Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, 8 May 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY INDEPENDENT

UN, Amnesty, Express Outrage At Police Killings In Rio De Janeiro

Oyo: Police Parade 23 Suspects, Recovers 4 Double Barrel Guns, 3 Axes, Others

PDP Chieftain, Kabir Emerges Kogi CNPP Chair

2023: INEC Claims 924 More Polling Units Created In Ondo

ABSU Students Kidnap: Only One Student Still In Custody Of Abductors, Commissioner Reveals

FG To Resuscitate Aluminum Smelter Company Of Nigeria

Supreme Court Declares Dissolution Of Council Chairpersons In Katsina, Oyo Unlawful

UCH Interns Protest Over Half Salaries, Calls For Immediate Payment Of Arrears

PUNCH

We didnt bathe for 56 days in kidnappers den Freed Kaduna students

Insecurity: US wont relocate Africa Command to Nigeria, others, Pentagon replies Buhari

Past leaders should be blamed for insecurity Amaechi

Buhari, Atiku, Ishaku, PDP mourn Mama Taraba

FCT area councils can now conduct marriages- FG

PDP commends Ortom for resolving North Central internal crisis

Supreme Court judgment: Dont go ahead with LG polls, Alao-Akala, Adelabu tell Makinde

INEC holds federal, state constituency bye-elections June 19

Buni alleges plan to destabilise APC, discredit Buhari

Bishop faults secession agitation, calls for synergy among Nigerians

I became deaf at six after excessive injections at Enugu teaching hospital Izuchukwu, special educator

Insecurity: Armed criminals, rice smugglers persist despite my orders, Buhari laments

Ondo panel raised N800m to fight COVID-19 Akeredolu

Oyetola urges Muslim clerics to preach peace, development

Police probe looting of Abuja demolition site

Oke-Owa: Inside Ondo sacred hill where lightning struck, killed 36 cows

Its devastating burying son that should inter me, lifes unfair Mum of Imo guard killed by truck

Visitors, domestic workers will miss our services if were chased out of VI Roadside traders, artisans

Covid-19: Hope as UN agencies collaborate to tackle Indias oxygen crisis

Palace guard kills policeman as Osun dwellers clash over land

How three children, 11 others burnt to death on Lagos-Ibadan road

I was promised salesgirl job in Ogun but turned into sex slave 16-year-old Cross River girl

15 rights parents should teach children

LASEMA, police disagree over cause as fire destroys 100 shops in textile market

Police kill okada rider in Lagos, seize 60 motorcycles

Insecurity: UNILAG bans heavily-tinted vehicles on campus

Political thugs butchered my worker, dumped his body in casket -Lagos chairmanship aspirant

El-Rufai reaping from evil plotted against Rivers, says Wike

Buhari probes N165.32bn unremitted operating surplus by NPA

CACOVIDs relief support hits N25bn

COVID-19: FG to procure 29.5 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

WHO approves Chinas Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Italy-bound passenger excreted 59 wraps of heroin -NDLEA

Prominent Nigerians to be prosecuted for financing terrorism -Malami

Insecurity: Some people mercilessly against Nigeria -Buhari

Four cops sustained injuries in Imo gun battle CP

THISDAY

SEC Rolls Out Measures to Cool off Demand for Foreign Stocks

Malami: We’ll Soon Start Prosecuting Nigerians Financing Terrorism

Former Minister, Aisha Al-Hassan ‘Mama Taraba’ is Dead

I’ve no Disagreement with Lawan over 2023 Presidency, Says Buni

Take Me to Court, Bode George Dares Tinubu

Itsekiris Protest Continuous Police Involvement in Olu Stool

Digital Switch Over: Set Top Box Manufacturers Ready to Meet Demand

Coup Scare, Sign of Bad Times, Says Kaigama

Buhari: Unscrupulous People Undermining Policies of My Govt

11 IPOB Members Killed by Joint Army, Police Operation in…

Buhari: Some Citizens are Mercilessly against Nigeria

FG to Procure 29.588m Doses of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Ebonyi Accuses South-east PDP of Spreading Falsehood

EFCC to Approve Movement of Funds By NGOs in North-east

FCTA Debunks Alleged Schools’ Closure

Rice Farmers Oppose Return of Impounded Commodity to Traders

Bloomberg: Zenith, Access Banks Express Interest to Acquire Union Bank

Obedience to Constitution Non-negotiable, Judicial, Legislative Workers Tell FG

SUN

It’s unwise for Buhari to ignore calls for Pantami’s sack ‘CISLAC ED, Rafsanjani

2023: How South-East can produce president ‘Shagari, Ex-Minister

Those around Buhari are leading him the wrong way ‘Ahamba

Supreme Court affirms deregistration of 74 political parties

APC has dragged Nigeria 50 years backwards ‘ Wike

Your coup story, a smokescreen, Northern group tells Buhari

Supreme Court affirms deregistration of 74 political parties

Coup d’etat: Clark owes Nigerians apology, should be charged for treason ‘ Oshiomhole

Drug trafficker excretes 59 wraps of heroin in Abuja

Buhari assures of irrigation facilities to boost agriculture

Death toll of Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident rises to 14

Insecurity: Group raises alarm over alleged annihilation of Benue

How we spent $1bn to acquire weapons Defence

ALGON petitions Buhari over alleged N5bn theft

Anambra International Airport fully owned by state

Abduction of ABSU students ungodly Okeke, APC chieftain

Imo: Eight gunmen killed in foiled attempt to raze police station

Deadly mistake: Robbery gang targets trader, mistakenly kills leaders father instead

GUARDIAN

Insecurity: How Nigeria can curb inflow of illicit arms

States adopt unusual methods to secure students

How joint security subdued attackers of Imo Police Area Command

Six months after #EndSARS, commuters bear brunt of burnt Oyingbo BRT Terminus

Kidnapping, killings have destroyed education in North, parents lament

Break up, military rule not solution for Nigeria’s problems, Oshiomhole insists

Strike: FG meets with judicial, parliamentary workers tuesday

‘I was challenged by suffering of my people’

Itsekiris protest against Police involvement in Olu of Warri kingship crisis

Nigeria places ‘high-profile’ persons under watch for ‘terrorism financing’

Operatives in Imo foil attack on police, kill 11 – Army

UK advises under-40s get alternative to AstraZeneca jab

Six months after #EndSARS, commuters bear brunt of burnt Oyingbo BRT Terminus

I was challenged by suffering of my people

Italy-bound trafficker excretes 59 wraps of heroine

VANGUARD

Insecurity: Cleric urges FG to tackle problem from local level

Emefiele seeks PPP model to improve healthcare infrastructure

Protesters stab police officer to death in Abuja

Taraba elders rebuke Bwacha for linking Gov Ishaku, brother to detention of 14 youths

FG establishes 20 new marriage registries

Oyo LG dissolution: Supreme Court declares Makinde’s action illegal

APC dismisses rancour rumour over 2023 presidency

Sports minister hails Supreme Court judgement on Oyo ALGON

Insecurity: Some unscrupulous elements mercilessly against my administration ‘ Buhari

Insecurity: High profile Nigerians’re involved in terrorism financing ‘ FG

APC Progressive Youths Conference to hold in Abuja on June 14

INEC to convert 1,109 voting points to polling units in Yobe

How PDP can win elections in Lagos ‘ Chieftain

Delta Monarch to Osinbajo: Nigerians happy with you, you’re great bridge-builder

Two dead, 10 injured as smugglers attack Customs officers in Ogun

Suspected cultist stabs Delta community youth leader to death

Nullification of LG Dissolution: United APC can’t be defeated ‘ Tegbe

Reps ask FCDA to stop demolition of Adkan Estate Police Station, FRSC office in FCT

Policeman killed as Iwo, Ile-Ogbo clash over land

One killed as Police arrest 49 Shiites members after violent protest in Abuja

Insecurity: Kidnapping, killing now a norm in Nigeria ‘ Wike

PHOTO: Fulani herdsmen, cows invade premises of FUTO, Owerri

We’re not affected by Supreme Court ruling on NUP ‘ 22 parties

LEADERSHIP

Minister Commissions Solar Hybrid Electricity Project In C/River

Keke Napep/Okada Association Backs Moghalu For President

Some People Vehemently Undermining Every Govt Policy ‘ Buhari

FG’s Coup Story, Attempt To Conceal Incapacity ‘ CNG

Gombe Governor Applauds Buhari’s Principles

INEC Fixes June 19 For Kaduna State Absentee Lawmaker’s Bye-election

Freed Kaduna College Students Narrate Ordeals, Say We’ve Forgiven Our Abductors

Firm Donates Food, Medicals To FCT Women

UTME: JAMB Parades 50 Year-old, 1 Other Over Impersonation

BREAKING: Former Women Affairs Minister, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, Is Dead

JUST-IN: S’Court Faults Dissolution Of Katsina, Oyo LG Councils

TRIBUNE

Nigeria records 39 new COVID-19 infections, total now 165,340

Ebube Agu arrests 8 suspected armed robbers in Ebonyi

Emefiele dismisses possibility of lifting maize import ban

Atiku mourns as former Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, dies at 62

Supreme Court judgment: Postpone Local govt election ‘ Alao-Akala

27 students of Afaka college in sound health, says Kaduna CP as they reunite with families

Oyetola charges Muslim clerics, religious leaders to preach peace during Ramadan

Quarantine Act may usurp NCDC’s role, Health Minister alerts Senate

German foundation holds capacity building workshop for House C’ttee members on Anti-corruption

Bauchi INEC proposes 1,349 additional polling units to check voter apathy

#ENDSARS: Ekiti to set up citizens complaints centre, pay another N13.8m compensation

NATION

Supreme Court: Governors cant sack elected local governments

Sex during pregnancy’ Be informed

Elite seeking radical options to save Nigeria from disaster, says ex-US envoy Campbell

MOUS ITALIAN JOB : Will serial winner Jose Mourinho bring success to AS Roma

How we spent $1bn to acquire weapons Defence Ministry

COVID-19: FG releases N29.1bn for vaccine deployment

Ex-Oyo ALGON boss says SCourt verdict victory for democracy

Ondo nurses reject payment of 60% of February salaries in May

Weve forgiven our kidnappers Abducted Kaduna students

One killed as police, Shiites clash in Abuja

DAILY TIMES

Service chiefs assure Senate of solution to insecurity

Eze Ogba of Ogbaland, prominent Rivers monarch joins ancestors

More posers, intrigues over missing Itsekiri royal crown

Four policemen slain as security chiefs, others meet Senate, pledge to end growing anarchy

NIN, SIM linkage important for peace, stability, says Buhari

DAILY TRUST

91 shops affected in Lagos market fire incident

14 passengers die on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

We’ll prosecute prominent Nigerians for terrorism financing – Malami

NIS nabs seven trafficked persons in Jigawa

US hands over 74,600 HIV/AIDS test kits to govt

Insecurity: Gov’t bans sallah durbar

Controller decries attacks on firefighters, urges supports

Explaining Nigeria’s China debt puzzle

NAF seeks media collaboration against security threats

‘Migrant herders transiting Kaduna, Niger not bandits’

AUTHORITY

BREAKING: Ex-minister Aisha Al-Hassan Mama Taraba is dead

Breaking: Supreme Court Seals Fate Of 74 Degeristed Political Parties, Upholds INECs Power

Well deploy our arsenals to negotiate for peace in Ebonyi- GPMI

Gov Ishaku denies arresting 14 Taraba youths, says its cheap publicity from Sen. Bwacha

HERALD

Army reacts to ‘imminent plot’ to attack Abuja

Top Scholarships in UK For International Students

Terrorism financing: Prominent Nigerians soon to be prosecuted ‘ FG

Ivorian Lady Accuses Bobrisky Of Physically Assaulting Her (Video)

Insecurity: ‘Some people are mercilessly against this country’ ‘ Buhari

RCCG releases Dare Adeboye’s funeral programme

Uber Expands into Delivery, Hourly Ride Services in Nigeria

BUSINESSDAY

Which is of lesser consequence: Payment of ransom or killing of victims

UBEC tasks quality assurance officers on high productivity in Imo

You can’t take power from incumbent governor without his blessing ‘ Ekpenyong

Oshiomhole condemns calls for military takeover by legal luminary, Clarke

Lagos LG poll: Controversy as Lagos4Lagos raises alarm over APC guidelines, high nomination fee

Cross River commissioner harps on nutrition, industrialisation as keys to economic growth

LASG, Del -York launch Creative Lagos to equip 1,000 talented Nigerians

Shareholders laud Sterling Bank’s improved performance

Nigeria’s SEC aims to put break on surging demand for foreign stocks

FX pressure remain as CBN extends naira for dollar scheme indefinitely

PEOPLESDAILY

Sponsors of banditry, terrorism face threats of exposure

Illicit financial flows: Reps want review of Nigeria’s legal framework

NEMA provides automatic weather observatories to NIHSA

Insecurity: Lawyers back creation of state police

Irregularities in oil sector: Reps summons NNPC, Addax, others over allegations

Afaka 39: Parents call for rehabilitation of affected students

One suspect dies, other arrested as robbers attempted car snatching in Kano

Don’t politicise security situation in Imo, PDP tells Uzodimma

NEW TELEGRAPH

APC: Buni denies altercation with Senate President

NNPC kicks off work on $1.5bn Port Harcourt Refinery rehabilitation

Security forces foil attack on Imo police station, kill 9 gunmen, recover vehicles

FG won’t spare sponsors of terrorism, Malami assures

Buhari advocates bottom-up strategy to tackle insecurity

Calls for coup irresponsible, will drag Nigeria into the abyss, says Gen Usman

NNPC zero remittance: States will find it difficult to survive ‘Governors

Talks of coup by Presidency wrong ‘Bode George

BLUEPRINT

Melinda Gates now Billionaire after receiving ‘divorce alert

Tokyo Olympics: I’m not distracted ‘ Dare

Premier League: Iheanacho listed for player of the month again

CAF CC: South African ref picked for Enyimba vs FC Pyramids clash

Man City eye Premier League title ahead Champions League final clash vs Chelsea

Insecurity: Christ Embassy organises conference for religious leaders

BLUEPRINT

Pinnick leads drive for billion-dollar infrastructural lifeline for African football

Meghan Markle wins copyright claim against the Mail on Sunday over letter to her father

Malawi govt orders thousands of refugees back to camp

Abia Varsity students abducted!

2023 elections: Southeast politicians support Peter Obis presidential ambition

Burna Boys Ye certified Gold in the US, sets new Nigerian record

 

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