Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 8 July 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

GUARDIAN

Japan to impose virus emergency in Tokyo during Olympics: reports

Commuters groan as auto crash compounds Lagos-Ibadan gridlock

Employer arraigned for allegedly assaulting sales lady

Lagos community laments incessant kidnappings, robberies

Zuma’s fate hangs in balance in South Africa as arrest deadline looms

Again, Ladipo Spare Parts Market, Mushinrecords fire incident

Some Nigerian politicians are controlled by the wind, says Bassey

‘How backward integration aided value creation, despite pandemic’

Proposed AfCFTA investment protocol should be simplified to attract FDIs

NBA Lagos unveils theme for 2021 annual law week

Mining office generates N2.016b in Q1

NYSC DG tasks state govs on scheme’s operational challenges

Imo police arrest fake lawyer in Owerri

Reps seeks recovery of N43b, invites EFCC over financial disparity with AMCON

Bill to amend law on protests passes first reading

FG begins enumeration of nine million pupils in feeding programme

Court remands JAMB ex-registrar in prison over alleged N5.2b fraud

Kaduna sets up panel to probe NLC strike

PUNCH

Biden, Johnson, others condemn Haiti presidents assassination

INEC maintains dead govs, ministers, others on voter register

Southern governors courageous resolutions

NYSC certificate: Ill take steps to redeem my reputation, says Adeosun

PDP senators, Reps back southern govs, call electoral act amendment subversion

PDP leaders hold closed-door meeting with Ugwuanyi over serial defection

Govt crackdown wipes $831bn off Chinese tech stocks

Robbers kill two Lagos Okada riders, steal motorcycles

Visa records over $1bn crypto spending in six months

UNILORIN students murder: Judge orders lawyers arrest for attacking court

Family of drowned Belarus-based footballer kicks against cremation

Despite ban, Nigerians trade N92.25bn bitcoin on Paxful

Euro 2020: England survive Denmark scare to reach first major final in 55 years

Ship registration: NIMASA begins issuance of new certificates

20 under rubble as two buildings collapse in Anambra

Court jails widow, pleading for forgiveness, for killing ailing husband

Okorocha demands fresh registration in Imo

Apapa Customs command generates N336bn in six months

Anambra gov: APGA chieftain asks court to stop Soludo

Boko Haram storms Adamawa community, 18 bodies recovered, many missing

PDP faces hurdles in Anambra, Ozigbo suspended as gov candidate

National Assembly ignores South govs, others, defends controversial PIB provisions

Currency in circulation falls by N65.74bn in four months

Defections: Rep demands Secondus, PDP NWC members resignation

Fight banditry, insurgency, not Kanu, Umar tells FG

Edo PDP chieftain kidnapped, hoodlums demand N20m ransom

DSS raid: Dont allow Igboho to be consumed, Gani Adams begs Ooni, Alake

Politicians, party agents should take oath not to give bribe, buy votes during elections YIAGA

Reps pass 2021 supplementary budget, raise estimates by N86bn

UPDATED: SEDI DG, Samuel Ndubisi, aide assassinated in Enugu

THISDAY

NIEEE: Executive Order 5 Implementation Will Boost Local Capacity

FG Begins Implementation of Nuclear Emergency Strategy

Experts Call for Review of Cybercrime Law to Curb Fraud

Govs to Launch Peace, Inclusive Security Initiative Today

COAS: We’ve Sent Criminals Undermining Nigeria’s Security to God

ECOWAS Parliament Lists Dangers of Cryptocurrencies, Cautions against Use

Oil Majors Back PIB, Seek Speedy Assent

Airline Operators Justify Incessant Delays, Cancellation of Domestic Flights

Boko Haram, Bandits, More Deadly Than Separatist Groups, Umar Tells FG

Zulum, Ishaku, Senators Back Southern Presidency

Ekiti APC Denies Excluding Tinubu’s Loyalists from Stakeholders’ Parley

Akpabio: 12,128 Abandoned Projects Discovered in Niger Delta

Alleged Marginalisation: Court to Hear Women Group’s Suit against Buhari, Malami

Group Expresses Worry over APC’s Fate in Anambra Governorship Poll

Declare Emergency on Health Sector Manpower Shortage, Stakeholders Tell FG

CSOs Sue Buhari over Onochie’s Appointment as INEC Commissioner

House Okays N74bn Budget for Police Trust Fund

Insecurity Worsens in Enugu as Gunmen Kill SEDI DG

Boko Haram Killed over 40,000 Nigerians in 20 Years, Says Report

I Didn’t Sponsor Bill to Criminalise Protests, Says Lawmaker

24 Killed as Boko Haram Fighters Raid Communities in Adamawa

Akpabio: 12,128 Abandoned Projects Uncovered by Forensic Auditors

Court Threatens to Withhold INEC Voters’ Register from LASIEC

Okorocha Insists on Recognition of Factional APC Chairman in Imo

908 Schools Benefiting from National Feeding Programme, Says Lagos

Court Orders Oyo to Pay N61m Debt to Nigeria Railway Corporation

Nigerian Entrepreneur Pledges to Crash Cost of COVID-19 Test Kits

Lagos to Tackle Gridlock with Traffic Management Solution

PDP Chieftain Kidnapped in Edo, Abductors Demand N20m Ransom

Niger School Girls’ Abductors Slash Ransom to N50m

Protest Hits Ibadan over Raid on Igboho’s Residence

Kwara APC Threatens Disciplinary Action against Information Minister

WHO Begins Audit of NAFDAC for Production of COVID-19 Vaccines

Nasarawa Fixes LG Elections for October 6

Ghanaian Speaker Urges Nigeria to Review List of Banned Items

Court Orders Arrest of Defence Counsel in Unilorin Student Rape Case

Tambuwal Signs Legislative, Judicial Financial Autonomy Bill into Law

FG Inaugurates 46 Independent Monitors in Ebonyi

NADDC Boss Advocates Reliance on Renewable Energy

FG Inaugurates Surveyors’ Board, Tasks Body on Professionalism

Ijaw Community in Delta Raises the Alarm over Alleged Military Blockade

Clubhouse to Monetise Platform, Achieves Millions of Users in Nigeria

NEITI, Lawmakers Move to Strengthen Extractive Industries Regulations

Oil Producers Seek End to Rising Cost of Doing Business, Others

SUN

SGF: Uzodimma’s absence betrays his inferiority complex ‘PDP

Electoral Act: PDP lawmakers plot showdown

Ugwuanyi, PDP BoT members parley on national issues, way forward

Defections: Rep seeks Secondus, others resignation

APGA Leadership Tussle shifts to Abuja High Court

Imo APC crisis: Only recognition of Nwafor leadership can authenticate Congress, registration,Okorocha tells Buni

Nasarawa: NASIEC bows to pressure, fixes October 6 for local elections

Ogun elections: Don’t make empty promises to voters, Abiodun advises APC candidates

Northern leaders make case for South East, Middle Belt in 2023

National Assembly approves fresh N2.343trn loan for Buhari

FIRS nets N650bn in June

NGX: 10 stockbroking firms rake in N541bn in H1 2021

Rivers, Ijaw groups reject PIB, warn of dire consequences

Customs impounds 4 containers of unprocessed woods worth N373.5m

IPOB: Kanu legally re-arrested -Malami

IOC’s raise the alarm over multiplicity of taxes, cost in oil industry

FG must act with caution, Igbo group warns

Protest rocks Ibadan over DSS raid on Igbohos residence

AfDB receives $170.9 climate fund boost for energy access framework

Imo priests stolen car recovered in Delta

24 feared killed in Adamawa

3 suspected railway vandals nabbed in Enugu

Piracy: Togo jails 7 Nigerians over attempted ship hijack

Cultism: 33 arrested in foiled initiation in Delta

Italy reach final of Euro 2020 after getting past unlucky Spain

COVID-19 pushes 124 million people back to poverty- UN report

Call for self defence invitation to anarchy -Prof. Adejo

VANGUARD

Lagos Council Elections: Court threatens to deny LASIEC access to INEC’s voters’ register

Post COVID: Google search makes internet indispensable to business recovery

Interswitch renews partnership with FIRS on seamless payment processes

2023: Show interest in presidency, Ohanaeze tells Igbo politicians

Kidnapping: Commercial transporters, passengers in Kaduna observe collective prayers before departure

TB Joshua’s Burial: Ex-British boxing champion, Peter Oboh tasks Sanwo-Olu on security

Court convicts 24 over illegal parking, trading in Edo

WHO auditing NAFDAC to begin production of COVID-19 vaccines’ DG

Bandits, insurgents don’t deserve mercy, CSOs back Army Chief

NDDC: Forensic auditors uncovered 12,128 abandoned projects’ Akpabio

UNICEF expresses worry over attacks against children in West, Central Africa

Two men bag life imprisonment for kidnapping minor in Kano

NYSC certificate saga, a traumatic spell’ Adeosun

Widow jailed by Ondo court for causing death of husband

Mining: MCO generates over N2bn amid COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

37-year-old lady arrested in Imo over alleged impersonation

Police confirm kidnap of 4 farmers in Ekiti, deny knowledge of N50m ransom

Police arrest 3 railway track vandals in Enugu

Man docked for allegedly impersonating military officer

Kaduna fire service records 32 fire outbreaks in June ‘ Official

3 men docked for allegedly damaging transporter’s bus

Court remands driver for killing cows, sheep worth N2m

Kano Hisbah arrests 20 children for street begging

Be law-abiding in protesting against attack on Igboho’ house ‘ Olubadan

Oil companies’ leaders laud NASS for passing PIB

Senate passes bill to allow FCT customary court undertake criminal trials

Buhari exhibits poor skills in managing diversity ‘ Col Dangiwa Umar

Nnamdi Kanu: Madu’s views are legally eccentric, says Malami

Former England boss backs Southgate for Euro success

How kidnappers killed OPC member during gun duel ‘ Osun OPC Coordinator

LEADERSHIP

2023 Presidency: Don, Ex-IPAC Chairman Differ On Southern Governors’ Demand

Autonomy: States Understudying Plateau Model ‘ Lalong

2 Remanded Over Social Media Post Against Abdulsalami

Ogoni Group Rejects PIB, Asks President Buhari To Withhold Assent

South-West Govs Meet NASS Members Over Constitution Review, Others

Federal Govt Seeks UN Collaboration To Develop N’Delta Region

Omo-Agege Condemns Killing Of APC Chieftain’s Orderly, Driver

Power Forward Project Assists 30 FCT Schools With Hand Sanitisers, Facemasks

Buhari Decorates New COAS, Yahaya, With Lt General Rank

2020 Olympics: Tokyo Records Highest Number Of COVID-19 Infections In 2 Months

JUST-IN: Reps Propose 5% Power Sector Revenue For Host Communities

We Have No Hand In Arrest Of Anti-Buhari Protesters ‘ Dunamis

Senate Approves 2021 Supplementary Budget, Jerks Up Figure By N87bn

TRIBUNE

Lagos East senatorial election: Supreme Court upholds Abiru’s victory, dismisses Gbadamosi’s appeal

Ayade receives report from Senator Ndoma-Egba led committee on warring communities

Stakeholders meet over implementation of national gender policy on agriculture

Group hails Yahaya-led panel for confirming Andy Uba, APC guber candidate

Lagos lawmakers lauded for supporting upgrade of LASPOTECH, AOCOED to universities

Nigeria must embrace renewable energy options as a national policy ‘ Gbajabiamila

Senate passes bill to allow FCT customary court undertake criminal trials

Countdown to Finale: MultiChoice reveals grand prize for Nigerian Idol S6 winner

Principal Officers in newly established university in Osun to get befitting accomodation, host community assures

Fresh crisis rocks PDP as aggrieved Reps member calls for immediate resignation of National Working Committee

JUST IN: FG agency’s director, Prof Ndubuisi, shot dead by gunmen, daughter abducted

Traffic jam: Lamentation as motorists, commuters trapped on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Reps approve N982.730bn as supplementary budget

NATION

APC summons Lai Mohammed over parallel secretariat in Kwara

Ganduje donates buses to journalists, visually-impaired

Akpabio: forensic auditors uncover 12,128 abandoned NDDC projects

Court clears Adeosun of NYSC violation

Niger votes N1.2b for COVID-19 Action Recovery Stimulus

Customs Strike Force impounds N373.5m woods

Anyim: Nigeria yet to learn from civil war experience

Senate upgrades Maritime Academy to varsity

Imo APC crisis: Okorocha demands fresh membership registration

Normal policing back in Southeast soon, says DCP

Anambra 2021: Labour Party to provide needed governance

Senate okays Buharis $6.1b external loan request

NNPC: why completed refineries are yet to produce

Ghana seeks review of Nigerias import prohibition list

CJN assures telecoms investors of security, justice

FEC approves N33.5Bn for NIMASAs new Headquarters, erosion control in 12 states

Suspected herders demand N50m for Ekiti farmers

Gunmen release kidnapped Plateau Lawyer

SEDI DG, Prof. Ndubuisi, shot dead in Enugu

Blame Buhari for secession agitations Col Umar

Olonisakin arrives Cameroon as Nigerias Ambassador

How Kanu was mercilessly beaten in Kenya, by Lawyer

Malami slams Canadian Solicitor General over criticism of Kanus arrest

DAILY TRUST

Northern elders give conditions for supporting zoning presidency to South

Lagos traders lose goods worth millions in Ladipo Market

Kwara Fulani leader abducted in Oyo

Relations of arrested Igboho aides protest, demand their release

Pension deductions: Court delivers judgement in favour of 71 retired Kaduna perm secs, others

Bandits, Boko Haram not IPOB threatening Nigeria’s existence, says Dangiwa

Legislative, judiciary autonomy will promote transparency — Lalong

The need for National Assembly to review the Criminal Justice Act

2022 budget: FG to finance N5.62tr deficit with loans, privatisation fund

Ghana raises c’ttee with Nigeria to end trade disputes

774 FG jobs: NDE trains 20,000 beneficiaries in Bauchi

Extortion, tough processes persist at Lagos Ports – LCCI

Bill seeks 5% profit of power coys for host communities

AfDB appoints Barrow as DG, Nigeria Country Office

Customs impounds N82m goods in Katsina

Livestock crisis: Expert suggests 5 cattle production systems for Nigeria

Unilorin launches app to curb crop wastage

4 trapped in Anambra building collapse

Group issues 14 days ultimatum to Akpabio to commence work on East-West road

Tambuwal signs bills on judiciary, legislature financial autonomy

Court sentences 4 kidnappers to life imprisonment

Insecurity: FG approves emergency communications centre for Zamfara

FEC approves N86.5bn road projects in Lagos, Rivers

2023: ‘No going back on Kwara North governorship’

Ugwuanyi, PDP BOT members deliberate on national issues

EFCC hunts Tambuwal’s aide over N2.2m fraud

Resign now, Rep tells Secondus, PDP NWC

‘You are ignorant’, Malami hits Canadian Minister over Nnamdi Kanu

Lai Mohammed destabilizing Kwara, destroying APC – NASS member

FG to fund N5.62 trillion deficit in 2022 budget with loans

Buhari Decorates Chief of Army Staff with New Rank- Trust TV

FEC approves N17.5bn for NIMASA headquarters

774,000 jobs: FG wants participants to invest N60,000 stipends in business

Abdulrazaq not ‘one-chance’ governor, Kwara senators reply Lai Mohammed

Northern Elders, Afenifere Back Reps’ Quest to Create State Police- Trust TV

Dunamis Church reacts to protesters’ arrest, says church not protest ground

Litigations on telecom becoming complex for courts – CJN

NYSC controversy: Court clears ex-Finance Minster Kemi Adeosun

AUTHORITY

Okorocha: We brought APC when Buharis name was taboo in SEast

Buhari promotes Faruk Yahaya to three-star general

Buharis cordial relationship with governors has enhanced governance , says APC group

Court clears ex-Finance Minister, Adeosun, over NYSC certificate saga

HERALD

Nnamdi Kanu: Malami replies Canadian Justice Minister Kelechi Madu

Why we held simulated terror attack on Abuja stadium ‘ NEMA

APC To Punish Lai Mohammed Over Attacks On Kwara Governor

Bethel Baptist: Resign Now, Stop Protecting Bandits ‘ Primate Ayodele To El-Rufai

James Hope University Lekki gets NUC accreditation, invites public to apply for jobs

Methodist Bishop: ‘Any Igbo person openly criticising Kanu now is a lost soul, a bastard

Kidnapping: Transporters, passengers engage in fervent prayers before departure in Kaduna

BREAKING: Court Clears Ex-Finance Minister Adeosun Of NYSC Controversy

Unknown gunmen assassinate Haitian President at private residence

BUSINESSDAY

Close to 50,000 contributors tap N25bn pension over economic hardship

Nigerian airlines increase fleet, eye AfCFTA’s ‘open skies

African refineries must upgrade in producing cleaner fuels to be future ready ‘ Kragha

With better storage of food harvests, Nigeria can achieve food sufficiency quicker ‘ Patricia Pessu

Banks’ Net Interest Margins, lending spreads not affected by interest rates fluctuations ‘ Coronation

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Reps Committee On Host Communities Not Set Up To Witch-hunt Anyone ‘ Dekor

LCCI Calls For Proper Coordination Of Fiscal, Monetary Policy For Nigeria

Global Economy To Hit 5.5% This Year ‘ OPEC

Death Of 25-Year-Old Tailor Sparks Protest In Sapele

Bayelsa Varsity Shutdown Over Students’ Protests Against School Uniforms

12 Indian Ministers Resign In Major Reshuffle

2020 Budget: FG Set To Fund N5.62trn Budget Deficit With Extra Loans

Olubadan Denies Being Paid By Govt Over Igboho’s Case

Court Bars Balogun Market Ex-President, Others From Take-Over Of Association’s Leadership

JUST IN: Gunmen Kill SEDI DG, Police Orderly In Enugu

Stop Parading Innocent Biafrans As ESN, IPOB Warns Police

Yoruba Nation: Oyo State Govt Receives Protesters, Promises Positive Intervention

Minister Tasks PPPRA Board On Deregulation, Autogas Policy

[UPDATE] Protesters Issue 7-Day Ultimatum, Demand Release Of Arrested Igboho Associates

PEOPLESDAILY

Reps to back creation, legalization of state police

Reps pass PIB for third reading disregards Southern governors, S/South demands

With project $1b revenue, leather industry is a game changer in waiting- Osinbajo

PDP says it is vindicated by Lai’s confession

EFCC trains 31 operatives on fraud offences

Reps move to curb child exploitation, internet crimes

Bandits kill 21 in Katsina village

Buhari commissions 1.52MW solar power plant in Abuja

CVR: 203, 497 eligible Nigerians complete pre-online registration in 1 week, says INEC

NEW TELEGRAPH

No’ to another ASUU-SSANU strike in public varsities

950 students kidnapped in seven months ‘UN

Southern Senators back rotational presidency

COAS: We’re sending criminals to God to answer for their crimes

NASS: Minority Caucus backs Southern govs on Electoral Act, PIB, open grazing

NYSC saga: Court absolves ex-Finance Minister, Adeosun

2023: Presidency should go to South East ‘Gen Ikponmwen

Flight delay/cancellation: Senate rattles airline operators

FEC approves N16bn for ecological projects in 12 states, FCT

Benue to deepen ties with CBN for greater investment opportunities

FIRS records N650bn highest monthly tax haul

Senate approves Buhari’s N2.343trn external borrowing request

Nigerian Army using equipment bought 40 years ago ‘Zulum

CSEAN: Why Nigeria faces more cyber threats

ICT: Hope for startups amidst shrinking connectivity

Computer Village: Dealers back N40bn Katangowa project

NACCIMA, LCCI list merits of PIB passage

Defection of PDP govs to APC won’t affect the party in 2023 ‘ Olafeso

Forum seeks to bridge Nigeria’s policy implementation gaps

Anambra governorship not for the highest bidder ‘ Uchendu

Report: Japan considering barring all fans at Olympic events

Copa America: Messi reacts as Argentina qualify for final, to face Brazil

BLUEPRINT

COAS YAHAYA: I’ve sent bandits, others to God to answer for their crimes

Breaking: England conquer Denmark, set up Euro 2020 final clash vs Italy

Senate okays N2.343trn external loan, warns MDAs on frivolous spending, passes N982bn supplementary budget

Pension deductions: Court orders el-Rufai to pay 71 retired perm sec, HoS, SSGs

FEC approves N17.4 billion for NIMASA new headquarters

Gender policy: Hostility resumes as court grants plaintiffs’ prayer

NYSC flags off training for corps enumarators in the FG’s school feeding programme.

Chevron MD highlights imperatives for Nigeria oil, gas industry at NOG 2021

Breaking: APC summons Lai Mohammed over parallel secretariat in Kwara

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