Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 23 April 2021           

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

Unify forex, harmonise taxes, NESG, ACCI tell govt

$160m forex spent on food import in January

AfDB, Afreximbank report reveal $5bn capital outflow in 2020

Pantami was imam when ATBU Muslim community issued fatwa, killed my son in a mosque -Prof

Abia marks drug lord’s house for demolition, NDLEA arrests baron with 100kg cocaine

Police launch probe into OAU student’s alleged suicide

Teachers protest five-year unpaid salaries, block Rivers Govt House

IPOB/MASSOB asylum: Offer to protect those who need it, UK replies Federal Govt

Stunned Nigerians present N1m to armed Lagos cop assaulted by civilian

Elumelu demands Pantami’s resignation, Gbajabiamila blocks motion

Senate probes Falana’s petition on alleged lopsided appointments at NHRC

Pantami present as Buhari presides over FEC meeting after UK trip

Pro-Taliban comments: Why Pantami sailed through DSS screening, ex-director explains

Two arrested for snatching UNICAL student’s N88,000 phone, selling it for N10,000

Leaders preach peace as Ondo hunter kills herdsman in forest

NSCDC arrests man for allegedly raping 10-year-old girl on Kwara farm

Ondo monarchs demand more policemen as three construction workers kidnapped

Nine-year-old sodomised victim seeks justice, mother forgives suspect

Two arrested for snatching UNICAL student’s N88,000 phone, selling it for N10,000

Local content: Lawmakers probe ExxonMobil over contract splitting

US imports of Nigerian oil slumps to five-year low

OPEC, others prepare to relax oil production quotas

Petrol sells for N175/litre as queues reduce in Abuja

Electoral Act: Senate moves to make card readers compulsory for polls

Insecurity: IGP laments inadequate resources, seeks special fund for operations

Putin warns West against crossing red line with Russia

One dead as bandits ambush Oyo Amotekun operatives

Lagos concludes first dose COVID-19 vaccination, shuts centres

THISDAY

Tension as Gunmen Kidnap Construction Workers in Ondo

Abia Drug Supplier Nabbed with over 100kg Cocaine, Cannabis

Bandits Attack Four Zamfara Villages, Kill 30 People

Obiano: Nine Attackers of Soludo Now in Police Net

Army Chief, IG Seek More Funding for Military, Police Operations

Lagos Fixes LG Election for 24 July

Masari Expresses Shock as Fire Guts Katsina Assembly Complex

Senate Probes Alleged Lopsided Appointments at NHRC

Drama as Senators Disagree over Communal Clashes in Adamawa, Gombe

Lassa Fever Kills 3 in Bayelsa, Kogi States

Experts: Cancer Deaths May Reduce if Patients Seek Medical Help Early

Senate Passes N257bn 2021 Budget for Customs

COVID-19: EU Launches New €100m Vaccination Campaigns in Africa

EFCC Grills Ex-Zamfara Gov, Yari

Bandits Deserve Death Not Ransom, Says el-Rufai

NPC Awaits Buhari’s Approval to Conduct Census in 2022

Senate Seeks Policies to Encourage Local Investors in Cement Production

SUN

APC zones National Chairman to North

LASIEC releases timetable for July 24 LG polls

Oyo: OYSIEC postpones council poll by one week

Niger PDP says ex-Gov Aliyu remains suspended over anti-party activities

Senate approves fresh $1.5bn, 995m euro loans for Buhari

Onne Customs collects N38.8bn revenue, makes N4.1bn seizures

NIPC tracks $8.4bn in Q1, with manufacturing sector accounting for 35%

Nigeria’s high unemployment rate about to implode

Senate probes alleged killing of Enugu indigenes in Togo

Gunmen kill Amotekun operative in Oyo

Troops kill 5 suspected bandits in Aba

Treat Igbo like other Nigerians, Elders Forum begs Buhari

Chad: Power struggle looms as rebels threaten to oust new leader

Attahiru tasks Senate on appropriate funding for army

FEC okays N8.3bn for Sokoto-Kebbi road

Edo police parade suspect for illegal possession of ammunition, others

IGP withdraws police officers from EFCC

Attack on Ibeju-Lekki village for probe

COVID-19 donations: Call for probity, accountability

Governors are elected to pay salaries

GUARDIAN

Senate approves Buhari’s fresh loan of $1.5b, €995m amid rising debts

More worries as Apapa gridlock worsens, defies e-call up solutions

FEC silent over Pantami’s alleged link to Al-Qaeda, Taliban

Customs impounds 42 drums of explosives from Benin Republic

‘No amount of killings, intimidation will stop Igbo presidency in 2023’

Oil, gas trainers lose $2b to COVID-19

Again, IYC tackles Akpabio over endless forensic audit, Akwa’s tenure

Fire guts Katsina Assembly chamber

NASS leadership wants police, correctional service unbundled

Gunmen abduct three construction firm workers in Ondo

Russian police detain Navalny aides, activists before protests

Police in Adamawa apprehend 4 suspected kidnappers, recover cash, guns

Reigning Mrs. World Resigns Weeks After Assaulting Mrs. Sri Lanka On Stage

J&J and other drugmakers go on trial over US opioid crisis

Ghana Actress Akuapem Poloo Granted 80,000 Cedis Bail

House of Reps minority leader calls for Pantami resignation

Gunmen kill university staffer, kidnap students in north Nigeria: police

VANGUARD

Gunmen kidnap construction workers in Ondo

Land dispute: Stop provoking us! Abia community warns Imo neighbours

Two policemen killed, others injured as gunmen torch Adani Police Station

Unknown gunmen burn down police division in Nsukka

Gunmen kill Amotekun corps in Oyo

Bill to establish Nigerian Maritime security trust fund passes 2nd reading

Police in Edo charge 331 suspects to courts in two months

[ICYMI] Igbo community in C’River at ‘war’ over leadership

FRSC seeks partnership with Kebbi govt on traffic rules enforcement

FEC approves N8.39bn augmentation for Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Makera road

Delta CJ inaugurates Abraka judicial division

NDLEA arrests wanted Abia drug supplier, seizes 100kg of cocaine, cannabis

Lawan seeks strengthening of nation’s justice system

Apapa Gridlock: Truck drivers, commuters beg for Sanwo-Olu’s intervention

You know what I can do’, zone 9 new AIG warns hoodlums terrorising S’East

Senate approves Buhari’s $1.5bn, ‘995m external loan requests

NEPC designates Edo Dry Port as Export Warehouse

LEADERSHIP

Chad Repeals Law, Names Deby’s Son President

Traditional DTLA Counts On Product Innovation To Grow In 2021

Insecurity: NASS Advocates Strengthening Of Justice System

Gbajabiamila Rejects Motion Seeking Pantami’s Resignation

Outrage Over New Viral Video Of Assault On Policeman In Lagos

Federal Govt Okays N8.39bn For Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Makera Road

Bill Seeking Security Trust Fund For Navy Scales 2nd Reading

Minimum Wage: Pensioners To Hold Nationwide Protest Over Upward Pension Review

UPDATED: Bandits Killed Porter, Abduct Matron, Many Female Students At Greenfield Varsity In Kaduna

Food Security: FG Targets 60,000 Tractors To Drive Agric Mechanisation

Senate Okays N257.18bn Budget For Customs In 2021

TRIBUNE

Pantami: FEC keeps mum on calls for his removal

Nigeria records 65 new COVID-19 infections, total now 164,488

EU begins ‘100m humanitarian support initiative for Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination

Forex restriction: Sugar council to support investors for job creation

Electricity tariff shortfall may rise over N3trn by 2023

Tuberculosis is as deadly as COVID-19 ‘ Experts

Reps receive report on N1.679trn customs budget for 2021

Speaker shoots down Minority Leader’s call for Pantami’s removal

Police parade 9 suspected robbers, 40-year-old suspected Rapist in Niger

We have arrested 9 attackers of Soludo in Anambra ‘ Obiano

Police arrest four for killing man six days to wedding

Police parade 50 suspects in possession of AK-47 magazine, ammunition in Edo

Fire razes Katsina Assembly chamber

Reps probe review, renewal of seaports’ concession agreements

NATION

FEC approves N8.39b to complete Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Makera road

How racketeering, fraud threaten Railways e-ticketing platform

Fed Govt cautions elites promoting disintegration

WHO asks Nigeria, others to invest in malaria elimination

2023: Senate moves to make card readers compulsory

Lawan, Gbajabiamila seek unbundling of Correctional Service, Police

Proposed database for cows by Senate sparks outrage

IGP orders withdrawal of senior police officers attached to EFCC

EFCC ready to open books for scrutiny Bawa

HURIWA to Buhari: declare state of emergency in Kaduna

Dry season farming: Anchor Borrower Scheme (ABS) to the rescue

Debys death may compound insecurity in North, says Olawepo-Hashim

DAILY TIMES

Senate approves $1.5bn, 995m external loans for Federal Government

Wike calls for the resignation of Pantami

VP Osinbajo receives Unilag Alumni FCT Branch Exco, pledges support for positive initiatives

PDP calls for sack of Osun Attorney General, Akande

Afenifere leader, Adebanjo: Buhari, APC have hidden agenda

Gunmen abduct students in varsity attack, kill policemen, burn station

FEC approves N8.39 billion to augment Sokoto road reconstruction

Senate demands tax incentives, protection for cement producers

Senate considers establishment of Corporate Data Management Commission

Senate: Arguments as bill to establish National Livestock Bureau scales second reading

UK sabotaging, disrespecting Nigeria with Asylum to IPOB, MASSOB members FG

Senate commence probe of CCT Chairman, Umar over assault on guard

DAILY TRUST

Senate approves $1.5bn, €995m external loans for FG

After one month, kidnappers keep 2 women in Taraba, free 3

Security beefed up as gunmen kill 2 policemen, set station ablaze in Enugu

Woman, 55, gives birth to set of triplets in Bayelsa

Why it’s difficult to tame banditry — FG

Senators kick as Customs votes N2bn for retirement benefits, N180m for cleaning

Buhari insensitive to Nigerians’ yearnings – Afenifere

Adamawa, Gombe senators biker over communal clashes

Lawan, Gbajabiamila want Correctional Service delisted from Exclusive List

Bank’s assets declaration and corruption war

Search for 112 Chibok girls must continue

Commuters stranded as fuel scarcity rages in Abuja, others

NESG urges Nigeria to tap into $17tr idle global fund

FG to BUA: New sugar import policy to upscale plantation, tech

‘MSMEs’ intellectual property protection cost high’

Unease over N10bn Lagos airport, 4 others’ automation

HERALD

Reigning Mrs World, Caroline Jurie Resigns Weeks After Pageant Controversy

2023: Insecurity cannot stop S/East from producing president ‘ Sen. Ogba

OAU student’s suicide not linked to academic failure, says PRO

Idriss Deby’s Son Named Chad President After Father’s Death

2023: Insecurity cannot stop S/East from producing president ‘ Ebonyi senator

Gbajabiamila shuts down motion seeking Pantami’s resignation

Lai Mohammed: FEC Meeting Didn’t Discuss Pantami’s Case

IGP withdraws senior cops from EFCC

AUTHORITY

2023 Election:No amount of crisis can stop Igbos from producing next President- Sen.Ogba

Senate Approves $1bn External Loan for FG

Pantamis sympathy to insurgents has great security consequences-Rep

Backward integration programme in sugar sector to provide jobs for Nigerians NSDC boss

2021 Customs Budget: N2billion Retirement benefits incentives for Officers raises uproar

Experts predict success for war against terrorism in Nigeria as the key sponsor is killed by rebels

BUSINESSDAY

Inside Nigeria’s plan to attract oil investment

Nigerians switch diet over rising food cost

The dangers of a rubber-stamp legislature

French companies see opportunities in Nigeria, but security, taxation are hitches ‘ France’s Trade Minister

Unsung heroes: SMEs as backbone of the Nigerian economy

Hunger in the land as food prices go out of reach

Addressing the inequity in financing African ventures

Real estate in Abuja is bitcoin without the dip

CBN to sanction banks for rejecting old, lower dollar denomination

Nigeria’ opportunity to tap $38bn cotton market underexplored

How to create business SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)

Why Nigeria Sugar Master Plan must not be scrapped

Fresh ideas are needed to fix the broken oil sector

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Osun Police Arrest Suspect From Kwara In Attempted Multiple Kidnap

Kidnappers Of Greenfield Varsity Students Demand N800m Ransom

Buhari Should Explain To Nigerians What He Meant By ‘Continuity’ ‘ Tanko

Delta 2023: l Will Consolidate On Okowa’s Robust Achievements If Elected ‘ Esievo

Security Breakdown In The South-East And South-South

9mobile Announces Special Hajj Roaming Offer For Pilgrims

FG Can Capture 230 Million Nigerians, Residents B 2024

Expert Canvasses Investments In Ship Building, Repairs To Tackle Unemployment

GBV: NGO Project Alert Trains Shelter Managers In Sokoto ‘Official

Unical Security Arrests 2 Suspects Terrorising Campus Peace

Victims Of Gender-Based Violence In Ebonyi Cry Out For Help

Autonomy: NBA, JUSUN, PASAN Stage Protest In Kebbi

PEOPLESDAILY

Tanker drivers call off strike over condition of service ‘ NNPC

Konshisha Crisis: More weapons of slain soldiers recovered

Fire razes ICT, admin office of INEC in Kano

Tetfund to double approvals for research grants in 2021

FCT farmers want SMEDAN to process their loans requests

Gombe communal clash: Senate asks NEMA to send relief materials to assist victims

Senate mulls creation of Corporate Data Management Commission

APC rejects fuel price hike

Introduce liberal policies to encourage local investors in cement industry, Senate tells FG

NEW TELEGRAPH

Customs seizes N3.1bn contraband, drum of explosives

Nigerians have lost faith in N’Assembly on constitutional amendment ‘Afenifere

Army seeks equipment, armour fighting vehicles to defeat adversaries

Pantami absent as FEC fails to discuss Minister’s alleged terrorism links

Chad: Nigeria proposes dialogue for interim govt, rebels

No amount of killings, terrorism can stop Igbo Presidency in 2023 ‘Sen. Ogba

Some pensioners get N2,000 monthly ‘FG, Labour

FEC, Senate okay N265.57bn for Customs, road project

BLUEPRINT

Customs impounds explosives, others worth N3.1bn from Benin Republic

Ghana edges out Nigeria in FDI earnings for 2020

Adopt 21st century military infrastructure, technology in enhancing national security’ NITDA

AfCFTA implementation will give Nigerian firms access worth $504.17bn in goods -CBN

Stock market sustains bullish run as index rises by 112.76bp

Nigeria mining sector will drive industrialisation, national development’ Ogah

Backward integration programme in sugar sector to tackle unemployment, NSDC boss

NIGERIAN PILOT

Food Security: FG inagurates national gender steering committee to bridge gap

Fire burnt down Katsina House of Assembly complex

Alleged Printing Of N60bn: Civil Society Coalition Absolves CBN

Education needs to be encouraged in Nigeria-CEO

AMAC election: Chmshp aspirant tells older politicians to be ready to pack and go

IPAC commends LASIEC over Lagos LG polls

 

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