Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

PUNCH

Other states frustrating our plans to reform Almajiri system

CBN may start printing Gambias currency, says Emefiele

17 out of 18 parties conducting indirect primary for Anambra poll

Experts, Fayemi differ on benefits of fuel subsidy

APGA fires factional chairmen, upturns Anambra aspirants disqualification

NLNG Train 7 $10bn-investment begins, Buhari warns against delay

Amaechi proposes stiff penalty for rail track vandals

NUR raises concerns over Lagos-Ibadan railway fares

Buhari invested loans in critical infrastructure, APC replies critics

Inflation pushed seven million Nigerians below poverty line -W’Bank

Sanwo-Olu hails new ATTF deputy president Oshodi

CEO absconds as forex firm allegedly defrauds 52 investors of N122m

Residents grumble as refuse takes over Imo

Pastors seek compensation for demolished Lagos churches

Reps confused as EFCC, AMCON fight on Diezani allies assets

Army releases civilian detained for eight months over Facebook video

Twitter ban: No platform should cause war here, says Lai

Pastor kidnapped by BHaram eight months ago freed in Borno

Insecurity: Stop shifting responsibilities to govs, Wike tells Buhari

Troops stop 73 Nasarawa men going to Imo with 47 okadas

Alleged fraud: Court fixes June 23 for EFCC to re-arraign FIRS officials, ex-directors

FG sets agenda for new AFN board

Spanish man bags 15 years for killing, eating mum

Gunmen shoot stadium manager dead in Jos

THISDAY

Buhari Canvasses Collaboration to Fight Insecurity in West Africa, Sahel

Inflation Drops to 17.93%

Yahaya Debunks Alleged Bad Blood among Service Chiefs

Kidnappers Release Wives of District Head in Niger

FG: Nigeria to Receive 3.92m Doses of Astrazeneca Vaccines

FG Inaugurates Committee on Research, Dev’t Draft Bill

I’m Still APGA’s National Chair, Says Oye

Buhari Charges Stakeholders on Quick Completion of NLNG Train 7 Project

NNPC Rallies Gas Producers to Enhance Supply to Gencos

FG Urges States to Fully Implement UN Resolutions

CBN Seeks to Slash Importation by 35%

Buhari Rallies West African States to Battle Insecurity

FG to Receive 3.92m Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine by July

MTN Warns of Disruption of Services over Rising Insecurity

Implement National Health Act to Curb Maternal Mortality, Okowa Tells FG

FG: Twitter, Founder Vicariously Liable for #EndSARS Losses

President Seeks Quick Completion of NLNG’s $10bn Train 7 Project

Buhari Approves Jobs for 2011 Post-election Violence Victims’ Families

Malabu Deal: Italy Orders Probe of Eni, Shell’s Prosecutors for Allegedly Hiding Evidence

ONSA: $44m Recovered from NIA Not in Our Custody

Lagos Assembly to Investigate Delay in Selecting LASU VC

After Two Months of JUSUN Strike, Courts Reopen Fully

Two Killed as Gunmen Abduct Two Chinese in Taraba

Kaigama Urges FG to Lift Suspension on Twitter

Abia Royal Fathers Cry Out over Army Siege, Grounding of Socio-economic Activities

Ganduje Orders Headcount of Herdsmen in Kano

UNICEF Raises the Alarm over Kidnapping of Children in Northern States

Kill Bandits Before They Kill You, Uzodinma Tells Security Operatives

Govs: Bandits Have Stopped Niger Students, Farmers from Schools, Farms,…

APC Administration Has Failed in Kaduna, Says PDP

APC Membership Hits over 40m, Says Party

Private Sector Operators Harp on Reforms to Save Economy

Sanwo-Olu Hails Oshodi’s Election as ATTF’s Deputy President

Ebola: AfDB Approves $430,000 Grant for Guinea

Political Economy of Trade Facilitation in Nigeria

IEA Pushes for $1tn Investment in Renewables by 2030

FG Announces Addition of 3.53TCF to National Gas Reserves

1,000 Women, Youths Benefits from N150m Bauchi Empowerment Programme

GUARDIAN

Yoruba elders restate support for Tinubu’s presidential bid

APGA crisis deepens as splinter NWC sacks Oye, suspends six others

Buhari’s leadership style hurting democracy, weakening national cohesion, says Eya

Democracy Day 2021: CISLAC laments shrinking civic space, dwindling democratic values

Lagosians worry over wastes, flooding as plastics take over

Students protest alleged neglect by Rivers State government

Igbo congress warns against another civil war

Investors seek stable business environment to forestall investment outflows

Imo CP arrests five policemen for alleged extortion

South-South leaders deny any ‘dot in the circle’ deal with Buhari

Ogoni youths give FG 14-day ultimatum to fix Eleme Bridge

Tension as Appeal Court delivers verdict on Ondo guber poll today

Outrage as 600 NNPC applicants lament exclusion two years after exercise

We are not on vengeance mission in Abia, says Army

Father Of Viral Decuplets Birth Says The Babies Do Not Exist

Nigerians will ‘lead bitcoin,’ says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

CBN agrees to mint currency for Gambia

FRSC clamps down on vehicles with defective lighting system

Ebola: AfDB Approves $430,000 Grant for Guinea

IEA Pushes for $1tn Investment in Renewables by 2030

FG Announces Addition of 3.53TCF to National Gas Reserves

1,000 Women, Youths Benefits from N150m Bauchi Empowerment Programme

VANGUARD

Abia courts resume as JUSUN calls off strike

CISLAC decries use of democracy to loot, victimize Nigerians

Reviving ‘grazing routes’ will worsen conflicts

Uzodimma introduces Insurance policy for police officers in Imo

PDP sinking, as Govs embark on weekend jamborees, says APC

Gender-based Data:Women Affairs minister makes case for women, girls

Investors lose N340bn on NGX in 1 day

Jude Okeke emerges new acting chairman as APGA sacks Victor Oye, Edozie Njoku

Tone down your inflammatory rhetorics ‘ APC tells Nigerians

FCT Police debunk viral kidnap video allegation, reassure Abuja residents of safety

Rise in Prices push 7m additional Nigerians into Poverty ‘ World Bank

DELTA 2023: Delta Central ‘ll produce Okowa’s successor, says Gbagi

FG to enrol 1.2m pupils under school feeding programme in Kano

Connecting Internet to schools will boost GDP by 1.1 per cent ‘ Report

AstraZeneca’s antibody treatment fails to prevent COVID-19 in exposed patients

Release my husband’s corpse for burial- widow of man abducted, killed, begs Police

Released Plateau pastor’s wife delivers baby boy

Makinde begins relocation of beggars to Akinyele resettlement centre

I receive death threats; civil servants use ’emergency contracts’ to steal’ Bawa, EFCC boss

90% of money laundering is through real estate’ EFCC

We’re not on vengeance mission in Abia ‘Army

Sustaining reforms critical to robust economic recovery ‘ World Bank

Nigeria grappling with worst economic challenge in history ‘ OPS

World Bank, IMF establish advisory group on sustainable, inclusive growth

Evacuate Fulani from Delta, southern Nigeria if ‘ ‘ Ijaw Group

Give us new Constitution before 2023 to avert Nigeria’s drift to anarchy ‘Afenifere, Ohanaeze, MBF, others tell FG

Confirmation: You must end insurgency, banditry, others, Reps tell new Army Chief

LEADERSHIP

Federal Govt Reaffirms Commitment To NYSC Scheme

Katsina Spends N74bn On 1,378 km Roads

Kill Gunmen Before They Kill You, Uzodinma Tells Security Agents

AstraZeneca: 3 Weeks After, Nigeria Reopens Vaccination

Osinbajo Drives Assembled In Nigeria Electric Car

Nigeria Targets 80% Eradication Of Child Labour

NSCDC CG Marks 100 Days In Office

SANs Warn Governors Against Hijacking LG Funds

Akeredolu Okays Promotion Of 3,000 Teachers In Ondo

UNICEF Seeks Release Of 150 Niger Islamiyya Pupils

EFCC Has Recovered $20m Worth Of Cryptocurrency, Says Bawa

We Will Convert 4,000 Cars To Autogas In 2 Years ‘ IOGC

Federal Govt Says Twitter Founder, Dorsey, Liable For EndSARS Losses

BREAKING: APGA NEC Sacks 2 Factional Chairmen, 6 Others

CNG Faults Igbo Leaders, Insists On Referedum For Biafra

TRIBUNE

NANS asks Bauchi university to pardon expelled students

NCC commences review of telecoms license structure

Lagos Assembly charges FG to engage agitators without force

Dangote foundation partners Bauchi govt to empower 20,000 vulnerable women with N200m micro-grant

We may not guarantee regular services over rising insecurity in Nigeria, says MTN

How COVID-19 pandemic propelled me to write 20 books ’15-year-old author, Favour Oluwasuyi

Benin’s ancient moat wall turned dumpsite

Farm invasion: Govt should be decisive, enough of visitations ‘Iseyin farmers

NSA denies knowledge of over $44m recovered from Osborne Towers Ikoyi, Lagos

2023: Tinubu’s ambition easier to sell to Nigerians ‘ Ewi of Ado-Ekiti

Peju would have lived, had the hospital heeded expert’s advice ‘ Husband

Gambia seeks CBN’s help to print currency, restructure central bank

Petroleum refining, urea production to reduce import by 35 per cent in 2022 ‘ Emefiele

Soldiers of 72 Special Force Brigade intercept 73 young men travelling to Imo State

Lagos PDP gets set for 2023, inaugurates Leadership Advisory Council

Security challenges will not prevent us from conducting Sabon Gari bye-election ‘ Kaduna REC

In spite of security challenges, investors still come to Kaduna ‘ el-Rufai

NATION

Inflation crippling economy, increasing poverty, say experts

Sights and sounds of Nigerias democracy

Fed Govt blames Twitter, Dorseyfor #EndSARS losses

I get death threats, says EFCC chair

Delta awaits 4.2m Ibori-linked loot, lists six projects

Lawyers: we turned to cab driving, farming during strike

COAS Yahaya: I will work with other service chiefs to battle insecurity

Reps query whereabouts of $44m recovered from ex-NIA DG

NCC begins review of telecoms license structure

Branch processes N40b loans in three years

Top EU court rules national data watchdogs can sue Facebook, others

DAILY TIMES

Dangote understands Nigeria better than some politicians Gov. Mohammed

BREAKING: APGA NEC sacks Chairman, appoints Okeke

House of Reps queries $10bn allegedly missing at NSAs office

Updated: Ive been getting death threats from high profile Nigerians, says EFCC chairman

WBank says seven million Nigerians dropped below poverty line in 2020

Launch of NLNG Train 7: Buhari pledges to transform Nigeria into major gas hub

Nigeria to receive 3.92m doses of AstraZeneca vaccines end of July FG

Nigeria vs Twitter: Buhari has made Nigeria living hell for citizens Cardinal Okogie

World Blood Donor Day: NMA canvasses more funding for NBTS centres

DAILY TRUST

FG urged to deploy drones in fighting banditry, kidnapping

Lagos Assembly calls for engagement with agitators

NASFAT takes campaign against gender-based violence to Sokoto LGAs

Gov Bala, please save Ningi from deforestation

FG removes Evans Plc, 3 others from stock listing

300 monitors trained on safety net in Bauchi

FG to operators: Support Apapa Port reconstruction

2020 Finance Act improving tax collection – CITN

Military gunships ‘kill’ over 1,000 cows in Nasarawa

We’re at the mercy of kidnappers, Emir of Zazzau cries out

Police rescue robbery attack victim in Akwa Ibom

Addressing security challenge requires joint efforts — COAS

Osinbajo test-drives Nigeria’s first electric car

Lagos Assembly calls for engagement with agitators

Niger launches special vigilante corps

NASFAT takes campaign against gender-based violence to Sokoto LGAs

Reps interrogate whereabouts of $43m Ikoyi NIA recovered funds

2014 confab must be revisited — Bode George

Insecurity may disrupt our service in Nigeria – MTN

NCC begins review of telecom operators’ licences

Tegina pupils: Parents beg for money in Churches, Mosques as bandits reduce ransom

HERALD

Top EU court rules national data watchdogs can sue Facebook, others

Inflation reduced by 0.19% in May ‘ NBS

Divorced billionaire couple Bezos, Scott practise platonic relationship

Indian Man With 34 Wives, 94 Children, Father of ‘World’s Largest Family,’ Dies

I Only Discovered After Death That Ibidun Ighodalo Tried Reaching Out to Me Via DM’ ‘ Tonto Dikeh Reveals

Bawa: $20m worth of cryptocurrencies recovered, 1,436 cybercriminals arrested in 6 months

BUSINESSDAY

Big business, low profile: opaque oil contracts keeping Nigerians hooked on cheap petrol

Apapa: Lagos-Ibadan rail opens new opportunities for cargo evacuation

Nigeria’s palm oil import from Malaysia drops 20.6% as production rises

NAICOM’s Sunday Thomas transformation project changing the face of insurance industry

PIND, BASICS-II collaborate to train 69 commercial seed entrepreneurs in Niger Delta

Nigeria can be blessing to Africa but its Cratering Economy May Become the continent’s Biggest Threat

Huge gaps exist between rich countries’ renewable targets and actions ‘ REN21

Multi-billion naira ranching opportunity beckons on Nigerian investors

Clarity, more investments will improve local gas consumption ‘ Stokman

Property acquisition: Developer pampers young buyers with low prices

World Bank bets $465m on renewable energy integration in Nigeria, others

Food Storage as Business Opportunity

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Link Between Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases And Infertility

Two Nigerians Appointed CEPI Scientific Advisory Committee Members

APGA Has Lost Steam Under Obiano’s Leadership ‘Nwankwo

Unemployment, Poverty: Between Buhari, World Bank And NBS figures

Maritime Academy Receives Training Equipment From Scotland

Lagos Assembly Calls For Engagement With Agitators, True Federalism

Buhari Approves Employment Of Dead NYSC Members’ Siblings

Maternal Mortality: Okowa Calls For Full Operationalization Of National Health Act

Buhari’s Investment In Security Soon To Manifest ‘ APC LAC

Abducted Wives Of Niger District Head Regain Freedom

Buhari Calls For Unity Among West African States

PEOPLESDAILY

We are under siege by bandits, Emir of Zazzau cries out

Kaduna Police foils robbery attack in Tudun Wada comuinity

Kano govt, Silvex International set to establish $162m first agro-industrial park

Okowa creates leadership in Delta ‘ Speaker

Repositioning Nigerian MSMEs for AfCFTA

World Blood Donor Day: Nigeria needs 200m units of blood annually ‘ NBTS

I’m not tired, time will tell when I’m retiring from politics, says Ganduje

Community Chief condemns vandalisation of electricity in Owa-Alizomor

NEW TELEGRAPH

Corruption: EFCC uncovered $37.5m property transaction involving minister, bank MD ‘ Bawa

Nigeria to get 3.92m Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines July/August

Buhari calls for cooperation against instability in W’Africa, Sahel region

NBS: Nigeria’s annual inflation rate fell to 17.93% in May

High-profile Nigerians threaten to kill me, says EFCC boss Bawa

Report: Normal activities resume in Abuja, Kano Courts

BLUEPRINT

We don’t breed terrorists, cultists ‘ Cross River premiere private varsity

Niger gov’s angst on 150 kid-captives: Bandits’ informants in my government

Prison dicongestion: FCT Command Controller calls for virtual sitting, establishment of Courts in correctional fascilities

Super Falcons seek redemption against world Champions USA

Buhari urges timely completion of LNG Train 7

15bn Green Economic Zone to attract investors, create jobs ‘ El-Rufai

NIGERIAN PILOT

Rising inflation: 7 million Nigerians pushed below poverty line World Bank

JUSUN commends Ita Enang for support during industrial action

Delta 2023: Ex-Police Affairs minister tasks Ijaws on bold, firm, resolute in quest to produce next gov

Ita Enang urges State Govs to engage youths on insecurity

Delta Speaker sworn-in Ogbimi as replacement to late Owhefere as Assembly reconvenes

Christian Aid advocates for domestication of Child Rights Act

F.G blames Twitter for losses during #EndSARS

 

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