Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 9 July 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

COVID-19: Worst yet to come for Africa, says WHO

If we silence Kanu, Igboho, others will rise PFN

Lagos politician killed during APC rally

Diesel price surges to N290/litre as crude rises to $74.27

Ogun Assembly proposes three-year imprisonment for open grazing offenders

Dare advocates independent National Sports Commission

Threats to Indian Diasporans in South Africa

Nigerias oil output hits five-month low at 1.48 million bpd

Tension as Delta police shoot man dead, label him robber

UN, FG, MAN to improve industrial energy efficiency

Inbound traveller imports COVID-19 Delta variant into Nigeria

Igboho drags FG before Abuja court, demands release of detained aides

Reps probe $3.2bn Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail project, grill NRC, contractors

Baptist school students: Parents panic as bandits threaten starvation, demand 30 bags of rice

Onochie contradicts affidavit, says I stopped APC membership in 2019

BUA Cement posts N209.4bn revenue, plans expansion

Nigeria has no housing deficit, says Fashola

APC summons Lai Mohammed, minister faces anti-party activities allegation

FG plans recovering N37bn debt from airlines, says Emirates ban stays

Scandalous petrol smuggling and subsidy

Suspect arraigned for drugging, raping female victims gets N750,000 bail

Runway lights contributed to Hawker Siddeleys accident AIB

Driver missing as tanker kills six Army school pupils in Delta

Alleged kidnapping: I fainted because of hunger, says man after two-month detention

Stock market ends four-day gaining streak, loses N27bn

Protesting youths block highway as bandits abduct 14 in Kaduna

Premiere Academy: Police invite activist over proposed protest in Abuja

N544m alleged fraud: Court adjourns Babachirs case till October 6

Four inmates escape from Jos correctional centre

Reps consider November as appreciation month for Armed Forces, others

Five-year-old boy die in Lagos building collapse -LASEMA

CAN faults DSS brutal force on Igboho, says Nigerias unity on trial

Rise in conflicts can destabilise Nigeria, UK warns

THISDAY

Fraudsters Rip Off Travellers through Fake Airline Booking Accounts

FG Moves to Restructure Nigerias Ship Registration

FG to Save N270m from Newly Installed 1.52MW Solar Grid, Says Fashola

DPR to Unveil Strategy for Strengthening Oil, Gas Sector

Okowa Deplores Persistent Delay in Reconstituting NDDC Board

2023: I am Not Opposed to Zoning in Delta, Says Okowa

Customs Extends Verification of Private Aircraft Till July 20

House Concurs with Senate, Approves $6.183bn External Loan Request

Open Grazing to Attract Three-year Jail Term as Ogun Assembly Passes…

Gunshots as Imo Assembly Suspends Six Lawmakers

Buhari Offers Fresh Appointment to Jega

Bandits Kill Two Immigration Officers in Katsina

Rescue Kidnapped Baptist Church Pastor, 121 Students, CAN Tells Buhari

Kano Police Arrest Man Parading Himself as ACP

COVID19: Nigeria Faces Challenge from Senegal, S’Africa, Tunisia over Hosting of…

Police Raid IPOB Camps in Imo, Arrest Two Suspects

Makinde’s Security Adviser Urges Ibadan Community Leaders to Promote Peace

Kwara to Access N7bn UBEC Grant for Projects in 600 Schools

Obudu Resort: A’Court Reserves Judgment in N3.8bn Award against C’River

New King David Medical Sciences Varsity is State-owned, Ebonyi Clarifies

Bandits Raid Niger Village, Abduct 60 People

House Investigates Killing of DG of Scientific Institute in Enugu

Buhari Sad over Killings in Adamawa, Says No Criminal Will Go…

Nigeria Confirms First Case of Covid’s Delta Variant

House Concurs with Senate, Approves $6.183bn External Loan Request

PSC Promotes 24 CPs, 35 DCPs, 52 ACPs, 50 CSPs

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

SUN

Senate ignores protests, screens Lauretta Onochie for INEC job

Kwara parallel secretariat: APC queries, summons Lai Mohammed

2023: I’ll only support whoever can move Rivers forward ‘ Wike

Our customers can roam, enjoy 4G, data services in China, UAE ‘Glo

FIRS goes after MultiChoice over N1.8tr tax liability

IOC’s, others default in $3.6bn gas flare penalty

Ogun Assembly passes anti-open grazing bill

BUA posts N209.4bn profit in 2020

N22bn Paris Club refunds: Ex-Finance commissioner threatens to sue Abia Assembly over probe

Airlines’ owe FG agencies N37bn’Sirika

Senate inserted 20 clauses into Electoral Bill to rig forthcoming elections -Rep

Reps begin probe of N72.34bn Eastern railway contract

Rising debt profile raises sustainability concerns ‘OPS

2022 guber : Report on congresses causes a stir in Ekiti PDP

Anambra guber: Ozigbo kicks as court bars INEC from accepting PDP’s candidate

11 jostle for ADC deputy governorship

GUARDIAN

Imo Assembly sacks Chief Whip, suspends six lawmakers

Onochie disowns APC at Senate screening, insists she left party since 2019

PDP schedules staggered congresses in Lagos, Oyo, others

PDP may vie for Plateau LG poll, Kaduna by-election holds Aug 15

Enugu targets N100m monthly revenue from water, moves to improve supply

Attacks won’t deter me from seeking justice, Ortom says

Lagos revamps water transport with high capacity boats

SWAGA, Oyinlola, PFN back southern governors on power shift, others

MultiChoice to work with FIRS to prove tax compliance

ERA/FoEN rejects PIB, seeks development of renewable energy

Enugu targets N100m monthly revenue from water, moves to improve supply

IWA cautions FG on use of force against self-determination agitators

Buhari okays chancellors for 42 federal varsities

T.B. Joshua makes final voyage to Synagogue as crowd, associates pay last respect

Stakeholders, JAMB disagree on 2021 UTME results

Nigeria to suffer shortage of 50,120 doctors, 137,859 nurses by 2030

950 pupils abducted in Nigeria since Dec 2020, says UN

FG lauds Apapa Customs over N366b revenue feat

Shareholders attribute increase in cement price to naira devaluation

FIRS appionts banks to recover N1.8trn $342.531M taxes from Multichoice Company

Nigeria demands unconditional return of looted artefacts from Germany

Ganduje tasks media on national integration, unity

How Nigerian Gospel Artiste Mercy Chinwo Became A Household Name

COVID-19: NCDC registers 110 new infections

Fresh loan request pushes Nigeria’s public debt to over N35.5 trillion

Buhari has mismanaged Nigeria’s diversity, says Col Abubakar Umar

VANGUARD

Troops repel attack on Katako village, nab Boko Haram Informant in Yobe

Suspension of 6 Imo lawmakers: APC reacts, calls for calm

Electoral amendment bill to be laid July 13 ‘ Reps Spokesman

CGC Team A strike force impounds 4 containers of wood worth N373.5 million in Lagos

Onochie denies APC three times, says ‘I’m not a member of APC

Ex-Ambassador warns FG to stop harassing Nnamdi Kanu

We must start to play our role as party in opposition ‘ PDP

Anti-corruption: ICPC inaugurates Ministry of Mines’ Anti-Corruption Unit

BREAKING: Gunshots at Imo Assembly as 6 lawmakers get suspension

Insecurity: We can’t afford to disappoint Nigerians ‘ Buhari

4 die in Kwara by food poisoning

Two ESN members linked to ‘King of Dragon’ captured in Imo

Breaking: Senate defies opposition, begins screening of Onochie, other INEC commissioner-nominees

COVID-19: Talk to Nigerians about delta variants, experts charge FG

Magu Promotion Saga: PSC, not Buhari, determines eligibility ‘ Presidency

Plans for Aviation University to halt airlines’ collapse underway, says FG

Four inmates escape from Jos Correctional Centre

2 ESN ‘King of Dragon’ members captured in Imo

Nigeria doesn’t have glut of universities ‘ Afolayan, Anchor varsity VC

Defendant’s wife told me her husband defiled his niece, 2 daughters ‘ witness alleges

Grazing routes: Buhari’s directive, empty order ‘ Daudu

FIRS freezes MultiChoice’s accounts, appoints banks to recover N1.8trn tax liabilities

Police AIG: Probe outcome’ll determine Magu’s promotion eligibility ‘ Presidency

Nigeria Navy gets operational base in Imo

Bandits kill two immigration personnel in Katsina

FG vows to recover N37bn debts owed by Bi-Courtney, others

Breaking: Multichoice Nigeria debunks FIRS’ N1.8trn tax debt claim

Policing in Kaduna challenging, needs professionalism ‘ IGP

LEADERSHIP

Dangote, Adebutu Donate Tablets, N200m To UNILAG

48 Hours After Kidnap Of 140 Students, Bandits Abduct 15 In Kaduna

42 Die Of Cholera In Bauchi, Ebonyi, Plateau

INEC Job: I Am No Longer An APC Member ‘ Onochie

President Buhari Appoints 42 Varsity Chancellors

Nigeria Insists On Unconditional Return Of Looted 1,130 Artefacts From Germany

Sheikh Abduljabbar: Kano Fixes Tomorrow For Debate

Insecurity: Ondo Govt Bans Night Parties, Clubs

Adamawa Attack: No Criminal Will Go Unpunished, Says Buhari

Ganduje Appoints Acting Chairman For Kano Anti-graft Agency

COAS: Report On NAF Plane Crash Ready Next Week ‘ AIB

76,000 Nigerians Killed In 10 years ‘ Govs

Ogun Assembly Passes Anti-Open Grazing Law

Magu Excluded As Police Commission Promotes 24 CPs, Others

TRIBUNE

Banking stocks sell-offs turns market negative, investors lose N37.7bn

PSN commends Osun, Edo, Niger for implementing pharmacist consultant cadre scheme

Lawmaker, Adisa, to empower 500 Afijio youths with digital skills

Committee solicits support of traditional leaders for victims of gender-based violence

FG seeks collaboration with UN to sustain development in Niger Delta region

Confirmed case of Delta variant of COVID-19 detected in Nigeria, says NCDC

Six pupils returning home feared killed, others injured as fuel tanker falls on them close to school gate

JUST IN: Four suspected herdsmen escape from Jos correctional centre

What I told God about Osun workers ‘ Oyetola

Reps, Police to probe gruesome murder of Prof Ndubisi

Why Southern govs decided on rotational presidency, others ‘ Makinde

Reps pass Nigerian Postal Commission bill through Second Reading

Probe outcome will determine Magu’s promotion eligibility ‘ Presidency

Boss Mustapha condemns Boko Haram attack on Adamawa villages

Reps tackle Minister, NOSDRA over quality of Ogoniland clean-up

NATION

PDP set for congresses in Lagos, Oyo, Osun, others

Buhari salutes development expert Akinola at 65

PIB: Ndokwa rejects three per cent for oil-bearing communities

UBA seeks to recover $6.759m from Polaris Bank

Jakande not yet celebrated as journalist, says Sanwo-Olu

Boko Haram killed my husband before me

Nigerias insecurity complex, say Ulamau

ITF sensitises staff on assets declaration

Russian firms to invest $500m in Nigeria

Buhari has nothing to do with PSCs decision on Magu Presidency

Report on plane crash of late COAS ready next week, says AIB

LASEMA confirms 5-year-old boy dead in Lagos building collapse

DAILY TRUST

Reps seek to empower states to declare public holidays

5 killed, 4 injured in Lagos-Ibadan road accident

Over 76,000 Nigerians killed in 10 years — Governors

Sultan, Ooni, Alaafin, Tor Tiv, others appointed federal varsities’ chancellors

How we’re tackling sexual, gender-based violence at barracks-DHQ

INEC pledges support for Malawi constituency delineation

Dikko, Kanu: A tale of two covert operations

Obudu resort: A/Court reserves judgment in N3.8bn arbitral award

We can’t defeat terrorists with old equipment – Defence chief

FG will implement fully recommendations of visitation panels to universities — Buhari

Bandits abduct 9 Kaduna residents, demand N180m ransom

Mosque attack: Court remands Osun masquerade

HERALD

Kwara APC Elders Call For Lai Mohammed’s Suspension From Party

Nigeria won’t be better until’ ‘ EFCC Chairman

I won’t allow UNILAG, other varsities become theatres of war ‘ Buhari

Police commission drops Ibrahim Magu, promotes 24 other CPs to AIGs

Don’t Compare Sunday Igboho To Nnamdi Kanu’ ‘ Sat Guru Maharaj Ji Claims He’s Yoruba Agitator’s Spiritual Father

Two-hour delay attracts 100 percent air fares refund ‘ FG tells airlines

Nnamdi Kanu will soon be released; threats won’t stop me from defending him ‘ Lawyer

FIRS Appoints Banks to Freeze, Recover N1.8tr from Multichoice DSTV

BUSINESSDAY

Nigeria’s crazy petrol consumption in five charts

As lockdown eases, corporate Nigeria rethinks going back to office

Nigeria needs an economic advisory council alive to its responsibilities

Nigeria confirms first case of delta strain of COVID-19

Nigeria Customs’ revenue profile hits N1trn mark in six months

BUA reports N209.4bn revenues, to double annual cement output by 2022

Glo customers can roam, use 4G, data services in China, UAE

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Lauretta Onochie At Senate, Denies Membership Of APC

How Nigeria Can End Corruption ‘ Bawa

Much Ado About Electoral Act Amendment Bill

PDP May Become An Empty Shell Before 2023 Elections ‘ Femi Adesina

Chevron MD Highlights Imperatives Of Fortifying Nigerian Oil, Gas Industry For Economic Growth

Tricycle Riders Protest Unlawful Arrest Of Members In Yobe

2023: UK Warns Buhari, Says Rise In Conflicts Can Destabilise Nigeria

4 Inmates Escape From Jos Maximum Prison

PDP Releases Official Timetable For 2021 Congresses In Nine States

Edo Police Operatives Rescue Six Kidnapped Victims, Arrest Two Suspects

Inflation: Reps Seek Solution To Fall Of Naira

PEOPLESDAILY

2022 budget: FG okays funding of N5.62 trillion deficit with loans

Reps approve N74.7bn Police Trust Fund

PDP Lawmaker asks party NWC to resign

Senate okays N982.729bn 2021 supplementary budget

TotalEnergies, others commend FG on passage of PIB

Katsina records 72% success in 2020 SSCE

COVID-19: NAFDAC is undergoing audit by WHO to produce vaccines

Nigeria, Ghana put mechanism to end trade dispute

NEW TELEGRAPH

Tragedy as trailer crushes 15 pupils to death in Delta

Reps move to address fall in naira, inflation

FIRS moves to recover N1.8trn from Multichoice

Pastors now endangered species ‘CAN

INEC: Drama as Onochie denies membership of APC

Insecurity: Nigeria’s democracy may collapse before 2023, UK govt warns

FG set to recover N37bn owed by airlines operators

Buhari upholding democratic tenets ‘Councillors’ Forum

CBN releases supervisory framework for payment service banks

Group urges Buhari to come clean on arrest of Nnamdi Kanu

Nigeria must create environment to boost exports, attract forex

COVID-19: ILO tackles G20 on poor country’s recovery

Ekiti 2022: Clamour for power shift gains momentum

Nigeria imports N630.7bn raw sugar from Brazil

2023: No serious politician can ignore my ward ‘ Wike

Minister gives condition for NSC’s return

FG seeks autonomy for National Sports Commission

BLUEPRINT

CDS Irabor on insurgency fight, others: We can’t use old tools to defeat new threats

Plateau records 953 cholera cases, 14 deaths in 2 months

You are a member of APC, PDP tells Onochie

Zamfara APC youth hail Yari, task members on loyalty

INEC fixes August 14 for Lere federal constituency polls bye-election

PDP releases official timetable for 2021 congresses

Number of empty houses in Nigeria overwhelming ‘ Fashola

Court orders manager to vacate Kwara NUJ Guest House

BUA nets N209.4bn profit in 2020

 

 

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