcos May Withdraw Banks’ USSD Service over N42bn Debt

Supreme Court Upholds Dariye’s 10-Year Sentence

Army Chief Admits Nigeria Facing Security Crisis

AstraZeneca Vaccine Okay, Says World Health Organisation

Politicians Working to Turn Nigeria to Failed State, Says PFN President

EFCC Arrests 57 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ogun

Labour Threatens to Frustrate Establishment of Planned NG Eagle

Osinbajo Calls on Political, Ethnic Leaders to Unify Nigerians

Making Women, Children Victims of Violence Appalling, Says Farida Waziri

Poverty, Leadership Failure Fuelling Insecurity in Nigeria, Says Obi

We Won’t Tolerate Indecent Dressing, Chrisland University VC Tells New Students

FG Denies Fuel Price Hike, Apologises to Nigerians

South African Billionaire, Motsepe, Becomes CAF President

China Offers Covid-19 Vaccines to Athletes Competing at Tokyo Games

New Airlines Emerge in Nigeria as Global Aviation is Threatened

Minister Explains Declining Agricultural Exports

FG May Earn N30bn from Cargo Transfer to Onitsha Port, Others

SUN

Insecurity: We’re being pushed to the wall ‘ Gani Adams

FG, APC sponsoring bandits’ Von DG replies Onovo: Produce evidence of your claim or apologise

Ex-presidential candidate, Martins Onovo: FG, APC sponsoring banditry, terrorism

Exclusive: New PFN President, Bishop Wale Oke to Buhari: Stop pampering Bandits, kidnappers

Why we stopped food supplies to the South ‘ Tahir, Food Union Leader

Don’t dare me, Wike warns Akpabio

New CAF president Motsepe pledges big things for African football

Tokyo 2020: Japan to receive 100 million doses of Pfizer vaccine in June

Confusion, outrage as petrol price jumps to N212.61

Supreme Court upholds Dariyes jail term

Checkmate FGs unfriendly policies, Wike tells Labour

Making women, children victims of violence is appalling ex-EFCC boss, Waziri

Again, bandits dare Buhari, El-Rufai, abduct 30 students in Kaduna

No increase in fuel price FG

Ex-Service Chiefs squandered billions budgeted to arms, ammunition for armed forces NSA

Fani-Kayode estranged wife fight dirty in bitter accounts

Confession of a kidnapper: We butcher our victims like goats, sell body parts to yahoo boys

GUARDIAN

Minneapolis reaches $27 mn settlement with Floyd family

Malami calls for more support to return Nigeria’s stolen wealth

Katsina: Gunmen abduct 30 passengers, as police differ on incident

Minimum wage: NLC identifies Abia, Imo, Benue, Kogi as defaulters

Don’t spread fake news about COVID-19 vaccines, says Sanwo-Olu

I’ve lost interest in schooling after abduction of my classmates – Student

Telecoms operators withdraw USSD service from banks over N42b debt

Petrol price hike: Queues persist despite reversal

COVID-19 vaccination: Cases of side effects aiding skepticism

NSA denies report on missing arms procurement funds

Custody issues and nativity of Ibori’s ‘foreign wealth

Ekiti: Gunman shoots SS3 female student as mother cries for help

Suspected drug baron docked 10 years after arrest

Police arrest man for allegedly drugging, raping girls in Rivers

Group seeks women inclusion in COVID-19 vaccination, others

Octogenarian arrested for alleged child trafficking in Anambra

Sweden to fund Karu waste management project in Nasarawa

EFCC arrests Nigerian who impersonated to receive $8,000 US COVID-19 benefit

VANGUARD

China denies mulling near-$1bn fine for Alibaba in monopoly case

South Africa’s Motsepe elected president of CAF

WHO insists AstraZeneca vaccine safe as jab faces new setbacks

Blood Clot: 8 European Nations suspend use of Astrazeneca vaccine

Abia NLC Chairman obtains court order stopping his removal

Okowa, wife, Oborevwori, others get COVID-19 vaccine

Gbajabiamila hails Lagos APC caretaker Chairman, Balogun at 70

Marc Wabara makes case for restructuring at Business Hallmark lecture series

Why politicians use Yoruba ‘ Aare Ona Kakanfo, Iba Gani Adams

This is not the democracy we fought for’ Aare Adams

Ex-Speaker Bankole set to defect to APC, meets Buni, Badaru

Death Risk: Experts advise COVID-19 positive patients to delay surgery

Zamfara receives 55,000 units of COVID vaccines

No reported cases of adverse reactions after AstraZeneca vaccination in Nigeria ‘ NPHCDA

Court remands man for allegedly marrying second wife, abandoning his children

5 feared dead as youths attack dreaded Ibadan masquerade

FG disburse N76.8 million to rural women in Borno

Scores of Maulud passengers kidnapped in Katsina

How Wakili became powerful in South West, Aare Ona Kakanfo reveals

Bandits mining our gold in South-West, says Aare Ona Kakanfo

N600,000 was carted away during Osun bank robbery ‘ Police

PDP advises FG against increasing pump price of petrol

TRIBUNE

Decentralisation of minimum wage: NLC distorting the facts, Salihu Lukman, DG of PGF alleges

FIFA executive council: Governor Bello congratulates Amaju Pinnick

Nigeria records 399 new COVID-19 infections, total now 160,332

How we grabbed Wakili before he entered his room of charms ‘OPC members

Wike appealed court judgment, he lost, yet won’t pay our 5-yr salaries ‘Protesting teachers

15-year-old Faith Odunsi defeats Chinese, UK, US pupils at global maths competition

My husband ran away from home when I was sick, said he didn’t want to contract disease

Cultists have taken over our communities, we are helpless ‘Lagos residents

My wife dresses indecently, uses charm to collect money from men ‘Husband

Prison is a bad place to be, I was there for 10 years ‘Bishop Kayode Williams

Women in tech to provide mentorship, training for 1,000 women

NATION

Wike to Akpabio: Ill teach you a lesson

PTF: We will continue to administer AstraZeneca vaccines

Reps query COAS on how weapons for military, police end up with bandits

Minimum wage: NLC trying to bully govt officials, says PGF, DG

Arms funds cant disappear under Buhari, says Garba Shehu

Lagos panel awards petitioner N7.5m for six years imprisonment without trial

How gunmen invaded Kaduna school, abducted 39 students

MAN: banks delaying CBNs N1tr stimulus package

Buba Marwa gives drug cartels, others nightmare

Troops foil attempted abduction of Turkish school students

NSA denies report on missing arms procurement funds

Fresh fuel price hike invitation to mass protest PDP

Ngige to Organised Labour: No hike in petrol price

Police arrest suspected kidnapper, killer of Chinese national

Shut up or I will deal with you, Wike tells Akpabio

Mob kills suspected child kidnapper, rescues victim in Anambra

DAILY TIMES

Funds earmarked for Arms purchase missing Monguno

Arms Purchase Probe: Reps Reject Representation by COAS

Lagos Judicial panel awards N7.5 million to petitioner for police brutality

FG targets $1m, one million jobs from digital switch-over

Why PDP Cant Win Any Election In Lagos Bode George

Supreme Court upholds 10-year sentence on ex-Gov Dariye

Court sets aside service on former Minister, Fani-Kayode in case with ex-wife

Nigerian govt apologises, says fuel price hike is untrue

I will frustrate you, Wike threatens Akpabio

UK launches own scholarship programme to replace EU education scheme

Military administrations stripped us of constitutional roles -Monarchs

Nigerias Amaju Pinnick elected into FIFA Council

BREAKING: Africas ninth richest person appointed as CAF president

FG approves NIPOST as official stamp duty collector in Nigeria

Telecom operators to withdraw USSD services to banks over alleged indebtedness

How Prince Harry inherited $13M at age of 25

Gunmen abduct teachers, students in Edo, bandits still on rampage in Kaduna, others

Nigerian govt increases fuel price to N212 per liter

Farm marks massive harvest of catfish, brood stock

Pilgrims funds safer in Hajj Savings account Gov. Sule

DAILY TRUST

Parents outraged as gunmen abduct 39 students from Kaduna school

N212 litre: How Nigerians force PPPRA to make u-turn

Sa’adat Aliyu: Kano lady who created anti-rape app

Pinnick elected member of FIFA Executive Council

Nigeria was handed over to Nigerians, not to Fulani

Nigerian releases Coming 2 America make-up collection

5 killed as hoodlums attack masquerade in Ibadan

£4.2m Ibori loot belongs to Delta State – Falana

5,840 rural women get FG’s cash grant in Borno

Rivers APC: After S/Court’s judgement, what next for Magnus Abe?

2023: Leadership selection must change – Modibbo

Snakes, wild lizards, rodents take over Tinapa

We’ll raid markets, warehouses to retrieve smuggled rice – Customs

FG, World Bank hand over refurbished LG secretariat to Adamawa

Gunmen kidnap girl in Kebbi

HERALD

APC Govs Forum Boss Blasts Organised Labour Over Minimum Wage Protest

Always show respect for elders’ ‘ Buratai tells youths as he unveils new book

2 rifles recovered as EFCC arrests 57 for ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ in Ogun

Get COVID-19 jab or leave the force ‘ IG tells police officers

Indebtedness: Telecom operators to withdraw USSD services to banks

No fuel price increment until conclusion of FG, labour talks ‘ Petroleum Minister

Apple sues ex-staff for allegedly stealing trade secrets

Arms money went missing under Buratai, other ex-service chiefs ‘ NSA Monguno

BUSINESSDAY

Hope for collapsed building victims as insurance Bill scales 2nd reading

Global politics, distribution bottlenecks may impede Nigeria’s Covid-19 vaccination quest

Desperate moments in Aso Rock over insecurity

Investing in the Next Generation of Female Storytellers

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Selection Of Next VC: LASU Liberators Insist The Best Must Emerge

IPMAN Advises FG To Deregulate Oil, Gas Sector

Petrol Hike: IPMAN Directs Members To Revert To Old Price Of N170

Buhari Congratulates Pinnick On FIFA Council Election

Navy Court-Martials 13 Personnel For Civil, Military Offences

N212 Fuel Price, An Invitation For Mass Protest, PDP Warns

Nigeria Emerges Chairman, Executive Secretary Of WATRA

15 Seafarers Kidnapped By Pirates In Gulf Of Guinea

PEOPLESDAILY

FG rules out mercenaries in fight against insurgents

3rd wave of Coronavirus begins in Germany ‘ official

Buhari commissions NDDC building 25 years after

Federal salary structure can’t be imposed on States, says Fayemi

Abuses, personality attacks never win elections- Waya

PDP BoT members back Secondus, NWC, vow to work for party’s victory

We are broke ‘ Reps Spokeperson cries out

Rotary Governor tasks members on giving to the poor

Dantata sponsors 100 less-privileged students to study at varsity

NEW TELEGRAPH

KADUNA ABDUCTION: 39 students missing as bandits invade Kaduna school

Herders/farmers clashes: N33trn worth of livestock industry at risk ‘FG

Tambuwal: Govs back financial autonomy for state legislature, judiciary

Nigeria unity requires equity, justice, fairness, says Osinbajo

Ibori’s loot controversy: Federal Govt, Delta state need to talk directly -‘UK

Apapa gridlock: Bribery, extortion bedevil electronic call-up system

S’Court affirms ex-Gov Dariye’s conviction over breach of public trust

BLUEPRINT

Violent protest: Nasarawa gov directs Lafia poly Rector to punish perpetrators

SWAN, Dakkada FC sympathise with Akwa United FC over auto crash

NFF, supporters club congratulate Dare on installation as Agbaakin of Ogbomosho

2023: Join presidential race, youths beckon Tinubu

Ban on crypto: Stop chasing away young start-ups from Nigeria, CEO tells FG

Pinnick becomes third Nigerian to emerge as FIFA council member

 

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