Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 6 May 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

THISDAY

Brent Crude Nears $70 as Lockdowns Ease in Europe, US

Governors Shift Ground on Financial Autonomy for State Legislatures, Judiciaries

Buhari Excited as 29 Abducted Kaduna Forestry Students Regain Freedom

Elumelu Calls for Urgent Power Sector Reforms to Boost Economy

PDP Govs Move to Stop Ayade’s Planned Defection

Agitations for Nigeria’s Disintegration, Insensitive, Says Obasanjo

Enugu Catholic Bishop Behind My Two-day Ordeal, Says Mbaka

FG Approves N6.2bn for Six Power Projects

Labour Rejects FG’s Plans to Review Payrolls

Again, Okonjo-Iweala Seeks Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

APC Senators Fault Minority Caucus’ Threat to Sack Buhari

Jonathan Pays Tribute to Yar’Adua, Says He was a Peacemaker

Name Those Plotting to Overthrow Buhari, Northern Elders Tell Presidency

Tinubu Group Tells Buni to Place Fayemi on Watchlist of Disloyal…

NDLEA Nabs 80-year-old Woman, Others with Drugs in Akure

Military Rescues 13 Abducted Persons in Kaduna Community

House Condemns Killing of 70 People in Benue By Herdsmen

Buhari Has Finally Surrendered to Terrorists, PDP Alleges

House Urges FG to Suspend Proposed 2021 Census

A MILITARY COUP IS NOT AN OPTION

NEEDED: A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Southern Govs Meet over Insecurity, to Reconvene Next Week

Guber Poll: Orajiaka Unveils Health, Electricity Plan for Anambra

Inadequate Power Crippling Innovation, Economy, Says Elumelu

PUNCH

Boko Haram killed five soldiers, 25 others in Borno attacks Sources

Coup scare: Stop issuing statements, do your job, NEF charges Buhari

Cash crunch: Labour draws battle lines, warns against salary slash

Govt approach wrong, ransom payment wont end kidnapping Obasanjo

El-Rufai receives 27 freed Kaduna college students, two missing

Nigeria is sleepwalking into war

Division emerges in APC as Adeyeye attacks Fayemi over members suspension

Imo attacks sponsored, about 2023 elections Uzodinma

Tackle poverty to end insecurity, Olawepo-Hashim urges FG

Mbaka resurfaces, protesting youths attack Enugu bishop’s house

Gunmen abducted hospital owner to treat wounded colleagues –Police

El-Rufai receives 27 freed Kaduna college students, two missing

30 Kwara students taking exams arrested for Internet fraud

Ogun man wanted for killing cop, stabs mother-in-law to death

Revenge-seeking cultists attack OPC men in Ondo, six killed

Delta police demanding bribe to find missing girl – Sister

A’Ibom gov’s wife leads protest over slain jobseeker

Paying ransom to kidnappers is foolishness —Obasanjo

26-year-old man arrested for cloning EFCC emails to defraud victims

Ogun residents protest as gunmen abduct driver, three passengers

Octogenarian drug dealer, granddaughter nabbed, Marwa seeks action against cartels

NIMASA to accredit professional courses for Navy

Curb $70m illegal fishing, Reps tell NIMASA, Navy

Apapa, Brass, Bonny Island, high-risk waters – Report

Consider businesses before introducing taxes, CITN tells govt

Okonjo-Iweala calls for urgent equitable access to Covid vaccines

Nigeria to deploy 5G technology NCC

EFCC arrests 30 suspected internet fraudsters in Ilorin

Distribution of CBNs free prepaid meters starts soon -FG

Paying ransom to kidnappers is foolishness Obasanjo

Bandits raze church, kill two, abduct scores in Kaduna

Stop building expensive estates with workers money, NLC warns FMBN

SUN

Ebubeagu: PDP accuses Ebonyi gov of jumping gun

2023 presidency: Why APC should discard zoning ‘ex-lawmaker, Aminu Jaji

Nigeria may collapse on all of us ‘Pat Utomi

APC senators defend Buhari, say he’s in charge

PDP charges Buhari to address Nigerians over rising insecurity

Presidency has capitulated to terrorists ‘PDP

Anambra 2021: Ozigbo vows industrial revolution, purchases Innoson vehicle for campaign

2023:Oyo APC splinter groups close ranks

Lagos SWAN strengthens ties with LSSC

GUARDIAN

Financial literacy, impetus for entrepreneurial development’

Lagos supports MSMEs with N940m to mitigate #EndSARS losses

Uzodimma donates 100 new vehicles, gadgets to fight insecurity

Over one million bags of ‘Tinubu rice’ flood North East

Oil majors’ earnings improve on rising prices, demand

Naira abusers risk six months jail, CBN warns

Bandits release abducted Forestry college students

One abducted Greenfield University students freed

Mbaka: Protesting youths vandalise Enugu Catholic Bishop’s residence

Security operatives raze another IPOB leader’s family house

WHO to set up pandemic data hub in Berlin

Insecurity: Reps urge FG to suspend 2021 population , housing census

Strike won’t be called off until demands on financial autonomy are met -JUSUN

Educator Advocates For More Government Funding To Music Education

VANGUARD

EndSARS: Lagos supports businesses with N940m

Strike: Resident doctors to get payment of arrears from Friday ‘ FG

Italian Trade Agency woos Nigerian agric produce exporters

My Bishop ordered me to leave adoration ground for 30 days ‘ Mbaka

I was detained because of Nnamdi Kanu ‘ Fr Mbaka

NIMASA collaborates with Navy on training, accreditation

How EFCC arrested 30 suspected ‘Yahoo Boys

FG to set up police special unit for Niger Delta soon ‘ Akpabio

Updated: Baba Ijesha to face sexual assault, defilement charges

Senate passes Nigeria Steel University bill

Obasanjo condemns call for Nigeria’s disintegration

Edo to name, shame defaulting tax payers

Labour rejects plans by FG to slash salaries

NCC awaits FG’s final decision on 5G deployment

#EndSARS: We supported 1,835 businesses with N940m ‘ Sanwo-Olu

S’East group hails re-organisation in Nigeria Police Force

Kidnapping: Obasanjo cautions FG on payment of ransom

Delta community raises alarm over plans to impose King

LEADERSHIP

INEC Converts 1,495 Voting Points To Polling Units In Adamawa

EU, UN inaugurate Maternity Waiting Homes For Pregnant Women In Sokoto

Electrical Fault, Substandard Materials Caused Katsina Market Fire

Yobe Gov Meets Chief Of Army Staff Over Boko Haram Attack

Bauchi Lawmakers Request Gov Mohammed To Rebuild Assembly Complex, Legislative Quarters

Pantami Commissions Seven Projects To Boost Digital Economy

Federal Govt Okays N6.2bn For 6 Electricity Projects

World Hygiene Day: Federal Govt Urges Nigerians To Make Hand Washing A Habit

NASS To Help Rescue Nigerian Students Trapped In Volcanic Caribbean Island ‘ Lawan

Police Arrest 5 Suspected Armed Robbers In Abuja

Africa Soft Power Project To Hold Summit For Creative, Cultural Industries

Amend Constitution To Create State Police, PDP Tells NASS

Stakeholders Warn Of Dangers In LADOL’s Unending Wars On Foreign Investors

Correctional Services Academy Underway As Senate Considers Bill

TRIBUNE

LASIEC launches website ahead of council polls

Communal clashes: Senators Egwu, Abba Morro sue for peace in Benue, Ebonyi

Plan by FG to slash salaries is ‘mass suicide wish’ for Nigerian workers, says NLC

Alumni call for more public private partnership in education

JPTS warns African University of Benin-Cotonu against admitting Nigerian undergraduates without transcript

Nigeria records 52 new COVID-19 infections, total now 165,273

Our concern is to produce graduates who will create wealth, says UNILAG

It’ll be suicidal for FG to contemplate salary reduction ‘ NLC

Kaduna rejoices with freed Afaka students as troops rescued 13 kidnapped people

Reps decry wanton killing in Benue by suspected herdsmen

Over 40m sickle patients have no access to medical care in Nigeria, Reps member cries out

Reps ask FG to halt $70m illegal fishing by foreign vessels

Gombe will continue to work with Varsity to provide quality education, Inuwa pledges

Foreigners from Chad, Niger, Cameroon buying lands from Nigerians,Traditional ruler raises alarm

NATION

Ransom payment encourages banditry, abductions, says Obasanjo

Labour rejects move by Fed Govt to cut salaries

Protest over my disappearance saved me, says Mbaka

Governors pressurise Ayade to remain in PDP

UPDATED: Kidnappers free 27 Kaduna Forestry students

Stop building expensive estates with workers money, NLC tells FMBN

Labour opposes move by FG to cut salaries, merge MDAs

PDP receives Jerry Gana as zonal consultations begin

Ive not awarded any contract as Minister- Akpabio

I dont subscribe to payment of ransom Obasanjo

Obasanjo condemns call for Nigerias disintegration

SWAGA blames Fayemi for sack of Ekiti APC chairman

IPOB shifts sit-at-home order to May 31

DAILY TIMES

Insecurity: Dont witch-hunt politicians Secondus warns Uzodinma

Systemic Failure Killing Nigerian Polys, Says Presidential Panel

NAF Aircraft eliminate a congregation of bandits in Birnin Gwari

Buhari ministers statement confirms Presidency has surrender to terrorists PDP

Chief Bode George: I will tear my passport if Tinubu Becomes President in 2023

Obasanjo opposes secession, ransom payment

Accusations, counter accusations as 29 abducted Afaka students regain freedom

Nigerian military got maximum budget allocation Finance Minister

Declare total war on terror, Atiku advises FG

Iniobong Umoren: Reps ask IGP to begin investigation, prosecution of suspects

Insecurity: Service Chiefs to appear before Senate Thursday

DAILY TRUST

How murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker shocked a country

Wives of soldiers fighting insurgency lament husbands’ behavioural changes

Bayelsa gov’t bans street trading, illegal markets in Yenagoa

We are yet to locate kidnapped Miyetti Allah chairman – Police

NLC warns FG not to cut workers’ salaries

Freed Afaka students arrive Kaduna police headquarters

CSOs tackle Sawo-Olu over Lagos anti-corruption law

Fire kills 2, razes down 100 houses in Taraba village

Sowore’s call for ‘No Confidence’ Vote on Buhari gains momentum on Twitter

Nigerian Legion to empower widows, orphans

NDE empowers 46 youths, women on skills

HERALD

Senate wants Ag. I-G investigate alleged human rights violation in Taraba

Obasanjo condemns call for Nigeria’s disintegration

Nollywood Actress Uche Ogbodo Welcomes Baby With Young Lover

Insecurity: Don tasks FG, states on citizens’ engagement

We won’t be taken unawares’ ‘ Ortom sets up committee to prevent kidnapping in Benue schools

Yar’Adua shared my vision of peaceful, just nation ‘ Jonathan extols late boss

Road accidents claim 61 lives in Ogun in 3 months ‘ TRACE

Fani-Kayode reacts as mother of kidnapped student claims Gumi’s associate took N800k ransom

BUSINESSDAY

Buhari should ask Pantami to step aside

Governor Inuwa’s human capital development initiatives thrill VP Osinbajo

Champions League: Chelsea beat Madrid, set up all-English final against Man City

Reps seek end to yearly death of 100,000 children from sickle cell

Adequate midwifery workforce could save 4.3m lives yearly

Obaseki insists on restructuring of NDDC

PFAs divest to hedge against fall in Fixed Income Securities

For Nigeria, the chicken has come home to roost

Netflix treats employees like adults, they get results, more Nigerian firms should

Vocational apprenticeship system: Nigeria’s unemployment solution

DAILY INDEPENDENT

IMT Rector Warns Against Cultism, Malpractices

Delta Building Infrastructure For Sustainable Tourism Development ‘ Ejiofor

Osinbajo Has Clear Grasp Of Nigeria’s Challenges ‘ Daniel

PTI Flags Off Computer Competency Training For Urhobo Youths

Alleged Plot To Unseat Presidency: Don’t Torment Nigerians Further ‘ Lawyers

80yr-Old Grandma, Granddaughter, Others Arrested For Sale Of Cocaine, Heroin, Tramadol

N6.2bn For Electricity Projects Scales FEC Approval

OBJ, IBB, Abdulsalami Also Complaining About Nigeria’s Flawed System ‘ Bode George

Obasanjo condemns call for Nigeria’s disintegration

PEOPLESDAILY

Buhari’s opponents plotting to destabilize Nigeria -Presidency

Insecurity: Atiku seeks recall of nation’s military veterans by FG

Insecurity: Tiv youths want Ortom to collaborate with FG

EFCC nabs 4 suspected internet fraudsters in Makurdi

FG extends NIN-SIM linkage to June 30

Reps probe abuse of expatriate quota by telecommunications

Police arrest man with human head, hand in Kwara

Ticket-racketeering: House ask NRC to strengthen internal mechanism

PDP rejects FG’s setting up of Center for Control of Small Arms

NEW TELEGRAPH

Need to ensure sacrifices of police personnel not in vain

Don’t conduct census in 2021, Reps tell FG

Opposition playing politics with lives ‘APC Caucus

Insecurity: Buhari has handed over Nigeria to terrorists, says PDP

FEC approves N3bn, $7.4m for power transmission upgrade

NLC to FG: Workers’ salary cut amounts to ‘mass murder

Insecurity: Jonathan, Buhari paid ransom to kidnappers, bandits ‘Obasanjo

Group Life: FG moves to blacklist insolvent underwriters ‘Investigation

Enugu: Confusion as Fr. Mbaka disappears, reappears

BLUEPRINT

Elitist conspiracy fuels insecurity ‘ Chukwu

Break Nigeria, expose minorities to oppression, extermination, OBJ warns

APC Senators to minority caucus: Your plan to impeach Buhari dead on arrival

Buhari reacts to release of Forestry School students

In Kaduna, troops rescue 13 kidnapped persons, gunmen kill 2

BON Hotels: Success of business amidst Covid-19 pandemic

NCC, NIGCOMSAT sign MoU that’ll facilitate 5G services

NIGERIAN PILOT

Special operations unit of Police Headquarters in Port Harcourt to be inaugurated soon-Akpabio

2023 elections: Southeast politicians support Peter Obis presidential ambition

Abuja Police arrest 5 robbery suspects recovered 2 cars

Special operations unit of Police Headquarters in Port Harcourt to be inaugurated soon-Akpabio

APC govs celebrate Lalong at 58

2023 elections: Southeast politicians support Peter Obis presidential ambition

Lai’s statement confirms Buhari has surrendered to terrorists PDP

 

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