Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, 12 April 2021          

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

LEADERSHIP

FOREIGN: UN Condemns Attacks On Humanitarian Facilities In Borno

‘KDSG Supports FG’s Vaccination Efforts’

Ramadan 2021: Sultan Asks Muslims To Look Out For New Moon

Tinubu Support Group Faults Kperogi’s Claim

Group Calls For Prosecution Of Presidential Amnesty Office Staff Involved In Racketeering

Bayelsa Traditional Rulers Express Concern Over Cult-Related Violence

President Buhari Hailed Over Appointment Of 8 Rivers Indigenes Into Governing Councils Of Tertiary Institutions

Damasak: Troops Shell ISWAP, Boko Haram Fighters In Guntrucks, Lose 2 Soldiers

PUNCH

Sovereign Trust records N687m profit

Stakeholders plan secure cemetery in Surulere

1,169 forest reserves in Nigeria neglected – NCF

NAFDAC probes Kano food poisoning, warns against addictives, chemicals

Why Aisha kept mum on Buhari’s ‘other room’ comment – Biographer

Bad belle stopped Abiola from becoming president – Obasanjo

Two arrested as man slumps, dies during argument in Lagos pub

Defect to APC, lose your seat, Yari tells Matawalle

ICYMI: My 52 dead cows didn’t graze on sacred land –Ondo-based herdsman

Group demands prosecution of dismissed Amnesty office workers

Hijab: Kwara directs 10 shut mission schools to resume today

Two bullets extracted from body of Ekiti monarch shot by masked gunmen

Grieving family demands justice as hoodlums stab legionnaire to death

Suspected ritualist kills Osun food hawker, cuts off hand, head

Two arrested as man slumps, dies during argument in Lagos pub

Mother of three slumps as POWA demolishes shops

Woman allegedly brutalised by Rivers police loses pregnancy, demands justice

ICYMI: Ogun cobbler electrocuted while reconnecting neighbours’ electricity

11 kidnapped victims regain freedom in Zamfara

Electricity generation falls to 3,922MW, 11 plants idle

Petrol, used vehicles, motorcycles, antibiotics, Nigeria’s major imports – NBS

PDP wins Delta assembly bye-election, APC kicks

Udom attributes administration’s success to vision

Okorocha accuses Uzodimma of planning fresh loan

THISDAY

FG Pledges to Implement Report on $1bn Abandoned Oil Facility

Court Grants Permission to Serve Processes on ETI Abroad

FG: Why Presidency Rates ITF High in Job, Wealth Creation

Expert Seeks Measures to Prevent Cybercrimes

Privitisation of Sugar Companies will Boost Investment, Self-sufficiency

Lekki Free Zone: Key Element in Nigerias Economic Revival, Sustenance

Is The Buhari Agenda To Politically Dominate and Economically Exploit Nigeria

Senate Queries FMBN over N3bn Irregular Contract Award

Gunmen Kidnap Teenager in Ogun, Catholic Priest in Imo

2023: North Central Crucial to PDP’s Success, Says Saraki

CAN Knocks NSCIA for Defending Alleged Lopsided Appointments

UN: Condems Attack on Three International Aid Partners’ Facilities in Borno

FCT Police Command Nabs 17 Alleged Cultists

Bandits Kill Four in Katsina Community

Kwankwaso Incurred over N50bn Liability on Roads in LGAs, Kano Govt…

Suspected Armed Robbers Kill Two Guards in Ondo

Senate Queries FMBN over N3bn Irregular Contract Award

UN Decries Boko Haram Attack on Three International Aid Partners’ Facilities…

SUN

Nigeria needs fossil fuel to develop ‘Auwalu, DPR boss

PDP trounces APC, others in Delta by-election

Africa’s automakers host component suppliers in Ghana as Nigeria’s policy hobbles

Shock results in UCL quarterfinals first leg

2023: Igbo not ready for presidency ‘ Idimogu

N10bn COVID-19 bailout: Controversy as inter-state transporters allege marginalisation

COVID-19 strategies must invest in human-centred recovery, ILO tells World Bank/IMF

Q1: Customs rakes in N112.6bn at Tin Can Island Port

SEast govs unveil Ebubeagu joint security outfit to fight crime

Gunmen kidnap 13-year-old boy in Ogun

Kaigama: Why Nigeria remains backward

MASSOB hits Danbazzau for tagging OPC, pro-Biafra groups terrorists

FG romancing, empowering terrorists with millions of dollars – IMN

GUARDIAN

Ministry dismisses report presidency approved N4 billion for Edo 2020

Edo has raised festival standard, says LOC secretary

North East youths yearn for more as Adamu Yola/Jordan Nwora clinic ends in Gombe

Sultan asks Muslims to search for new moon

Fear grips housing market over increase in cement, iron bar prices

Uzodimma, predecessor trade words over road project

EKSU VC lauds FG on NEEDS assessment funds for varsities

Experts task FG, firms on ESI maps for quick response to spills

Petro Union, CBN, UBN £2.5billion case resumes tomorrow at Supreme Court

US warns of ‘consequences’ if Russia acts ‘aggressively’ in Ukraine

VANGUARD

Community Policing: 704 Constabularies complete training in Kano

Kwara Hijab Controversy: 10 affected schools to resume Monday

Stormwater project: Edo govt warns against encroaching site

Kidnapping: Group wants FG to deploy surveillance, technology

EVWRENI CRISIS: Peace committee to reconcile aggrieve Kingmakers, others

2021 Ramadan: Cleric charges Muslims to practice teachings of Holy Qur’an

APC chieftain urges political leaders to join govt in tacking insecurity

Hijab: 10 Kwara schools resume April 12

Marwa is winning big in the war against illicit drugs

Projects: Ogun and governance-as-continuum paradigm

NiMet predicts 3 days sunny, thunderstorms weather

You’re promoter of bad governance, injustice in Nigeria, CAN replies NSCIA

PDP clears 33 candidates for southwest congress

Akwa Ibom APC stakeholders’ meeting ends in fiasco

STATE OF THE NATION: Nigeria lacks sincere leaders ‘ Ighodalo

2023: I don’t have any political ambition ‘ Minister of Water Resources

5 out of 6 newly appointed Poly Rectors not qualified ‘ ASUP

Ganduje tasks Kano students on responsible behaviour

NAFDAC nabs merchants of dangerous chemicals that killed three in Kano

Police arrest 2 women over 64-year-old man’s death in Lagos

Gunmen abduct 13-year-old boy in Ogun

ANAN is unique, doesn’t operate like ICAN ‘ Fasua, DG, College of Accountancy

BREAKING: Southeast governors launch Ebubeagu regional security

Yoruba group dissociates self from secession clamour, harps on unity

Olu of Warri: Selection follows norms, tradition ‘ Ooni of Ife

 

TRIBUNE

More women than men likely to die of stroke ‘ Medical Expert

Gunmen snatch AK-47 from policeman at police station in Cross River

FG’s assessment funds saving varsities from infrastructure deficit ‘ EKSU VC

PDP announces names of cleared candidates for South-West zonal positions

Nigeria records 57 new COVID-19 infections, total now 163,793

South-East govs agree to set up security outfit codenamed Ebube Agu

Empowering youths for self-employment through CBN intervention funds

Stop rates to marginally increase as inflow, outflow offset

Corps member renovates correctional institute in Kaduna

Landlords to face prosecution for not providing toilets in Kwara

Nigeria’s crackdown on crypto echoes global conundrum

NIBSS issues approved standard operating guidelines for BVN matching system

AKK gas project: NNPC delivers 96 pipes via train to Itakpe

Printing money to augment allocation poses threats to Nigeria’s future ‘Experts

Trading activities at the Nigerian bourse decline

Why NLNG vessels don’t fly Nigerian flags ‘NSML

FG’s N140billion solar homes project to support private developers, says Osinbajo

Oil-producing host communities warn NASS over disturbing grey areas of PIB

Reps propose upward review of derivation fund from 13 to 20 per cent

NATION

CAN tackles Islamic council over lopsided federal appointments

SERAP seeks more pay for judges

Fed Govt committed to lifting Nigeria out of poverty, says Trade Minister

Hijab: 10 affected Kwara schools resume Monday

Suspected herdsmen kidnapped Imo Catholic priest Police

Emmanuels CoS denies rift with his boss over governorship race

Row over N10b COVID-19 bailout to auto industry

Stakeholders lament slow take-off of commodities exchanges

Three kidnapped quarry workers rescued in Ibadan

Okorochas free education a game-changer, says Ibadan indigenes

CAN slams Islamic Council over hijab, Appeal Court Justices

CPC seizes expired products worth N1 billion in Kano

Many feared killed as Boko Haram destroys UN hub in Borno

Adamawa confirms seven dead, 5,000 displaced in Boko Haram attack

DAILY TIMES

Experts decry poor states of PHC facilities in Nigeria

All Chinese schools now have access to Internet

Dambazau, four top Northern leaders sponsors of Boko Haram OPC alleges

Look out for crescent of Ramadan from Monday Sultan

NAPTIP engages stakeholders on human trafficking in Kano

Police arrest 154 suspects for armed robbery, other crimes in Kano

DAILY TRUST

NAFDAC warns against using chemicals to enhance food, drinks

We’re not recruiting-Disability Commission

Hijab crisis: 10 grant-aided Kwara schools resume today

2021: WAEC confirms date of WASSCE for school candidates

SERAP asks RMAFC to cut Buhari, govs, lawmakers’ ‘jumbo’ allowances

Gunmen kill 2 security guards at Ondo filling station

Insulate judges from judicial budgets — Falana

Senate queries Mortgage Bank over illegal N3bn contract

Police probe murder of woman by hoodlums in Lagos

ASUP faults appointment of rectors

Buhari condoles with Adamawa over Mahmud Tukur’s death

Inaugural lecture not a criterion for professorship – Lokoja varsity VC

Agbakoba backs JUSUN, asks govs to enforce court decision

FG summons CCECC over delay on Lagos-Ibadan rail project

Why it’s compulsory to enrol for NIN — NIMC DG

FG targets N7bn tax returns from solar power scheme

Tin-Can Port Customs earned N112.7bn in Q1

1m African youths to get jobs by 2030 — Report

Town planners seek more roles in Kaduna urban renewal

Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road: Work on over 100km completed – FG

S’West PDP congress: Tension as Makinde, Fayose know fate today

Anambra gov’ship: We’ll resist attempt to impose APC candidate — Okorie

N/West group backs call for restructuring, others

N/Central critical to PDP’s chances in 2023 – Saraki

FCT polls: IPAC asks INEC to shift date for party primaries

FCTA to consult ABU on urban renewal, others

Group urges new NWDC DG to develop rural women

North-West stakeholders call for uniform strategies against banditry

55-year-old woman beheaded in Osun

My life under threat over land tussle, Ogun chief cries out

Gunmen abduct 13-year-old boy in Ogun, demand N50m ransom

… Catholic priest abducted in Imo

Police nab 17 cultists, recover pistols in Abuja

… arrest 154 over armed robbery, other crimes in Kano

We burgled a friend’s warehouse to raise house rent — Suspects

HERALD

Okorocha’s in-law Uche Nwosu gifts amputee bottled water seller N1m

Buhari fires police chief in Holy Week of high drama

Look out for crescent of Ramadan from Monday ‘ Sultan

Fani-Kayode backs Yahaya Bello for president after calling him’useful idiot’, ‘accursed slave

Judges deserve to be paid better than politicians ‘ SERAP tells RMAFC

BUSINESSDAY

Lagos loses about ‘4trn to traffic every year

Britain struggles with nationhood. Why won’t Nigeria, its flawed creation

Nigeria’s ‘Tier 2’ and the illusion of inclusion

Perfect Traps Curbing Electricity Theft with Technology, Law, and Behavioural Change

Hunger in the land as food prices go out of reach

Nigeria’s finances in tatters, government in denial, growth sectors stifled

DAILY INDEPENDENT

States’ New Charges On Telcos May Impede Broadband Target

JAMB Rules, New SIM Ban May Debar Candidates From 2021 UTME

Obasanjo Blames Annulment Of June 12 Election On ‘Bad Belle

Edo 2020: Lagos Lead To Final In Boxing

BREAKING: ES Setif Wallop Enyimba 3-0 In CAF Confed Cup Game

Boko Haram Invades Boss Mustapha’s Village, Render 6,000 Persons Homeless

Osinbajo Commends NDPHC As FG Targets 5m Homes With Solar System

UPDATE: Cleric Carries Coffin To Protest Killings, Hardship In Nigeria

23-Year- Old Aminu Emerges Winner In Maiden Northern States Gospel Music Competition

Gunmen Attack Jos Aviation Quarters, Kidnap Housewife

Sagay Congratulates Olu-Elect, Wants Issues With Ologbotsere Amicably Resolved

NEW TELEGRAPH

Discordant tunes over special courts for bandits, kidnappers

Anambra guber: Azubogu, Etiaba, Onyemelukwe unite to secure PDP ticket

Insecurity: South-East govs set up regional security outfit, Ebubeagu

Six months after: Security operatives yet to recapture 1, 691 escaped Edo inmates

Senate queries Federal Mortgage Bank over irregular award of N3bn contract

BLUEPRINT

Akwa Ibom youths laud Amaechi, Rector for transforming Maritime academy after 42 years

VIDEO: Envoy hails CPC ‘s ideologies in China

19 years after ICJ ruling on Bakassi: Cameroon demands more areas in Borno, Adamawa

FG to provide 5m homes with solar system

Pinnick, others to grace NLO Division 2 Season kickoff

NSF Basketball: Gombe, Kano, Lagos in medal race

Edo 2020: Controversy over alleged Kenyan’s participation

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