Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 15 April 2021           

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

GUARDIAN

Protesters, police clash for third night over US police shooting

Biden faces tangle of sanctions in talks with Iran

Africa’s ‘wicked’ healthcare problems and how to fix them

UNICEF, experts move to identify gaps in sexual violence cases

Scammers steal profiles of JAMB’s ad hoc staff, divert over N10m

Death toll rises to 19 in Gombe communal clash

Police arrest vigilante operative for killing innocent passerby

Bayelsa cult gang kills 200-level student

Igbo, Yoruba leaders condole Odumakin, Chukwuma families

DSS invites youth leader over planned protest at Abuja airport

UNICEF, experts move to identify gaps in sexual violence cases

IMF endorses digital money for cheaper remittance, cross-border payments

Uzodimma seeks stakeholders’ support over insecurity

‘U.S. spent $6 billion to support Nigeria on HIV/AIDS in 18 years’

Senators divided over food reserve agency bill

Over 20 Chibok parents died awaiting their girls, says BBOG

Senate urges IGP, others to investigate Ebonyi killings

7 years on, more than 100 Chibok girls still missing

FRSC promotes 10 Senior officers, 26 others

154,225 patients recover from COVID-19 in Nigeria

Fresh concerns over loans burden from China

More controversies as USSD debt rises to N45b

Lagos to demolish distressed building in Oshodi

PUNCH

Firm to raise N20bn via Lagos commodities exchange

AMCON seeks BOFIA 2020 accommodation

Forex crisis putting investments, jobs at risk, says LCCI

Harvest of strikes, threat to economic recovery

Vehicles: Akeredolus ex-deputy reacts as Ondo threatens prosecution

Ex-MILAD demands Buharis intervention in AIbom APC crisis

Osinbajo criticises vaccine politics, export ban on developing countries

Rivers eyes 6,000 jobs as state opens cassava factory

FG meets striking judiciary workers, poly lecturers Thursday

More hunters join search for abducted teacher, others

Sixth death case recorded in Zango-Kataf in three days Kaduna

JUSUN strike: Courts remain shut, National Assembly plan talks with govs

BDCs record N1tn turnover, seek diaspora remittances agency

Senate condemns massacre of Ebonyi people by herdsmen

FG to auction N150bn bonds in April

FG approves N14.55bn operational vehicles, boats for Customs

FG fortifies security at Abuja, Lagos, other airports

BUA, French firm confirm progress on 200,000bpd refinery

Delta to host 2022 National Sports Festival

Delta emerge winners of National Sports Festival

Ebube agu: A fearsome leopard or a frightened cat

Nigeria totters as Buhari hibernates in London

Undergraduate nabbed for shooting Bayelsa varsity student dead during lecture

Two killed, two injured as trailers collide on Lagos-IbadanExpressway

Fathers wealth: Siblings beat brother to death at peace meeting

Three arrested for robbing PoS operator in Kogi

Centre restores Lagos family locked out for owing rent

Police recover 125 live cartridges from two suspects in Bayelsa

Trigger-happy vigilante shoots passer-by dead in Lagos

Student who fell off moving vehicle during protest dead Plateau varsity

Kidnapped Rivers LG chairman regains freedom after eight days

Police deny Ogun businessman access to business premises

Rainstorm throws Kwara communities into darkness

Twitter goes to Ghana, Pornhub comes to Nigeria

Your silence killing us, released Chibok girl tells Buhari

APC rubbishes 2023 list, says zoning not discussed

How dead, sick people were accredited for South-West PDP congress -Fayose

Unlike Gani Fawehinmi, present activists are after grants, appointments

Buhari mourns ex-MILAD, Ahmed Usman

Aisha Buharis biographer appointed Nigeria’s ambassador to UNESCO

Gunmen kill fisherman in fresh Kaduna attack

Fact-check: Is it true that 7,200 penises were shipped from Nigeria to China

PDP blames APC, Buhari for Twitters African headquarters in Ghana

THISDAY

FG Targets 100m Jobs through Gas Expansion Project

FG Counters Obaseki, Denies Printing N60bn to Augment FAAC

SANs Back Direct Fund Allocation to State Judiciaries

PDP Mobilises Tambuwal, Obaseki, Saraki to Stop Ayade’s Planned Defection

BUA Group, French Company Strengthen Deal on 200,000bpd Refinery Project

FG, Health Workers Disagree on New Hazard Allowance

FEC Okays N1.59tn for Customs’ 16 Patrol Boats, 427 Cars

Senate Summons Minister, AGF over Alleged N7.5bn Secret Withdrawal

NEITI, EFCC, NFIU Move to Unravel Owners of Oil Assets

APC Caretaker Committee Disowns Zoning List

FG Silent over Buhari’s Return Date

Majority of Yoruba People Want Regionalism, Says Adams

Oyetola Distances Osun from Yoruba Nation, Suspends Three Principals

Senate Asks Security Agencies to Probe Killings by Herdsmen in Ebonyi

Akeredolu Threatens to Embarrass Ex-Deputy over Unreturned Vehicles

JAMB Scraps Use of Email for UTME Registration

Arase Calls for Strong Internal Security Architecture

OPEC Raises Oil Demand Growth on Stronger Economic Recovery

DPR to Inaugurate Dispute Resolution Centre

SUN

2023: Ayade’s defection dance

APC disowns circulating zoning list

House caucus tasks South-West PDP on party unity

APC loses former candidate, campaign coordinator, others to PDP in Delta

Reconciliation Committee Lauds PDP S’West Leaders Over Congress

Peace Corps proposes massive investment in sports to tackle youth restiveness

Saraki seeks IMO seat for Nigeria, urges African countries to look inwards

President Macron lauds Rabiu as BUA, Axens progress on 200,000bpd refinery in A’Ibom

Adesina to FG: Empower youths, oil no longer producing billionaires

LCCI advocates creation of asset register for debts management

SON plans parley with stakeholders to enhance healthcare delivery

Government agencies frustrating local manufacturers

Boko Haram kills 10, destroys Borno border town in return attack

SARS brutality: Rivers wants police authorities, culpable officers to compensate victims

Obasekis comment on printing N60bn to share in March untrue, sad FG

Governors meet over security, Executive Order 10, JUSUN strike

Judiciary’s financial autonomy: JUSUN is right!

FEC approves N20.1bn for Customs equipment, FIRS, UI library

2020 UTME: Fraudsters hack JAMBs site, steal N10m

VANGUARD

How 20 children died in Niger Republic school fire incident

Release of remaining abducted Chibok girls still work in progress ‘ Presidency

NSCDC foils attempted jailbreak at Correctional facility in Ubiaja, Edo

CDC inaugurates N250m trust fund to support development drive

Police seize 125 live ammunition from 2 suspects

Taliban: Delaying troop withdrawal from Afghanistan not acceptable

Armed forces college to begin award of masters degree in Security studies

Political earthquake in APC as Oloye, Agbor defect to PDP with over 1,000 supporters in Delta

South-West PDP Reps caucus hails zonal congress

Ondo former deputy governor replies Akeredolu, says vehicles with him are his statutory benefits

Akeredolu threatens to embarrass ex-Deputy Governor over unreturned government vehicles

2023: APC debunks ‘fake’ zoning list, says party focused on delivering mandate

Reconciliation committee lauds PDP South West leaders over congress

Why I supported #EndSARS movement ‘ Adeoye

The search for food security needs a hands-on and coherent approach ‘ Arc Kabir Ibrahim

COVID-19: Traditional ruler tells Nigerians to set aside fears, take vaccine

COVID-19: US suspends J&J vaccine over blood clots fears

Tuberculosis kills 18 persons per hour in Nigeria ‘ Report

Nigeria administers 2nd highest doses in Africa ‘ WHO

COVID-19: Delays in supplies stall vaccine rollouts in low-income countries

Benue HIV/AIDS prevalence rate drops from 12.9 to 4.7 per cent ‘ NACA

Doctors’ Strike: We have not been informed ‘ Ogun govt

UNICEF, WHO,FG worry over Nigeria’s low immunization turnout

High mortality rate: FG to launch Nat’l Emergency Medical Service, Ambulance System ‘ Minister

Fight over father’s inheritance claims first son’s life in Imo

Police begin manhunt of kidnappers, storm hideouts in Ibadan

Obasanjo commends Abiodun on OGWAMA, cleaner environment

It’s not true that we printed N60bn, FG replies Obaseki

Arms probe: CSOs pass vote of confidence on ex-service chiefs

UPDATED: Okorocha spends second night with EFCC operatives, speaks on alleged N7.9b cash

We’re not insurgents, says OPC faction

FG to sanction violators of Expatriate Quota rules ‘ Aregbesola

South East should get additional state before restructuring, Apugo tells Northern groups

LEADERSHIP

Cultists Shot Dead 200 Level Student In Bayelsa

Okorocha’s Arrest, Affront To Ndigbo ‘ Igbo Youths

Police Kill 4 Sea Pirates In A/Ibom

Ondo To Hold Stakeholder’s Roundtable On Cannabis Plant

Vehicles In My Possession Are Statutory Benefits, Says Ajayi

Implementation Of Laws Will Promote Justice, Peaceful Coexistence, Says Osinbajo

Efforts To Secure Release Of Chibok Girls Still On Course ‘ Presidency

Senate Queries Finance Ministry, Accountant General Over N7.5bn ‘Secret Withdrawal

Implementation Of Policy On Food, Nutrition Will Guaranty Food Security ‘ Sanwo-Olu

Food Worth N5 trn Consumed In Lagos Annually, Says Olusanya

CBT Centres Must Carry Names Of Their Examination Towns ‘ JAMB

FG Tasks Visitation Panel On Policies, Laws Of Institutions

We Are Tired Of Daily Killings ‘ Senators

2023: We Can’t Zone Presidency, Others Without Buhari, Governors ‘ APC

COVID -19: Osinbajo Canvasses Fairness In Vaccine Distribution

$1bn Arms Fund: Coalitions Passes Vote Of Confidence On Former Service Chiefs

FG Denies Obaseki’s Comment On Printing N60bn In March

FG To Sanction Foreigners Over Expatriate Quota Violation

Anti-COVID 19 Properties Found In Nigerian Spices, Vegetables ‘ Study

FG Okays N20.1bn For Customs Equipment

JAMB Loses N10m To Fraudsters, Scraps Use Of Email For Registration

Growing Concerns As Fluctuating Naira, Unstable Power Supply Scare Investors From Nigeria

LEADERSHIP Conversation Series: Asking Youths To Vote Is Waste Of Time

Attacks, Killings Will Hamper Interstate Trade ‘ Group

Southern Kaduna Professors Forum Congratulates NOK University

Efforts To Secure Release Of Chibok Girls Still On Course ‘ Presidency

FBI Report: Your Apology Inadequate, Communications Minister Tells Newspaper

Breaking: Delta State To Host 21st National Sports Festival

10 Killed, 20 Injured In Borno Attacks ‘ Kyari

TRIBUNE

Nigeria records 89 new COVID-19 infections, total now 164,000

ASUP strike: FG warns staff unions against interference in appointments

We’re impressed with level of your development, NUC tells FUOYE

Southern Kaduna professors laud FG over granting of license

Ghana beating Nigeria in 2020 WASSCE, a big shame ‘ NUT, parents

Biden says ‘time to end’ US war in Afghanistan with total pullout

Denmark completely halts use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Printing N60bn to augment March federal allocation not a fact, FG replies Obaseki

Vigilante member shoots man to death in Lagos as police arrest 17 armed robbers

Reconciliation committee lauds PDP South West leaders over congress

Kidnapped Okrika council boss rescued

PDP South-West congress election was rigged, Fayose says

Buhari mourns Ex-Oyo, Ondo military administrator, Col Usman

Oodua nation: Osun dissociates state from call for secession from Nigeria

Rivers govt directs police to compensate victims of brutality

Senate passes bill for National Food Reserve

Buhari, APC’s misrule caused Twitter to choose Ghana over Nigeria ‘ PDP

NATION

Hope rises for food security as firms form partnership

Assembly nullifies suspension of council chairman

Governors meet over security, Executive Order 10, JUSUN strike

Osun suspends three principals over secession preaching

We prefer Okorocha to other Igbo politicians, says Northern group

EFCC chair meets Senate committee on anti-corruption

Blame Buhari for twitters choice of Ghana as African HQ-PDP

Buhari, Makinde mourn former Ondo, Oyo MILAD, Usman

Ghanaian actress Poloo on trial over nude photo with son

Police Commissioner keeps mum on decomposed bodies in Calabar Valley

Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu, others not forgotten FG

Police kill four suspected pirates in Akwa Ibom

Uwazuruike is on drugs, says Kanu

DAILY TIMES

Hackers gain access into JAMB intranet site, divert N10 million

Boko Haram Retakes Borno LGA Headquarters In Bloody Attack

FG set to unveil emergency medical ambulance service

Nigeria to commence pilot use of FRP technology in Oil and Gas production

Okorochas arrest: This affront on Igbos must stop- group react

Drug Trafficking: Another Nigerian sentenced to death in Vietnam

How we won PDP South-West congress Hon. Wole Oke

Sen.Ubah signifies interest in Anambra governorship poll

I was only invited by EFCC Okorocha

PDP basks in euphoria of South West, North Central Zonal Congresses success

DAILY TRUST

Over 100,000 flee to Niger Republic after B/Haram attacks Borno town

Reps meet JUSUN, back call for judicial independence

‘20m Nigerians below poverty line unacceptable’

N7.5bn ‘secret’ withdrawal: Senate summons Finance Minister, Accountant-General

We lost over N10m staff allowances to fraudsters – JAMB

FG develops operation procedures for workers

Corruption, unemployment, insecurity top Nigerians’ woes – Report

US says troops to leave Afghanistan September 11

HERALD

It’s blackmail, negative profiling’ ‘ OPC hits Dambazau for comparison to Boko Haram

FG faults Obaseki, denies printing N60bn to finance March allocation

Barcelona Now Number 1 ‘ Forbes Unveils World’s Most Valuable Football Teams

I’ll Defend Myself Against ‘Ungodly Allegations’ ‘ Omojuwa Replies Ezekwesili

More spouses killing each other over domestic violence ‘ Lawyers

DMO lists N150b FG bonds for auction

BUSINESSDAY

Battle with bird flu worsens Nigeria’s poultry farmers’ woes

ExxonMobil’s continued defiance of Nigeria’s extant laws

What Nigeria can learn from East Asia’s industrial experience

Return of tollgates seen reviving Nigeria’s road infrastructure

Apapa: No hiding place for motorists as trucks overrun port city

Nigerian states prioritise salaries over investment

Voriancorelli seeks N20bn on Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange

Gapx restates support for more women in African companies

CBN worries as BDCs with N1trn annual turnover render low returns

Nigerian Exchange open for business with BUA Cement’s N115bn bond

Whoever takes over from current administration must focus on nation building

Blockchain could add $1bn to Nigeria’s economy, deepen financial inclusion ‘ EFINA

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Police Arrest Vigilante For Allegedly Killing Passerby, 17 Suspected Robbers

I Will Be Very Upset If Fuel Price Is Increased ‘ Sagay

Return PDP To Winning Ways, Oni Charges New SouthWest Leaders

Yoruba Nation Gone Beyond Restructuring To Self-Determination ‘ Gani Adams

Ooni, Bode George, Okolie, Others, Agree Only Restructuring Will save Nigeria

Bunker Fuel: NIMASA, Modular Refinery Operators Deliberate On Availability

Police, Local Hunters, Vigilante, Others Go After Abductors, Promise Safety Rescue Of Victims

Trading Rebounds On NGX, Market Capitalisation Increases N18bn

Minister Assures Implementation Of FCT Civil Service Commission Act- JUAC

FG Appoints Governing Councils, Heads Of Some Education Agencies

NIGERIAN PILOT

How India now export culture of hate abroad

Biden to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by September 1

NiMet DG appointed as Nigerias representative to the World Meteorological Organization

Police kill four sea pirates in AIbom

NiMet DG appointed as Nigerias representative to the World Meteorological Organization

PRESS RELEASE: EbubeAgu: Dont Be Deceived by South East Governors Jamboree

NEW TELEGRAPH

Alleged N7.9bn fraud: EFCC only ‘invited’ me, says Okorocha

Presidency: We aren’t giving up on Chibok girls

FEC: Secession not solution to Nigeria’s problems

Senate summons Finance Minister, AGF over N7.5 bn withdrawal

APC Caretaker: Buhari’s absence may stall zoning

Alleged N1.4bn fraud: EFCC arrests ex-A’Ibom AG, Nwoko

FG hints on approaching international market with Eurobond

FG’s backward integration suffers as N581.5bn raw sugar is imported

Low fat diets lower testosterone levels in men

BLUEPRINT

10 ex-governors linked with 56m properties in UK ‘ Report

Borno: Troops foil attack on Muslim faithful breaking fast, deny Damasak attack

Chibok girls still on our minds ‘ Presidency

Mercy Corps inaugurates women peace council in Plateau

Nigeria’s membership of IEC will facilitate FDI ‘ Onu

Senate summons finance Minister over ‘secret withdrawal of N7.5billion from CBN

PSC Chair to Police: We must work together to solve security challenges

FEC approves N532 million for Ibadan varsity library extension

Nigeria’s household consumption hits N13.9 trillion in Q4 2020

 

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