Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 20 April 2021            

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

UK considers new digital currency, Britcoin

How to manage high cholesterol

Firm advocates investment in Nigerias healthcare system

Report on downgrading of Anambra airport mischievous, false Govt

INEC threatens parties which conduct violent congresses

Bayelsa to prioritise health sector investment, says Diri

RCCG petition: Senate hails Fashola over Osun road payment

FG admits revenues crashing, says Nigeria faces hard times

Financial autonomy: JUSUN disagrees as NGF fixes May date

He was so calm! Nigerians raise N.5m for armed Lagos policeman assaulted by civilian

Govs to implement autonomy for state assemblies, judiciary in May – Fayemi

Ekiti monarch’s abductors demand N20m ransom, anxiety grips family

FRSC gives reasons for tanker explosions, Buhari mourns Benue victims

Hunters engage herdsmen in gunfight, compel invaders to flee

Rivers vigilantes arrest three for robbing Abia varsity student

Police maintain crackdown on Ekiti cultists, 35 more arrested

Oil firms borrowed N130bn from banks in February – CBN

FG generated N2.15tn from MDA operating surplus, says FRC

‘N75bn youth fund disbursement in phases’

No petrol price increase in May, says NNPC

NNPC, marketers meet over petrol smuggling, others

Reliance on oil income unsustainable, Obaseki tells FG, states

JUSUN: No reason for solidarity strike in Rivers, Wike tells NBA

THISDAY

Fashola: No Payment for Controversial Osun Road Under Buhari

NEITI Wants Media in Forefront of Extractive Sectors Reforms

CRC Credit Bureau Organises Forum on Open Banking

Report Reveals Increased Productivity in March

ACCI Seeks Creation of Presidential Committee on Cryptocurrency

Army, Air Force in Fierce Confrontation with Boko Haram, ISWAP in…

Three Killed as Cultists Clash in Anambra

Paris Club Refund: Govs Ask Minister to Halt Payment to Contractors

FG to Meet Judiciary, Parliamentary Workers Today

Kidnappers of Ekiti Monarch Demand N20m Ransom

Katsina Police Kill Three Bandits, Recover AK-47 Rifle

Nigerians Begin Fund Raising for Lagos Policeman Assaulted by Civilian

UNIJOS Staff, Students Protest, Demand Transparency in VC Selection Process

Inadequate Polling Units Responsible for Electoral Violence, Says INEC

Yoruba Group Calls for Increased Security on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Senate Moves to Strengthen Laws against Illegal Arms, Says Nigeria under…

Ekiti Cult Clash: Senator Condemns Killings as Police Arrest 45 Suspects

Gbajabiamila Wants Review of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy to Address Security Threats

Sanwo-Olu Lauds Lagos Policeman for Exhibiting Professionalism

Igbo Wants Peaceful Coexistence, Not Secession, Says Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Northerners in Abia Cattle Market Deny Harbouring Criminal Herdsmen

Contractors Protest over Non-payment for COVID-19 Equipment, Shut down FCTA

2023 Elections May be Compromised, if Judiciary is Not Financially Free

A Dispassionate Review of the Supreme Court Alteration Bill 2020

SUN

What 2023 presidency means to average Igbo man ‘ABC Nwosu

Anambra guber: Aspirants plan to dump APC after primary ‘Chieftain

INEC threatens to blacklist party with acrimonious congresses

IPAC accepts Rivers LG election result

S’East’ll produce Nigerian president in 2023 ‘Ohanaeze

Anambra 2021: Forum in Anambra PDP declares war on internal detractors

Akpabio endorsed as Akwa Ibom APC leader

INEC threatens to blacklist party with acrimonious congresses

IPAC accepts Rivers LG election result

GUARDIAN

Cuba gets new leader as last Castro retires

INEC threatens to sanction parties over violent congresses

Don’t be discouraged by political travails, Wike tells Okorocha

Allow CBN to efficiently, effectively perform its mandate ‘ APC urges PDP

Pakistan based drug kingpin behind the source of drugs during the recent drug hauls

Rwanda’s genocide: a 100-day killing spree

EU warns 150,000 Russian troops massed around Ukraine

Rwandan report says France ‘bears significant responsibility’ over genocide

One dead as powerful typhoon brushes past the Philippines

Russia rejects foreign concerns over Navalny’s health

Bank’s app turns mobile phones to PoS

Gulf of Guinea remains world’s piracy hotspot in 2021, says IMB

PFA boosts investment assets with N674 billion

FCMB, others lift stock market capitalisation by N21 billion

No unregulated entity will participate in capital market activities

ABCON calls on CBN to check cryptocurrencies’ impact on diaspora remittances

Local companies can manage Nigeria’s national identification project

Firm begins gas-powered engine vehicle conversion in June

Petrol: No increase in ex-depot Price in May – NNPC

Olujimi condemns Ekiti cult killing, wants perpetrators arrested

Police arrest 2 suspects providing medical services to bandits

HOMEF seeks vigorous environmental justice campaign in Niger Delta

World Igbo Congress rejects Ebube-agu

#Endsars panel: Two of our men on death row in Bayelsa, Police say

11 dead, almost 100 hurt in Egypt train accident

Two traffickers excrete 191 pellets of cocaine, heroin at Lagos airport

VANGUARD

Petrol subsidy continues in May, says NNPC GMD

NITDA mulls new roadmap for development

3 persons shot in kidnapping attempt in Osun ‘ Police

ASUU condemns Makinde’s ‘Step Aside’ order to LAUTECH VC

FG inaugurates councils of 5 universities

Eight repentant militants, kidnappers become pastors in OPM

Road crash claims 2 lives on Ijebu Ode-Benin highway

Two arrested for allegedly providing medical services to bandits

Egyptian police kill 3 militants alleged in executing Coptic Christian in North Sinai

Lagos to establish Anti-Corruption Commission

Osinbajo tasks U.S. on Net-zero emissions, access to COVID-19 vaccine

Congress: INEC reads riot act to political parties on violence

Lagos renews clamp-down on illegal abattoirs, veterinary premises

LEADERSHIP

INEC Reads Riot Act To Political Parties On Violence

NAF Seeks N2m Fine For Illegal Possession Of Firearm

Air Fare Increases By 18.71% In One Year ‘ NBS

Abductors Of Ekiti Monarch Seek N20m Ransom

Petrol: No Increase In Ex-Depot Price In May ‘ NNPC

Scores Of ISWAP Fighters Killed In Failed Attack On Dikwa

NAF Seeks N2m Fine For Illegal Possession Of Firearm

3 INEC Staff Die In Borno Road Accident

8 Repentant Militants, Kidnappers Now Pastors In OPM Church

Bitcoin Suffers Sharp Crash After Week Of Cryptocurrency Hype

Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Must Address Terrorism Funding, Climate Change ‘ Gbajabiamila

TRIBUNE

Era of violence, arms struggle in Niger Delta region is over, says Amnesty boss

Sanwo-Olu lauds police officer, Erhabor, assaulted in viral video

COVID-19: Stakeholders donate world-classmolecular diagnostic laboratory to FCTA

Convince your colleagues for judicial autonomy, Ekiti lawyers tell Fayemi

Day Yoruba women from the Diaspora visited Ooni, demanded better ethnic representation

PDP constitutes North-West caretaker committee

Wike charges JUSUN to open courts, says Rivers judiciary enjoys autonomy

NLC threatens protest against INEC over Labour Party

JUSUN strike: NBA decries state of courts as Delta promises to implement financial autonomy law

Railways construction: Customs to remove obstructing structure from Apapa Port ‘ Amaechi

JUSUN strike counter-productive to stability of judicial system ‘ Ajulo

NATION

Governors, ALGON protest planned deduction of $318m

Gunmen kill policemen in multiple attacks on stations

Attacks on police personnel, facilities killing their morale

Timeline of attacks on policemen, stations in Southeast

Fed. Govt: we shunned states request to borrow N50bn for sharing

States okay financial autonomy for judiciary, legislature

Operators await NCC directive to restart SIM card registration

Infighting, sabotage hamper APC revalidation in Southsouth

Electoral offenders have no hiding place, says Igini

Bandits kill three in Kaduna

Buhari worried over incessant fuel tanker explosions

Sanwo-Olu commends Police officers professionalism

NIN: Average of 2.6m SIMs linked monthly

Hoodlums raze Anambra Police zonal headquarters

Six bandits killed in Niger

Petrol: No increase in ex-depot price in May NNPC

DAILY TIMES

Governors, legislators, judiciary agree pact on financial autonomy

70% of W’Africas illegal weapons in Nigeria, says UN

Fiscal Responsibility paid FG N2.15 trn to consolidated fund

No petrol price increase in May, says NNPC

States to pursue digital tax administration for improved IGR

Buhari promises Niger Republic support to defeat terrorism

Ganduje dollar videos: Jaafar, Daily Nigerian publisher in hiding amid threats

Just In: Imo Prison break, 9 suspects arrested in Ghana

Breaking: President Buhari receives newly appointed IG of police

Ebubeagu was built for mischievous purposes IPOB

IMC: 2023 political gladiators behind ALGON crisis

Owerri Jailbreak: 125 escapees back in custodial centre NCoS

FG Grounds RCCG Pastor, Adeboyes Helicopter

Buhari condoles with Adamawa community over insurgents attack

Fayose: Tinubu mounted pressure on me to join APC but i refused

Azman incidents exposed lapses in aviation sector

Auditor Generals report indicts FMBN of non execution of N14bn contract

DAILY TRUST

2023: Nigerians, let’s go for competence

N60bn printing: Experts differ as Emefiele defends action

Shippers council targets 80% automation by June

FG seeks more commercial solar power plants

ABCON urges FG to tackle cryptocurrencies

SON pushes for ship inspection over fake goods

OAGF, NEITI partner on tracking oil, gas revenue

Obaseki calls for revenue diversification

Ways regular physical activity benefits your health

Scientists re-infect coronavirus survivors in trial launch

Why nutrition is important in pregnancy

No, 60% of women in Nigeria don’t give birth at traditional attendants’ facilities

FG to set up emergency clinics

‘How my client got life jail for buying stolen phone’

Judicial autonomy good for rule of law — AFBA

Family of abducted Kano scholar panic as kidnappers’ ransom deadline ends

COVID-19: Contractors shut down FCTA over nonpayment

FRSC warns petrol tanker owners on safety valves

15 arrested for killing 706 cows, 75 sheep in Kaduna community

5 policemen on trial for extorting N200,000 from Dubai-based Nigerian

Gunmen invade herders’ camap, shot 1, kidnap other in Abuja

El-Zakzaky: Shiites accuse police of harassment, intimidation

Police kill car thief, nab 3 cultists in Abuja

Lawyers, experts differ on Senate’s bid for electoral offences commission

‘Gandollar’ video publisher Jaafar ‘goes into hiding’ after threats

2023: Dissenting views can’t rob us of Presidency – Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Sanwo-Olu hails policeman who refused to be provoked despite unruly conduct of traffic offender

HERALD

8 repentant militants, kidnappers become pastors in OPM Church

INEC confirms death of 3 staff in Borno accident

NBA Youngboy’s Girlfriend Rumored To Be Pregnant With His 8th Child

Pantami: When You Piss Off Two Extremist Groups On Opposite Ends ‘ By Farooq Kperogi

VIDEO: Enugu council boss allegedly distributes rotten COVID-19 palliatives

Uche Maduagwu Makes Shocking U-Turn On His Sexuality

2023 elections: INEC plans expansion of polling units

1 in 4 Nigerians suffer mental disorder ‘ Prof

AUTHORITY

FIRS urges revenue authorities to embrace e-solutions to enhance revenue generation

IGP bans Police road blocks nationwide, approve employment of 1,500 lawyers as litigation officers

Nasarawa to introduce land reforms to remove bottlenecks in ease of doing business

FG inaugurates councils of 5 universities, harps on federal character

Troops inflict heavy casually on Boko Haram terrorists in Dikwa Army

BUSINESSDAY

In search of more money, Nigeria changes oil reform

How States, LGs are paying for Nigeria’s failure to reform

Rising kidnap cases and Nigeria’s security funding

Dynamic self understanding: Pursuing personal excellence

How ready are we to tackle our national security challenges

Value added tax considerations for casino operations in Nigeria

Naira adjustment, end to subsidy to add N200bn to FAAC monthly

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Road Fuels Lead Global Oil Demand Recovery In 2021-Report

IOCs Won’t Move Headquarters To Niger Delta Without Peace- Sylva

2 Nurses Die, 10 Injured In Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway Accident

Pantami’s Resignation May Derail Efforts To Curb Nigeria Of Insecurity ‘ Group

Buhari Sympathises With Chad Over Ethnic Clashes

INEC Reads Riot Act, Decries Acrimonious Party Primaries

JUSUN Protests In Bayelsa, Demands Financial Autonomy For Judiciary

2021 UTME/DE: JAMB Registers 130,749 Candidates In 9 Days

COVID-19: Stakeholders Donate Molecular Testing Facility To FCTA

Movie Director Vows To Make S’East Nigeria’s Entertainment Hub

Racketeering: UNIABUJA, JAMB Face-Off Over Admission Rights Deepens

NIGERIAN PILOT

INEC decries conduct of acrimonious congresses and primaries by political parties

Independence of judiciary non negotiable -Senate

CP orders Investigation of a Yenagoa Bakers death

Delta NBA joins JUSUN, as PASAN joins counterparts in protest

Insecurity: Nigeria under siege, Senate cries out

FRC, Auditor General to block fiscal leakages in public offices

INEC losses 3 staff to fatal road accident

Contractors shut down office over FCTA Perm Sec bribery scandal

NEW TELEGRAPH

Parents must be ready to fund varsity education ‘FUTA don

Edo 2020 surprises and Nigeria’s Tokyo Olympics preparations

Ethnic, tribal clashes, threat to African unity, stability, says Buhari

FG: Many projects abandoned across the country

Violent congresses: INEC threatens to blacklist parties

Insecurity: Nigeria’s corporate existence under threat ‘Senate

 

 

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