PUNCH
Coronavirus likely came from animal, not a lab – WHO
Residents blame bad road as gunmen abduct Ondo couple, three children
Kaduna killings continue, eight dead, four church members abducted, N100m demanded
Jonathan in Bauchi, recalls aides deserted him after poll loss
Fasoranti, Ondo monarchs declare support for Tinubu
Cultists kill MEND leaders, kidnap APC chieftain in Rivers
US classifies El-Zakzaky, wife as political prisoners
You’re not elected to complain of ex-leaders, CAN tells Buhari
Billionaires list: Dangote, Adenuga, Rabiu’s wealth rises by $5.7bn
NNPC targets 18-month completion, signs $1.5bn Port Harcourt refinery repair contract
Stakeholders demand renewed onslaught against criminals, Baba replaces Adamu
MASSOB accuses FG of sponsoring attacks on South-East
WAEC releases 2021 exam results with 30.11% pass
Panic as bombs hit gunmen’s hideouts, FG goes after IPOB
IMF forecasts higher economic growth for Nigeria in 2021
UPDATED: Buhari appoints Usman Baba as acting IGP
Defend yourself against IPOB members, Uzodinma tells cops
Strike: Judiciary workers shut Federal High Court in Lagos
Italian Mafia arrested for rape, burning 18 houses, others in Cross River
Gunmen kill two riot policemen at Taraba checkpoint
Court jails two for Internet fraud
Japanese victim receives recovered ¥370,000 from EFCC
Guards shot as gunmen abduct two Chinese miners in Osun
Family grieves as plumber falls to death inside police barracks
Shoprite concluding arrangements to exit Nigeria 2021 – CEO
Skill mismatch worsening unemployment crisis, says LCCI
FG opens April savings bonds
IMF raises Nigeria’s growth forecast to 2.5%
Only 5% farmers access agric insurance – Insurers
Africa risks being incubator for COVID-19 variants’
Group laments scarcity of therapeutic food
Kim Kardashian West becomes billionaire
Prince Harry, Meghan announce first Netflix series after quitting as royals
THISDAY
Nigeria Heading for the Brink, Mohammed Warns, Urges Restraint
Union Shuts Down FCTA, Insists Perm Sec Office Illegal
SANs Urge Buhari to Confirm A’Court Justices’ Appointment
Buhari Approves Transition of PTF to PSC on COVID-19
Moghalu: Terrorists, Kidnappers Demanding Ransom in Cryptocurrency
Despite Meeting with FG, Poly Lecturers Continue Strike
Osinbajo: Cowards Attacked Imo Correctional Centre, Police Command
House Loses Another Member, Lere
Gunmen Kidnap Family of Five in Ondo
Two Soldiers Feared Missing as Bandits Attack Troops in Benue
Elumelu: Youth Restiveness Ticking Time Bomb for Nigeria, Others
LCCI Partners Future Project to Tackle Unemployment
Why APCs Careraker Committee Keeps Shifting the Goalposts
Imo Jailbreak: FG to Pardon Escaped Inmates who Return Voluntarily, Says…
Afenifere Chieftain Backs Tinubu’s 2023 Presidential Ambition
Buhari Approves Transformation of PTF to Stearing Committee on COVID-19
Buhari Loses Driver, Commiserates With Family
DPR Revokes Addax Petroleum Oil Mining Licences
Report: Power Supply to Improve on Declining Water Constraints
WTO: COVID-19 Vaccines Best Stimulus for World Economy
Firm Loses N288m to Alleged Neglect, Vandalism by Sallaum Shipping Lines
Banner Energy Begins Conversion of Vehicles to LPG-powered
NALDA Builds Farmers Capacity on Rice Irrigation
SUN
Atiku not a Nigerian ‘Malami
Hold political leaders accountable, APC urges religious leaders
2023: Afenifere endorses Tinubu for President
Anambra poll: Group endorses Tony Nwoye for governor
Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: Muazu, Kefas vow to end dominance of East Africans
How crypto market can help Nigeria tackle rising youth unemployment
FG revokes Addax Petroleum 4 mining leases
Gunmen kill 9, kidnap 25 along Kaduna-Kachia road
Igbo youths, Dokubo fault police on IPOB, ESN involvment
Suspected herdsmen attack 3 female farmers in Ekiti
EFCC hands recovered 370,000, $1,800 to Japanese fraud victim
Northern Nigeria not educationally disadvantaged
Is EFCC legally empowered to assess persons’ declaration of assets’ (2)
GUARDIAN
Ndigbo need not beg to clinch 2023 presidency, says Ohanaeze Youth Wing
Tanker accident causes gridlock on Oshodi-Isolo expressway
Train passengers lament difficulty in accessing e-ticket
FG vows to bring Owerri attackers to justice
Gunmen kill two policemen, eight others in Taraba, Kaduna
Gunmen abduct father, wife, others in Ondo
Rivers monarch seeks government’s support in community’s development
Warning strike cripples FCT as workers declare perm secretary’s office illegal
FG resumes international flights at Kano airport
Eyimofe selected for Cinmas d’Afrique festival in France
Biden to announce all adults in US eligible for Covid vaccine by April 19
China’s bitcoin mining rush risks derailing climate goals
Death toll from fighting in Sudan’s Darfur rises to 56: UN
COVID-19 is wake-up call for Nigeria to innovate, UNESCO says
Low income takes 800m Nigerians, South Africans, others offline
e-Commerce can provide 23m jobs, boost economy
Again, gunmen raze police station after VP, sacked IGP visited Imo
I resisted nepotism in my appointments as president, Jonathan clarifies
Africa got only 11m of world’s 548m COVID-19 vaccines, says WHO
Train passengers lament difficulty in accessing e-ticket
FG vows to bring Owerri attackers to justice
It’s now Buhari’s turn to support Tinubu for 2023, say Ondo monarchs
Strike looms in Kano as government returns to old minimum wage
Oil spill victims in Rivers seek DPR’s intervention
WAEC may postpone May/June examinations in Nigeria
FG, AfDB to set up $500m fund for tech, creative sectors
Insurers deepen market expansion through new SME offerings
Poor privatisation, unused metal industries cost Nigeria N54.2tr yearly
VANGUARD
FG receives India’s 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines
PDP National Legal Adviser, Emmanuel Enoidem dismisses claims of working for Akpabio’s interest
JUSUN strike: Inmates stranded at courts in Sokoto
Kano slashes March salaries of political office holders by 50%
Lamentation over Ebonyi massacre: ‘Good morning, you woke late,’ IPOB mocks Umahi
JUST IN: WAEC releases 2021 WASSCE results, 26 days after conduct of examination
[Breaking]Covid-19: 2021 WASSCE postpones exams indefinitely
Healthcare: FG building healthy system accessible to all, says Mamora
NCDC monitoring situation in 8 states for suspected cholera cases ‘ D-G
Apapa gridlock: Truckers raise alarm over police, NPA conspiracy to scuttle E-Call up system operation
Bandits kill 8, injure 4 in Kaduna
2023: Pa Fasoranti backs Tinubu’s presidential ambition
My administration is in hurry to leave lasting legacies in Delta ‘ Okowa
LEADERSHIP
Ganduje, Deputy, Others’ March Salaries Slashed By 50%
Kano Slashes March Salaries Of Political Office Holders By 50%
FOREIGN: FG Receives India’s 100, 000 Doses Of Covishield Vaccine
2023 Elections: Kaduna INEC To Convert Over 2,000 Voting Points To Polling Units
The Dare-devil Attack At Owerri
New IGP Usman Baba Faces Test As Gunmen Hit Imo Again
FG To Strengthen Security At Correctional Centres, Says VP
PMB Greets Itsekiri Nation On Olu-Designate, Mourns Departed Monarch
Goodluck Jonathan Commends Bauchi Over Legacy Project Execution
NDLEA Nabs Most Wanted Drug Baron, Others In Nasarawa, Edo, FCT
FG Blames Climate Change For Insurgency, Armed Conflict In Nigeria, Others
World Health Day: Nigerians Groan, Resort To Self-medication As NARD Strike Continues
Missing Aircraft: No Patriotic Citizen Will Denigrate Country’s Military ‘ FG
IMF Projects Stronger Economic Recovery For Nigeria, Others
1 Year After, FG Tells Wokers On GL 12 To Continue Work At Home
Kano Commences First Int’l Flight After Lockdown
JUST ‘ IN : Again, Gunmen Raze Another Police Station In Imo
DMO Raises N2.75bn From FGN Savings Bond In Q1
Amazon Founder, Bezos, Tops Forbes Billionaire List For 4th Year In A Row
Nigerians Pay N2trn Through Funds Transfer As Lagos Tops ePayment
COVID-19: President Buhari Replaces Taskforce with New Committee
Equities Investors Lose N78bn As Sell-off Persist
Ecobank Boss Canvasses Artificial Intelligence To Check Cybercrimes
NIMASA Ends N8.9bn Annual Rental Cost, Refurbishes Intervention Vessels
FG Restates Interest In Sweet Potato Production
Imo Attack: Inmates Who Voluntarily Return To Get Amnesty ‘ FG
BREAKING:NNPC Signs $1.5bn Contract For Port Harcourt Refinery Rehab
TRIBUNE
Corps member renovates correctional institute in Kaduna
Nigeria records 58 new COVID-19 infections, total now 163,388
Police confirm burning down of another division in Imo State
My husband died on Friday, not Saturday, says Okei-Odumakin
Emergence of new Buhari ‘campaign’ billboards unsettles PDP
How DPR withdrew $759.4m from signature bonus account
Delta inaugurates magistrates’ court for 15 communities in Olomu
Community lauds NDDC for land reclamation project
Akwa Ibom govt tasks oil firms on community development, renews MoU
Bayelsa govt, Bilabiri indigenes differ over death of suspected militants’ leader
Non-state actors and Nigeria’s warped educational trajectory
Equities trading closes negative as investors lose N78bn
DMO opens two, three-year savings bonds
IMF increases Nigeria’s 2021 economic growth forecast to 2.5%
LCCI inaugurates e-commerce for private enterprises
PTF mandate expires, transforms to Presidential Steering Committee
Imo attack: Use your sophisticated weapons to smash miscreants, IGP urges officers
Nigeria will be restructured if Tinubu is elected president in 2023 ‘ Fasoranti
Suspected herdsmen kidnap three in Benin
Labour challenges Buhari, security agencies to double efforts in rescuing abducted 39 Kaduna students
Buhari’s driver, who returned bag of foreign currencies during Hajj, is dead
Nigeria can’t afford to miss out of fourth industrial revolution ‘ Ahmed
Strike: ‘JUSUN wants Nigerians to have free, fair justice system
NATION
Minister thumbs up COVID-19 compliance
Cultural display heralds 20th National Sports Festival
2023: Southwest monarchs back power shift
CJN meets JUSUN leaders to end strike
40% of candidates make credit in WASSCE
Buhari to Itsekiri: resolve differences over Olu of Warri
IMF: Intervention funds can hurt financial market
BREAKING: Gunmen raze another police station in Imo
Lagos CP deploys men in boarding schools
Fed Govt: we will keep administering AstraZeneca
Lawan must swear in Jarigbe as Cross River North Senator
FG receives additional 100,000 vaccine doses
COVID-19: Buhari replaces PTF with new committee
ICYMI: Atiku not fit to contest for President, Malami tells court
One killed as Police repel attack on station in Ebonyi
DAILY TIMES
Atiku not fit to contest for President Malami
2023: Fani-Kayode Subtly Campaigns For Kogi Gov
Zamfara: Atiku leads APC Govs to Matawalle as defection draws closer
Effium killings: Ebonyi indigenes demand investigation into escape of 55 suspects
Governor Bala names road after Former President Jonathan
How 130 Dubai assets were traced to Nigerian Ex-Governors, Senators
Stop gloating over missing Nigerian Air Force Jet, Lai Mohammed tells Nigerians
Dont hesitate to use your rifles to defend yourselves Uzodinma tell Imo Police Officers
COVID-19 cases will rise despite vaccine, British scientists warn
Nigeria star Onuachu notch goal no. 26 in Genks five-goal thriller
VP Osinbajo, Others Storm Benin For Edo 2020 Games
Kim Kardashian officially a billionaire Forbes
FG summons ASUU to emergency meeting over looming strike
CAN chairman, elRufai in war of words over victims of banditry
FG seeks Miyetti Allahs help to end security challenges in Nigeria
DAILY TRUST
Military, politicians responsible for the rot in LGs – Obasanjo
Insecurity: FG complicit, misfit – CAN
Makinde pledges to reconstruct razed Agodi Gate auto parts market
Unemployment, underemployment and related challenges
Curbing the menace of drug trafficking and substance abuse
Nigeria’s fiscal position and sustainability: Where do we go from here?
NNPC signs N570bn contract for PH refinery repair
IMF projects 2.5% growth for Nigeria
DPR revokes Addax’s oil mining licenses after delays
International flight resumes with Ethiopian in Kano
FG floats 2 to 3 yrs savings bonds
UNIMAID alumni begin entrepreneurship scheme
4 herders, 2 Chinese miners abducted in Abuja, Osun
…as OPSH parades 17 ‘kidnappers’, others in Jos
Ekiti police rescue twins locked in room by mum
NDLEA arrests drug baron, recovers 100 bags of indian hemp
Meet corps member who renovated 16 toilets and bathrooms in Borstal institute
Insecurity: Stop shifting blames, Kano cleric tells authorities
Police rescue 3 trafficked women in Jigawa
SARS victims get N43.75m compensation
Family of 5 kidnapped in Ondo
Lagos engage stakeholders on safety, security of schools
2023: Atiku not qualified to be president — Malami
2023 presidency: Ex-Afenifere leader, S’West traditional ruler back Tinubu
Group endorses Murtala Nyako for APC national chair
APC challenges religious leaders to hold politicians accountable
Stop using students for selfish interest, NANS cautions politicians
World Health Day: WHO urges Nigeria, others to build a fairer, healthier world post-COVID-19
Osinbajo absent as Dare opens 2020 National Sports Festival
HERALD
Lalong threatens to sack traditional leaders instigating unrest
How Gani Fawehinmi introduced me to Yinka ‘ Odumakin’s widow
Why Buhari terminated IGP Adamu’s 3-month tenure extension
EFCC Hands Recovered 370k, $1,800 USD to Japanese Victim of Fraud
95m people became extremely poor in 2020 ‘ IMF
Jonathan reacts as Bauchi govt names popular road after him
BUSINESSDAY
Petrol to reach N250/litre without subsidy, boom for gas vehicles
National roadmap: Panacea for Nigeria’s wheat industry transformation
Customers buy foreign rice bagged as local brands
Nigerian insurers, others to close gap on claims fraud with Curacel’s $450,000 expansion fund
Can introduction of sophisticated security on campuses guarantee students’ safety
IMF projects 2.5% growth for Nigeria on vaccine rollout
NNPC, Tecnimont SpA sign contract for $1.5bn PH refinery rehabilitation
IMF extends debt service relief for 28 low-income countries
Bears dominate market as investors return to Custom Street after Easter break
612 Nigerian microfinance banks may close shop over recapitalisation
Eye on low income earners as affordable housing tackles deficit
DAILY INDEPENDENT
Fight Against Diseases Is Won Or Lost In Laboratory ‘Dr. Okara
Oyewale Tomori To Deliver Bells University’s 12th Convocation Lecture
Digital Infrastructure, Literacy Key To Reaping Transformational Benefits Of ICT
INEC Denies Appointment Of Recruitment Consultant
CJN Pleads With JUSUN To Call Off Strike
BREAKING: Gunmen Set Another Police Station Ablaze In Imo
Oyo Govt Acquired Land In Ajia For Developmental Projects- Group
We’ll Provide Facilities For New Varsities Take-Off- Okowa
NNPC, Tecnimont Sign $1.5bn Contract For PH Refinery Rehabilitation
Soldiers, Bandits Clash In Benue
PEOPLESDAILY
Police reinforce squads, finger IPOB for Imo attacks on formations
APM Terminals, Apapa, acquires 7 new forklifts ‘ Official
Obasanjo, Gumi seek special courts for bandits, kidnappers
Buhari orders relevant agencies to end the anarchy
Zamfara: Police kill notorious bandit, recover firearm, military uniform
FG, ASUP to meet today over imminent strike
Boko Haram: Zulum salutes military, lists gains by troops in Gwoza, northern Borno
Ebonyi killings: FG promises justice for victims
NEW TELEGRAPH
UNILAG students flay management over signing of indemnity form
IMF raises Nigeria’s growth forecast to 2.5%
Insecurity: We don’t expect any miracle from new IGP ‘ ADC
Ohanaeze kicks as Buhari appoints northerner IGP
COVID-19: GL 12 and below to continue working from home, says FG
Employment: We’ve no recruitment consultants, not recruiting ‘ INEC
JUSUN ignores NBA’s plea, shuts down courts nationwide
BLUEPRINT
Alkali emerges new IGP as gunmen hit another Imo police station, gunmen ambush troops in Benue, 2 soldiers missing
Alkali: The new Sheriff in town
COVID-19: Why states were directed to halt vaccination halfway ‘ FG
Gombe: When Gov Yahaya’s human capital dev initiatives thrilled Osinbajo
Osinbajo, Aregbesola inspect Owerri Police station, Correctional facilities
Insecurity: CAN President chides Buhari, calls for national dialogue
Striking judiciary workers shut down courts in Plateau
